Prize Letters From Monroe City Children Listed
The Monroe City Democrat notes prize-winning letters from local children to Santa Claus. The judges favored Paul Maddox and Mary Fern Bohrer for distinct qualities. Also included are two child letters requesting a Rocky horse, dolls, rings, a bicycle, and other gifts, and a brief political item about William O. Cardwell’s defamation suit against a Missouri paper and its withdrawal after a mysterious payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Maddox
Mary Fern Bohrer
A. M. Dockery
Sam B. Cook
Albert O. Allen
William O. Cardwell
The
Missouri
State Democratic Committee
Sam B Cook
St. Louis Republic
Cardwell
Brown
Oyster Supper to aid fire loss at Piorida camp
The Modern Woodmen at Piorida camp announce an Oyster Supper on Saturday night December 28 to raise funds for losses from a recent fire at Piorida, Missouri. The M. M. League of Monroe City plans a meeting at their Hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday December 31 to elect officers for 1902, with all members urged to attend. Dr. Hornback, Oculist and Aurist, Hannibal, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piorida Camp
Plorida Mo
M. M. League of
Monroe City
Monroe City Light and Power Co Faces Lighting Outage
Several weeks after arch lights quit blinking, the Monroe City Beeetric Light and Power Co had incandescent lights dark on Monday night. Merchants were decorating show windows for the holiday trade while sightseers observed the dim displays. Business men began to talk earnest about a plant in earnest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Beeetric Light and Power Co
Saily
Earpest
Santa Claus Letters From Delayed Readers
The paper apologizes to children who wrote too late for the Santa Claus issue of the Democrat. Late letters will be sent to Santa by special mail, with the staff noting time and tide wait for no man and a newspaper’s need to publish promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Santa Claus
Democrat
Santa
Cooper School Spelling Bee Set For Friday Night
The Cooper School will host a BSpelling Bee next Friday night December 20. All residents are invited to attend. Mrs. B F Handley, recently left to join her husband in Kansas City, is ill with scarlet fever but improving. Mrs. J W Calvert traveled to Monroe City Tuesday. The Warren township Teachers Meeting gathered at Cooper School on December 7, 1901. Mrs. J W Colvert and her mother Mrs Mollet visited Mr. and Mrs. John Obert of New Market last Monday. Mrs. Jos Sandifer remains very ill this week, and Bernie Sandifer is also on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper School
B. F. Handley
Kansas City
J. W. Colvert
Mollet
John Obert
New Market
Jos. Sandifer
Moberly
Monroe City
New Monroe Hotel
Take Care of Your Eyes Speech on Eye Care and Glasses
A cautionary call urges readers to value their eyes as precious gifts and questions using inexperienced eye specialists who diagnose and prescribe glasses after only short study. It warns that failing sight leads to glasses from ill qualified practitioners and emphasizes the need for proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Prominent stock man buys eleven head at Hereford sale
James Elzen, a leading south city stock man, attended the Hereford stock sale in Kansas City on Wednesday and purchased eleven head. Six importeds stood at 400 dollars each, while five registered cattle cost slightly less. The purchase boosts Elzen into high class stock man status as the holidays approach. Miss Dave Hoey returned from Winchester Illinois with friend Miss May Watt. Albert Montgomery arrived from Kansas to spend the holidays, though a blue eyed girl offers a different tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Elzen
Kansas City
Jim
Dave Hoey
Winchester
Ill
Miss May Watt
Albert Montgomery
Kansas
Coke and coal ad from McCall coat and coke
An early promotional advertisement stating another car of coke will arrive for furnace and stove use. It invites customers to ring 121 for first class coal or wood, promising warmth and business from the Coat & Coke Co McCall.
Cough Remedy Endorsed by Chicago Physician
A Chicago physician widely recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy for persistent coughs and bronchial afflictions in children and adults. The non narcotic, safe medicine is suggested for universal relief and is sold by B. O. Wood.
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Allio
Iit
Mia
Mary Ht
Melon Ay. M.D
Chicago
Til
B. O, Wood
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Wilson
EM Wilson
Rouse
K. F. Hexson
Guy of
Jefferson
W. J. Rouse
Sir
Santa Clause
Sam
Papa
Mamma
Grandpa
Sol
Pearl
L. W. Read
H. L
Hornback
Hannibal
Coopersville
J. W. Calvert
Warren Township
Dee
Bernie Sandifer
F.S. Can
St. Louis
Ja. EE
Ss. Can
B. O. Woon
Peter Werner
Monroe City, Mo
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