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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
8
The Cemetery and Church yard cleaning at Brush Creek is postponed until Saturday June 22. Ladies will serve a fine dinner in the church yard. Many locals and visitors enjoy social rounds. crops improving after rain. A list of neighbors and visitors from Monroe, Shelbina, Indian Creek, Mount Vernon, and Coopersville appears with various social notes and greetings.
Missourian Billy Watkins of Vandalia billed as Missouri Justice is recalled for a swearing incident over a 20 cent debt with John, while Monroe City reports a steady poultry egg and livestock shipment. Local features include a Woodward-like hen, Waveland trips, a Paris death, KE Bell’s university appointment, and social notices of Agnes Wilson and Carrie Hall visiting relatives and summer stays, plus assorted property trades and local gossip.
Miss Rose Mae Smith traveled to Kirksville on Saturday for the State Normal College commencement and alumni exercise at her alma mater where she graduated last June. She was accompanied by several Paris friends and former class mates including Ms Essie Hl Stella Stone Jessie Vaughn and Bessie Lindsay.
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Monroe City Missouri post office dated June 11 1901 includes Mrs Amanda Boulware C J Ellis Wm W Jeffies Amas Paris Mr and Mrs L B Patterson Edward Treaster Persons must say advertised to obtain any of these letters FP Patron p m
For sale a new three room house with a 14 by 24 foot barn a good cistern a henhouse and painted buildings. owner needs money price four hundred dollars. The house is currently renting for four dollars per month. Nude Green of Columbia spent part of the week with relatives in the city. J T Brown and family visited his brother Thos Brown near Noonan last week and returned Monday. Miss Ethel Rosser of Spalding spent Monday in the city shopping. J H Sullivan has returned to Southwest Missouri where he has built up an insurance business. About one thousand Shelby County residents attended a local gathering Saturday and it is so dry the water won’t run in Salt River. About twenty five left for Great Bend Kansas Monday night to seek a location and will return to Missouri. Mrs Clara O Hoffman state president of the W C T U will deliver two addresses at the Methodist Church Thursday June 20 at ? p m all invited. Please note space is reserved in this paper by Wednesday noon for communications. J A Hickman Ira Searcy and Rafe Leake spent Tuesday on Salt River fishing about 50 pounds. Mrs Margaret Fowler Ely died near Hedge City Knox County at 2:30 p m Friday after cholera Morbus. heart failure caused death. Funeral services were led Sunday by Rev George Smith.
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