14 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Moberly Evening Democrat
Location
Moberly, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1899
Page
1
A Missouri roundup reports Mrs W E L Heskett’s death in Marshall, post office thefts and burglaries in multiple towns, a Nodaway clergyman acquitted of murder, a Tantha post office robbery, Purdy’s store loss, and various weather and accident notes. Multiple arrests and ongoing investigations noted across Howard and Nodaway counties.
A fragmentary account describes Negras marrying Cuban women in Kansas during a wartime relocation. It notes lives lost among soldiers and details about plantations, families, and the social aftermath in Cuba and Mexico, with references to local officials and community reactions.
An article notes an editor suffering a bad cold early in Oto era. A doctor prescribed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which rapidly alleviated symptoms. The piece mentions bottles sold at local drugstores and lists vendors including Jno Curry and McCanny Burk's store.
A garbled report describes a windy Garrilig night pushing dense smoke into library rooms. It states the librarian was forced to move and react, with mentions of Dr. Shrader's office, deposits of soot and paper scattered over buckt shelves, implying damage and disruption.
Nellie Bhyles, daughter of popular express Wessunger, living on West Mollins street, has been threatened by a disease. Her family and neighbors hope the illness will be reversed or avoided.
List of names uncalled for in the Moberly Missouri post office for the week ending March 11 1899 includes James Bryant John Boudon William Gall Mattio Mattio Mun nah Sylas A Holley Nora Bello Martin Signor Francesco Molina Mrs Nannie Miller BT W Olson Belle Smith Miss Willie Thomas Mrs Mary url 5 PB Towles M D C J Wilcox Pearl Warren trio S& S Nelly Postmaster.
A Secalian told a Democrat man this morning that spinal meningitis is epidemic in the Indian Territory and Texas. He claimed a sure remedy: take an ordinary dose of enlomol five times a week followed by 21 grains of quinine divided into three or four doses.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maworth died this morning at 6:15 after a short illness. Burial is scheduled for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at Oakland cemetery. Miss Crota Grimes, 319 Union Avenue, has suffered a prolonged illness from lueep? and rheumatism, with friends hoping for her speedy recovery. Butterly rents Ledford property on Bedford Street to reside there. previously lived with Mrs McCannoe on Vine Avenue.
Fditer In Luck reports Jerseyville man and partners profited from a mining lease last summer and recently leased the G Greenwood mine for three years. A new vein yielded ore reportedly assaying high. In Denver a local figure laments a race-related assault and a citizen group, led by Mil he and others, forms to clear loose bricks after disturbances.
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