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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
Small town notice indicates I.De Fauy WE ee project or item was filed at the Monroe City Missouri post office as second-class mail matter. The entry notes the mailing status and records the formal designation for publication.
A 1908 column asserts dust sustains rain and sun protection, explaining twilight as dust reflecting sunset. It also reprints Hannibal Journal on Chicago negro law and order leagues and how black communities face mob violence, urging self policing to reduce race tensions and riots.
Secretary Geo. B. Ellis of the State Board of Agriculture in Columbia Missouri requests farmers to answer detailed questions about poultry raising. He asks flock size sales totals eggs per year best and poorest months housing and feeding methods local markets and welcomes poultry pictures for a forthcoming pamphlet.
Our ice plant brings ice at 25 to 40 cents per hundred, cheaper than Monroe City and other towns where prices range 50 to 75 cents. The Palmyra Herald urges standing by the plant, notes dealers in other towns ship extra freight, and urges Monroe City to form a company and order machinery for next season.
In July thirteen barrels and a half of whisky were sold on prescription in Columbia. Five drug stores filed 2869 prescriptions with the county clerk as required by law. Each prescription states the whisky was a necessary remedy, with quantities from a pint to a quart, about half for a quart. Mr Lester Keithley of Rome Miss arrives for visit with parents J H McClintock and wife near Hatch. The Democrat covers the field.
An Exchange column urges residents to support home merchants to keep money circulating locally. It argues mail order and distant firms drain cash, depress town growth, reduce demand for local labor and farm produce, and weaken the community’s future. A traveling Iowa man notes a shift toward Bryan and Roosevelt in the presidential race, citing 2,500 drummers he spoke with as supportive of Bryan.
Notice is given that lett er testamentary on the estate of Eliza E Paris deceased was granted August 18 1908 by the Probate Court of Monroe County Missouri. All persons with claims against said estate must exhibit them for allowance within one year or be precluded from any benefit. if not exhibited within two years from publication they shall be forever barred. Thies Zith day of August 1908. Wa RK Yates Executor R 8 McClawrie Attorney for Executor.
Hon J C Allison of New London was in the city Friday seen with friends during a social outing.
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