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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
5
Short notices of Miss Della Gordon in Quincy and various residents visiting relatives in Hannibal Macon Paris Cyrene and other towns. Appointments include Joseph Quinn as rural route carrier and numerous visits from Thanksgiving to early summer. Listing of travel to Canton Columbia Hannibal and Kansas City with reminders about insurance and a local sale by Anderson Fields.
A rural notices page records visitors and locals in Monroe City area with names such as Miss Ruth Mudd Miss Opal Vaughn and Mrs Ida Johnston visiting relatives in Palmyra Clarence Hannibal Quincy and Hannibal. It notes pasture for rent and a closing out sale by Anderson Fields LaPear Buckman and Leona Simms plus numerous social visits and church events across nearby towns.
Cattle receipts light this week with good to choice steers 10 to 15 cents higher. Bulls, cows, and heifers show varied price ranges with steadier or higher bids on many grades. Hog and sheep markets mixed. fat lambs around 9.75, hogs 7.80 to 7.90, eggs and produce listed with small town prices. Harris improves grocery, window display by Hanly and Green, several residences offered, Card of Thanks from Cora White, and sale ad for a 4 cylinder touring car Jamaica date unknown.
A Monroe City business announces closure and asks all debtors to settle accounts immediately. The notice recounts a humorous anecdote from a telegraph office about a man who, upon learning his girlfriend ran off, kicked a bystander who was tying his shoe, prompting the jilted man to ask for an explanation. The remark ends with the Lamar Democrat’s local flavor.
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