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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
7
A humorous first person account of a rural family visiting the city church for the first time. They describe churchgoers, rented pews, fashionable hats, and the sermon, with mockery of vanity and distraction. The narrator notes the sermon’s dullness, a snoozing husband, and restless children during the long service.
The piece mixes local names from Laddonia and Monroe counties with notes on editor Sumners and Caxton Bigs. It recalls funeral flowers sent for a Macon man, mentions a rail ride linked to anti-Greeley politics, and cites a Paris governor’s letter about probate judge vacancy and a candidate slate shift.
The passage notes farmers, young and sharp, learning quickly to advertise and sell items for profit. It highlights practical, experiential learning turning farmers into faster, better advertisers and country merchants.
A cured thousands claim Smiths Suave Kidney Sure will cure kidney and bladder troubles including dropsy Brights disease catarrh gravel of the bladder albumen in urine and urinary pain. The statement guarantees a complete cure with use. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Sold by J J Fitzpatrick and Dr Hornback in Hannibal Missouri.
A collage of flirtatious verse, street talk, and domestic humor fills the page. Quips about marriages, sugar, mules, and court notices mingle with oddball ads and local gossip. Amid old-time romances, legal chatter, and farm life, the snippet shows slice-of-life bric-a-brac from a bygone local paper.
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