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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
2
Markets also are in reach. Extras? Well that phone's a peach. Long experience will teach. If you're suffering from the blues, Just ring up and bear the news. Call by wire and save your shoes. If some friends youd wish to see. Find out if they at home would be. April tooling? Not for me. So ring on from day to day. Farmers' phones have come to stay. Welcome visitors, I say.
A shabbily dressed college track athlete seeks work with a sheep camp foreman. He claims he can run some and is sent to herd animals. He reports back that he got lambs in, but the foreman finds rabbits in the corral and realizes the boy meant he could run some.
CO. J. Alexander of Spalding has been the guest of his son E. J. Alexander. C. M. Sullivan and wife left Thursday for Galesburg Indiana to visit friends for a few days.
A Burdette epigram urges constant labor across trades from digging ditches to writing humor. It warns against idle life, says overwork is rare before thirty, and argues the busy person earns appetite, steady sleep, and a thankful holiday. It encourages choosing a path, shedding doubt, and digging in.
The May issue of New Idea Woman's Magazine extols a fruit diet for clear complexions and bright eyes. It says fruits substitute for hot desserts in summer, saving time for housewives while keeping family meals enjoyable.
New York reports the famous mare Beldame foaled a bay colt by Imp Rockland on April 4 at August Belmonts Nursery stud near Lexington Kentucky. The colt is described as fine looking and is expected to attract wide attention. Rockland cost $125,000 in England two years ago and this foal is among the first sired by the English horse since his arrival in the United States.
The Bannibal Journal misnamed its home team as a general Monroe City entry instead of Monroe City High School. It notes an honest game between school boys from Hannibal and Monroe City, with Hannibal losing both games to Monroe City, the final being 2 to 6 in Monroe’s favor.
A brief notice states that printing done at the Democrat office will satisfy customers, inviting requests for quality printing services and timing.
A Syracuse builder endorses Mi-o-na stomach tablets as a quick remedy for indigestion and weakness. He claims the product restored his health in one week after two years of poor results from doctors. The ad offers a 50-cent box from L. M. Wood with a money back guarantee.
Notice of three transcript executions against H L Yager issued March 18 1803 by Monroe County Clerk. Judgments totaling 252 50 182 46 and 155 50 in favor of Sinnock Son Buschman and Hannibal Brewing Co with James W Bell JP levied. Sheriff will sell at public auction at the court house front door in Paris Missouri Monroe County.
On Wednesday April 22, 19, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the sheriff will offer at public sale the described 4 acre parcel in the SE Quarter of the NE Quarter of Section 11, Township 55, Range 11 West, Monroe County Missouri, to satisfy executions. Meriwether and Meriwether, attorneys for plaintiffs.
Brookfield Gazette notes Henderson and Son in the city ship one to three car loads of eggs weekly. A car load equals 400 cases, each case 30 dozen, totaling 12 000 to 36 000 dozen per week for the firm. Shelbyville ships 4 500 dozen eggs in a day, highlighting local poultry output.
A country hog buyer noted a drove of hogs that would sprint to a spot, pause, then bump to a new location. The farmer, who had a cold and lost voice, admitted he pounded the fence to feed them. The weather warming has the woodpeckers driving the hogs, a point used by Prof. Greenwood to show reform ideas in schools. Thomas Gose, of Shelby, visited Monroe on Friday.
Mary E. Mellon named executrix to the estate of Joel L. Melson deceased by Monroe County Missouri Probate Court on May 11 1900. Creditors must present claims within one year for allowance or be barred. claims not shown within two years from publication are forever barred. Dated April 2 1908. Attorneys for Executrix 3 16.
Prof Maurice Vaughn traveled to Hannibal with ball boys on Friday. B Leggett and Jack Nichols accompanied Monroe friends from Palmyra. Mrs W B A McNutt daughter Miss Ethel and sister Miss Lucy Watson joined to spend days with friends in Hannibal Friday.
W. A. Hayden departed Friday for Denver Colorado to locate the end of the rainbow, pursuing a rumored quest or superstition.
Thomas Elzea and his grandson Elzea Byland of Palmyra visited relatives Saturday noon to mark the occasion and spend time with kin.
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