Local Notes from Ralls County and Nearby
Correspondence reports singing hatch and Whippoorwills in worn fields. Ben McAllister of Hunnewell and Jim McCann of Hannewell visited here. Locals attend National Convention in Kansas City. mill did brisk business Saturday. Wheat cutting on Salt River and hay harvest underway. Several errands: rain sought, Melson couple to Shelbyville, bridge at New Port praised. Prospects for corn improve. Meadows lighter. road work in Ralls County, Monroe still in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCann
Hannewell
Kansas City
Ralls County
Monroe
Local Harvesting Report and Visiting Changes
Coopersville harvesting has begun with Janey and Crise Kramble cutting wheat while Clarence Colvert cuts rye. Cruws Hanley traveled from Emden to spend Sunday with Estelle Sullivan and her son Nolander, in St. Louis. W J McLeod and family visit George Buckman and wife in Indian Creek. Mrs. Young from your city visits her son Rice Young. Price Young and Jack Crawford hunted squirrels on Pedee, reporting sixteen killed. Jim White, formerly of here now in Southeast Missouri, returned for a visit with his daughter Mrs. Tom Kestner and plans to depart again shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Sullivan
Nolander
St. Louis
W. J. McLeod
Mrs. Young
Your City
Rice Young
Price Young
Jack Crawford
Jim White
Tom Kestner
Whs Elliott
Wm. Pike
Monroe City
John Melton
Anna Lou Buckman
Pearl Luck
Loakenan
Miss Doble McLeod
Dixon
New Mianti
Kansas
Copernville
Mra. Eytell Sullivan
Dr. Miles
Stoutsville
W. J. Pike
Miss Liveshay
Paris
Todian Creek
Thunderstorm strikes St Stephens church in Indian Creek
Rev John Lyons of St Louis began duties as pastor of St Stephens parish with an eloquent sermon. Sunday lightning damaged the church with estimates not less than 500 dollars. A batch of locals and visitors from Warren Boulder Monroe City and Paris Missouri appear in the vicinity with various mentions of travels and engagements. The town also calls for cleanup with all trash and rubbish to be removed from every part of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lyons
St. Louis
St. Stephens Parish
St. Stephens Church
Local Agriculture Bright. Ice Cream Fundraiser a Hit
Crops look fine in the region with corn prospects strong. A Baptist church ladies ice cream supper netted 650. Warren and vicinity residents held a fish fry on North River. Rev. Jones of LaGrange preached at the Baptist church. Manor’s Supreme Courts to sponsor another ice cream supper Saturday night. Other notes include visits, school picnic plans, and farming updates on wheat and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Warren
North River
Rightmare
Supreme Courts of Manor
Dave Eager
Balls County
Emama Brooks
Near Ely
Jene Masten
Hoard
Clarence
St. A. Terrill
Cora Griffith
Warren School
W. A. Morthland
Nellie Jarman
Mouroe City
Witnesses Attend Court in Bell Insurance Case in Mexico
J A Melson H E Linn and John Johnson appear in Mexican court as witnesses in the Bell versus Insurance case, based on readable notes from the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Melson
H. E. Linn
John Johmson
Mexico
Bell Vs Insurance
Phelps in City Promotes Kansas City Star Representing
J. W. Phelps described as a cripple but a first class hustler and representative of the Kansas City Star was in the city yesterday. Mrs. E Finney, who ran the Parks Hotel, sold her household goods to White Bros. They have leased the hotel to George Hoagland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Phelps
Kansas City
Miss Jessie Maddox Reaches Eleventh Birthday Milestone
Miss Jessie Maddox marked her eleventh birthday last Monday with a party of about twenty young friends. They enjoyed an afternoon together and were served refreshments by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Maddox
Jessie
Picnic at Perry Kincaid's on Salt River Attended By 100
A Friday picnic at Perry Kincaid's on Salt River drew about one hundred attendees from this city. W C Spalding and wife and Thomas Hayden and wife enjoyed dancing and fried fish on the grounds. A friend complimented Mr Kincaid's spring and asked what he would take for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Kincaid
Salt River
W.C. Spalding
Thomas Hayden
Unclaimed Letters at Monroe City Post Office June 20 1900
List of names remaining unclaimed in Monroe City Missouri post office as of June 20 1900 includes H G Button Wm Carlisle Miss Gertie Carr Mr KB Kaiser Wm Munday W B Pollard KE C Phillipps Mrs Lucy Ragar Mr Jim Rouse Mr Wm Summers Dock Turner Lamar Utterback Walker Vankkike M A Wooleridge Advertised letters must be claimed by the persons named or their agents. J P Patton postmaster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
H. G. Button
Wm Carlisle
Gertie Carr
Kaiser
Wm. Munday
W. B. Pollard
C. Phillipps
Lucy Ragar
Jim Rouse
Wm. Summers
Dock Turner
Lamar Utterback
Walker Vankkike
M. A. Wooleridge
J.P. Patton
P. Ao
First Baptist Church to Dedicate, Rev Hatch to Fill Appointments
Sunday afternoon Rev W A Hatch will fill at Hunnewell and the First Baptist Church will be dedicated Sunday. Services shift to 10:30 am next Sunday. Rev J B Travis will review the General Assembly session in Atlanta. Delegates from local churches attend the B Y P U convention at Macon City. A large Epworth League Conference was held in Palmyra with new officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hatch
Hunnewell
First Baptist Church
L W. Reed
Pearl McReynolds
Thomas Dawson
Eleanor Scott
Virgie Bristow
Ella Hawkins
Melvin Nolen
Mamie Ford
Ila Terrill
Allie Megown
Grace Baptist Church
Jare
Macon City
St. Judes Church
Richard L. Thomas
Boston
Richard Hatch
Methodist Church
Hannibal
Palmyra
C. O. Ransford
New London
R. Saunders
Grace Terry
Arch E. Ely
Monroe City
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Thornton M. Maddox
J. R. Green
War escalation in China draws foreign troops
Reports indicate multiple countries have sent troops into the Chinese Empire as hostilities intensify. No verified details of bloodshed or massacres reach observers, while Li Hung Chang travels to Pekin to confer with the Empress. six days pass without official communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hung Chang
Pekin
Wind storm and census notes amid Missouri town reports
News items from Hannibal Journal and Kirksville Missouri recount a Bullion wind storm that barely spared Dr. Goben, a census ward with unusually large families, and local market and shipping results. Profs Settle and Vaughn resigns prompt new positions at Kirksville State Normal.
Kansas City Convention Ticket Allocation Adjusted
The Kansas City National Committee announces no cap reduction on convention tickets. Earlier reports claimed a limit of 800. the committee now states tickets will be issued between 3,000 and 4,000.
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Kansas City National Committee
Monroe City native visits his father's family in New London
John J. Lilly of Monroe City came down last Saturday on a visit to his father's family. He holds a good position in Monroe and is enjoying life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Lilly
Monroe City
John
Monroe
New London Times
Philadelphia Delegates Entertained Quietly at Convention
The Republican delegates at the National Convention were welcomed without public festivities in Philadelphia. Boss Hanna & Co. handled the celebratory atmosphere while Samuel Demaree and Dan K. Yowell marked a personal milestone as Yowell’s long-time foreman. Mon daily family celebrations at G. Bruce home honored Mrs Bruce’s forty first birthday, Lara Bird’s sixteenth, and the Bruce couple’s fourth wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna & Co
Samuel Demaree
Dan K. Yowell
Mr. Yowell
Sam
G. Bruce
McLean gifts 25000 to Bryan fund for campaign
John R. McLean sent a personal check for 25000 to W. J. Bryan to support the coming campaign. The move follows his Europe trip, with plans to work toward a Democratic legislature and U.S. Senate seat as Foraker's successor. Congressman Cochran flags Taft’s Philippine findings, challenging claims that the insurrection is quelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
John R. McLean
W. J. Bryan
McLean
Europe
United States Senate
Foraker
Congressman Cochran
Missouri
Taft
Philippine Civil Commission
Philippines
Quincy Herald
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Ben McAllister
Spalding
John Bell
J. L. Melson
Shelbyville
New Port
Alexis Melson
Quincey
Coopersville
Havesting
Janey
Crise Kramble
Clarence Colvert
Cruws Hanley
Emden
Follo
George Buckman
Indian Creek
Joseph Fitzpatrick
M. &. Miles
Boulder
Colo
St. J. Hayden
Hugh Clough
W. Rt. Day
Near Here
Quincy
A. Rohr
Lowa
Church News
T. M. Boulware
Lewis Lear
Zaida
Elizabeth Boulware
Perry
Boulware
Shelton
Starret
Ragland
O. D. Jones
Edina
Shelby County
Dagazine Dale
D. A. Brant
Shelby Co
W. V. Carson & CO
Ernest E. Rouse
John W. Rouse
Bucklin
Ernest
Central College
Fayette
Price Griffith
Hannibal Journal
Kirksville
Bullion
Here
G. A. Goben
Church
Catte Enens Reveenneeerinee
Seich Aetiaem
Eran
Egr Ree
Sharp & Gray
Barger & McClintic
Boulware & Son
Boulware & Finks
J. A. Seaman
A. P. Settle
Memphis, Mo
J.T. Vaughn
Neosho, Mo
State Normal
Department of Civics
M'lean
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