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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
3
The Democrat offers Tunison's Indexed Wall Atlas free for one year to subscribers, detailing maps of the United States and World with post offices, populations, and international routes. Old subscribers may receive by paying arrears and a year in advance, with 10c extra for mail delivery.
Cecil Forsythe returned from William Jewell College Thursday night and reported the Senior Excelsior Literary Society of the college hosted an entertainment for Kansas City flood sufferers, netting $110 which was sent to Mayor Reid.
The article recounts a settler in Oklahoma Territory who suffered severe diarrhea during a harsh spring and summer journey. After a neighbor provided Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a single dose delivered rapid relief and a full recovery within hours. The piece ends noting the remedy is for sale by all dealers.
A column of witty observations on women, love, and social vanity from the New York Press. It riffs on education, money, appearance, and devotion, suggesting a bachelor’s view of romance and the dynamics of affection.
An excerpt from the New York Times recounts a Mississippi resident named Sam whose wife from Birmingham dies. He jokes about funeral travel, asking railway staff for tickets for himself and his wife’s corpse, arguing it saves money to bring kin from Alabama. The piece mirrors racial and regional attitudes of its era.
The Sun denounces Joseph Chamberlain’s tariff proposal as a ploy to burden British workers while funding social reforms. It contrasts with American protectionism, arguing tariffs raise prices for millions and unjustly enrich manufacturers. The Atlanta Constitution adds a light note promoting Maple City hard water soap.
The Katy railroad offers one fare round trips to points within 50 miles of Monroe after 6 p.m. Saturdays and on all trains Sunday with return validity Sunday night. J. F. Buakey is agent. The passage also notes a conversation about a Democrat ad and a bay horse owner being paid.
The St Louis Post Dispatch plans a series of human interest articles by a staff correspondent touring Missouri. The stories will be gathered and reproduced for the Daily Post Dispatch and serve as a valuable contribution to the state history. Public readers are urged to arrange delivery by mail direct or through news agents for clipping and permanent preservation. Forethought. Tramp: LI dout ask for as sistance for myself, sir, Out for me wife an' family. Gentleman (landing him a shilling): Where are your wife and familly? Tramp: Well, sir, I ain't married yet, but I I'm tryin' to sive enough money to get a lit tle'ome together, an' then I'm going to get married, an' I dare say I shat'ave a family!-Tit- Bits.
Wanted several industrious persons to travel for a house established eleven years with large capital. Call upon merchants and agents for profitable fine. Permanent engagement. Weekly salary and traveling expenses advanced in cash each week. Experience not essential. Mention reference and enclose self addressed envelope. The National, 4 Dearborn St, Chicago.
Brief listing of discounted travel rates and upcoming gatherings including Modern Woodmen of America encampment in Indianapolis June 17 to 21 1900 National Education Association in Boston July 6 to 10 1903 International Christian Endeavor convention in Denver July 9 to 14 1903 International L P Worth League convention in Detroit July 16 to 18 1903 and a prompt to write for full rate and sale information addressed to the organizer.
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