Fixers Got In Their Work at Missouri Gop Convention
The Missouri State Republican convention opened with Dickey as chair and Walbridge as temporary chair. Sen Warner elected permanent chair and Naeter permanent secretary. Nave over Neidringhaus as national committeeman. Delegates at large to Chicago include Warner Taft supporters.
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St. Louis
Dickey
State Committee
C. P. Walbridge
Homer B Mann
Kansas City
Tub Becker
Warner
P. W Naeter
Charles Nave
Thomas F Neidringhaus
Neidringhaus
Nagel
Chicago
Resolutions of Respect by Monroe City Lodge 26310
Members of Monroe City lodge No 26310 OF express solemn sympathy at the death of Dr S M Brown and approve recording the resolutions in lodge records and sending copies to the bereaved family and local papers. An Evansville report notes a doctor performed a successful operation on a 14 year old from Oaktown and a St Bernard dog, the boy’s pet, with bone from his arm and leg.
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S M Brown
Monroe City
Lodge
Evansville
Ind
Verne Wolfe
Oaktown
W. H. Gilbert
Tojtry
Ministers oppose Roosevelt Taft at convention in 1908
A league of colored ministers from A E and AME Zion and CME churches in Washington warns the Republican national convention against nominating Roosevelt or Taft. The note decries trust backing and highlights the color vote in the North as pivotal to November’s outcome. The item mixes in political commentary and a Missouri horse circuit notice from Milan and surrounding towns. Also mentions a 1908 North Central Missouri Circuit horse meet dates and purses. A separate wedding report notes a home ceremony near the city with Miss Florence DeLashmutt and Claud Thomas.
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A. M. & Zion
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
North
Republican Party
Quincy Herald
Milan
North Central Missouri Circuit
Bhai
Kansas
Trenton
Monroe City
Land of the Blue Flower Opens New Chil dren's Magazine Story
The March issue edited by Frances Hodgson Burnett begins Mrs. Burnett's new fairy tale The Land of the Blue Flower about beauty and imagination. The issue promises a hundred delights for young readers including making bites, a simple piano piece, pictures, short stories, humorous verses, jokes, and puzzles for children.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Quote on nations facing ruin from farmers and cities
A fragment quotes a grim view that nations collapse not in open fields but in crowded streets and noble palaces, naming Chaldea, Egypt, Greece, and Rome as examples of decline. The archaic phrasing suggests a moral or prophetic aside about societal decay.
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Egypt
Greece
Rome
Good Ones Ab Hays and Vint Spaulding Start With Nine
Ab Hays and Vint Spaulding, along with their families, are wintering and have sawed 100000 feet of lumber for the season. They plan to begin baseball preparations, with Vint noting he has five boys and Ab four, totaling nine to start.
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Ab Hays
Vint Spaulding
Vint
Mt Vernon Telephone Co Organized Near Mt Vernon Church
A new telephone company named Mt Vernon Telephone Co has been organized nine miles northeast of the city near Mt Vernon Church. The switchboard will be at C V Hamners with connections to the FPF, M switchboard in this city to reach the outer world.
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The
Mt. Vernon Telephone Co
Mt. Vernon Church
C. V. Hamner
FPF, & M
W C T U Column Reports March 10 Meeting and Work
Ella L. Shearman notes W C T U statements by District Press Superintendent and outlines March 10 meeting at Mrs J J Brown on Sabbath Observance. Institute work by Lora LaMance covers departments Edu, Evangelistic, Flower Mission. noon prayer led by Rev M F Crowe. 1 30 devotions. 4 30 youth address. evening session praised. Press cites Liquor Dealers Journal on Voter training. Medal Contests urged. Carman endorses organizing to counter saloon influence.
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J. J. Brown
Ollie E. Crowe
Lora S. LaMance
Clara C. Hoffman
M. F.crowe
Oilie Crowe
la Mance
The
Liquor Dealers Journal
Vandalism Strikes Salem Burial Ground and Local Buildings
Vandals damaged Salem Baptist burial ground near New London Missouri breaking all but two stones. They also wrecked the local schoolhouse and church. Sheriff Adkisson of Ralls county investigated with bloodhounds after the incident. Louplitzier family attended the funeral of Dr. Samuel M. Brown, as travelers arrived by Burlington and Katy Bus to the city.
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New London
Salem Baptist Burial Ground
Adkisson
Ralls County
Salem
Louplitzier
Withers Mill
Samuel M. Brown
Burlington and Katy
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St Louis
William A Warner
Tadley
John H. Bothwell
Sedalia
James T. Moore
Lebanon
William H. Taft
William Finnigen
Ob Buliye
Adi Aay
Democrat
Monroe City, MO
Brookfield
Shelbina
Agnes McNeil
Hannigal _hath
DeLashmutt
Thomas
the City
E E. DeLashmutt
M. F Crowe
Florence
Claud Thomas
New Telephone Co
Lancer Alva R. Ely
Graduate Jones School
F&m
SOU Dalentia
Ig Rh Co
Scientific American
Ella L. Shearman
W.C.T. U
Adelin BE. Carman
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