The Old World And Its Ways Book Tour At Monroe Fair
Col. William Jennings Bryan announces a new travel book The Old World And Its Ways recounting his world tour with 240 engravings from his party photos. Published under his supervision the volume targets readers and schools with affordable subscription pricing and extensive illustrations.
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William Jennings Bryan
Europe
Col
Bryan
United States
William Jennings Bryan II
Thompson Publishing Company
St. Louis
Season of 1907 My Four Year Old Escapitan Stallion
Stallion will stand at the Fair Ground first stalls at $10.00 to insure colt, money due when colt is foaled This fellow should stand at $15 He is a bay 16 bands, gelding measure, great style, elegant set of limbs great action, and head, neck and eye that can hardly be beat He was sired by Bleapitan 2204, and brother to Allie B 2:10 and others his dam is Mary B Morgan and through and the dam of QRZ 2:144, trial 2:094 making him brother to 2:10 speed on both sides. For further particulars call and see him.
Geographical Plays by Jane Andrews
Miss Andrews, longtime school teacher, presents Geographical Plays as a final country review in dialogue form. For large classes some children act as cities while others play countries, reflecting a playful testing method for geography. Edited by M A Lane. part of the Youths Companion Series from Youth's Companion.
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Jane Andrews
M. A.L. Lane
Family Anniversaries and Keepsakes Across Distances
Margaret E Sangster urges keeping family ties strong through Thanksgiving and Christmas, weddings, births, and regular contact. She notes married children far away still drawing to the old home by visits or letters, and emphasizes the irreplaceable closeness of a mother to her children.
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Margaret E Sangster
Woman's Home Companion
Maine
California
The Moorce City Democrat Bryan's Commoner
A brief note from Moorce City Democrat Bryan's Commoner dated L665 a year.
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Moorce City
Bryan
Apache Chief Geronimo Led Bloodied Strife for Decades
The article chronicles Geronimo’s rise after his wife and children were killed, his raid against Mexicans, and his long career of raiding. It notes his contempt for the Spanish American War and his remark on U S efforts vs his band. It also includes a magazine excerpt on children’s summer wear and a local note about Wesley Drescher visiting Monroe.
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Geronimo
T Ten
United States
Spain
Herald-Post
Jessie James Oufit
Missouri
New Idea Woman’s Magazine
Common Sense
Hannibal Visitors Inspect Fine Horses At Fair Grounds
Thomas Loudon John Pratt and John Wood of Hannibal visited Friday to view the pretty horses at the fair grounds. The exchange notes the annual cost to taxpayers for each student at the state university is 218 dollars and 65 cents while each pupil at the common schools costs 1 dollar and 80 cents, yet common schools field almost as capable football teams as the state university.
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Thomas Loudon
John Pratt
John Wood
Hannibal
Fair Grounds
Organ Joke Nets Warm Mailbag In Village Tale
In a past Middleboro township village a dispute over an organ in church services sparked heated debate at a final meeting. A neighbor interrupted, joking that if he had known the speaker feared organs he would have added one to his woodpile years ago, a quip noted by Boston Gerald.
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Middleboro
Boston
Gerald
Couldn't Keep Him Down Dave Montgomery Praises Trish
Acrobatic performer Dave Montgomery of The Red Mill fame admires Trish. He recalls a humorous Irish sailor aboard a liner who, despite seasickness, boasts he can throw farther than anyone on the ship, with a strong accent and bold punchline.
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Dave Montgomery
Birds of a feather pair on North Main Street lawn
A curious scene repeats daily on North Main Street at Mrs. Susan Boarman's lawn. A handsome cock robin and a cock English sparrow hop together, with the robin sharing worms. The sparrow eats, nests in a tree, then returns for another worm to repeat the display.
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Susan Boarman
North Main Street
Milk habit noted in national press critique piece
The piece jokes about milk consumption, saying 99 percent of country boys supposedly drink milk three times daily. It mocks metropolitan press coverage as lacking praise for such mundane habits. Nutt traveled to Hannibal on Thursday to visit friends for several days.
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Roosevelt
Ninty
Metropolitan
Reflections of a Bachelor a witty social note
A New York Press humorous reflection on marriage and gender roles. It pokes fun at purse pride, forgiveness, funerals, hair jewelry, watch chains, and a lively stereotype of women and men. The piece observes how a woman may discuss the old family coachman even with estrangement.
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New York Press
Profits in Dairying by J L Rives Near Paris Illinois
J L Rives east of Paris begins dairying with four cows in early April. He drops milk through a separator, sells the cream to a creamery, keeps the milk for calves and pigs, and expects to grow his herd. He notes profits per cow exceed one dollar weekly and believes Illinois and Iowa farmers show its profitability on poorer lands.
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J. L. Rives
Paris
Monroe County
Illinois
Iowa
Miss Marya Patton Hosts Seventeen Friends Surprise Party
Thursday evening Miss Marya Patton received a pie and pound candy surprise from seventeen friends. Ten girls contributed ten pies and seven boys supplied seven pounds of candy, making the gathering sweet and lively. One reveler exclaimed that they had a good time.
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Marya
Tet Patton
Willie Out. Willie Soannon Enters College Trade
Willie Soannon, a bright city boy, has left his newspaper business and agency duties at the Republic Globe-Democrat Times and Post-Dispatch to Samy Clark. He has gone to Hannibal to enroll in a business college for further training.
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Willie Soannon
City
of the Republic
Globe-Democrat
Times and Post-Dispatch
Samy Clark
Willie
Hannibal
Miss Gertrude Robertshaw Leaves for Shelbyville Visit
Miss Gertrude Robertshaw departed Thursday to Shelbyville to spend several days with friends, visiting and socializing away from home.
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Gertrude Robertshaw
Shelbyville
Dora Sullivan Visiting Palmyra Relative Thursday
Dora Sullivan of Palmyra was with Monroe relatives on Thursday.
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Dora Sullivan
Palmyra
Monroe
Memorial Day Visits Across Several Families
F T Ragland spent Memorial day with Shelbin relatives. Mrs Stephen Dixon of Lake nan visited daughter Miss Carrie Osborne. Mrs Edward Longmire observed Memorial day in New London. Mrs Sue Whaley of Palmyra came Thursday to visit friends Mrs A. & Jayme.
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Stephen Dixon
Lakenan
Carrie Osborne
Edward Longmire
New London
Sue Whaley
Palmyra
Jayme
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Bevares
China
Korea
Japan
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East Indies
William’ J. Long
Wm. J. Long
Chas. Copeland
Ginn & Co
Chicago
Ill
Escapitan
Will
Colt
Bleapitan
Allie
Mary
Morgan and
Wesley Drescher
Quincy
Wes
Pat
Eod
Anny
Young’s
Mieses Lillian
Hthel Me
Nutt
F T. B. Ragland
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