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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
2
A fragment from the Somerville Journal notes chores and daily duties in a light verse. It highlights washing floors dusting doors boiling baking cooking and buying goods as common community labor. The publication details include editor names and Monroe City Missouri printing information.
Quotes from Lincoln Edison Moody Richter West and others praise mothers as the unseen force behind achievement. The piece notes many famous men credit their mothers, while lamenting mothers receive little recognition as their sons are celebrated. A Taft remark about soldiers contrasts with sensational journalism over a battleship memorial.
The piece riffs on withholding sensational or harmful details in various scenarios from merchant thefts to church quarrels and political deals, ending with a call to ignore gossip while noting the forum’s stance on curbing lurid or unsafe content.
Bolivar Herald quotes harsh political woes as Republicans stumble over home rule. A seven month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stanley died Friday. Funeral held in Hydesburg Saturday. G W Bennett and niece Miss Alexander visit relatives. Mrs H E Morrowitz and babe of Keokuk Town with relatives. Observation on newspaper ethics ends with Clarence business dispute noted.
The South Side beat the North Side 10 to 7 in a lively game featuring wild batting and errors. Lineups included Crowe and Armstrong for South Side and J B Hagan Lange and Geo Foley for North Side. North Side scored 4 in the sixth, 2 in the seventh, and 1 in the ninth, while South Side tallied 2 in the first, 1 in the second, 2 in the fourth, 3 in the sixth, and 2 in the seventh.
In Harlem a Sunday school attempt to teach charity to a Mongolian pupil ends with a marriage proposal, prompting a shift to a Chinese pupil. Meanwhile editorials praise working farmers and warn against marrying “an accomplished lady.” The piece also juggles political jabs about state treasurers Gmelich and Cowgill, and reports on arrivals and visits in Quincy and Hannibal including the Westhoff and Ryan families, Miss Ada McClintic, and others.
The Louisiana Press Journal editor offers humorous asides about the human skin pores and poverty. He notes onions can mask paint odor but not onion smell, mentions arrests tied to shooting parties near Bowling Green, and reports a Middletown hen hatched a four legged chicken. He closes with a jab about needing a chicken all breast.
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