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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1878
Page
3
Local weekly notes record obituaries and events. Death of Mrs J L Holland and death of John I Williams described with details of families, ages, and mourners. Also mentions examinations, temperance union meeting, rail travel notices, and various community advertisements in a period style.
City Council discussed ordinances on merchant duties, aiming for equalized burdens across merchandise sectors. Debates touched on grain dealers, penalties for gas misuse, Sunday gambling restrictions, and fines for defacing posters. Adjourned to Monday with printing contracts awarded for revised ordinances.
Morthtown items report continued one month school term and critique of mixing religion with teaching. Coverage includes Murphy movement events, temperance rallies, and women’s suffrage arguments. Local politics note license debates, asylum commitment, and Western Railroad director slate.
The Democratic Executive Committee met at Thos Kersey's office to plan ward meetings for March 16 and a city convention the following Monday to nominate councilmen and city officers. Ward delegates are apportioned by mayoral vote in 1877, and meetings will occur at specified venues with 7 30 p m start, aiming to elect competent, honest Democrats. The piece also notes the Murphy Movement, local farming updates, a dentistry practice in Springfield, and railroad and company news with various officials referenced.
In Walnut Grove on March 25 the young ladies led a temperance meeting at Nathaniel Buncher’s, urging restraint from intoxicants. Miss Davis, Mat tie Mizener and Mattie Perry spoke. Squire Boyd confessed his sins and pledged reform. sixty signed the blue ribbon pledge. Dr. McPherson and Crenshaw urged abstinence. A later note recalls two countrymen in a barber shop caper ending with a haircut as payment joke.
The firm announces relocation to the corner of College Street and the Square, stocking Millinery Goods and Staples. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a pure vegetable remedy for malarial and digestive disorders. They promise low prices and prompt delivery with new storefront services and a continued assortment of groceries, dry goods, shoes, hats, and notions.
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