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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
6
An 1908 Monroe City Missouri account notes a man named Eugene Brown on a Burlington depot platform when a playful exchange with a dancer caused him to fall between a telegraph post and the platform. The tale uses editor humor about space and merchandise in printers and newspapers.
The Missouri Republicans celebrated Hadley’s election with a 2500-cover banquet in St. Louis Coliseum, but no colored man was invited. The Post-Dispatch criticized the exclusion as a misstep while noting Hadley’s win rested on Black voters. Other items include a Democratic wager anecdote on James Smith in the Mississippi, mule tale from Carroll County, and H. B. Mudd’s visit to the Gem City.
A brief verse urges kindness to those behind, praising and cheering others to ease the way. It counsels blunting envy, aiding where possible, and finding some gain in small acts of goodwill toward weary fellow man.
In Winsted on November 6 laborer Alexander W Regner left ten sticks of dynamite by a rock under a chestnut tree while drilling stones. Squirrels ate most of the explosive, leaving officials to wonder what happens if a dynamite filled squirrel is shot. The piece also mocks a Thanksgiving turkey carving article, noting the writer gave no turkey hint.
George R. Wilson came back from Hollisterville Pennsylvania on Wednesday night looking well. He did not bring his brand new wife due to her father's illness and plans to return shortly to join her.
Honest Joe Schott of Chicago has been focusing his interests northeast of the city, pursuing business or land activities and expanding his regional footprint with the goal of investment and development.
A collage of 1912 Missouri editorials praises and critiques political figures and events. Names include David Rowland Francis William J. Stone and Joseph Cannon, with mentions of Rockefeller Harriman Folk and local papers from Glasgow Salisbury Kansas City and Edina.
The Boonville Ad vertiser charges Republicans with intimidation to sway ballots while a Democratic editor near Howard County allegedly voted against Cowherd in the recent election. The Fayette Democrat Leader cites proof of this. J. H. Robinson traveled to Hot Springs, Arkansas for rheumatism treatment, with Mia. Robinson and Master J. H. visiting relatives in Louis.
L M Wood the Druggist offers money back if Mi O Na does not cure dyspepsia. He asserts Mi O Na tablets refresh and relieve quickly, strengthen the stomach, and aid digestion. A large box costs 50 cents with relief claimed in 24 hours, 96 times out of 100. Mrs W D Bennett Buckspurt Me endorses the product.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Court House door Paris Missouri. Lots 15 and 16 10 Block 7 Davis Addition Monroe City Monroe County Missouri. Triggered by default in a Deed of Trust dated April 19 1907 by Charles R Frederick recorded in the mortgage records of Wald County Monroe on April 22 07. By order of Robert Meriwether Trustee.
Readers are invited to send three or more performer names along with twenty five cents for postage to receive postpaid a 20 page Popular Music Roll. It features popular songs marches and waltzes arranged for piano or organ including Rud Knauer's Flight of the Butterflies Manila March and The Girl Ive Seen. Indianapolis ind
The piece muses on kindness outweighing creed, notes a man’s appeal to romance, praises a genuine love letter, mocks flattery, and recalls old fashioned virtue. It contrasts hunger with affectionate words and laments a shift in traditional female domestic roles amid a social strike.
Elmer Long of Hannibal was with Monroe friends Thursday, sharing a social afternoon. The gathering highlighted local connections and community ties in the region.
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