Monroe City Post Office Adds One Dollar
A note from Monroe City Missouri records one dollar entered at the post office as a second class matter.
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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
2
A note from Monroe City Missouri records one dollar entered at the post office as a second class matter.
A critique of federal spending contrasts the cost of Erie Canal with today’s budget. It cites large crop values, rising appropriations, and thousands more federal officeholders under Roosevelt versus Cleveland and McKinley. It notes Civil War four year costs as a benchmark and mentions a Vandalia Christmas girl named Regina.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a cure for dandruff and itching with a money back guarantee from druggist L. M. Wood at 50 cents a bottle. The text contrasts this with a critique from La Follette’s Magazine about cotton mill wages and tariff profits.
A shop touts highest quality meats with careful selection and no sacrifice for price. Emphasizes superior cuts and meticulous sourcing to reassure customers about value and standards.
An Iowa farmer paid 335 dollars for ten ears of seed corn that won a 1000 dollar prize at the Omaha show. The seed grew into the world’s best corn after six to seven years of selective breeding, yielding 33.50 per ear. The lesson: invest in the very best seed and cultivate it carefully.
Brightly lit passenger cars promise a pleasant railway trip from pilot to observation end. They offer essential comforts and extras aimed at making the journey smoother with brighter, more attractive, and comfortable accommodations.
The piece notes British peers control 16,411,986 acres about one fifth of UK land. Individual holdings average 142,564 acres for dukes, with marquises 47,5000, earls 30,217, viscounts 15,324 and barons 14,152. Seven titled landlords earn over 70 million annually from London property, led by Duke of Westminster at 15 million, then Lord Howard de Walden, Duke of Bedford, and Duke of Norfolk. Memphis: News-Scimitar. Judge Bart Rosell, of St. Louis.
A baseball enthusiast took his wife to a game. That night she shouted in her sleep, Kill the umpire. He woke, asked if he killed the umpire. He replied No, but…
Abe Bloomfield and sister Miss Lucy of Siloam Springs Ark arrive to visit home folks. Mamie Hallock and Allie Wine of Milford Tex arrive to spend Christmas. Victor Spalding of Des Moines IA returns home for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Graham of Shelbina visit Ralph Graham’s family. J A Jackson travels to Elvaston IL to spend Christmas with Mrs Jackson’s parents. Julia Proctor of Palmyra visits relatives James Redd. W D Erwin family of Ottumwa IA visit. Paul Bottorff sells valuable horse Pumpkins for 150 to Sanford Trussel. Mrs. Mary Mefford of Rosebud Mont visits sister Mrs. A Boulware and goes to Palmyra. Mrs. S R Emery of Ely meets Santa in the city. R K Kendrick of Vandalia with Monroe relatives. Four old Scotchmen reminisce in a club room at 5 a m. The court toll road order declares eight miles of Louisiana and Frankford road a toll road under Missouri statute.
Miss Lizzie Gottmian attended the McColloch Haskett wedding at Hunnevel Thursday evening. James Syke made a business visit in ioellemubtel on Friday.
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