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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
5
B D Neal of Rensselaer travels with Monroe friends en route to Elsberry to visit relatives. For Sale King heater store apply at this office. Dimmitt will take in horses mules or cows on a come in now I will deliver right to your house. Trade Dimmitt a horse for a piano for your daughter Christmas.
Entry recorded at Monroe City Missouri concerns a second-class matter filed with the local post office.
A 1908 London boarding house Christmas tale recalls a dinner ruined by a belligerent cook. The matron pleads, the narrator pacifies the intoxicated cook with tea and a bedtime upstairs, then dinner finally serves to the other boarders. The cook leaves, the kitchen head departs, and the narrators are ostracized by the other residents.
A public foreclosure sale in Monroe County Missouri December 18 1908 at the courthouse front entrance for cash seeks the property of Robt P Mudd et al. The tract covers 100 acres more or less in Township 55 Range 8 West F M and lists described portions of sections 15 27 and 10. Nolen sheriff of Monroe County Missouri.
In a cozy tale, Johnny boasts he will stop St Nicholas from leaving useful gifts. Sue warns, while the clock nears midnight, their parents arrive with bundles. Johnny realizes his audacious plan failed as St Nicholas proceeds to leave clothes and belongings.
A humorous Christmas snippet shows St. Nicholas, angered by critics, giving gifts to a little girl’s family while parents explain the boy’s bundles are their own purchases. The scene ends with Mrs. Caller noting her husband receives the same necktie yearly.
Travel offers include a $7.90 round trip from Hannibal to the International Live Stock Exposition from November 28 to December 10 with tickets on sale November 29 30 and December 1 2 7 8. Return by December 12. A $10.50 return from Hannibal to the National Corn Exposition from December 9 to 19 with tickets on sale December 7 to 12 and return by December 22.
On sale first and third Tuesday each month at low rates for round trips from Hannibal to Western and Southern points. Through sleepers run between Hannibal and Chicago Detroit Buffalo and New York City. Rates routes and timetables available from officials.
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