W C T U Column Celebrates Growth and Dry Victories
The Democratic paper carries this W C T U column edited by Ella L Shearman noting doubling Missouri membership since January. Report highlights include 78 lectures 11 institutes 23 unions addressed and 25 colleges visited by organizers, while local option victories push dry campaigns across Colorado Illinois Lincoln Nebraska and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
U's
LTGL
Law Enforcement League
Colorado
Michigan
Trading Spalding Traders and Poultry Advice from May Farm Journal
Vint Spalding makes a sequence of trades exchanging mules for a mare then a horse and back to mules, claiming a $50 gain. Burlington By Co appoints Dr. W. B. A. McNutt as its surgeon. Katherine Gooch visits Shelbyville. Mrs. L. H. Redman and daughters travel to Shelby County. Poultry notes urge daily feeding, incubator hatching, setting eggs in May, beware lice, vermin, and cold winds, and advise keeping nests clean and chick care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vint C. Spalding
Tom Vanmarter
Vint
Bond Wins New London Bank Building Contract
Gets Contract, Mr. Bond of Monroe City, was awarded the erection of the new bank building in New London after bids. Bond’s bid was the lowest and best, and work will begin soon. The project promises an imposing, modern structure on the old site destroyed by fire. Bond is noted for public buildings in the state. Monroe, Laddonia and Shelbina bear monuments to his work. In Hunnewell, Golda V. Dunlap and James T. Howe wed in Shelbyville, joining their friends in congratulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Monroe City
Bank
New London
Hannibal Journal
W. L. Bond
Monroe
Laddonia
Shelbina
Golda V. Dunlap
Hunnewell
Dollar for a dog and a gun on a country road
A motorist kills a dog by accident and pays five dollars to the dog owner after a brief exchange. The owner admits the dog had no great value and explains they were not hunting. The column then notes the Kansas City Post urging a joint discussion of political issues between Senators Stone and Warner, with playful lines about Folk and Joe in the lime light.
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Kansas City Post
Stone
Warner
Senator Stone
Folk
Joe
Huntsville Herald
Percheron Stallion Panama Record 85508 Named Madden Bros Ownership
Panama is a black crescent Percheron stallion foaled November 5 1901 bred by C E Moots Normal Illinois. Known as the Tooley and Son horse now owned by Madden Bros. Weight 2000 pounds. Pedigree certificate exhibition at Madden Bros Breeding Barns four miles east of Monroe two miles west of Ely and one mile north of Hassard.
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American Percheron Breeders and Importers Association
C. E. Moots
Normal
Ill
Tooley & Son Horse
Madden Bros
Monroe
Ely
Hassard
Two Fine Jacks and Baseball Glory Highlight Local News
Two fine jacks named King Edelen, black with white points, 16 hands high and 1 inch, two years old and registered. Sire King Mammouth 872, by Young Henry, dam Edelen jennet. John Wittmar returns from Old Monroe where he spent winter in a lumber camp. last season as Monroe pitcher “Big John” earned fame, expected to win more laurels this season.
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King Edelen
King Mammouth
Young Henry
Old Henry
Edelen
Captain B.w
Dewey
Young Black Knight
Black Knight
Lady Lee
Leon (Pauntain
Tom Griggs
Bob Lee
Kickapoo
John Wittmar
Old Monroe
Big John
Monroe
Money and Desire in Human Nature and Local Gossip
The piece contrasts money with deeper hunger of the soul, noting man as animal plus. It includes a Buck's Shot quotation on desire and satisfaction. It mentions Strean's barber shop bathrooms in good condition and a social note about Tandy Gentry of Hannibal visiting the city with his mother and sisters Mrs D Gentry and Miss Lucy and Vodie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandy Gentry
Ot Hannibal
Mrs. D. Gentry
Lucy
Vodie
Easter Dance at Park Opera House Pleases Crowd
The Easter Dance at the Park Opera House Wednesday night by Shelby Sweeney and Mose Leake drew about twenty six couples who enjoyed the healthful music and dancing provided by the Park Opera House orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Shelby Sweeney
Mose Leake
Park Opera House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrat
Ella L. Shearman
Jefferson City
W.C T. U
Illinois
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. B. A. McNutt
Burlington By. Co
Katherine Gooch
L. H. Redman
Minnie
Lilly
Shelby County
May
Strean's
Monroe City, MO
Percheron Stallion
Panama
Captain Dewey
Buck
Strean’s
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