Big Monroe City Prize Contest Promises Pianos and Diamonds
The Democrat announces an all out popular prize election offering a $350 Nelson piano as the first prize, a $100 diamond ring second, and several other valuable awards. Nomination blanks and 50 vote coupons will appear next week, with a firm handling the contest and broad eligibility for local women in Monroe City and surrounding counties. A memorial obituary of William Cranston accompanies this notice.
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Democrat
Mr. Cranston
Miss Torrey
Missouri
Texas
Abilene
John
David
Wilby
Grace
Charles
Arthur
Lina
Clyde
Lula
David Cranston
S. S. Miller
Santa Fe
Jennie Cowherd
Perry
Robert Cranston
William Cranston
St. Louis
Monroe City
Farms and sales listed in early 1910s Monroe County items
Auction notes detail a 142 acre farm near Monroe City with no improvements and other parcels for sale. Livery stable sale at New London follows, listing livestock and farm implements. Community notices include church events, Mass Meeting, and obituaries, with shipments reported for the week and auctioneering by Col Youell and Elbert Yates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Hunnewell
A. Jaeger, JR
Jesse Roland
New London
West Farm
Rensselaer
Oakwood
Col. W. T. Youell
Elbert Yates
Roll of Honor For December by Grade
Roll of Honor list for December by grade names pupils in Grades 1 through 8. Notable inclusions are Bob Cranston Virginia Dawson Ebey Rouse Jack Wade Dorothy Bixler Arley Schafer Frank Spurgeon George Kidd Ethlyn Kline Lucile Moss Everet Saunders Gensos Moss Gilbert R West Little Wright Willie Mary Shearman Lucile Crandall Edith Ponovan Senta Clark Daisy Crigler Bert Emerson Daisy Watson Oza Crawford Della Crawford Lillian Humphrey.
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Bob Cranston
Virginia Dawson
Ebey Rouse
Jack Wade
Dorothy Bixler
Arley Schafer
Frank Spurgeon
George Kidd
Ethlyn Kline
Lucile Moss
Everet Saunders
Gensoa Moss
Gilbert R. West
Little Wright
Willie Mary Shearman
Lucile Crandall
Edith Ponovan
Senta Clark
Daisy Crigler
Bert Emerson
Daisy, Watson
Fire Losses Across US and Canada Hit 1910 Peak
Statistics show fire losses in the United States and Canada in 1910 totaled 234,470,650 dollars, surpassing 1909 by over 30 million. December losses reached 21,528,000 dollars. Federal and state officials say most losses are preventable, even as overall insured rates drop. Only two prior years, Chicago and San Francisco fires, exceed 1910.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
San Francisco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dimmitts
Nelson
Edenburgh
Scotland
Anson
Lina Hampton
Democrats
Vie
Cadidate
Col W T Youell
F & M Bank
Fair Grounds
Chase Sullivan
James Jones
T. J. Yates
Barger & McCintic
Henderson- Morris Produce Co
Mefarland Bros
Yates & Yates
Ryan
Hannibal
Methodist
Christian
Christian Church
Grace Baptist
First Baptist
Spurgeon
First Baptist Church
Ellen R. Caldwell
David Caldwell
William Wadsworth
Ely
Frederick Co
Maryland
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Vernon
UTP
Oza Crawford
Della Crawford
Lillian Humphrey
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