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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
The speaker invites readers to travel this summer, highlighting abundant attractions and unusually low rates in various directions. They offer to provide illustrated folders and to obtain regional folders if not on hand.
The note compiles Missouri data: river naming by La Belle in 1862, early river navigation by Captain Nelgon in 1817, 69,415 square miles, long north to south span of 328 miles, coal potential pegged at 400 billion dollars, French explorers reaching the Kansas River mouth in 1705, high magazine circulation relative to population, and Kansas City public library usage surpassing Boston.
A school principal explains the Declaration of Independence by giving each pupil three buttons to symbolize Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The following Sunday the youngest student Johnny confesses I ain't got 'em all, sobbing unable to produce the three.
A fragment notes a judge's library quote about holding two buttons and a playful line about sewing the pursuit of happiness on pants. The readable bits reference Bife, Liberty, and a mother figure. No clear event or date is provided.
In Paris Missouri the city pays half the bill for every property owner who installs a sidewalk. New London builds granitoid walks from street to sidewalk for each owner. Monroe City has laid more miles of cement walk in three years than any town, funding it without complaint, and eight cement street crossings have been added this season.
A village crowd gathers at Hiram Hardapple's barn after Hi accidentally gives cow medicine gasoline instead of a dose. The Jersey cow now honks like a car, causing amused speculation and prompting locals to wonder about the strange mishap.
W Verdner Carson, a knight of out of New York, is at home for a two weeks vacation.
A couple debate how to decide between two suitors using a coin. He assigns heads to one man and tails to the other, but she hesitates to accept the outcome. The coin lands tails, he proclaims victory, yet she remains undecided. In a final turn, he lifts the veil of hesitation and embraces her, while a boy later reveals the found quarter used in the tale.
A humorous verse lists color married states with quirky fates for husbands. Each line links a color to a comic consequence such as fights, pay grabs, bald heads, or bad luck, concluding with a note that another sucker arrives in town.
The C A Hamilton furniture and undertak ing house held a Saturday grand opening with about a thousand ladies visiting the store. Souvenirs depleted by afternoon, and the event exceeded expectations as shoppers crowded the premises. The report notes community remarks about local newspapers and editor-reader interactions. Local guests include families from Douglas Arizona Shelbyville and others visiting Monroe County relatives.
A speaker recalls questions asked of a father about why the world is round not square why fish don’t breathe air and why trees grow. The pa stays patient then sends the narrator to bed after a quiet evening reading and talking in Council Bluffs.
The Monroe County Medical Association held a practical meeting in the Glenn Hotel parlors Paris Tuesday with physicians from Paris Hannibal Monroe City Bell Stoutsville Brown Florida Granville Noland Holliday Leasley Carver Madison Cassity Tulip and Cooper Rowena Baker Santa Fe. A banquet at 8 o clock featured fried chicken ham salad tomatoes peas potatoes strawberries ice cream cake served by Land lord Overfelt. The gathering fostered idea exchange and social camaraderie among doctors and editors and Dr Thomas Nugent attended as a guest.
Misses Cora Carrico of Denver Colorado and Lucy Carrico of De Soto Kansas arrived Thursday to spend several weeks with their parents Mr and Mrs John R Carrico Both ladies are trained nurses.
W R Poage and wife of Hydro Oklahoma with daughter Mrs M Remington Vernon Utah arrived Thursday morning to visit their son and brother Edward Poage and family.
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