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Newspaper
Moberly Evening Democrat
Location
Moberly, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
3
Local items report Wiantep-A selling second hand ward robe and Inyarra at 800 Trond Street. Miss Anna Walsh returns from Beloit for her mother’s illness. Brair Smoke Johnson Bros offers six cent cigars. Several residents relocate homes on Weat Rolling Street and Wial Avenue. Kansas City Star notes extreme weather affecting babies.
Moberly residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills for relief from recurring kidney complaints. Mrs. L. Frost recalls using the remedy after reading about it in local papers and purchasing at Irasi's Pharmacy. The ad notes price and national distribution through agents.
Jim Patrick, called a worthless alley rat, received a sixty day county jail term from Judge Procter after noon yesterday for stealing three dollars from the Commercial hotel. Officers Ragsdale and Patterson arrested him shortly after the theft. The known police character faces possible penitentiary exposure at an early date.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Seven colored organization is meeting at city hall. Sessions run through Friday night with an election of grand officers Friday afternoon. The lodge plans a picnic at City Park Friday evening and a colored band will perform. Delegates are present at the gathering.
Members of the Motherly Prospecting and Improvement Co. met at the club room last night and voted to suspend operations at the deep well for one week. The adjournment plans to decide whether to continue boring, abandon the work, or regroup at next Monday night.
The piece argues for civic clubs to lead local beautification and reform, urging each club to act as a driving bureau to stir public spirit. It stresses home actions as the seed of broader change, warning lax habits erode pride, self-respect, and neighborhood standards.
Gon W Sparks, the hustling real estate agent, sold 124 acres to Tilnols party, 73 acres to Hamilton, and 80 acres to Dude Hamilton near Ren a in good condition. The Shirley property is among the parcels, with total consideration not yet published. Sparks expects to close additional transactions with foreign buyers this week.
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