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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
4
Fragment notes TM EAD Chee entered at the post office in Moore City Missouri as second close later. The readable text hints at a mailing or entry event but lacks full details or clear outcome.
The piece urges Democrats to support party nominees after the primary and to vote for officials who serve the people not trusts. It calls for unity, labor-friendly policies, and opposition to monopolies, urging participation in November and attending the Chautauqua while preparing to oppose the enemy.
The page mixes local business promos for Walker & Wade with farm equipment lines and consumer devices. It also records social visits by Masters B. and Wood, staff changes in Monroe and Webb City schools, and a series of personal notices. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa died at 79 after a long public career.
Ella L Shearman notes the National Prohibition Convention in Columbus Ohio nominated Eugene W Phapin for president and Aaron S Watkins for vice president. Twelve hundred delegates cheered as speeches urged early victory. Joplin schools submitted 102 temperance essays for prizes. Nellie G Burges organizes Missouri union at Richmond with 106 members supplying W C T U columns in two newspapers.
Yates & Shearman advertise yard and lawn care prices with discounts on slippers parasols and suits. Special prices on tan and white footwear, parasols, and window suits priced at eighteen dollars. Miss Lucile Jackson guest of D. R. Davenport and wife from St. Louis visiting local friends. Roy Penn from St. Louis visits his parents Rev. and Mrs. Thompson Penn. Economy Store offers post cards and eggs bought at high market price during fair.
Last afternoon J. M. Hendrick's team bolted down West Summer street and ran over Ben Robison's horse and buggy. The horse was knocked down and nearly stripped of its harness, with only one hind wheel remaining. The mad team then turned into Locust street and collided with a barb fence.
Henry Have all packages checked at Floral Hall as Aston Fairbanks Scale announces routine inspection. A H Green and M Landers present. Event to occur Thursday at five o clock. attendees urged to arrive early for verification and safety checks.
Yates and Shearman invite inspection of their fall dress goods line arriving this season. Mrs H. Clay Heather of Palmyra visited Hon R. S. McClintic and wife. Mrs Mildred Bowles and daughters Eulah and Maybel arrived to visit relatives and enjoy the Chautauqua. J H McClintic sick with a lesson in hand swelling from a scratch. The Stork added a daughter to Mr and Mrs Charles Bagnum and to Mr and Mrs Grafton Young. Mrs William Gilkinson of Palmyra visited daughter Mrs C A Noland for the Chautauqua. Charles Hasson and family of Hannibal guests of Charles Buckman. Josephine Proctor of Chicago arrived to visit grandparents J M Proctor.
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