W C T U Column Highlights Local Prohibition Efforts
The Sedalia area sees the Local Option League forming with local option elections planned in Jefferson, Franklin, and Cape Girardeau counties around June. Prohibition candidates attract support while business leaders press anti tobacco stances and firms like Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field restrict smoking among workers under eighteen.
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Sedalia
Jefferson
Franklin
Cape Girardeau
Marvin Haw
M. HB Church
W. B. Palmore
Detroit
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett
MONROE CITY CORN SHOW PUSHES FOR RECORD CROP
The Monroe City Fair directors announce the 1908 fair will drop the pumpkin fruit and other departments due to dates. They urge corn growers to lead with a larger corn show, saying the crop is vital to farmer welfare and Missouri pride.
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Mooroe City Fair
Monroe City Fair
Messrs. Gray, Wilson
Monroe City
Missouri
Local Resident Seen With Friends in City Friday
W. O. L. Jewett of Shelbina was in the city Friday visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. L. Jewett
Shelbina
Mary Crawford
Hunnewell
George Was Diplomatic in Dinner Invitation Incident
A lighthearted tale shows George displaying diplomatic skill when he invited disagreeable neighbors to dinner to avoid awkward refusals. Mrs Smith questions the invitation, but George explains it as a foxy move to keep company at home and ensure they have something to eat. The note ends with a newspaper anecdote about subscribers jailed for nonpayment under a new postal law.
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Smith
Brown
George
Mrs. Smith
Father
Ohio
Supreme Court
Strean's barber shop baths praised by visitor
The bathrooms at Strean's barber shop are in fine condition and you will enjoy the bath you get. C. W. Hoard was a business visitor in Hannibal on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strean's
C. W. Hoard
Hannibal
Advertising gospel in daily papers by Rev A C Dixon
Rev A C Dixon of Moody Church urged using advertising to spread evangelism at a Congregational ministers meeting in Masonic Temple. He cited outdoor and secular meetings drawing larger crowds than fashionable church services. The Monroe City Democrat has long provided free church space, arguing ads can both pay financially and spiritually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. C Dixon
Moody Church
Masonic Temple
Dizon
Monroe City
Trimming Trees Prompt Callous Practice Criticized
The writer denounces trimming trees by removing the top as barbarous and destructive. Soft maples suffer most, elms face the same fate, and mutilated trunks invite decay. Woodpeckers profit from exposed wood, while the practice robs trees of beauty and should be fined.
Printing that will please you at the Democrat office
A concise note urging readers to seek printing services at the Democrat office. It positions the office as the place for quality printed material, implying availability and satisfaction for customers seeking print work.
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Democrat
Percheron Stallion Panama Record and Pedigree Served
The Percheron stallion Panama recorded by the American Percheron Breeders and Importers Association with record No 35503 is black with a crescent marking. Foaled Nov 5 1901 bred by C. E. Moots Normal Ill. Known as Tooley Son horse now owned by Madden Bros. Weight 2000. Pedigree certificate on exhibition at Madden Bros Breeding Barns near Monroe and Ely Hassard, St Louis.
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American Percheron Breeders and Importers Association
C. E. Moots
Normal
Ill
Tooley & Son Horse
Madden Bros
Monroe
Ely
Hassard
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Ella L. Shearman
W.C.T.U
Monroe City, MO
Percheron Stallion
Panama
Jaces
King Edelen
King Mammouth
Young Henry
Old Henry
Captain Dewey
Dewey
Black Knight
Lady Lee
Leon (Pauntain
Tom Griggs
Bob Lee
Kickapoo
Jennets Captain Dewey
St. Louis
Charles Dempsey
Grafton
St. Charles
Claude Allemany
St. Charles County
Allemany
Dempsey
Mercury
B. F. Burris
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