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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
3
A collage of editorials and notices comments on Theodore Roosevelt, Bryan, Taft and political tensions of 1908. Carried snippets discuss constitutional rights, university moves, tariff and trust issues, with local takes from Howard County, St. Joseph, Milan and Platte City amid anecdotes about domestic violence and cheese consumption.
W T Duker denounces the thread price surge as unjust noting the 6 card thread is controlled by the trust. He claims the company has bought every plant, raised capital stock from 160 million to 825 million, and added a cent per spool to pay dividends on watered stock.
Last week R. V. Sullivan W. O. Foreman J. A. Hickman Jae Payne W A Sullivan and T. Sharp fished Salt River. They met Friend Saunders who with a trot line caught three small catfish. They promised to repay tomorrow but never returned with payment.
Senator Daniel of Virginia tells the New York World that no region should secure a candidate for the presidency. He argues the country is one and the Democratic Party remains united, regardless of locality or section.
Gov A B Cummins of Iowa spoke on reciprocity in Pittsburg on Monday this week. He advocated tariff revision and tariff reduction as justice to buyers of protected commodities, saying the nation has gone mad for the seller and abandoned the buyer to monopoly and greed.
A Denver Post snippet recalls a conversation with a Deover youth about an 11 600 foot elevation and tunnels on the Moffat road. A Capitol bill girl quips about the tunnela altitude, ending with playful mishearing and a warning about heart strain.
The five year old son of Arthur Keiler north of Palmyra suffered a severe accident when his hand was caught in a barn pulley while others worked hay. A Palmyra physician aimed to amputate three fingers on the right hand, and the child remained under care today amid hopeful prospects.
Miss Iola Harwood daughter of Dr and Mrs Harwood of Rensselaer visited the city Friday with her sister Mrs W T Rutledge. Miss Harwood had been teaching in the Luxemburg school and was en route home.
Miss Beatrice Liken, a trained nurse based in Quincy, has been connected with Monroe friends, marking a notable social and professional linkage in the community.
Mrs R F Nichols of Webb City is the guest of her parents David A Bly and wife. For a first class hair cut go to Strean Fisher's.
Rati Missouri at Shepherd Bay New York June 20 Neulson a St Louis bred horse owned by Barney Schreier Missouri breeder uunchuon won the Suburban handicap here this afternoon from the best racing horses in America. Montgomery an other Western horse was second and Beacon Light was third. It was Jefferson Bridgeford of Paris astride a Missouri horse that took the sweepsake prize over the worst at the parent Colcagu Exposition.
Moonlight picnic Thursday drew a younger crowd led by Messrs Charlie Sullivie Lewis Handley Stel ly Sweeney Henry Green Lambert Lane Warren Fuqua Howard Lear Harry McNutt and Misses Elva Clark Cleo Patton Marguerite Reid Opal Forsythe Myrtle Longmire Jessie Maddox Bess Sharp. Chaperones Eleanor Scott and Elizabeth Arnold supervised. John tended the champers and horses and proved generally useful.
The piece argues Roosevelt is illogical in the San Francisco school dispute and the Japanese race riot issue, accusing him of trying to force state compliance with his ideas while Japan seeks indemnity. It likens his judgment to a tin roof with leaks.
Telegraph firms agreed to raise operator wages by ten percent starting March 1 and to restore losses. On April 1 they increased patron rates from twenty to forty percent and fulfilled prior promises.
Dr Woodson was cleared of charges and permitted to resign, a move seen as the objective from the outset, per the Paris Mercury. The development suggests the resignation was the intended outcome of the proceedings.
Miss May Bell Bowles of Palmyra has been the guest of her uncle J. S Scott and family. Mr. Lawless was Palmyra tavern Saturday.
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