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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
Local column notes fair dates August 13 and farm items from Monroe City. Entries include cattle and poultry sales, a Jersey cow with calf, breeding stock, wagon creos, and various farm improvements. Readers are also reminded of cement walk installations and street crossing counts in town.
W L Douglas former Massachusetts governor joins Judson Harmon and John A Johnson in urging Democratic senators to stay true to tariff principles. As a shoe maker he would trade any shoe duty benefit for free hides and leather, warning a hides tariff would fuel a giant beef packing leather and tanning trust. Aldrich’s approach backed by both parties, criticizes tariffs aimed at wealth while ignoring cost of living.
A six foot Diamond Back rattler skin is shown at the F. and M. Bank in the city. It arrived from Haslingen Texas sent by J. F. Rodgers, brother-in-law of Elbert Yates, illustrating long snakes in that region.
The column lists pastors and activities across churches in Hannibal and nearby areas. Rev J E Travis of Rensselaer visited Monroe friends, Father P F Cooney of Indian Creek and Rev Fr D F Sullivan in Hannibal are noted, and Rev J M Bailey handled Palmyra committee work. Services include Sunday schools at 9 30 a m and 10 45 a m, preaching at 8 p m, and various leagues. The Rock Lick Sunday School marks children's day on Sunday June 13, with other pastors and presiding elders traveling for conventions. The piece also mentions the Confederate Reunion in Memphis, a Bible School at 9 45 a m, and evening sermons and prayer meetings.
A snippet notes a splendid example of generosity that the church deeply appreciates, highlighting communal support and moral encouragement within the congregation. The brief underscores the value of charitable acts in sustaining church life and outreach.
John Wesley Jones and Mrs Jessie May Williams of 6 miles south of the city were married at the Methodist parsonage in the city yesterday at 2 p.m. by M. F. Crowe. The couple are described as estimable young people. J. D. Gilson, a leading local figure, traveled to Perry where he and Mrs Annie Richards were to wed yesterday afternoon. May blessings be numerous.
The Armstrong Herald accuses Governor Hadley of planning to spend 25000 for a State Immigration Bureau without legislative appropriation. It argues the bureau was a Republican scheme and warns that spending would burn taxpayers’ money regardless of legal authorization.
At the regular meeting of Monroe City Lodge No. 268 I. O. O. F. officers for the ensuing term were elected C. L. Carpenter to N G C Schafer as V G. Those with appointive offices will be installed in July.
A. F. and A. M. Regular communication of Monroe Lodge No. 64, A. F. & A. M. tomorrow, Friday, at 8 p.m. to work in the F. C. Degree. Members urged to be present and visiting brethren cordially invited.
Worth Times condemns Hadley as a Staddler who catered to railroads, raised farmers’ taxes, blocked prohibition votes, and centralized power in the governorship while railing against reform. The notice ends with an ad inviting readers to visit A J for a buggy.
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