Old Schoolyard Romance and Historic Church Letter Found
A Centralia Courier item laments schoolyard romance among youths as a teacher’s dilemma. It then notes the St Louis printed 1608 Laws of the Territory now in Missouri’s Law Library and an advertising insight from Mahin Messenger. A Hannibal builder uncovers a Peyton family letter from 1889 embedded in a church foundation, detailing early worship in the city and bid to place the note in the new corner stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vander Burgh
John Criffin
Indiana Territory
Vincennes
United States
New Christian Church
Bert Gay
Smith & Ertle
Hannibal
Scipio
J. N. Peyton
A Bachelor's Reflections and Public Musings
A fragmentary column reflects on honesty duty and appearances. It juggles wry maxims about character, dress, and social manners, then shifts to a local note about Miss Permelia Eskridge visiting Monroea City schoolmates from Shelbina.
Two Views of Life and the Modern Spendthrift
A Canton Press opinion piece condemns extravagance and the modern mother's role in shaping a spendthrift nation. It argues that excessive dress and credit culture erode savings, harm families, and threaten virtue, urging saving and prudent living as the path to masters of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Canton Press
Dyspeptic Philosophy and Local Notes
A collection of aphorisms on egos work and debt appears alongside social notes. Miss Lula E. Lighter departs to join her father in Memphis after two months with relatives, and Mrs. Millie Brownell of Shelbina visits her son in the city.
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Lula E. Lighter
Memphis
Tenn
Millie Brownell
Shelbina
Mi o Na claim and money back offer from druggist
L M Wood the Druggist promises a money back guarantee if Mi o Na does not cure dyspepsia, touting Mi o Na tablets as a powerful stomach remedy. The ad asserts rapid relief within 24 hours, notes a 50 cent price per large box, and includes a testimonial from Mrs W D Bennett of Bucksport Me.
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L. M. Wood
Monroe City Democrat
Missouri donation to Bryan fund tops state
Colonel Moses C. Wetmore, chair man of the National Democratic Finance Committee, disclosed that Missourians contributed 33840.99 to the national campaign fund. He noted this is the largest subscription from any state except two, highlighting Missouri a key donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses C. Wetmore
National Democratic Finance Committee
Bryan Fund
The
Republic
Missouri
National Campaign Fund
Thanksgiving in a Southern Kitchen and Trouble
The piece blends a humorous Thanksgiving ode with harsh racial language and references to alcohol. It contrasts joyful feasting with a troubling, demeaning vision of enslaved people and a cry for help, ending with jagged, incomplete lines about a Kansas paper and a jeweler.
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J. Rouse
R. JF. Hexson
Mooroe City
Centralia
Mamma
Centralia Courier
Mahin Messenger
Amanda Peyton
Hannibal, Mo
Perry Enterprise
Q. H
Permelia Eskridge
Monroe City High School
New York Times
Pears
Bohemian Magazine
Bowling Green Times
Joe
Strean’s
J. N. Southern
Rogers & Thompson
Bell
Hell
Dearborn
A. W. Miles
Brown
Meriwether & Meriwether
James R. Hull
Monroe City
Monroe Hospital
J. F. Smith
Boan
N. Main St
W. T. Buruepas
Redman Block
U.S. Smith
S. Main
McClintic
Monroe City Bank
J. D. Scobee
Osteopathic Physician Office
Proctor
Monroe City, Mo
N. Hume
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Monroe City Mo
Wm K Yatee
Pras H W Ely
RP Jackson
Wet Yates Awdly
Hagan
John Shearman
Boulware
Roblegon
John A Yates
W Longmire
Foreign Exchange
NA & HC
Drescher
Illinois
Town
Texas
W. T. Youel1
Devocray
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