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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
3
Mrs. George Green and Mrs. Charles Burgen suffered severe injuries when a team bolted after Mrs. Green stood in the buggy. Mrs. Green died that night, with multiple fractures and shock noted. The accident also claimed two other sisters in the family's line of misfortune.
Residents at Sharpsburg church held an ice cream social Saturday night. A heavy rainstorm caused the creek to rise and about fifty attendees remained inside the church until six o clock Sunday morning, ending a lively evening of dancing and socializing.
In 1877 a Logan Palmer battle produced a brief deadlock lasting weeks and forty ballots. Initial contenders were John A. Logan, Republican, and John M. Palmer, Democrat, before switching to Charles B. Lawrence and Judge David Davis, with Davis victorious. An 1885 Logan Morrison clash spanned Feb 10 to May 19, needing 118 ballots, ending with Logan, a Republican, defeating Colonel W. R. Morrison.
A political verse urging tariffs on wool brass fur hides and tallow steel glass coffee flour salt linen cotton sugar clocks gloves socks clothes boots rubber copper lace fruits medicine thread bread coal tin lumber paper needles pins shirts rope soap cradle coffin tombstone birth death taxes on all essentials. Payne Aldrich and Cannon named in The Commoner.
Miss Alice Yates visited Quincy for several days with friends. Monroe society held an ice cream supper at Sharpsburg Saturday night. Mrs Belle Pickering and baby of Richmond visited her parents in Quincy. Mrs H W Schwartz of Quincy hosted her sister Mrs Edward Daumon. Prof Henry Beers of Yale amused by absent minded mythos after his door notice. Earl Courtney and bride arrived in the city as Bohemian Frankford locals settle here. Mrs James Williamson of Hunnewell socialized Monday. N B Smallwood visited Shelbina Monday. George P Johnston of Hannibal spent early week with kin. Mrs A W Miles and children go to Boulder Colo to join Dr Miles. Mer Tooley returns from State University for vacation.
A Palmyra Herald note explains spelling changes from rout to route and from programme to program. It also discusses the mispronunciation shift to root and cites ancient usage on the side of root for those who prefer it.
A California millionaire recalls dining with W K Vanderbilt Jr in Paris and recounts Vanderbilt’s claim that a second Monte Carlo casino would outpace the original. He warns of unfair roulette and notes a brash brandy bet as a parable of misplaced fortune.
A collection of pithy moral maxims on truth, generosity, humility, and faith drawn from Henry F. Cope as published in the Chicago Tribune. The lines critique vanity in advertising for virtue, the cost of gifts, and how true piety shows in actions rather than words.
In Stanford Connecticut on May 26 Doctor William J Long former minister and naturalist attacked Theodore Roosevelts African hunting trip. He said the worst feature of what he calls the whole blood business is the brutalizing influence reports from Africa have on thousands of American boys. As there are no reporters with Mr. Roosevelt he added these re
A New Jersey potters union passed resolutions prohibiting all potters from joining the National Guard or regular army. The National Brotherhood of Potters’ vice president said the rule will be nullified at the national convention. The piece urges leaders to curb violence and protect public order and property.
A dispatch notes Roosevelt’s broad frame drawing more notice than his teeth and strenuosity among natives. The piece flips to local items: J M Jaynes of Memphis visiting Jefferson City with A S Jaynes, and a string of Kansas City social notes. Ex governor T T Crittenden dies of stroke at ballgame. others visit or travel in Missouri towns.
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