Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-10-23
rlissOuri Notes


Group of the Missouri state Bank
| ers association will meet in Hannibal
| the last of the month to talk shop.
The Chillicothe Tribune says the Mil
waukee is to increase its stock % mill
| lions.
The saying. MAN wants but little
here below" received black eye in
Trenton the other day. A resident OF
that city advertised for 100 wagon loads
of pumpkins.
A Missouri club has been organized
in San Jose, Cal, by ID. |. Thornton.
formerly of Jackson county. The club
has 1915 members, all of whom live IN
San Jose.
Wick Marshall, n Carrollton deaf
mute, was struck with an inflated blad-
der on the street there saturday night.
Because he couldn't hear the noise he
didn't understand the proceedings and
a cutting scrape ensued.
The Oak Grove correspondent OF the
Cameron Sun says there are but three
vacant houses in Oak Grove
The wife Of citizen of Macon has
been admitted to the bar there. She
is now in a position to lay down tho
law to him according to Blackstone.
A Butler county farmers wife has
n half-gallon jar OF preserved figs made
Of fruit she raised herself.
Missouri has 2S4.SS3 farms and there
is room in the state for twice that
many more.
The Jefferson City telephone eX-
change changed hands the other day,
poles, wires, kicks and all.
Dynamiters attempted to blow up
the Excelsior Springs water works
dam the other night. They did no
more damage. however. than last
weeks wind did when 1t blew up Fish
ing river.
Mrs. Lena Smythe of Chillcothe
owns a shawl which she says was made
in the eleventh century. 1t was
brought to America in l7i6.
The Sons OF Rest have cut Smith
willie Off their visiting list. Smithyille
is to have a rock pile.
A Maryvillc woman wants to he a
rural mail carrier That would be one
way to insure popularity for the routes
with the farmers.
The Platte county merchant who Of
fercd a bottle of pop last week for
every ear Of corn over a foot IN length,
Is thinking of opening bottltnG cstab-
llshment to save money.
Daniel Lamb and Emma Brocr of
Plattsburs were married among the
collins in Yueblo mOrguc last Thurs
day night.
Say, pop" said n 7-year-old Spring
field boy. who had started a lemonade
stand, Don't call me Willie" "Why?"
asked his father. Because, I'm in bus
mess now" was the reply. you might
jest as well call me Kid as Willie
The sermons of Centralia revival
list are transmitted by telephone all
over Boone, Audrian, Galloway and
Monroe counties. But unless the
phones work exceptionally we'll it IS
probable the good words are offset
by those OF another kind.
The Willow Springs band, organized
September /, is now playing in public.
As yet however, it hasn't yCnturcd
outside of Willow Springs.
The Ccntralia Courier man believes
in hG=le industry. This thing of
going to Mexico to get married." he
says, has got to stop. Get married
at home; our preachers can tie the
knot after the latest and most approved
fashion. Don't go back on your home
town"
Jackson county deNotes more land ID
apple trees than any other county in
the state. In Jackson county there are
several forty acre orchards.
A Nevada paper had story the other
day about a bakery being burgarized,
and didn't say a word about the rob-
bers getting the dough"
Macon county man was convicted
Of poisoning wells in Macon the other
day was sent to the pententary for
two years. He tried to make well
water make sick people.
Peach Stone of Henry county was
given thirty days in jail last week for
carrying a revolver. Just at present
Peach could hardly be classcd in the
free-Stone variety.
As a feature Of the Maryyillc fair
Walter Coleman and Katie Smith OF
Quiuman were married while standing
on big kitchen stove. After the Ger.
emory the band appropriately struck
up "a Hot Time
Walter Williams Sunday school clas.
now numbers 53l members.
| An extraordinary preacher livcs in
ST. Louis. When he resigned his
charge the other day he didn't say the
Lord had directed him to do o-he
simply said he had been offered moro
money by another church.
The KirksyilIe courthouse Is to have
n new cight-day clock. It will have
four dials.
1t cost the state $9357J to convict
and hang Jesse Johnson, the negro
murderer OF Postmaster McRae OF
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