16 Jan 1908
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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
1
Local notice appears to report a public utility payment deadline in Monroe City Missouri with dates and numbers scattered in OCR garble. It references the Democ RAT and Cu Sdiernion indicating a municipal or utility surcharge or payment due schedule. The exact action and official names are unclear from the readable fragments.
A brief note recalls a stationless station three miles east of the city on the M. K. T. line as Skipper and John Kendrick biked out of Monroe City during the year 1907.
A rural women poultry ledger shows Laura Lee selling eggs and poultry totaling 240.19. Mrs. Straub, O'Daniel, Hayden, Hogan, Christian, Redman, Engle, and Redman report varied totals for eggs butter poultry and turkeys in 1907. Additional notes include starts with hens, hatching, and home use, reflecting active farm households.
The article extols Monroe City as transformed from a typical town into a cosmopolitan prairie center of 2,600 residents with rapid growth, robust shipments of stock poultry and grain, and strong rail connections. It praises climate soil and water, calls out churches and schools, notes new homes, streets, and public works, and highlights generous hospitality and thriving commerce.
Monroe City Lodge No 265 I O O F held Thursday evening to install officers for the term. R T Carrieu DD&M presided. Names include R Emerson NG D Cler Koi, Gov Chipnan, G V T mooning, S NLG Roy Meriwetler, S N G Win Wadsworth, Wardee W Pore, P M Christie, Chaplain F F McKee, E E Reed, L S S M B Vaughe, Gosney, Spalding, C L Carpenter, and others. Also Monroe Chapter No 48 OES to be installed next Saturday. Charles Shaw of Hannibal visiting relatives north of the city. Poultry fence promoter A Jaeger advertised.
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