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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
1
The notice lists Rev W Sears visiting Palmyra and clergy with churches in Perry Louisiana Wells ville Fulton and other areas. It covers resignations and upcoming services at Grace First Baptist and Christian churches including Rally Day missions offerings and diocesan events. It also notes choir meetings prayer meetings and Epworth League times.
The annual P. E. O. reception was moved to Monday night January 1 to enable members and friends to meet Kansas City State President Mary D. Lawrence. Mrs. Laura Boulware hosted at her home with yellow and white decor. Punch, ice cream, strawberries, and cake were served. Eleanor and Mildred Scott played piano and violin, Hallock and Henderson read. The event drew praise despite rain, and a wish emerged for quarterly gatherings.
Postponed till 1904, the Memorial and Decoration Day committees labored hard. Had rain not stopped events, Rev. D F Bone and Rev. Dr. I W Read would have led services, Miss Mamie Harlock rehearsed the poem Conquered, and the band and procession were set to march. Despite weather, White City became a bower of roses and sweet honey suckle with a strong display of affection.
Charlie Headburg deals in fine horses while Jim Farrell and wife of Hunnewell stayed here over the weekend. Mrs Joe Keithley and daughter Ulah visited last week in Hunnewell. Manning Elliott of Monroe City was here buying fat stock. Warmers are busy with their corn crop. Church services will be held at Aerial Sunday. Mrs Elizabeth Spalding visits Shiel. Frank Bradshaw sold the south side of his farm to Ed Floyd. John Hardy was guest of Miss Virginia Bell Sunday. The Mutual Telephone Co had a good hearing there.
Mr and Mrs J C Reid share a birthday on the same day of the year though not the same year. He was 51 last Wednesday and she is six years younger. Their son Earl of Macon City and many friends send affectionate remembrances and a long life well wishes from a Democra friend.
The report lists farmers selling cattle hogs wool and crops with buyers Alf Green H B Mudd Yates and others. It notes Wool shipments to Boulware and Son and Davenport and Co property sales Pertainings include a York ship to Texas and a planned market garden by Jacob Schmunder with land purchase for $750.
Vast floods sweep Des Moines and surrounding towns with four feet of water in streets. Thousands homeless across Kansas and Nebraska as Kaw and Missouri rivers surge. Destruction, fires, and evacuations follow as railroads and utilities fail.
John G Wood departed Monday for Hannibal to join Broadway Livery Stables and assume duties. He is regarded as one of the best horsemen, having handled many fine animals, and is described as a jolly good seller with no bad habits, soon to be missed by his customers and associates.
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