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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
3
The John Robinson Shows bring a renowned tented exhibit of thoroughbred stock praised as the finest collection. Featuring steeds from Arabian to Shetland ponies, the display includes many racer and hunter names from the American stud book. Two performances are planned for Thursday June 26 with expected crowded attendance.
A humorous item notes editors in small towns profiting little from community milestones. It cites a birth, a christening, a wedding, and a long winded bride article, with ministers receiving small payments. It also repeats a Minneapolis Journal quip about white animals lacking smell and their hazards.
Miss Pearl, daughter of Jobin Whitecotton and his wife of near Sheil, traveled to the city Friday on the way to Bushnell Indiana to visit Miss Elizabeth Herrett. They plan to proceed to Eldorado Springs after the visit.
Mrs M E Greenleaf of El Paso Texas arrived Friday to visit her daughter Mrs James T Umstattd.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway has added daily trains to Oklahoma City and other cities. The line offers through trains from St. Louis and Kansas City to Oklahoma City, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Galveston with chair cars and Pullman sleepers, eliminating the need to change cars.
When you travel, use the same discrimination as in buying any other ticket. Assure yourself in advance of expected comfort and convenience en route. If you want information about a prospective trip, write General Passenger Agent at the M. K. & T. R'y Wainwright Building St. Louis Mo for details.
A fragmented rustic verse piece discusses Rosy June and American optimism, interwoven with adages and a direct note from “the old man” to a college boy about impending financial receivership. It contrasts gentle nature imagery with hard reality and moral reflections on money and happiness.
After weeks of talk Col. A. B. Warner plans to wed, following a mysterious several days' absence from the city and a contented smile on return, sparking speculation among local women that the prize may soon be claimed.
Mrs Vangie Saffarrans from Palmyra visited her sisters Mesdames George Carson and BG Moss on Thursday. The note appears in the Democrat society notices.
In Sturm's Statehood Magazine Kate Pearson Burwell notes the Osage Nation on an eastern Oklahoma reservation includes a self satisfied band regarded as the richest per capita in the world. The article emphasizes staying true to customs and traditions amid modern statistics.
Advertised rail fares list trips from Hanni Portland Buffalo San Francisco and Lake Chautauqua with dates June through September. Prices range from 11.60 to 57.95 and each ticket has a return limit noted. The note ends with a marketing invite from J C Johnson and a political jab from the Hannibal Journal about millionaire packers and a Republican fund.
The county court weighs establishing a county work house, arguing current jail life is too comfortable and unpunished. A self sustaining facility could employ prisoners on roads, with Marion officials to inspect Quincy’s model. If favorable, Palmyra may follow, while calls arise for harsher measures in other towns.
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