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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23
No. rs

cancer. The funeral was held at
the Christian church Sunday af-
ternOOn conducted by Ed. a. w.
KOkendoffer. The Woodmen had
charge at the grave. The body
was lowered into the ground in the
midst of a heavy downpour of rain.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23
Cupid's Captures

Mr.. E. j. johnson, one of Ben
ton City's hustling young bust
ness men, and Miss Amanda Jones
of Montgomery City, were mar
ried last Wednesday. Ed. RID.
Chinn of Vandalia said the cere-
mony.
Wednesday night of last week
Mr.. Fred Schultz and Miss EN-
ma Lierheimer, living north of
Mexico, a couple in high repute
among all who know them, were
united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony at the home of the BRIDES
parent, Rev. A. A. Wallace of
this city officiating. The eeFemo-
NY was in the presence of near
relatives and friends of both fam
lilies. A sumptuous supper was
enjoyed. May prosperity and JOY
ever follow this happy couple.
Charles Luckie and family have
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23
Buying and Selling.

j. w. Brewer sold a team of
mules to Edgar Loekridge for
$3.50. 1s ~ ~.
j. B. Woolery, A. D. jackson
and G. w. Lewis shipped 127 head
of feeding cattle from Kansas City
to this county last week.
The Fulton Sun says: Doug
Turner has sold VIM. Lee of Mex
leo three head of fine saddle horses
for a consideration of 5000. The
stock was shipped to Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23
Charles Luckie and family have
moved to Kansas City.
Notice!

Witness fees in the APPEL case
have been paid to me. Unless
called for before July LIST, they
will be turned over to the county
treasurer.
JAS. q. EDWARDS,
Clerk of Probate.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23
Mexico, Missouri, April 20, 1903.

The Centralia schools held their
commencement exercises last Friday
night. There were seven gradu-
ates.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

Miss. Parmelia Mahan, State or
ganizer for the w. C. T. u, whose
headquarters were in Mexico for a
year or two, occupied the chair of.
Parliamentary Law in the Chicago
School of Oratory during the past
year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

Rev. D. S. Smith bought a lot
on East JAG kson street and is dig
ging a cellar and will build in the
spring. -" 20 80.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

Miss Eva Kanatzar closed a
very successful term of school in
the Liberty district last Friday.
Seven pupils did not miss day of
the term. Miss Kanatzar was en-
ployed to teach the next term in
that district at an advanced salary.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

1. P. Dyer, southeastern Mex
leo, had a horse snagged the other
day and another horse was badly
cut on a wire. 1t lets Isaac out of
a team-a bad piece of misfortune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

Ed. w. P. Dorsey, of Frank
ford, Mo-, passed thru Mexico
last Saturday on his way to Trip
lett. Mo-. to unite in marriage DIR.
Getting of Concordia, Mo-, and
Minnie Morehead of Triplett.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-04-23

T. B. Bumps and j. w. Fow-
Ter, both of Grinnell, Iowa, have
been here this week. The former
has bought SEQ acre tract Of
land near Cant and the latter is
the purchaser of the Walter Pol
lock farm near Littleby Station,
east of Mexico.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
v.y RemarkabIe cure q pIarrh0e.

Very Remarkable Cure Ct piarrhoea.
About six years ago for the first
time in my life had sudden and
severe attack of diarrhoea," says Mrs.
Alice Miller, Of Morgan, Texas. Il
got temporary relief, but It came back
again and again, and for six long
years / have suffered more misery and
agony than can tell II was worse
than death. My husband spent hun
dreds of dollars for physicians pre-
scriptions and treatment without
avail. Finally we moved 20 Bosque
county. our present home. and one
day / happened to see an advertise
ment Of Chamberlain collie. Cholera
and Diarrboea Remedy with a testi-
monial of 4 man who had been cured
by it. The case was so similar to my
own that ! concluded to try the rem
edy. The result was wonderful.
could hardly realize that was well
again. or believe it could be 50 after
having suffered SO long, hut that one
bottle OF medicine, costing but a few
cents, cured me-" For sale by the
Eagle drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Special to Daily Leader.
Enid, June 30.---Dr. E. E. Cowdrlck
secretary OF the Oklahoma board o.
health, said today that information
had reached the board that ice cream
containing material deleterious to pup
lie health was being sold in Oklahoma
and that the board would conduct al
investigation to learn the truth OF th'
statement The sale of milk by dairy
men viii also be Investigated. tn
boards action in condemning putri
meats offered for sale by packnl
houses has brought good results
Much has been seized aud condemn
ed" said Dr. CowdricS. "The boar
viii take general cognizance OF in
pure foods and enforce the law whef
ever possible. l believe that our law
are such as to reach nearly all form
of impure food"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
OKLAHOMA NEWS

Special to Daily Leader.
Shawnee, June 30.-Afier seFeia'
months or arranging, the gfavei Deus
near Asher have been opened anq 81
now being developed A big force -
men and teams is working. getting =
to The gravel beds and transporuns =
away at the rate Of seversi cars a gay
The gravel is Of a fine quality PEI
haps the best 70 far discovered =
Oklahoma, being particularly van ADJ
for ballasting -ailroad track. ine
first shipment Of eighty cars goes y
Contractor Dunham, of shawnee an.
from the time that contract Is niieu
the product OF the beds will go all over
the country
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Hennessey, June SO.--J e. Hutchi4-
son, representing the Hennessey Poup-
try and Pet Stock association, and
w. Westlake, the Commercial clubs
representative, who went to Oklahb-
ma City Saturday to land the next
meeting of the State Poultry associp-
tion, were successful in their efforts
and the State association viii meRt
in this city the third week in January
The show win be held in connection
with the local poultry show, and ths
two together will be the biggest apf
best exhibition of fine poultry ever
held in Kingfsher county. and pos 81
bly, in Oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Salina, Kas.: Harvesting has been
begun in Selma county, with the ther-
mometer at the 100 mark There Is
plenty of work in the fields at from 50
to 50 so per day and board. Some men
still refuse to work for less than SO.
In many cases the farmers daughters
volunteer TO work. A number Of girls
worked in the wheat fields today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
Special to Daily Leader

Special to Daily Leader.
Blackwell, Juno SO.--The Farmers
association held a meeting SATURDAY
afternoon pursuant to the announcs
ment made. The principal business
before the meeting was the announce
ment that the Frisco road had re-
fused to grant them a site for ther
proposed elevator The next step 10
be taken, was not decided on. Tney
have the option to buy land and run
the risk of getting switch OF to buy
one of the elevators that are already
in existence.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Ripley, July 1.-The cultivation Of
potatoes in Oklahoma has been mostly
in the valley Of the North Canadian
river. in Pottawatomie county, where
the rich leaf mould in the soil is be-
lieved to be peculiarly conducive 20
potato growing. James Duncan, a
farmer near Ripley. believing that the
cimarron valley was wen adapted 10
potatoes, planted crop last spring
and is now harvesting lsO bushels 10
the acre although weather conditions
we're unfayorable. late frost cutting
the plants to the ground Duncan re-
eoiYed sixty cents q bushel. giving him
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Shawnee, June 3O-Frank Jones, a
negro under sentence Of death for the
murder of Peter Ivey. an aged butch
er who was robbed and killed AMI
then burned up in his shop at South
McAlester about a year since, has
made a statement generating John
Fisher, another negro, convicted by 2
jury and sentenced to life imprisol-
ment for the same offense. Jon IS
pleaded guilty before the jury and
took life sentence. He says that
he had two accomplices, neither OF
whom is now under arrest. The Of
hcers will make full investigation o.
the story.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Rome: AS today is st. Peters day.
the pope celebrated mass in the pri-
vate chapel adjoining his bedroom, in
the presence Of his chaplain and mem
bers Of the pontiff's family. The tenn
perature is 80 degrees Fahrenheit,
but the pope does not suffer. He says
that the warm weather suits him.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
sneoial to Daily Leader.

Shawnee. July 1.-Plans have been
prepared by Architect Davis for the
new buildings at Shawnee mission,
and they are now in Washington for
approval, About $4,000 will be spent.
The plans provide for barn. three
story dorlnitory for the boys ard an.
othor for girls. and large school
building
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Washington: Secretary Shaw will
leave Washington tonight for New
York Tomorrow he win go to Middle
town. Coma to attend the celebration
of the 200th anniversary of the birth
of John Wesley by the Wesleyan uni
versity in that city. 1t is understood
that the university will confer on the
secretary the degree of Ii. ID.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
Special to Daily Leader.

Oklahoma City, July LIN shoot.
ing ARRAY Monday evening at Capitol
Hill, a suburb, Dave Lesser was fatal
ly shot, G. F. Walker seriously and
Frank Maxey seriously wounded. The
quarrel which led to the shooting grew
out Of neighborhood troubles Of a re.
ligious character. Frank Maxey, u
B. Rowlett and Albert Gilchrist are in
jail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
Special to DAILY Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Shawnee, July 1-Virgil Biggers,
the attorney, is the hrst victim Of the
FIRE cracker nuisance this year. Mr..
shd Mrs. Biggers were driving Sun
day when e man threw a lighted fire
cracker into the street in front of their
spirited horse. The animal stopped
short as the missile exploded and Mr..
Biggers was thrown out of the buggy
slightly injuring his hip.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
REGULAR DRILL NIGHT.

All membe.s OF Co. A. ok. n O.
are hereby ordered 10 meet at their
Armory. 1Os West Aarrison avenue.
on Wednesday evening al 1880 sharp.
BY order Of
q. {. Dunnlea.
Capt. Comd'g Co. A.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

b profit Of at least $40 an acre. Two
crops Of potatoes year can be rails
ed IN Oklahoma Dunoan's expert
iaent viii encourage the growing OF
potatoes in the Cimarron valley
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Shawnee. July 1.-The Rev. Posey,
who eloped some days ago from Cook
lin the south part Of this county with
Josie Shelton. an eighteen year old
gsrl. has been located at the spaulding
hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. and
an sort win be made to bring him
back 70, sal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01

Washington: Postmaster General
Payne was at the department today
but under the orders of his physician
remained only short time. Accom-
panied by Mrs Payne he will leave
here next Friday for the Catskills, to
be the guest of Roswell Miller of New
York, ex-president of the Chicago. MIL
waukee & St Paul railroad, Mr..
Payne will remain over the Fourth of
July. He expects to return to his desk
early next week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
Capt. Comd'g Co. A.
OIL rAes.

Every dealer selling oil must have
tags. $50 per thousand at Leadsr
office
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-01
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Atchison. Kas: The grave of the
late John j ingalls, at Mt Vernon, will
be marked with a red granite glacier
stone founc in Lutheran church adj
dition in Atchison. The stone is 5h
by AZ feet and 215 feet in thickness.
The stone will be marked with me
dallion and a quotation from Blue
Grass. A better stone was found in
Jefferson county, but the farmer ON
whose place It was located wanted
S125 for It. 1t was the desire of the
distinguished Kansan that his grave
be marked with a Kansas field stone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
THE CABLE TO HONOLULU.
The SiIvertOn Has Arrived Of Is
land of Oahu-Win Splice to Shore
End OFF Diamond Head.

San Francisco, Dec. 27.-The follow
ing cablegram has been received from
the cable ship Silvertown, timed at
four a. m, Friday:
"About to buoy the cable off the
island of Oahu in about 450 fathoms
of water. Up to this time 2,23s nauti-
cal miles of cable have been paid OUT
The shore end of the cable, which
is of a much heavier type than the sea
cable, will be spliced to the sea cable
some miles off Diamond Head, which
is to be the landing place of the San
Francisco-Honolulu cable. Until the
splice is completed, no further word
will be received from the cable ship.
1t may take a day or two to COM
plete the work. The dispatch with
which the work is finished and Hon
olulu placed in cable communication
with San Francisco and the rest Of
the world, depends largely on the
weather conditions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A terrible railroad accident, believed
to have been due to a telegraph op-
orators errors, happened at the little
station of Wanstead, Ont, on the
9th, when a Grand Trunk express
train ran into a freight in a binding
snowstorm. Twenty-eight persons
were killed and between thirty and
forty injured.
W. D. Ryan, an official of the Hi
nois United Mine Workers, in a signed
statement, on the 2Sth, said that the
mine workers of the United States, in
the convention to be held at Indian
apolis in January, would make a de-
mand for a material increase in
wages.
The Venezuelan revolutionists re-
sumed active hostilities against Pres
ident Castro, on the 27th, the armis-
tice having expired, and a battle was
fought, at the close of which the in
surgents maintained their position.
Archbishop Chappelle, apostolic
delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, ar
rived at San Juan, p. r., on the 2Sth,
where he was enthusiastically re-
ceived and escorted to the cathedral
by a large procession.
The army transport Sherman struck
a rock, on the Goth, on her last trip
to Manila, and received injuries which
will probably render it necessary to
go into dock at Hong Kong for re-
pairs.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of Gen. John G. Fremont, died at Los
Angeles, Cal, on the 27th, aged rs
years. She was the daughter of Mis-
souri's great senator, Thomas II. Ben
ton.
Robbers looted the Bank of Union,
at Union, Mo-, on the 9th, and Sc
cured $4,000. An outside guard kept
up a constant firing of shots to ter
rorize the citizens.
The dowager empress and the en-
Iperor of China entertained the ladies'
of the american legation and Lieut.
Gen. Miles and party at a luncheon,
on the 2Sth.
Vice-Admiral Cervera, who surren-
dered his ships to the American feet
at Santiago, has been appointed to
the post of chief of staff of the Span
ish navy.
Two little sons of Mrs. George
Campbell were burned to death at
Milwaukee, Wis, on the 2Stb, by an
oil heater setting fire to the bed
clothing.
Rt. Rev. John Wogan Testing, bishop
of st. Adams, England, died on the
2Sth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The United States minister at
Seoul demands the payment Of
81, 500, 900 for the building Of an cleo
trio railway.
Winston Churchill has been APP
PORTED an aid-de-camp, with the
rank of colonel, by Gov.-elect Bach
elder of New Hampshire.
Senator Pritchard, of North Caro-
lima, announces that he favors reduce
ton of representation from the
south in republican national conven-
tions.
The Nebraska supreme court has
decided that the marriage of divorced
persons within six months of the
granting of a decree in that state
is void.
A St. Louis hotel keeper was held
responsible by a jury for the death
of a guest who persisted in a fire,
and the widow was awarded 5000
damages.
Rev. II. II. Fotenhauer, of Ham,
burg, Mimi, a widely known Luth-
eran pastor, has been chosen presl-
dent of Concordia college 1t Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Gov.-elect Mickey of Nebraska re-
fuses to c~ountenance an inaugural
ball, and has stopped the prepare
lions for the annual function at the
state capital. i
Commissioner Yerkes, of the inter.
nal revenue. bureau, decided that
soda dispensers who mix distilled
spirits in soft drinks must pay fol
a liquor license.
The Indiana supreme court in q
damage suit to recover for the deatf
of q brakeman at the Monon's imam
killing" bridge at Putnamville hold!
that the victim was to blame.
Joseph Downey, member Of thu
board of education in Chicago ant
formerly commissioner of publ
works in that city, is making a tril
J to Japan to win a wager of $40.
At the presentation Of credential
by Ambassador Tower to Kaiser VIII
helm his majesty promised a yer
l good, though not a very large, e1
. hibit for the st. Louis exposition.
! The Illinois legislature will !
asked to amend the state law to pr,
. vent corporations organized els'
!, where from escaping state tax an
license. Inducements offered by Ne
Jersey and Arizona are declared |
MD evasion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Eat only food that is easy Of dige4
ton, avoiding ~indigestible dishes, an
taking but one to three kinds at a mead
Don't swallow food without mast
cation; modern cookery, by makinl
ma~stication almost unnecessary, is n
sponsible for much decay Of the teetU
If celery is eaten freely an alkaliI
blood is the result, and where this d
lists there can be neither rheumatisi
govt nor nervous p~rostration to al.
extent. 1t should be eaten preferabl
cooked, though it may be taken raw, I
thoroughly m~asticated. Cut it ind
bits and boil until soft in as little WI
ter as possible.
Food fragments left between th|
teeth quickly undergo not only fe1
mentative but putrefactive decompq
d zion. The chemical products Of til
rmer attack the enamel and thof
I the latter render the breath offet
I've. A good preventive is the use
last twice daily of an antisep1
ash, This may be: Bicarbonate
oda, two drains; borax, two dran
lncture of myrrh, half an ounc
chlorate of potash, one dram; watt
to make half a pint. To be employ@
! freely with or without the toothbrush
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01
THE TURKEsTAN EARTHQUAKE
stroyed and the Oscillations of
the Earth Still Continue.

Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, Deu
27.-The oscillations of the earth
at Andiian continue. The people
there are using railroad cars to live
in, and are not leaving the town, on
account of their business interests.
Committees have been appointed to
prepare lists of the losses to life and
property. In the Andijan district 49,
900 houses were destroyed. Until the
shocks cease guards will be kept on
the railroad between Andijan and
Fedohenks to watch for assures
along the line. The railroad station
at Andijan threatens to collapse. Bar
racks to be used as dwellings are be-
ing rapidly constructed and will soon
be ready for occupancy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-01

People in various cities are re-
ceiving letters from a New York coll
lecting agency demanding pay for
jewelry alleged to have been delivered
by a New York; firm and threatening
legal proceedings. Post Office inspec-
tors warn the recipients that it is a
matchmaking scheme.
The people of Pittsburg, Kas., have
discovered that in lynchihg Montgom-
cry Cooley for killing Policeman Hin
kle, they got the wrong man, the real
murderer having made his escape.
Frederick W. Ruckstuhl has re-
signed the position of chief of the st.
Louis Worlds fair sculpture, assign
ing as a reason an apparent determi-
nation on the part of the director
of works to degrade him to thA posi-
ton of a mere clerk to Mr.. TaNor.
The arrest at Miami, Fla, of a man
who refuses to disclose his identity,
for masquerading as Gov. Beckham OF
kentucky and thus obtaining money
under false %pretense, is the sensation
of the winter residents of the Pal
metto state.
The London Times, regretting with
out reserve President R~ooseyelts
declination to act as arbiter, feels
perfectly sure that in refusing he is
not obeying the whispers of uneasy
politicians, but the dictates of his
own Judgment ON a mature view o
the facts of the ease and the feeling
of his people.
n has been definitely decided that
the differences between Venezuela
and the foreign powers be submitted
to The Hague tribunal Tor arbitra-
ton, This information was given out
after the cabinet meeting in Wash
ington on the Goth.