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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment mentions PEM YEAR fumes Ss 1.00 and relates to post office matters in Monroe. Details are unreadable, but the item hints at an official notice or fee mention connected to local postal service issues.
Fragmentary report mentions Whitecotton figures urging opposition while referencing voters and a fast race in Monroe City. Family names Miss Hertha Jaewer and guests gather for a birthday supper as Obit notes recount Anna Cassady Greeff born in Barton County and Lula Cassady, with services at a Methodist church and burial in St. Des cemetery after illness and lippe complications.
A three year old girl died after a kitchen fire started when her father left briefly for chi feeding. The blaze at a home east of the city burned the child and injured another, with the funeral planned for Sunday. In New York a public odors smell ban was not allowed in eateries per new ordinance.
Fragmented excerpts from era newspapers show party rancor in New York and Missouri style bursts. References to 125 00 ool oem lists, Republican loyalties, Taft visit plans, and gubernatorial race chatter feature names like Wilder, Adkins, Vandiver, Crow, Evans, Fort, Ball, Cowherd, and Carrollton in a collage of editorial voices from Shawnee and Missouri papers.
A Hopkins journal item laments perceived leniency in Nodaway County justice. It reports a cattle thief receiving two years in prison while a separate shotgun offender was sentenced to five years, criticizing the law as a farce.
Managers of the State Industrial Home for Girls in Chillicothe estimate it costs Missouri SL.500 and five years of effort to transform a “bad girl” into a “good girl.” The home, often called a reform school, serves 162 girls from across Missouri with maintenance funded by counties at 275 a year each.
Ella L. Shearman editors a W C T U column urging organized action education and abstinence. The piece cites Missouri under local option saloons closed in many counties and notes Clinton N Howard campaign for March 15. Bishop Randolph S. Foster warns the church must lead against intoxicants or risk moral collapse.
A reflective poem praising a man who sees virtue in others, praises faults gently, and brings light and music to despair. It contrasts his uplifting presence with present trouble and notes future dying ahead.
W M Farrell of Paris Savings Bank estimates about 2000 mules on feed in Monroe county. He notes only two mule loads shipped recently, both moving slowly. He adds the fate of the young stock remains uncertain.
Mrs Ford Wood entertained twenty five intimate ladies Thursday afternoon with a royal good time at four tables. The guests enjoyed refreshments as Mrs Wood tickled their palates with generous fare.
Lexington Kentucky January 23 report notes that Trampfast winner of the 1907 two year old division of the Kertucey Futurity has been sold by Joseph Shea of Pittsburg to L O Brown of Delevan for 16000 dollars. Trampfast shipped from Lexington to Terre Haute Indiana for further training and racing.
Local gossip notes Rolla Peffer spent Sunday in Bunnewell with a fair companion. The outing drew attention from residents as word spread of the outing and companionship.
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