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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
6
A letter to the editor argues farmers know their rights and warn that siding with merchants alienates them. It condemns unrest and calls for unity, saying boycotts and threats risk violence, urging broad community cooperation to defend home and current standards.
Judge J L Hawkins born near Palmyra August 2 1832 died May 25 1965 after a long life on a Warren area farm. He married Orinda Cooper November 10 1808. He served as school district clerk for 30 years and sat on the county court for four years. Survived by wife and five children Mark C William S Frederick S Byrd and Ella May.
Tramell returned from Kansas City Tuesday afternoon and will be followed soon by his family. Evidently they preferred Monroe to Kansas City, as many do, and may not return. Charles Treaster of Hannibal spent Tuesday in the city with friends. Mrs. Gertie Ford left for Des Moines Iowa Tuesday for a ten day visit.
A bail and supper at Indian Creek will be held next Friday night to raise funds for the church. Maurice Williams and George Montgomery returned to Kirksville after a pleasant visit with homefolks. Martin Buckman of Shelburn was in Indian Creek on Sunday. A R Parsons is improving premises with a new yard fence. R F Parsons has been on the sick list but is better now. Miss Annie Carrico and Homer Hamilton of Lakenan were Swinkey visitors Sunday.
Mesdames Ed Abell Alice Robey and Lela Greenwell of Lakeoay and Mr and Mrs Joseph Smith of Palmyra were guests of Mr and Mrs W B Spalding yesterday to attend the Holy Rosary school commencement exercises.
Prosecuting Atrocy J. P. Boyd sat in court on Monday and named Hon. Robert Meriwether as his assistant for the county work. The appointment was praised as sound and satisfactory. J O Gilson visited Hannibal on business Monday.
Miss Mary Carson and Mrs Robert S McClintie hosted the Kismet Club at Miss Carson s home. Euchre in the dan t e parlors drew expert players to edge and pay full values. Prizes went to Miss Lennakvan s and Herman Levy with consolation for Miss Adelaide Lear and Harry McClintic. Guests included Allen Thompson Jasper McClintic Anna Lee Bell e Johnson Willaberth Arnold Lenna Vans Lewis Lear Bimini Jaewer Glhoude Henderson and other members. A supper and refreshments followed in a festive mood.
Sunday afternoon the Monroe City and Shelbina boys crossed bats at Turner Park. Shelbina won 21 to 12 with Snemvina not playing the last half of the ninth. Grimm and Baldwin were the Monroe battery. Threlkeld and Shaw for Shelbina.
J M Dean of Shelbina visited his daughter Mrs Robi Spalding while Pear Forsythe Grace Sharp and May Megown visited friends in Palmyra on Monday Wagner reported the New Market bridge approaches are now crossable Judge RN Sharp and wife returned from Kansas City for a long visit with brother D S Sharp OC W Settle and family came back from the east Jessie Moss of Woodland and Martha Redman of Palmyra visited relatives Wim Kendall of Quincy spent Tuesday in the city with friends
The Paris school board compliments the Monroe City board and its superintendent Prof AB Hugley by electing him as Paris schools superintendent. Hugley, long associated with the Queen of the Prairies, hopes to return to the village by the Court House after a lengthy tenure elsewhere.
Rev J B Travis arrived in the city tired and sore after shipping his goods from Fulton to Rensselaer. His horse rode in the car and ate the hay from the preacher’s improvised bench bed. He slept on hay and woke to rain, then spent the next day sorting his household items. The weary minister notes such work would exhaust two men.
Jesse Be. Sutman traveled Monday to Monongahela Pennsylvania to join his brother in a confectionery and bakery business venture. The move marks a new professional chapter with best wishes extended for success.
Dan Sharp bought a flock of sheep over the phone from Marion Nolen. Do not question Dr CO A Noland about the railroad he and David S Sharp built at Emden.
Charles Wright Judge Potter Luther McKay Al Hollyman J and W Hollyman and their wives Mesdames Drescher and Hedrick of Palmyra Sam Blackburn and wife Geo Perry and wife Thomas Mitchell and wife of Dunnewell Dan Sheary and son of Quincy attended the funeral of Judge J L Hawkins in this city Saturday
Miss Patty Vaughn described as one of the cutest little ladies ever came over Friday from near Hunnewell to do some shopping in town.
Miss Elsie Renshaw of Warren spent the latter part of last week with Monroe relatives. Nick Osborne has treated himself to a nice new buggy and set of harness.
Prof C B Hugley, a tutor in the Summer School at Madison, spent Sunday in the city with friends.
Lum Leasure and his daughter Miss Nellie have relocated to Burlington, Town, where Leasure will oversee a local basket factory. The note adds that logs can be hauled to the mill near Indian Creek and that Leasure will return in four months to saw them.
H G McCondoughey of Pawnee Nebraska is visiting relatives south of the city according to local notices.
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