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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
8
The First Baptist Church ladies host a Japanese sale at the Episcopal Rectory on Tuesday June 25 from 3 to 10 30 p m with direct Japanese articles for sale. Ice cream candies lemonade tea wafers sold by maids and matrons in Japanese dress all cordially invited Palmyra June 17.
Yesterday morning at 6 o'clock a 2 cent per mile rate took effect throughout Missouri. Attorneys for the State and the railroad agreed on the operative time. Mrs Fred Obaick and daughter Miss Tilda of Palmyra visited friends Mathew Losson and wife. Miss Tilda is an 180 pound eleven year old girl.
In Monroe City the mill cat at the Monroe City Flouring Mills ignores rats and fishes for frogs. Judge C. P. McCarty and Charlie Anderson watch the cat, shoo it away, then eat the caught frogs themselves.
A brief column contrasts Republican and Democrat stances on city matters. An hour after writing, Jaeger recounts a recent experience with Black residents. The text highlights local social figures including Mrs Carolyn Rogers Zeleny and mentions Professor Joho Zeleny visiting Minnesota State University with his wife and daughter Elizbeth.
D K Yowell recounts exchanging the Leo Yates 50 acre tract near Philadelphia for 160 acres in Lane County Nebraska. He bought 640 acres in Wallace County Kansas and traded 480 acres for a stock of shoes in Galesburg Illinois.
Mrs. Anna Harust and her daughter Miss Gladys from St. Louis arrived to spend the summer with Mrs. Nancy Young, her mother and grandmother. Depot crowds welcomed them as tick season began. others, W. A. Sullivan and T. J. Sharp, spent Tuesday along Salt River pursuing finoy tribe mosquitoes and ticks.
A Benjamin of new books is reviewed, including Wharton's White Blood and Dix's Prophet's Landing, with publication details and prices. Other items cover Washburne, Fischer, Moody, Green, and Faber works, plus local staff changes at The New Era and Benicia Herald notices about Harry Wiese’s promotion.
A historical note accuses New London of weeding out non producing Black workers, urging Monroe City to follow. It mocks lazy laborers who shirk duties, describe them lounging and cussing, and blames a lack of work ethic for wage demands and idle summers.
Walter Moss and family and Carl Jaeger and families left the city Sunday for the shady dells of North River. They opened their picnic baskets at noon and enjoyed a day of respite from the world, a simple shared meal and quiet in the woods.
Tuesday R V Sullivan W Q Foreman John Payne and Joe Hickman camped for a few days at Old Salty at Indian Creek mouth. They took coffee bread lines and rifles and will likely bring back tall tales from the tall timbers. Dr and Mrs Keen of Shabbonia Illinois are guests of KE Wilcox and family.
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