Local Folks and Visitors Share Weekend Moments
Mrs John Brown visits near Shelbina while H H Cunningham spends Sunday with relatives in the Gem City. Lula Werner and Frank Werner stay two weeks with grandparents in Quincy. Mrs D T Vaostavern of Kansas City visits sister Mrs Henry Fuqua. Lucy Carrico, trained nurse at St Joseph Hospital Kansas City, returns to duties. Robin Lewis of Hannibal visits Peter Werner. W W Elges of La Gaive sends pleasant Friday note. Miss Hugenia Suter of Pilmyra arrives to visit aunts Mrs George Carson and Mrs B G Moss. Mrs T M Boulware and Master Tom travel to Hannibal to visit kinspeople.
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Lula
Frank Werner
Mrs. Stockbeker
Quincy
Lucy Carrico
St. Joseph Hospital
Kansas City
Hugenia Suter
Pilmyra
Mesdames
George Carson and
B. G. Moss
Crow Reservation Opening Draws Visitors to Billings
June 24 1906 Billings Montana reports crowds gathering for the Crow Indian Reservation opening. Visitors from Iowa Illinois and Missouri register miles away while locals offer meals two bit and lodging a half a dollar. Land offers unlock claims near the Yellow Stone Valley with 30000 acres held for homesteading next summer as canals ready and a beet sugar factory progresses. Col W T Yowell and Monroe City party tour stockyards amid auction rumble as a Missouri man’s auctioneer voice fires up the crowd.
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Billings
Miles City
Mont
Sheridan
Wyoming
Citzens
Iowa
Illinois
Yellow Stone
Big Horn
Big Huntley
South
Monroe City
Telling Time by Flowers From Plant Clock Idea
A botanist cites flowers as a timekeeping device noting sow thistle opens at 5:00 am dandelion at 5:80 am white lily at 7 hawkweed at 8 and various closures through the day. The account adds a family visit to Hadesburg by Mrs. Nade Green Juliet Bailey and Susan Boarman.
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New York Press
Nade Green
Juliet
Master Bailey
Hadesburg
Susan Boarman
Commoner on Chicago platform and Democratic hope
The Commoner argues the Chicago platform had useful ideas but was overloaded with radical proposals. It says unity in the Democratic Party rests on faith that the party will fulfill pledges, avoid ancient animosities, and pursue sane, moderate reform rather than radicalism or socialism.
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Lincoln
Republican
Chicago
Missouri
I Ndiana
Ilinois
Ther
Micligan
Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Pat Orm
Republican Party
Socialist Party
Radi
Venett Uf
The Dainty Art of Mending
Mary Taylor-Russ urges reviving old fashioned mending using hair to repair tears. She recalls a learned technique from an elderly lady, advising hoops for steady work and smoothing with a warm iron. Hair stitching can restore coats, hosiery, handkerchiefs, and linen neatly.
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Mary Taylor-Russ
The Marrying Business On A River Trip
A passenger argues that theological study can lead to business success, citing a cousin who became a preacher then started in business with no capital. The dialogue ends as the boat reaches St. Joe and the band resumes Mendelssohn as the Wedding March plays.
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St. Joe
C.T. W
Chicago Tribune
Hannibal Friends Visit Sparks Kennel Plans
V. C. Spalding H. V. Meeker and G. R. Wilson joined Hannibal friends Thursday. Vint aimed to stock dog feed for his kennel of fancy fox hounds.
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V.C. Spalding
H. V. Meeker
G. R. Wilson
Hannibal
Vint
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Huttig
Sth
P. W. Huston
Business Management
Business Science University
Washington, D. C
Katy Lee
John Brown
Near Shelbina
H. H. Cunningham
Gem City
D. T. Vaostavern
Henry Fuqua
Robin Lewis
City
Peter Werner
John Jarman
Thinocrat
The
W. W. Elges
la G Iave
T. M. Boulware
Tom
Montana
Jonnie
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