Obituary humor and local notices from Rochester Herald
A collage of brief items including a saw accident saving two fingers by Dr. McNutt, a death of Jesse Humphrey described as a dead game sport, a pun on obituaries by Kansas City Star editors, a Missouri religious census from the University of Missouri showing 1610 church members among 2000, DAR meeting with 100 delegates and milestones plan along the Santa Fe trail, Missouri state officers listed, next DAR meeting set for Cape Girardeau, plus a George J. Gould story about a branch line with a block system joke in dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution of
Missouri
Columbia
Resigns Missouri Independence Party Committeeman Post
J L Woods Merrill of Kansas City, national committeeman for Missouri of the independence party, resigns in a letter to William Randolph Hearst. He says he will not have his name linked with a party buying stolen correspondence to harm others or to aid Hearst or the independence party. Merrill criticizes the party for broken promises and claims Bryan and Standard Oil have driven its campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. L. Woods Merrill
Missouri
Independence Party
William Randolph Hearst
Merrill
Bryan
Standard Oil
Montgomery relatives visit Hunnewell readers
Mrs Joseph Montgomery and babe and Misses Bessie Montgomery and Lena Spalding spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Hunnewell.
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Joseph Montgomery
Babe
Bessie Montgomery
Lena Spalding
Hunnewell
Elmer Evans and Family Visit Local Friends
Elmer Evans of Topeka Kansas visits with his parents John L Evans and his wife. Elmer has many friends here who were glad to see him.
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Elmer Evans
Topeka, Kan
John L. Evans
Elmer
Letter From Georgia Attacks President in Alabama Paper
A Georgia based rebuke from Hon. T. M. Blodgett, chairman of Georgia Republican State League, condemns the President for attacks on Senator Foraker, calling him erratic and tyrannical. It accuses the administration of favoritism toward Taft and cites Harriman connections and campaign fund issues as reasons for disillusionment among loyal Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
T. M. Blodgett
Republican State League
Georgia
Foraker
Taft
Republican Party
Ananias Club
E. H. Harriman
New York
Congress
Atlanta
Charles P. Taft
Sunday School Convention in Chillicothe Missouri 1908
The forty third annual Missouri Interdenominational Sunday School Association convention meets November 17 to 19 at the M E Church South in Chillicothe. Prominent speakers discuss up to date topics for Sunday School workers. Delegates: pastors superintendents county officers city unions may send ten delegates county associations five township associations three. Send delegates names to C F Wikoff and the state general secretary. Two cent per mile rail fare. For program contact Elmer E Lacey Webster Groves Missouri.
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The
Missouri (Interdenominational) Sunday School Association
M. E. Church
South
Chillicothe
Harvard
Evangelical
C. F. Wikoff
Elmer E. Lacey
Webster Groves
St. Louis
Halloween Parties and Linen Shower Honor Bride-to-Be
Three Halloween parties were held at Miss Marguerite Reid, Miss Agnes Leake, and Miss Mary Stephen's homes. Baked apples and pumpkin pie filled the air as Henglish games and mischief circulated streets. The Christian church Sunday school class hosted a linen shower for Miss Ella Boarman, the bride-to-be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Reid
Agnes Leake
Mary Stephen
Christian Church
Ella Boarman
Prairie chicken visitors near La Crosse farm
Thos. Link, a farmer near La Crosse, Illinois, owns four unusually tame prairie chickens that joined his flock last summer. Once quail-sized and water-starved, they now roam with his poultry, are full grown, and show no hesitation to stay and mingle with the chickens. The note is from Winchester Times.
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Thos
Link
la Crosse
Winchester
Ill
Peter Werner Visits Hannibal Family Weekend
Peter Werner of Hannibal came up Saturday to visit her tende CL Drescher and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Werner
Hannibal
CL. Drescher
Hemispheric trivia and a bustling old world chronicle
A collage of notes previews world facts and quirky items: Philippine pupil totals, a Washington baby born each hour, 6000200000 pies from apples, England medical education costs, 1624 dialects in the hemisphere, Smyrna figs shipped from Smyrna, Welland Canal age, Liverpool tramways debut, English workhouse strikes, a Maine 30 day clock, US clay sales in 1907, rabbits in Antelope Valley, Crookes predicts 1931 wheat supply, 413 US species, tea essence preserving leaf quality, a hammer dance at the opera, a village party into the wee sma hours with families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
United States
Geological Survey
Antelope Valley
California
William Crookes
Monroe Basket Balls Girls Lose at Shelbina
The Monroe girls’ team traveled to Shelbina and lost 21 to 10. They claimed they were beaten fairly, saying the loss came on the square despite fair play. Hannibal, bbe. u
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Monroe
Shelbina
Mother's Hairpin Fixes the Broken Doorbell
A Denver Post verse describes a mother who uses a hairpin to fix a broken doorbell and a locked door. The poem praises her skill with improvised repairs and imagines her fixing a watch or bicycle with such a simple tool. The speaker notes neighbors’ shock and hopes she could turn hard luck into success with a hairpin.
The Youth's Companion 1909 Volume Announcement
The 1909 Youth's Companion features fifty star articles by distinguished figures in public life literature science and business plus two hundred stories of humor heroism and adventure and a thousand up to date notes on current events science and politics. A full new volume announcement and sample copies are offered to readers who subscribe at 1.75 with 0.50 postage to Canada. Free issues for 1908 and the calendar for 1909 are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearth
Canada
Grandmother's Garden
Berkley Street
Death Toll Rising From Hyderabad Floods
In Bombay on October 24 the Health Department of Hyderabad reports about 7,000 bodies already identified. Officials believe the final death toll from the floods in Hyderabad and Deccan districts last week will surpass earlier estimates. Messages note social aid workers and refugee efforts amid the disaster.
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Bombay
Health Department of
Hyderabad
Deccan
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Monroe City Democrat
Tony Wilson
Jesse Humphrey
Kansas City Star
Brookfield Gazette
University of Missouri
University At Columbia
Gould's
George J. Gould
Rochester Herald
Roosevelt
Herod
Washington
England
Smyrna
Welland Canal
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Edinburgh
Opera House
Pop
Denver Post
Science
Nature
Pitics
Mesdames M. P. Asbury
G. Williamson
Miss M. Muc
Gem
Nickel
Buffum Tool
Louisiana, MO
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