Mexico Missouri message., 1899-12-07
THE MESSAGE
l.. A. BIRD, Local Editor.
THURSDAY. DEC. I. 1899.

Epwurth Lea que Of the First III. e.
ChGrth, Fraiay evening, Dec. 10,
at the home If Mr.. a'.d Frs. Z. b.
Norris, on Nortt Jeffel son. Every
boiy come.
Ed. II. A. Northcutt, of Kinks
vile, closed meeting at the
Christian church at Marshall last
week with 80 additions to the
membership. Ed Northcutt is
the father of Mrs. Il. Il. Locke of
this city.
VIM. Steffen. a former resident
of Mexico, now in the hardware
business in Vandalia contemplates
moving back to his old home. Mr..
Stetfens is the kind of man to be
appreciated anywhere, and we are
glad to know he will again make
his home in Mexico.
One of the business men of Mex
leo fortunate enough to have secur-
ed advertising in the first few ISSUES
of the MESSAGE tells us he has
work to do up to Christmas. Re
suits will always be secured by
placing your advertisement with lis.
The following cases from Mon
roe county, by change of venue
will be tried in the Audrain Cir
cult Court at the term in January
next: G.. p. McCarty VS.. Missouri
Town Mutual Insurance Company;
G. p. McCarty VS.. Mercantile In
surancc Company; Leo Z. Bell
vs.. Missouri Town Insurance Co.
Mr.. Charles w. Caldwell, of
Waverly, Iowa, and Miss Elizabeth
Fritts will be married at the home
of the brides parents, DR.. and
Mrs. j r.. Fritts, in Mexico Dec. %.
Mr., Caldwell is a prominent farmer
and stock raiser of his state. The
MESSAGE joins the many friends III
venturing congratulations to the
happy couple in advance.
The Mexico correspondent of the
Nandalia Leader pays a high com
pliment to Hon. c. f. Clark,
urging his candidacy for State Sen
ator: Mr.. Clark has been in the
state legislature at times of the
most Importance, the revision SEES
sions, and in the last one he was
chairman of the important COM
mittee, the ways and means.
Such experience has placed him in
line with the interests of the state. y
A MESSAGE man met number
of the State University students on
the train the other dav. They We're
returning from Thanksgiving fes-
tivities, and requested us to send
the MESSAGE to the University Ii
brary. This we gladly do, and
hope that all who peruse its col
umns may be kept staui1ch III the
faith of the principles it advocates,
and may also be kept i'll touch
with Audrain and her people.
The Liberty Advance says; y
news item in the Times of the 18th
says word comes from Audrain
county that the breeder of the
famous stallion, Rex Mcdonald, is
dead at his home. Mr.. Freeman
is we'll known here, although for
that matter his name is house
hold word with horse show men
the continent over He did AS
much or more to advance the
horse in Missouri as any man who
ever lived.
Not a thousand miles from Mex
leo not many moons since occurr-
ed wedding. The high cont act
parties we're named respectively
Wheat and Oats. We wonder il
from parental standpoint this
union did not go against the grain
We hope this may not materIa ly
affect the markets. May the gran
airy of this young couple ever b'
plentifully supplied, and may theI
haIf-bushel ever be full.
Dye & Webb, who are among
Vandalia' most successful bust
ness men, believe in advertising
A MESSAGE reporter succeeded IL
getting the following statement
from Mr.. Webb, which we publish
to remind the Mexico advertiser
ola few things. Mr.. Webb said