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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
6
A garbled verse exchange compares rousing disputes to a street romance. The St Louis Dispatch and Quincy Herald snippets describe Jack kissing Rosie on the spot and being from the East, with hints of temptation and social tension.
Mrs August Kramer a 60 year old widow living near Fort Atkinson is described as thrifty. She recalls how after her husband died two years ago he still used his false teeth for a time, highlighting frugal habits from the past.
A Janesville visitor called on Dr. A P Burros to remake her teeth so they would fit her. She hoped the adjusted set would make her thirty years younger as she prepared to marry again, according to the Janesville Wisconsin correspondent for the New York World.
A tale about Robert Bonner who bought a newspaper page and repeated a two line ad five thousand times in tiny type. A friend questions the approach, but Bonner argues the persistent ad wins, noting five people will ask about every line. The story emphasizes consistency over bursts of advertising.
Reports claim Governor Folk will end the five mile law in Columbia and replace Dr. Jesse with Pants Vandiver as president. The move would leave the university with far fewer than fifteen hundred students, and critics call the plan preposterous yet fear political necessity may drive it.
The report states both vessels will measure about twenty thousand tons displacement and are projected to cost ten million dollars each upon completion.
Washington report notes that bids will be opened in the navy department today for a construction project. Details on the scope or bidders are not provided in the readable text.
Miss Gladys Lewis returns home after visiting relatives Mrs. Julia Lewis and Mrs. O Emerson in Hanni bal. Mrs. H Dell from Rockford arrives to visit John Kiger and family. Miss Carrie Redd and Frances Hopkins travel from Palmyra to see James Redd and wife. Joseph Shuck of Shiel conducts business in the city Thursday. Misses Helen Blanch and Ruth Graham return from a month with relatives in Bowen Lil. Judge Robert Meriwether makes a professional visit to New London. Miss Leonora Welsh nurse from Quincy visits her parents Mr and Mrs Benj Welsh.
Miss Mary Belle Nicoson of Keokuk Iowa arrived Saturday to visit her friend Miss Cleo Patton.
Manning Elliott is now driving cattle for I. N. Melson, taking a new position in the livestock operation.
Dr Agnes McNeil of Shelbyville and Miss Gertie Sharyp traveled to the Future Great on Saturday to visit friends.
Dr. W B Graham of Shreveport Louisiana has been the guest of Mrs Cr Robert Shaw and her family, visiting with friends and staying a time with them.
Jobo Pike of Clapper was in town on Monday on a business visit, meeting local officials and touring shops as part of his travel.
Mrs A D Turner and daughter Ola traveled to Biff City on Friday to visit relatives Mrs L Boone and her Ely family, while Mrs Katherine Shannon hosts visits from her sister. Miss Jessie Briggs of Hydesburg visited cousin Miss Fannie Abbott, and Fannie accompanied Jessie home. Dr J B Corley and wife went to St Paul Thursday to see his brother A N Corley and to meet a Texas sister arriving for her daughter Bernadine’s graduation at the Convent of Visitation in St Louis.
Mrs. Mary K. Gander visited her children at Sherry Box on Thursday. The notice mentions an easy shave service offered at Strean & Fisher's.
R. J. Bradley of Quincy spent Sunday in the city visiting hometown friends and attending local gatherings with familiar faces among the residents and neighbors.
A. Emmons and wife from Pine Plat Wash arrived Saturday to visit Mrs. Emmons parents A. J. Shepard and wife, extending a family gathering in the area.
Vint Spalding shipped one of his fancy hounds to D. D. Shaw of Brownaville Temas. The transfer appears to be a routine sale or gift between local gentlemen, with no additional conditions noted.
David C. Clark, a rural free delivery mail carrier, recently acquired a uniform and a four horsepower automobile described as a dandy. The piece notes its high style rivaling Vanderbilts’ machines. Mrs. Dean Goldsberry of Hannibal visits Hassard with Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cochran.
Miss Berda Jackson has returned home from a long stay with friends at Silmo. William Montgomery and wife of St. Louis have been guests of their kinspeople, William Wimsatt and family.
Miss Minnie Noonan of Noonan has been the guest of Miss Annie Hardesty, sharing time together during a cordial social visit in the community.
Claud Williamson and his wife of Hunnewell were shoppers in the city on Thursday. J. 8. Conway traveled to Hannibal as a business visitor on Thursday.
Miss Mae Proctor came back Saturday to stay several weeks with her relatives D. M. Proctor and his wife.
Mrs Walter Hume and her children have been guests of Mrs A Y Crewford, sister of Mrs Hume, in Ralls County.
Miss Vedia Gentry visited her sister Mrs Jobn Brown in Shelbina on Friday. Norval Yates returned from Log wood Mo St Josephs Institute Friday and is known for his cheerful manner. Oscar Michal and family of Woodland visited relatives in the city. Miss Effie Linsey of Kirke ville closed a successful term at Kincaid school. Walter Moss and his daughter Lucile spent the weekend with relatives in the City of Mowers.
Master Dac Eubanks of Kansas City arrived Thursday to visit relatives. Misses Minole and Lena Head burg went to Palmyra Thursday to attend the teachers meeting.
Miss Annie Clough traveled to Mt Zion to visit her friend Miss Opal Amile and attend a church festival.
Mrs Tillie Meyers of Bluff City and Miss Cleo Woollen of Spalding Springs visit Evan Smith and family. Henry McClintic, a Midland cow man, arrives to spend summer with his niece Mrs Bill Eddy and relatives. Elias Geo W Merle Tooley join J N Tooley and W A Willis of Carrollton for a Palmyra fishing trip in Marion county bottoms.
Mrs. T. E. Fitzpatrick and Master Emett visited friends in Hanni bal on Thursday. John Whitecotton and his wife of Shiel were shoppers in the city on Thursday.
Misses Laura Lucile and Bob Bell traveled to Bluff City on Thursday to visit friends, sharing a brief social stop during a local excursion.
The excerpt complains that stock growers cannot sell cattle as before while packers push prices up for butchers and consumers face higher meat costs. It calls for people to rise, defeat the “robe” and resist the profiteering, urging united action against the perceived graft.
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