Democratic Candidate Announcements and Endorsements
The Democrat lists Democratic nominees for Missouri offices to be decided in the August 4, 1908 primary including State Senator Frank W. McAllister and J. Will Hays, Representative candidates J. P. Boyd and Weldon Hardesty, Sheriff nominees T. Wooden and George R. Jackson, and other officials. It contains bold advocacy for Joseph Cowherd, attacks on rivals, calls to unity, and remarks on party principles and past boltings by Wallace and others.
Scrappy Missouri Democrat Essays Political Faith and Local News
The article voices party views praising education and governance, promotes Cowherd over Ball to face Hadley, and notes local names visiting, remodeling, and building projects in the Hannibal area. It mentions Mary Upton and relatives, Colgate returning from Washington, and various residents in Monroe and nearby towns.
Big Game At Park Palmyra To Meet Monroe Merchants
Baseball fans are urged to attend a big game at the park tomorrow afternoon between Palmyra and the Monroe Merchants. Palmyra has faced Shelbina seven times this season, winning four. Also, Shelbina shot against Monroe, scoring 249 of 350 targets to Monroe’s 264. In social news, Miss Cleo Patton and Miss Margaret Patton hosted a Saturday evening for Dean Thomas of Quincy, with guests from Chicago and local families enjoying music and games. The Monroe Merchants defeated Brookfield 12 to 0 Sunday at Christian's park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Monroe Merchants
Shelbina
Cleo
Margaret Patton
Dean Thomas
Quincy
Maurine
Iva D. Ogle
Chicago
Edna Vaughn
Mildred Buell
Delilah Anderson
Lena Bess Asbury
Anna Mae Barr
Opal Forsythe
Carson Eakle
George Turner
Richard Asbury
Dent Owen
J. Henderson
Richard Hatch
Christian's Park
Brookfield
Births and local notes stir Hereford county
Ralph Graham reports another passenger for his auto a boy weighing 11 1 2 pounds John W Greathouse greathouse rejoices over the birth A good coat urged at J C Cozad payment required Hereford school house named as the August primary voting place to serve many Ralls county residents A critic remarks on calling opponents infernal liars Theodore Roosevelt and David A Ball cited as having fallen into the habit Brookfield officials Steve McGlasson and Ben Linton spent Sunday with friends and Monroe’s daughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Graham
John W
Greathouse
Hereford
Ralls County
Theodore Roosevelt
David A. Ball
K. C. Post
Steve McGlasson
Theihoff
Brookfield
Ben Linton
Linton
William Losson
Monroe
Monroe Delegation Attends Democratic Pow Wow at Palmyra
A fragment from a 19th century paper notes a 186 strong Monroe delegation to a Palmyra Democratic pow wow, while a separate item mentions a local basketball game with a 13 to 8 score and remarks on Kickapoo Indians. It also references C E Bradshaw and Miss Fannie Carter visiting Saline county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Bradshaw
Fannie Carter
Saline County, Ill
C. E. Bradshaw
Burlington
Monroe
Queen of the Prairies
Palmyra
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank W. McAllister
J. Will Hays
J. P. Boyd
J. Weldon Hardesty
J. T. Wooden George R. Jackson
A. L. Alexander F. M. Nolen
A. D. Buford
Jeff T. Noel J. Curt Hill
Eastern District
Jack W. Davis
James T. Umstattd
A. G. Shortridge W. M., Mereor
M. W. Caldwell
E. T. Fuller
J. J. Browning
A. T. Stuart
Public Administrator
P. G. Marr
Cowherd
Democracy
Missouri
Staple
Wallace
Little Red School
Judge Wallace
Monroe City
William H. Wallace
Palmer
Buckner
MacKinley
Joe
Strean'’s
Mary Upton
Walter
Hannibal
Charles Walker
Russell
LaBelle
Effie Bexter
Huntington
Frank Thomas
Herman Levy
James Dimmitt
Spalding Springs
H. Powell
J. B. Jeffries
Hannibal Courier-Post
Benjamin Willis
Maywood
C. Scott
Pauline E. Owen
Earl Willett
Thelma and Louise
Charles Buckman
Roy Yeager
Kansas City
Gallatin
Dave Ball
Herbert Hadley
Kansas City Star
Globe-Democrat
Globe-Democrat Are Fighting Cowherd
al Abell
Shelbyville
Zack Leake
Arch Little
S. H. Griffin
John Cleary
First Street
Dr. Proctor
A. J. Davis
Lee's Creek
H. G. Fuqua
Asbury
W. B. Drescher
Pepper
R. B. Clawson
Shelbina Gun Club
Monroe Club
Poor Brookfield
J. C. Cozad
William R. Painter
A. Jaeger
Ed Walker
Ed Lee
Lee
Kickapoo
Kickapoo Indians
Leach & Guinan
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