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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
7
A collage of frail humor and editorial notes from late 19th or early 20th century papers includes jokes about elopement attempts and a punny exchange on monotony, plus parlor observations on heredity and vulgar display. It also comments on diet reform, washing methods, and the China crisis, ending with a moral critique of missionary persecution.
Two black jacks with white pointe at 15 hands high will stand at a mule barn 4 miles northwest of Monroe for the 1900 breeding season. Starlight, Cartright jack, bred at Sam Sparka’s in 1808, has progeny on the farm to display traits. Peacock, Hank Ely jack, noted for breeding, can be reviewed by H. W. Ely or R. K. Megown. Both are fine jennet jacks. Visit before breeding.
In a Winterset letter W Unnecesary Lose of Time recounts how a carpenter hired by a bank cashier stopped work due to diarrhoea. He reports Chamberlain’s Cello, Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy cured him after a purchase, with free samples offered at local drugstores. The note promotes Chamberlain’s Tablets for stomach and liver comfort and appetite.
A large group from Stoutsville and nearby towns spent last Thursday at Spalding Springs under club guidance. The moonlit return drive ruined Emmett Yowell's pants after sitting on a lemon pie, while the gathering featured the tune swing on grand pa's meadow gate and a pleasant day report. The column then shifts to a note on the antiquity of bells, from Iris to ancient Egypt and Roman usage, ending with an advertisement urging machine repair by J. B. Bristow.
The Wabash introduces a Sunday June 3 schedule with fast service between Kansas City and St. Louis, St. Louis and Chicago, and St. Louis to Buffalo, New York, and Boston. Morning fast departs KC at 10:00 AM reaching St. Louis at 6:00 PM, eight hours westbound. other services run via St. Louis to Chicago and East Coast destinations with vestibule cars, reclining chairs, and buffet parlor cars. the New York fast mail runs KC to New York in about 36 hours. the Midnight Special runs St. Louis to New York with sleeping and reclining cars. No. 9 fast mail covers St. Louis to KC in 7 hours 15 minutes.
A Bellville distillery strike ends after contractor Lewis Geyer pays 30 cents an hour to hod carriers, then offers 20 cents for wall tearing. Federal Labor Union members accept Central action and 175 cents an hour paid. The dispute leaves union gains and labor harmony in limbo as workers await the contractor’s next move.
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