Monroe County notices and local election chatter
Town and Country reports mail boxes for sale and notes on local candidates H Clay Baker for Collector and John W Stephens for Marshal. Palmyra dispatch mentions Jacob Earhart selling livestock near Woodland and moving to Monroe City amid a lighthearted account of a missing horse carcass and a mystery around the hide.
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Jacob Earhart
Woodland
Monroe City
Palmyra Cor
Hannibal Journal
Earharts
Two Girls and a Little Boy Delight a Family
A story notes Jobo H. Ejzen now has a pair a bouncing boy and a tiny girl. Doh Owen praises the newborn as the storits first visit to his home and the idol of the mother’s heart.
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Jobo H. Ejzen
Doh Owen
Piano Fund School Entertainment at Miss Belle Johnson Studio
A school entertainment program for March eight features solos declamations pantomimes and instrumental numbers by students Eleanor and Mildred Beatt Margaret McConachia Carolyn Rogers Ruth Clark and others. The program includes The Witches Flight Address at Gettysburg Heroes of Lexington and Lead Kindly Light among others. The School Report notes the event crowded out by this program and reports Teddy Burne moved to LP Stephens farm near Ely with a horse incident on moving day.
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Belle Johnson
Eleanor and
Mildred Beatt
Gettysburg
Edwin G. Walker
Ang
Carson Eakle
Ethel McNutt
Lexington
Orville
Brown
Longsunle Lavole
Margaret McConachia
Margaret Patton
Jamie Proctor
Ellen Walker
Sue Babror
Kjeruif
Adelaide Lear
Julia McThintie
Teddy Burne
Cooperville Fame
Stephens Farm
Ely
Teddy
New Business Mouse Opening In Monroe City Area
Bert Bull, formerly of Williamson & Bull general merchants, plans to reopen a business in the former Monroe City Bank room on Winter Street between Main and Vine within about ten days. Mrs. Sarah Ann Calvert, 80, longtime Marion County resident, died at her Warren home Monday at 2:00 pm, with burial in the family grounds yesterday. Calvert was noted for her knowledge of the county’s history and served on a staff near Ebenezer church in 1834, one of five on the North River expedition, two of whom survived.
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Bert Bull
Williamson & Bull General Merchants
Monroe City Bank
Main
Vine Streets
Sarah Ann Calvert
Marion County
Warren
North River
Ebenezer Church
Methodist Parsonage
H. E. Linn
Woman’s Home Mission Society
Methodist Church
U. Johnson
Methodist
Monroe City Democratic Nomination Primary Set for March 18
The Monroe City Democratic Central Committee met Tuesday and ordered a nominating primary convention at the opera house at 7 30 p m on Tuesday March 18 1902 Candidates for mayor marshal police judge collector and seven alderman slots from three wards will be nominated and other business addressed at the meeting
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Democratic Central Committee
Monroe City
Opera House
New Books For Monroe City Public Library Readers
The Public Library in Monroe City adds many new titles for patrons including Animals I Have Known Thompson Without a Warrant Brooks Miss Bagg's Secretary Burnham Mrs. Pritchard's Wedding Trip Marietta Crawford The Velvet Glove Merriman Sylvia Evalyn Emerson Herb of Grace Rosa Carey Lazarre Catherwood Mildred's New Daughter Finley Life of Alexander Abbott Peter the Great Abbott Alfred Abbott Romulus Abbott Mrs. C. K. Brown dies at 79 after long illness. remains to Mt. Vernon Illinois for burial.
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C. K. Brown
Mt. Vernon, Iil
Religious notes and sermons fill Monroe City church week
A busy week in Monroe City features visits from Rev P H Lis of Bradfield and Rev D F Sullivan. Church services at Hunnewell and Warren are listed, with evening hours set to 7 30. A small oyster supper at the Christian Church nets 13 from limited attendance due to small pox fears.
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Rev
P. EH. Lis
Bradfield, Mo
H. EH. Linn
Pr. D. FP. Sullivan
Hunnewell
J. Lyon
Indian Creek
City
William Calloway
Warren
Spalding
Ladies of the Christian Church
Rogers
Salem Church
Paris
Spencer Creek
Farber
Farber Forum
Rifle
Monroe City
Baptist Church
Riffe
Clarence Courier
I. W. Read
Bro. Read
LaGrange College
the Central
Obituary: John Obert of Marion County
John Obert longtime resident at Warren died at his home Monday His remains were laid to rest in Quincy yesterday after a large concourse of friends. He was known as a big heart and generous man with many friends in the community.
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John Obert
Marion County
Warren
Quincy
Fresh Millinery Stock Highlighted by Miss Tupin Swinkey
For The Ladies ad proclaims a new stock of millinery from a fresh market. Miss Tupin Swinkey promotes a crisp, stylish collection described as the freshest and most artistic in the city, with no leftovers or bankrupt stock.
Market Report Cattle and Poultry Shipments Quick Note
Market data shows mixed cattle and poultry figures with prices listed for cattle sheep and spring chickens and an emphasis on light shipments for the week ending yesterday. Henderson & Sons Sharp & Patterson and Boulware & Finks reported poultry eggs and ties in multiple car lots totaling 27 cars. A Davenport and Lear note mentions a customer seeking a stock valued about $3000 in town or nearby yard.
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Henderson & Sons
Sharp & Patterson
Boulware & Finks
Davenport & Lear
Merry Young People At Curt Jones Country Party
Mr and Mrs Curt Jones hosted about thirty young neighbors at their southeast city area home. The informal gathering offered simple, genuine pleasure compared with city parties, highlighting wholesome rural hospitality and fellowship.
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Curt Jones
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R. M. Walker
H. M. Clark
Miss Ruth
William Bolton
Miss Lizzie
Walter White
Hamilton, Mont
H. Clay Baker
Mr. Baker
Monroe County
John W. Stephens
City of
Monroe
Stephens
Joe Sandifer
Joe
Piano Fund School Entertainment
New Business Mouse
Calvert
City Politics
New Books
J.R. Pentoff
W. R. Anderson
Palmyra Heald
Rome
St. Peter's Cathedral
Pontifical Court
Foreign Missions
Grace Baptist
Clarence
J. H. Riffe
J. H. Terrill
Christian
Alexander Campbell
Ladies C. W. B. M Society
Womans Missionary Society
J. L. Owen
Nellie Bristow
New England
Canada
Ladies Missionary Society
Parkville College
Jude
Or. W. A. Hatch
W. A. Hatch
Hannibal
St. Louis
St. Jude Parish
Will Haive
N Wathodis
Epworth League
Mary Rouse
Womans Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. W. Cox
Miss Tupin Swinkey
Merry Young People
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