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Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
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WATER WORKS COMPANY.
Directors and Officers Elected for Next
Year.

The stockholders of the Mexico
Water Works Company met October
23d and elected the following direc-
tors: IF. Llewellyn, A. d. jackson,
John ]. Steele, NJ. B. Guthrie and r.
NJ. White. J. f. Llewellyu was elect
President; A. D. Jackson, Vice-Presi-
dent; John ]. Steele, Secretary and
superintendent.
Nlr pits, snn acre farm near Skin
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL. AMEND.
MENT-(Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever ma
jority Of the legal voters OF a county
voting upon that proposition so detsr-
mine)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SEVENTH CO TITUTIoN A L
DMENT-tProviding Tor reuuV-
t1on ~ the state interest tax from 10 cents
10 not exceeding cents; declaring al GER
tIfcates Of Indebtedness to the "Puono
school Fund" and to the state Semi
nary Fund" sacred obligations, ana pro- pro
,siding for their renewal at maturity
and providing for the investment Of fu-
ture accumuiatlons of moneys IN those
funds in approved county, municipal or
sch9ol ID. GistTicth II ne penSt stSfe debtS-YEs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( (Authorizing school districts in
cities OF 100000 or more inhabitants to
levy 60 cents for school purposes)-YES.
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( authorizing school districts in
cities of 100000 or more inhabitants to
levy 60 cents for school purposes)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Authorizing the Cities OF ST.
Louis and Kansas City to exempt certain
bonded indebtedness in computing tne
| ies respectively, In determining the
aaffiounf df bonds authorised to be issued}
YES.
SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL. AMEND
MENT-( -(Authorizing the Cities OF ~.
Louis and Kansas City to exempt certain
existing bonded Indebtedness Of the cit
tes respectively, In determining the
amount OF bonds authorized to be issuedl
mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge Of St, Louis Court Of Appeals:
VALLE REYBuRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
T-(Authorizlng the City OF 81.
Louis to levy for municipal purposes IN
addition to rate now allowed, a rate not
exceeding the rate which would be al
lowed for county purposes were the city
q part of a eounty)-YES.
FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Authorizing the City OF 81.
Louis to levy for municipal purposes, IN
addition TO rate now allowed, rate no1
Exceeding the rate which would be al
lowed for county purposes were the city
q part OF a county(-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( -(Repealing amendment of ly0u
concerning taxation of mortgaged prop
erty)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT-Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever a ma
tority OF the legal voters Of county
voting upon that proposition" so deter
mine(-YES.
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT-(Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever a ma
jority of the legal voters Of s county
voting upon that proposition" SO deter
mine)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Authorizing the Cities of St
Louis and Kansas City 20 exempt certain
bonded Indebtedness in computing the
existing bonded indebtedness Of the Cit
les, respectively, in determining the
amount Of bonds authorized to be issued)
YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sloner (shOrt terml:
| BARNEY w. FRAUENTHAL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENr-(Repealing amendment OF lyOO
concerning taxation of mortgaged prop
erty)-YES.
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT-(Repealing amendment OF l9Oo
concerning taxation of mortgaged prop
erty)--NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL. AMEND
MENT-(Authorlzlng school districts IN n
cities of 100, 900 or more inhabitants 10
levy 60 cents for school purposes)-fES.
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL. AMEND
MENT-(Authorizing school districts ~ ~
citiea of l00,000 or more inhabitants !"
levy 60 cents for school purposes)-No'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL. AMEND.
MENT-(Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever ma
jority OF the legal voters Of q county
voting upon that proposition" 30 deter
mine)-YES.
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT-(Proyldes for the adoption ol
township organization whenever a ma
jority Of the legal voters Of county
voting upon that proposition SO deter
mine)--No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SEVENTH coNsTIT uTIo S1A,d n 4 I
NDMENT-CProviding JOE ~ oants
to NOT exceeding 8 cents; declaring all est- ,
tiacates Of Indebtedness to the FuDne Sio.t.
School Fund" and to the state semi emil
nary Fund" sacred obligations' .,,IHity anu Htv
and nroyiding for the investment OF Iu-
ture @ Accommodations of moneys IN I thosq So
funds in approved county. munleipal o.
school district bonds upon upon YEs yns eA''''
guishment Of the State deot)-1 ES
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( authorizing City Of st. Louis
to amend its charter at any election held
60 days after publication OF proposals;
also to frame new charter which may
be ratified by a majority of the votes
cast at an election to be held from 20
TO 30 days after submission)-YES
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
-(Authorizing City Of st. Louis
to amend its charter at any election held
60 days after publication Of proposals;
also to frame new charter which may
be ratified by a majority Of the votes
cast at an election to be held from Il
to 80 days after submisslon)-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Repealing amendment OF 1900
concerning taxation of mortgaged prop
erty)-YES.
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT-(Repealing amendment OF lgOO
concerning taxation Of mortgaged prop
erty)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
-tAuthorizing the Cities OF 81.
Louis and Kansas city to exempt certain
bonded Indebtedness in computing the
existing bonded Indebtedness of the cit
les. respectively, in determining the
as..es.sst Bassi. laorised to be issiiedl
YES.
SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
T-(Authorizing the Cities of ST.
Louis and Kansas City to exempt certain
existing bonded Indebtedness of the cit
les, respectively, In determining the
amount Of bonds authorized to be issued
mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT-(Repsallng amendment Of lSO
concerning taxation Of mortgaged prop
erty)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MRNT-( -(Authorizing the Cities of ST
Louis and kansas City to exempt certain
bonded Indebtedness In computing the
existing bonded Indebtedness of the cit.
les, respectively, in determining the
amount of bonds authorized to be issued
mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SEVENTH CONS uTIoNA AL
AM DMENT--tproviding for redua-
tion Of the State interest tax from 10 cents
to not exceeding cents; declaring AZ GER
tidcates of Indebtedness. to the Pnnnn
School Fund" and to the state seml-
nary Fund sacred obligations, al pre-
vtdinE for their renewal at maturity
and providing Tor the Investment q fu-
ture Accommodations Of moneys in thoss
funds In approved county, municipal or
school district bonds upon the eztln-
guishment Of the State debtl-fES.
SEVENTH C oNsTIT ITO N a L
AMENDAiENT--(Pr (Providing for q reduc-
| lion of the State interest tax from 10 aents
| to not exceeding cents; declaring AZ GER
| tineates Of Indebtedness to the "Pubna
| School Fund and to the state Semi
nary FUND sacred obligations, and pro-
viding for their renewal at maturity.
| and providing for the investment OF Iu-
| lure Accommodations of moneys in these
| funds in approved county, municipal Or
school district bonds upon the extin-
| guishment Of the State debtl-No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT-(Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever ma
jority of the legal voters Of a county
voting upon that proposition" so deter
mine)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT--( -(Repeaiing amendment OF lse
concerning taxation Of mortgaged prop
erty)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sIoner Qong term):
w. s. CRANE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(A -(Authorizing the Cities of 81.
bonded indebtedneE4 IN computing the
existing bonded Indebtedness of the cit
| les, respectively, In determining the
YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MEN Tt Repeating amendment OF lS0
concerning taxation Of moftgaged prop
erty)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Authorizing the City OF ~
Louis TO levy for municipal purposes, IN
addition to rate now allowed, a rate not
exceeding tha rate which would be AZ
lowed for county purposes were the city
. part OF a oounty)-YES.
FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT--(Authorizing the City OF 81
Louis to levy for municipal purposes, N
addition to rate now allowed, rate n9t
exceeding the rate which would be Al
lowed for county purposes were the city
a part Of q eounty)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT-(Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever ma
jorlty Of the legal voters Of county
voting upon that proposition" so deter
mine)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT-(Authorizing City OF 81, Loui.
to amend its charter at any elsctlon helo
60 days after publication of proposals
also 70 frame new charter which may
be ratified by majority Of the votes
east at an election to be held from "
to 80 days after submission)-YHiS.
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT-(Authorizing City Of St, Louis
TO amend its charter at any election hele
60 days after publication Of proposals
also to frame new charter Wnich ma, ma,
be ratifed by a majority Of the vote
cast at an election to be held from
10 60 days after submission)-N
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( -(Authorizing the City Of St
Louis to levy for municipal purposes, In
addition to rate now allowed, a rate not
exceeding the rate which would be al
lowed for county purposes were the city
q part of county)-YES.
FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( authorizing the City of St
Louis to levy for municipal purposes, in
addition to rate now allowed, a rate not
exceeding the rate which would be al
lowed for county purposes were the city
q part of a county)-No,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge of Supreme Court, Division
JAMES D. FOX. ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( Repeating amendment Of 1900
concerning taxation of mortgaged prop
erty)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-(Pro for the adoption Of
township organization whenever ma
jority Of the legal voters OF coGnty
voting upon that proposition" so deter
mine)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
Misunderstanding amendment OF lyVV
concerning taxation OF mortgaged prop
ertyl-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Superintendent Of Public Schools:
WILLIAM T, CARRINGToN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND:
MENT--(Repealing amendment or lSv
concerning taxation Of mortgaged prop
erty)-YES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commis
sioner (short term):
THOMAS w. IACKETT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge of Supreme Court Division
No. z:
MOSES wHYBARK.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commis'
sioner (short term):
OSWALD HICKS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge Of ST. Louis Court Of Appeals:
EDWARD c. ELIOT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Superintendent Of Public Schools:
JAMES U. WHITE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-( Provides for the adoption OF
township organization whenever a ma
jority OF the legal voters Of county
voting upon that proposition" so deter
minel-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

Mr.. Potts 500 acre farm near Skin
ner was sold to-day for $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge OF St Louis Court of Appeals:
HENRY w. FEMMER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner (short term):
w. !. PHIFER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
,,,,,,r,,,r,, r,,coNsmrrrrrIoNAL

SEVENTH coNsTITUT NAL
AMENDAtENT-(Pr Providing for redue-
zion Of the State interest tax from 10 cents
10 not exceeding cents; declaring AL GER
tiacates OF Indebtedness to the "Fubic
School Fund" and to the state SEMI
nary Fund sacred obligations, ana pro
and providing for the investment OF tu-
ture Accommodations OF moneys IN those
funds IN approved county. munielpal or
school district bonds upon the extin-
Tuishment of the 5tate debt)--XEs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner dong term);
LOUIS P. CALDWELL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commis-
sioner (short term):
BARNEY w. FRAUENTHAL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge of Supreme Court, Division
No. 2:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Independent Party Ticket.

FOR Judge Of Supreme Court, Division
No. 2:
HENRY LAAsM.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Railroad and Warehouse Commis
sioner Qong term):
LYMAN FORGRAVES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge of St Louis Court of Appeals;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge Of st. Louis Court of Appeals;
II. N. SMITH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
Misunderstanding amendment Of 1900
concerning taxation OF mortgaged prop
erty)-NO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Socialist Labor Ticket.

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner (short term):
HENRY i. MUELLER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Prohibition Ticket.

For Railroad and Warehouse Commii
sioner (short term):
WILLIAM N. KEENER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30

For Judge of St. Louis Court of Appeals:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Vol. Xiv.
Democratic Ticket.

eor Judge Of Supreme Court, Division
LEROY B, vALLIxNiTi;.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Socialist Ticket.

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner dong term):
PEARL THOMPSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
No. 33,

For Superintendent of Public Schools:
JOHN 4. BROWN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
Republican Ticket.

For Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner Qong term);
WALTER SILAS CRANE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-10-30
MEXICO AUDRA COUNTY MISSOURI 1909
Public Ownership Ticket

For superintendent of Public Schools;
ALFRED S. GREEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

be impossible because they would obstruct
the entrance of what little air enters her
apartments. The cooking of the meals, a
comforting process in winter, now converts
her fiat" into a furnace room. The gradual
shrinkage in the 5-cent Chunk of ice has
long since converted the ice man into a
deadly enemy. And through and over it all
hangs the awful fear that her husband may
be overcome by the heat in the great fac
tory where he is pressing winter suits and
overcoats for twelve terrific, prOstrating
hours each day. Then he would be taken
to the hospital, from which she would be
barred by the blue-coated guardians whose
language she has not mastered. Yet all
this she faces with a dim philosophy that
it is a mortal i'll to be borne, not COM
bated, and that somehow she and her Off
spring will survive the torrid wave.
The East Side, as it is popularity known,
covers a comparatively small area, some
what less than half a square mile, wherein
is crowded a little city of its own, the
Ghetto, with a population Of 100000 souls.
Half a million men, women and children
almost exclusively Polish and Russian
Jews, crowded into what might be described
as four good sized city blocks. That they
live and thrive and become decent citizens
10 NLC BlNoAOSN NV Va liz ~ VI ~
East Side wife and mother.
Monetary conditions and a sordid land
lord set the limit Of her apartment at three
rooms. In the modern tenement each Of
these must have access to an open court
or air shaft, but there still stand hundreds
of houses erected before the present tene-
ment laws went into effect. In these the
best room will overlook the street or court,
according as it may be a front or rear tene-
ment. There will be two windows from one
of which runs the fire escape. A room ten
feet square is considered spacious, and a
shallow clothespress in this apartment is
regarded by its mistress with proper APP
probation akin to gratitude. A door and a
window cut through the partition afford
light and air" for the middle room, where
the cooking is usually done. Beyond is a
still smaller room, so designated merely by
courtesy, and here there is neither ventila,
tion nor light-only Stygian darkness.
Stoves as Social %nda
The average American housewife makinl
her first trip through the East Side is i'm,
pressed by the almost entire absence o
carpets, the pretentiousness of whatever
pieces Of furniture her East Side sister ma!
possess and the peculiar arrangement o
her china closets. The landlord or his rep
resentative looks at none of these. Tn
~all-impOrtant question with him is whethe
} the tenant keeps her stove and copper uteu
1 sis in good condition. II this be the case
l he feels assured that he has secured
thrifty tenant who will meet her ren
= promptly. Personal neatness apparent
counts for little with the real East Side
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

where the daily income is 81, the breakfast
will consist Of coffee, bread and butter, with
occasionally an egg. Directly after the de-
parture of the men the woman begins tidy
ing up. The "shake-downs' are hung on the
fire escape to air IL the weather permits.
If not, they are piled one on the other on
the bed If there is one, or in a corner OF the
room, The children are prepared for school
with watchful care. The Jew regards the
education of his children as a profitable in
vestment and sends them to both the public
summer schools in the morning and the
Hebrew schools in the afternoon. More
over, the mother will stint herself to pro-
vide for at least one member OF the family
a musical training, paying 20 cents for piano
lessons, with the privilege Of practicing a
certain time each day at the teachers
home.
The children disposed of, the woman is
ready for her first shopping tour. 1t may
consist merely OF a trip down the two,
three or four flights of stairs for the daily
wrangle with the ice peddler, whose wares
she must herself carry the weary flights
back to her rooms. The delivery system on
the East Side is in the embryonic stage.
II she has a refrigerator the disposition
Of her purchase is simple. II she cannot
boast this much-desired possession the Ice
is kept in the stationary wash tub, wrapped
in heavy paper or cloths. In either case
it is used principally to cool off the drinking
water and not as a means to keep perish
able supplies. The latter she purchases
only as they can be used. She buys a few
ounces OF butter at a time, which brings it
up to a figure that would make her West
Side sister vince. This is one Of the con-
ditions that confront the East Slider. There
is absolutely no provision in her tenement
for storing table supplies and she spends a
good portion of her time each day running
back and forth between her nome and the
various shops.
Law of No Credit.
Her children learn early to shop, and that
thriftily. There is practically no credit on
the East Side and the tradesmen thrive
The Ghetto housewife is clannish, seldom
roaming far from Hester street, with lis
array OF push carts, for her trading, which
may include anything from a bunch o
onions to a new dress. OF the great de
partment stores beyond Broadway shr
knows nothing. over the remnants dis
played on the Hester street curb sh
haggles until she wins her point. The un
yielding bargain p~lacards OF the West Sid
shops would try her thrifty soul.
She has solved the fuel question PARTIAL
, by purchasing a portable, two-hole ga
stove which she mounts on a table or
? box. This costs her $3.50 new, or consid
/, erably less II she finds a trustworthy sec
ond- hand dealer. She avoids the MONTH
t visit Of the gas company's collector b
. using the slot machine meter. The CON
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

" 1ETWEEN the coal strike, the Ice
trust and the beef combine the
- New York East Side woman is
IH54RN having a hard time of it this
- summer. She may shrug her
shoulders and raise her eyes to
heaven, but the coal dealer and
the ice peddler are not to be placated.
She may cry out against the extortionate
prices demanded by the butcher with whom
she has traded for years, but he will simply
fall back on the meat combine. What can
she do?
The East Side housewife is most thor
oughly misunderstood and misrepresented
of women. She is pictured as living, with
out a murmur, in squalor and flth-her
favorite pastime to gossip and quarrel with
her neighbors, or, better still, with her un-
fortunate janitress-heT children physically
impoverished because she either cannot or
Will not prepare food according to the latest
hygienic rulings of American cooking clubs
her husband to be commiserated in the
possession of a shiftless, slatternly wife.
Not being able, as a rule, to speak English,
she cannot refute these charges, and only
those who come into close, neighborly rela-
lions with her can appreciate her true
worth, She is at once the joy and the de-
SPAR of the typical settlement worker of
me theories ana nigh ideals.
In reality, she wages perpetual warfare
on the common enemy of all housekeepers-
dirt-and under the most exasperating, the
most impossible conditions. Her landlord
does not set her a shining example of sani-
tation and cleanliness, nor does he provide
for her use the simplest of modern conven-
fences. Any woman who attempts to keep
mouse IN three rooms even in the simplest
fashion for her family Of six, with perhaps
a lodger or two, must either "pick up" con
tlnually or take refuge on the fire escape
from sheer lack Of foot room. Hence she
has little time for gossiping or quarreling.
For the sake Of her children she will her
self go hungry if necessary, and in the
preparation of dishes peculiar to her race
or nationality she could Twin out, hands
down. against the average head of an
American cooking school. And her hus-
band, far from considering her as an OBJ
stacle to his progress, regards her as a
beacon light, leading him ever onward to a
bank account and competency. She it is
who carries the family purse, purchases
every article in the family wardrobe and
deposits the family savings in a bank of heI
own selection after giving the latter deeI
and earnest consideration.
Her V-HcationIess Lite.
Summer lays on her shoulders only frest
burdens. In her vocabulary there is n
such word as vacation" The babble of
thousand voices rises, along with feti
odors and heat glare, from the street be
low, Even had she money to invest in lux
uries like screens and awnings, they woul