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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
6
A truncated report notes a loss amount of 51.00 per year related to a post office matter in Mooros City Missouri. Details are unreadable.
Yale faculty has agreed to appoint Minnesota born Frederick S Jones as successor to Dean Henry Parks Wright at Yale College pending Yale corporation ratification. Jones, a Minnesota native and Yale alumnus, would lead the engineering faculty and oversee a new course of study and the construction of a new engineering building. He would delay leaving Minnesota until sure of Minnesota projects completion.
A Monroe, Washington resident dated May 1, 1908 asks to stop the newspaper before moving to Missouri. The writer notes the paper aided news gathering, mentions many Missouri correspondents, laments Monroe County going wet, and ends with a cordial sign-off from O W Colcare.
The court granted Gilson a Monroe City saloon license and approved the McNeil petition from Stoutsville after a contested hearing. The remonstrators, led by attorney Whitecotton, argued the Monroe City census from years ago to 2,000 was invalid, but the judge held licenses rely on censuses as used statewide. Bob McClintic appeared for Gilson.
A compact item notes Joe’s shoes receiving shine at Strean’s barber shop with emphasis on the shine pleasing all. The brief captures a scene of everyday service in a local shop.
Leading druggists announce a campaign to fight stomach troubles with Mi-o-na tablets. They guarantee a refund of 50 cents if the product does not satisfy, claiming Mi-o-na strengthens and cures digestive organs. Sufferers with headache dizziness nervousness and digestive distress are urged to try and expect quick improvement. L. M. Wood sells Mi-o-na under the money back guarantee.
Dr A W Miles runs a general practice focusing on eye and throat care. Office located in rooms formerly used by Dr Brown.
Indian Creek reports a drive ing horse sold for 1424 dollars from Alva Jordan. Matt Seward departed for Oxford Nebraska. Miss Burton of Paris visited Mrs. Jennie Mudd and attended Mass. Mrs. Rose Ann Pierceall died at Swinkey. services held at St Stephen's cemetery. A widow leaves a husband and six siblings. Fr Cooney officiated the wedding of Whelan and Ora Fowler along with F Riley and Bridget Leary at St Stephen's church.
Nel Sharp’s dog Mike sparked a brutal incident after arriving in the city. The animal, fond of horse flesh, attempted to attack Ne’s colt and Frank Abbott’s horse. Nel used chloroform, then buried the dog in a pasture with a headboard reading Gone but not forgotten.
James K. Vardaman, former Mississippi governor, denounces interracial unions at a New York black and white dinner. He declares the mulatto is the jackass of the human race, despising its parents and inheriting their vices.
A young man buys a prescription for a dollar ten, hands counterfeit dollars to the pharmacist, who jokes that the ten cents are good money and that they still make a nickel. The story ends with the clerk noting the counterfeit dollar but accepting the ten cents as valid.
The Paris Appeal questions tariff effects on farmers and consumers noting wool prices are half from a year ago while woolen goods rise, and accusing Republicans of allowing trusts to profit. It asks why tariffs raise prices one year but not the next and calls for explanations.
Jim Williams, a barber in Columbia, was fined 25 dollars for shaving a man on Sunday. The Paris Appeal argues that if Jim is guilty, the customer is equally culpable, and the man who demanded the shave is worse for provoking the act.
The Ralls County Record cites Tom Yates succeeding Sam Clark as the newsboy for the St. Louis Republic Globe-Democrat and Post-Dispatch. It wishes him luck and notes the need for energy and promptness to earn it while urging Democrats to turn away graft and return to party loyalty.
Albert Whiles a 21 year old assistant Burlington agent at Clarence was bumped from a boxcar on Thursday. He fell between the rails and a wheel passed over his left arm necessitating amputation. The Democrat for job printing.
The Ralls County Record notes Evans, now campaigning for Governor as a Democrat, once managed a past campaign and defeated all but one candidate. It questions if he could be a dangerous governor, while mocking the Democrats’ fight from Jefferson City and a middle position by the police commissioner, urging Republicans to laugh.
Joe sits inside Strean's barber shop awaiting a meticulous shoe shine. The scene captures a quiet moment of preparation and personal upkeep in a local barbershop setting.
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