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Newspaper
Monroe City Democrat
Location
Monroe City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
Entry indicates a notice stamped as second class matter at the Monroe City Missouri post office. The text references the official mailing designation and custody of mail distribution within the local area. It implies standard federal postal processing without further specifics.
Thursday October 15 1908 a political column argues Cowherd surpasses Hadley as a statesman and calls for Bryan and a Democratic Congress to curb monopolies. It accuses Hadley of failing to prosecute the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association and claims Missouri history favors Republican rule but warns that trusts influence GOP leaders. Gov Folk is criticized for defending appointees amid Stone’s bid for reelection.
The speaker argues that voters in the Democratic primary who supported the nominee are morally obligated to vote for him in November. He asserts every primary voter must back the ticket and praises this year’s Missouri Democratic slate as exceptionally clean and strong.
In the 1896 campaign Republicans claimed Bryan’s defeat would close factories and bring prosperity. The party won and has ruled since, yet many factories are closed, hundreds of thousands are jobless, many work shorter hours, and many earn less for the same work than in 1896. Why.
Henry Watterson ridicules Roosevelt Taft and Hughes era, praising Bryan as instructive while finding Hearst entertaining. An Eastern paper's 60 percent claim about women is mocked. With 57 political varieties, turnout is urged. Weather near the criminal court may be stormy. The Independent party has little votes but stirs more dust than others.
The piece reflects on small acts of affection easing daily tensions and renewing love as life grows. It contrasts gestures of goodbye and greeting with how love can become scarce when giving outweighs receiving. The poem notes lovers starve affection, turning tenderness into bitterness over time.
Six year old Katie Sullivan, daughter of John Sullivan, broke her right arm again after a fall on Thursday, months after a prior break between the wrist and elbow. A local critic, likened to a school teacher and hog farmer, spars with the Camden Point Bee over newspaper knowledge.
In writing to Hon. E. T. Crear at Democratic headquarters a few days ago Judge Wm. H. Wallace of Kansas City declares his full support for the Democratic ticket from top to bottom and says he will bow out of court duties to help in the campaign.
In a Kansas City Post editorial, William J. Bryan is praised for his calm, steadfast response to Theodore Roosevelt’s intemperate charges. The piece argues Roosevelt’s conduct defiles the presidency while Bryan’s life and character stand as a model, reaffirming faith in the Democratic leader.
In Monroe County the Indian Creek Township banner Democratic party backs Robt A Wimsatt as its standard bearer. He is described as the township's oldest Democrat, born in Indian Creek 59 years ago, with a long family history of Democratic loyalty. Rah for Indian Creek.
A stall girl separated from her family at Coney Island was kept at the police station until her parents could be found. The matron soothed the child with a candy cat, which she later confessed she ate after admitting she had kept it clean all day but grew ashamed of its dirtiness.
A compact collection of aphorisms on ambition, originality, and advice. The passages explore how success does not guarantee happiness, the expense of trouble, the lure of ridicule, and the quirks of human behavior from voting to listening to phonographs. The tone blends wit with cautionary wisdom.
A reflective religious poem asking God for mercy and forgiveness. The speaker admits human frailty and asks the Almighty to hide in darkness when tempted, trusting in divine goodness to forgive.
A column of satirical maxims on debt virtue and aging contrasts clever observations about gender, money, and manners. It notes a smoker’s sickness and a counterfeit joke about returning evil for good while questioning civilization and fashionable trends. It ends by highlighting a knee visible through a sheath skirt as a modern jewelry twist.
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