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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
2
A 1909 Monroe City item presents a poem about apple blossom weather. The verse evokes sunny skies, blooming trees, busy bees, and cheerful spring imagery attributed to Clinton Scollard in the New York Sun. A short note marks the edition date and office posting.
A collection of editorial snippets contrasts social judgment with class bias, noting a New York legal scene over Panama Canal publications and a judge demanding evidence for removal to Washington. It covers free speech, trial rights, and press limits amid political pressure, plus local notes on rail fare changes and a Paris Shelbina baseball result.
A Black Pullman porter sued after a passenger falsely charged him with stealing a pocketbook. A jury awarded 2500 damages but the judge ruled the amount excessive, saying a Black man cannot feel the same humiliation as a white man. The appellate court sustained the ruling, sparking debate on judicial discrimination.
The Supreme Court issued an opinion in Adams Express Co. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky upholding the company’s right to ship liquor into a dry county, ruling the interstate shipment constitutes interstate commerce.
L. J. Stockwell of Paducah Kentucky arrived Friday to visit and accompany his wife who has been visiting her mother Mrs. T J Sharp. N A Drescher has been a business visitor in Rock Island.
An elderly Maine farmer recalls forty six years of marriage noting his wife was a good cook and housekeeper though he never liked her. W W Longmire and daughter Mrs Harry Wood of Clinton visited Hannibal friends Friday. Ralph Graham and wife planned a trip to Blessing hospital for treatment. Charles L Elzea and Alpha left for Bolivar to visit John Elzea’s family. W L Ely and family left for their annual boat trip from St Louis north. Mrs J A Reily and Mack returned home after visiting.
The Palmyra Commercial Club is described as both a business booster and a coercive cartel as it warned a nonmember to join or risk a club competitor entering that man’s line. Critics label this restraint of trade and coercion, arguing it may violate the law.
The Memphis Democrat reports a posted notice by a Memphis citizens committee declaring there are too many strange colored people in town and that they should leave at once. The marshal warns arrests for vagrancy if they stay.
A Monroe City Democrat editorial notes the exchange of material with no clear ear mark or credit. The piece questions why contributors should be credited or rewarded when their material circulates in the column, urging proper attribution and recognition.
Cassidy laments that none of us can meet others high expectations. Casey replies that it is consoling to remember none of us are as bad as some think. S. A. Stone of Chillicothe owns a Jersey cow yielding seventy five pounds of milk daily and says he should get another and start a dairy.
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