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Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Now, on this 10th day OF August. 1909. comes
the plaintiff herein and files with the Clerk of
BY his afidavit. stating among other things,
that he Is the owner OF an estate In fee simple
In and to the southeast quarter Of Section 80.
Township 2, Range 0. of said county and that
the open. notorious and adverse possession of
said lands since the list day of February. 1871,
and that said persons being In possession of
said lands have paid all OF the taxes thereon
since said date and that the said Lucy Smith
nor any OF her heirs have been in possession Of
date.
mated from the United States Government
more than ten years prior to said date. hat
there Is O. defect In the conveyance of said
Lucy Smith and her husband. Horace Smith.
through which this plaintiff claims title. by
which the claim may be made that the entire
title to said lands was not conveyed, but 10
truth and, In fact. an estate In fee simple was
which this plalntin claims title, ana by reason
Of said 6efect It might appear that said record
title 70 said lands Is In the heirs of the said
Lucy smith. long since deceased.
That said heirs are unknown TO this plaintiff
aud personal service cannot be had Ga them
not got their names inserted In said petition.
II Is now therefore ordered BY the Clerk OF
this Court IN vacation that publication be
made notifying the said unknown heirs that
suit has been commenced against them In the
said Circuit Cour the object and generai
nature OF which Is to obtain . decree perfect.
ing plaintiffs title TO said lands. and vestlng
the same In plaintiff by limitation under and
BY virtue OF Art. I. OF Chap. u, of the Revised
Statutes OF Missouri 1893. and 10 quiet the title
10 said lands as between this plaintiff and the
said unknown heirs.
And now unless you, the said unknown heirs
Of Lucy Smith. deceased, be Ind appear at
the next regular term OF this Court 70 be be-
gun and held At the Court House In the City
OF Mexico. OF said County, on the third Mon
day OF September. 1909. and on or before the
first day of said term answer or otherwise
plead 20 said petition. the same wiz be taken
ingly.
And Il is further ordered that q copy hereof
be published In the Mexico Weekly Ledger, a
weekly newspaper published In said County. for
four weeks successfully, the last insertion to
be 81 least nfteen days before the said third
Monday Of September.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNTY Oh AuDRAIE. -
I. W, II. Morris. Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Audrain County. Missouri. do hereby certify
that the above apd foregoing Is 9 full. true and
perfect COPY Of the Order of Publication in
the above entitled cause, IS fully as the same
appears Of record In ny once.
Witness my hand and ofaciAl seal Done At
once In the City OF Mexico. Audrafn COUNTY.
Missouri. this 10Th day OF August A. %, Ie2.
w. II. NORRIS.
lskALI Clerk Circuit Court
George Robertson and A. c. whitson. Attor
neys for Piaintt1A. 24t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Child pies While Playing Horse.

BUTLER, Mo, August 27.-Ree Lud-
wick, the 5-year-old son Of a promi-
nent farmer, died here to-day in
excruciating agony from eating horse
corn chops and grass.
The child has been playing "hoFse,'
with q number Of pfaYmates. He
portrayed the prancing steed, and
when hitched thought to further the
reality Of the innocent game by con-
Stunning real animal fodder, to the
great delight of his little compan'
ions.
He got on his hands and knees and
burying his face in the tall grass tore
the blades from the earth with his
teeth and masticated large quantitieI
with apparent relish. he chewed {
number Of corn chops, and his play
mates clapped their hands with glet
and pronounced Rec the Creates
'splay horse'' they ' saw.
Shortly afterward the tiny horse
failed to prance. He was afflicted
with cramps, and finally fell to th'
ground aud writhed with pain. Hi
parents were informed, and despit'
all that physicians could do, the chit
died.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
LATEST FASHION 7
CANVAS o GOWN,

Mushroom colored canvas cloth Is
the material OF which this charming
costume is constructed. An original
device for self-colored taffeta strap
pings is here shown, which are employ
ed on both skirt and bodice to good
advantage. The shirt is further adorn-
ed by an e'uncer aounce, which is an
advance style, and the tucks are head
ed by simple hand embroidered designs,
worked with Corticelli E E embroidery
silk. This embroidery also appears on
| the bodice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
TEN YEARs AGO rms WEEK.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
James Dowell was very Ill.
Mike Peck was erecting a cottage
near Youngs Greek.
Cards we're issued for the wedding
of DR.. ]. E Wallace and Miss Addie
Miller, both OF Cant
Commodore VIM, Of Audrain coun-
ty, found a spring on his farm which
flowed four gallons Of water to the
minute.
Rozier Hall, Of Mexico, resigned
his position with the Famous and
purchased a half interest in the mil
linery store Of Miss Ida Rosamand.
". W. johnson, Of Audrain county,
took first premium on his saddle stall
lion, Diamond Montrose, Jr., at the
La Plata fair in all purpose ring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Mn Cora Van Tassel was at the
Grand last Thursday night In "Ine
Volunteer Because OF some trouble
with the scenery II was Impossible 70
give the balloon scene. AS that was
really the whole SHOW" there was
not much doing. This attraction IS
booked at the Auditorium In Kansas
CITY and many other well-known play
houses, but IL is only an "also en-
tered
The Wild West show OF Cole
Younger and Frank James has come
and gone and with Its departure no
sigh OF regret. The show is rather a
farce and the principal part OF the
performance seems to center around
Frank James riding horseback and
Cole Younger walking around the
arena. Mexico made a better showing
at the gun-shoot Tuesday than did
the famous ~ shots in the big show.
The big show will arrive in this city
on the morning of September 5, when
the Forepaugh-Sells shows come. You
may expect your moneys worth here
and will leave the large tent perfectly
satisfied.
Coming attractions;
September 12-"An A~ristocratic
Tramp
September 1.-THE Iron MASK,
Earl Doty.
September I6-"A Honolulu Coon
September 1s-"Along the Mohawk
Miss Julia Kingsley, Nelson Lewis
and company.
Carnival Week-"Kennedy Play
ers.n
New Jersey Folk"
"a Hidden Crime"
"a Jolly Mans Troubles"
San American Hobo"
The concert given Monday evening
at Hardin College chapel by Rolant
Howell and Miss Nell Robinson was
most excellent one and deserved
larger audience than was present.
Lew Fields, Of the Weber & Field
fame, had a very narrow escape iron
! drowning recently.
The attractions that are booked 70
! the big Carnival week are most e,
, cellent and are all highly moral. Tn
) Carnival is going to be advertised yer
extensively and a larger crowd may b
expected than aver before.
This morning Manager Waterma
closed contracts with the management
Of Kennedy Players for Carnivs
week, October l2-17. This will b
good news to the thousands Of please
patrons 1.-THE Kennedy Players" mad
during last seasons Carnival weel
without a doubt this attraction is tn
very best popular price attraction J
this country. Last week they playe
S to over $1,000 on the week at th
y Sedalia, Mo-, State Fair, being th
0 opera house attraction. This seaso
e they carry a company Of 25 artists
{ six great vaudeville acts, a a loadN
special scenery staging each play pr
q sented. A better and more apprt
pirate attraction would be hard I
find for Carnival week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Atchison (Kan) GI0be.-An Atchi-
son young man saw a pretty girl at
the COR carnival and began talking to
her. He bought her corn to throw,
blowed himself for a cane for her, took
her down to the restaurant and spent
the whole evening with her. The next
day he saw her and she refused to
speak. He followed her up and asked
her what was the matter. She told
him he must never speak TO her
again until be got an introduction.
Anything goes at the carnival.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

One OF 100 acres, fairly well I'M
proved; 12i miles north Of Rush Hill;
will sell on five years time.
One OF 100 acres u miles southwest
OF Perry, Mo-; also 50 acres adjoining
same. All worth the money. Ad-
dress; GEO. s. TRIMBLE,
Santa Fe, Mo.
Or call on Wood Trimble at Mex
leo. Mo. Wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
A MARvELoUsLY RICH COUNTRY
]. Linn Ladd, Former Editor Of the
Ledger, Writes Entertainingly
OF His Texas Home.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
l saw Audrain County develop from
an unfenced range to a solid body OF
titled farms. In 1878 ! sold land near
Vandalla for ss an acre that sold for
$40 i've years later. This county is
now where Audrain was then. / know
land that sold for $40 an acre in the
spring OF 1902 and the next fallGhe
two-tifths of the crop Of rice realized
as rent sold for more than s25 an acre.
Chas. Louguet, Of this city, was the
tenant and he cleared over $1,000 on
Isl acres. III says nothing can pre-.
vent his making $50, 900 this year on
500 acres. l know land that al be
bought at So to SIS that will pay rs per
cent. on a value Of $50 to 500 an acre.
Rice yields three to five times as much
as wheat and sells for twice as much
per buihel, bringing % to q per barrel
of four bushels. Sugar and alfalfa are
equally profitable and hemp more so.
/ sent to your State Fair at Sedalia
corn ID inches long, grown on land
that has been in cultivation 70 years.
Our soils are q to 30 feet deep. Corn
has averaged lbs bushels al acre on a
15O-acre field. No fertilizers eve used
here. / will take pleasure in answer.
ing fully all inquiries about this coun'
try. 1t affords the greatest opportuni-
ties for safe, certain and profitable in
vestments / have ever seen anywhere,
On September LIST and 18th the NJ, X,
s. T. Road will sell tickets from st.
Louis to Bay City and return, good fol
81 days, for SIS for the round trip.
Success to the dear old LEDGER and
may its popular editor be Missouri'i
next Secretary Of State.
F~raternally,
j. LINN LADD.
- NJ - "a NCUn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
TnE JEFF N Farm.
The Historic Home Still Remain, in
the Family.

There was LOO acres in the JEFF
Jones farm, southeast Of Mexico, and
all OF this land has been sold to differ.
ent parties, except the old historic
house and $50 acres OF land. This Il
the property Of Mrs. DR.. Taylor, Of
M~artinsburg, a daughter Of Col. Jones
This property has not been sold and Il
not for sale.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS.

A number Of the Mexico boys and
girls who finished last year will at
tend school out Of town next year.
The University viii have its share.
Among them will be Misses Madge
Robertson, Mary GIN, Messrs. Ralph
Mason, Joe CauthOrn and Charles
Williams. Miss Mary Potts will at
tend Monticello Seminary, at Godfrey,
Ill. Miss Nell Robinson will return
10 Boston to complete her vocal
music.
Only a little while nov till school
begins. The boys and girls are glad
enough TO shout because the school
board has decided for school TO begin
the ninth, instead OF the eighth-for
what boy or girl does not think Of a
circus with intense joy and excite
ment-and the circus comes the eighth
and the next DAY school begins. Soon
the College and Academy will open,
with an excellent attendance at each,
80 I'm told.
The Christian Church Sunday
School picnic last Wednesday was a
ine success. Hamilton Park is a
beautiful place for such an event.
About six hundred or more went out
10 the morning, taking their lunches,
10 spend the day. OF course, there
were all kinds OF good things 10 tempt
ones appetite. Not only the children
enjoyed games, such as foot races,
sheep meat &C, but a number Of the
older children also. Everyday
seemed 60 be young and having a good
time.
Graph0phoies, which seem 10 be the
fad at present, may be used more than
70 ie merely entertaining-at least 50
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Mrs. Mollie Woodrow and her two
daughters, Misses Carrie and Lorana,
Of Emporia, Kansas, will arrive in this
city September LIST and viii be the
guests Of Mrs. s. NJ. Barre for a few
dave-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
A Risky Proceeding

A secretary Of a fire insurance COM
pany tells Of an old woman who called
on an agent to arrange for insurance
on her house and furniture. "We
haven't bad no insurance for five
years." she explained; I'VE hey jest
been dependin' On the Lord; but l
says to my old mon, / says, thet it's
terrible risky, l saws"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Mesdames
SOCIETY SMALL A


Graphophones are quite the rage.
John Sims, of waleetka, L. T., is in
town.
Miss Martha Shea will be home some
time next week.
Miss Irma johnson has returned
from a visit in st. Louis.
Mrs. E. B. Norris has returned from
a pleasant visit to Chicago.
Miss May OGutt is home from an
extended visit to Louisiana.
Mr.. Crosby is moving into his new
home on South Jefferson street.
Miss Esther Norris is enjoying a
boat trip to Memphis this week.
Miss Ruby Sharp, Of Indiana is the
guest Of her cousin, Sam Sharp.
Miss Pemberton, Of New Florence,
is the guest Of Miss Leola Blattner.
Miss Dora 6allop left this week for
an extended visit in Oklahoma City.
Miss Stoltenberg, Of Prices Branch,
is the guest Of Mrs. Charley Gallop.~
Miss Shirley Allendort ~of Kansas
City, is visiting Miss Rsosamond Guth'
RE.
Ms. spaulding and family are NOV
fihg into the j. r. Luckie property OF
Clay street.
The Misses Mcdonald. OF st. Louis
arrived to-day to be the guests OF Mrs
W. G. Burks.
Miss Elizabeth Duncan has returned
from a visit TO the Misses Harrison
near Auxyasse.
Mrs. II. NJ. Long and family will re
turn Monday for the winter. Mis-
Mary is here already.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams and Mr.
Arthur Williams are visiting Mrs. W
II. Norris at the Ringo.
Miss Leola Blattner will entertain
friends this evening in honor Of he
guest, Miss Pemberton.
Miss Sadie Clabaugh has returned .
her home in Chillicothe, after severa
weeks visit in this city.
Mrs. win wilkins and children
Helen and Frank, visited Mrs. j.. J
Brown in Fulton this week.
viii Williams, who has been spend
: ing his vacation here, will leave th
[ middle Of the week for st. Louis.
Miss Leta Wallace, of Paris, ha
been visiting the families of W. II
Wallace and A. D Bledsoe this week
Miss Mary Virginia Houston, VIII
3 has been spending the summer
Chicago, viii return home Septembe
9Th.
Misses Rosamond Guthrie and Shil
! ley Allendorf will spend a few day
next week with Mrs. J. ]. Brown |
] Fulton.
Miss Helen Gross is home from Chi
cago. She leaves the eighth and wi
teach in the st. Charles High SchoC
this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Leayell, OF Flu
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Ellis, {
Youngs Creek, will be guests OF Mr.
; w. II. Wallace.
Miss Mary Burks has returned fror
Jefferson City and will remain her
S for a few weeks before returning {
e her home to Texas.
, David Noryells and wife are tn
quests Of Mrs. Randle. They are mo'
: ing from Colorado 10 Indiana. Mr.
I Randle will accompany them TO Ind.
1 ana, her old home, for a short visit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Those wishing to investigate Osteo-
pathY viii find DR.. Traughber at bis
Office Tuesdays. Thursdays Saturdays
and Sundays. Examinations are free.
A lady In attendance. Office across
the street east of the post Office. Once
hours ! a. m. to 5 p. N. Special hours
by appointment Telephone 355.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Notice Of Letter. Tsstamsntarv.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentay upon the estate OF
Lucinda Weaver, deceased, were
granted by the Probate Court OF Au-
drain County to the undersigned,
bearing date August 3, 1908.
All persons having claims against
sald estate are required &c exhibit
Them for allowances to the undersign-
ed executor within one year after the
cate Of said letters, or they NAV be
precluded from any benefit OF said
estate, and II such claims be not ex-
hibithed within two years from the
time OF the publication Of this notice.
they viii be forever barred.
w. b. MARSHALL,
~ Executor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Ferris & Cauthorn.

Ferris & Cauthorn have let the con.
tract for their new building, Just west
OF their present location to John Bal
lew. This will be a handsome struc-
ture and they will then have more room
for the immense business the firm 4:
now enjoying.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Congress, at It's next session, Will be
confronted with the proposition Of
what is to be done with the Marine
Band. The American Federation Of
Musicians Is making a fight on 1t in
the name Of organized labor, with a
view OF legislatingi 1t out Of existence
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

@. p. Arnold, Of Audrain County.
had In a car Of butcher cattle. II. r
Cant 4 Bro, OF Audrain County, had
10 100 head Of 3o9-lb. hogs. AudraIp
County was represented on the market
yesterday with a consignment Of cat.
tie shipped by j. A. Surber, a well
known stockmam OF that ~place.-St.
Louis Lire Stock Reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

The funeral OF Henry H~esterberg,
who died at his home; north OF town,
Wednesday, aged 20 years, was con-
Quoted from Bean Greek German
Church Thursday.
Deceased leaves a widow and one
child
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Street Paving Resumed.

Street paving was resumed by J. E.
Lynch Thursday morning and the
south side Of the square will probably
be completed this week, This viii
leave but n block OF the contract
uncompleted, and by the last Of next
week 1t is supposed that all streets
will be nnen for frafic-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Second Monday in February, second
Monday In May, second Monday in Au-
gust and second Monday In November.
Adjourned terms are held regularly
the second Mondaysin January, March,
April, June, July, September, October
and December.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

WELLsyILLE, Mo-, Aug. 26.-During
an electrical storm last night the
Catholic church was struck by light
ming and a part Of the front was torn
out and some Of the furniture destroy
ed. A very heavy rain fell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Texas, Oklahoma

And Indian Territory and back for
els Sept. 9th; final limit, Oct. 9th.
Via Missouri, Kansas and Texas R'y.
Ask nearest Ticket Agent or write
A. @. MINER, T. p. A.,
NJ, X. s. T.. Ry.,
DIFF Sedalia, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Miss Alma Linn Dead.

Mis- Alma Linn, formerly Of this
city and a graduate from the Mexico
Public Schools, died at the State Hos
pital in Fulton Friday Of brain fever.
The remains were taken toSt. Louis
for interment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
DECLARED NO RACE.
Reliance Two and 0ne-Half Miles
Ahead of Lipton's Yacht, But
Did Not Finish in Limit.

Bulletins over the Adler & Co. grain
wire Thursday afternoon announce
that the trial OF the cup defender and
the challenger Thursday was de.
clared mot a race" as they failed to
finish within the time limit.
The defender tReliancel crossed the
finish line two and a half miles ahead
nf thn ChnnarnoIr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Attorney-G General Grow say that be
is not a candidate for Governor, and
that as soon as his term Of Office is
ended he will either practice law in st.
Louis or Webb City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
ROck=a=Bye Baby

These are sweet words, bn how much
pain and suffering they used to mean. It's
dlferen, now. Since Mothsr's Friend has
become known expectsni mothers have
been spared much Of the anguish OF child
birth. Mothers Fsiead Is a linimeni to Be-
applied externally. II Is rubbed thoroughly
into the muscles Of the abdomen. 1t gives
elasticity and strength, and when the final
great strain comes they respond quickly and
easily without pain. Mothers Friend Is
never taken Internally. Internal remedies
al this time do more harm than good. ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

A company is organized at Joplin,
Mo-, to promote the apple industry in
Missouri The company will build a
chain Of store houses in the Ozark belt
with a view Of controlling the output.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

The New York boy who alleged that
he was ''shanghaieds on board a
French bark bound for Yokohama,
was rescued by officers and admits he
was regularly employed, but thought
the vessel vas in the c0astwise trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

A sweet girl graduate from a Boston
school thus describes the manner in
which a goat butted a boy out OF a
front yard In the neighborhood; "He
hurled the previous end OF his anatomy
against the boys afterwards with an
eagerness and velocity which, backed
by the goats avoirdupois impaired a
momentum that was not relaxed until
the instigation Of the vehement exas-
peration was landed on terra iirma,
beyond the pale OF the goats jurisdic-
ffan -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
The Carnival Uranium Lit

The local carnival company is ar
ranging to issue their premium list by
September 10. This list will include
liberal premiums for all classes Of
horses, mules and colts; also on corn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Locke Macfarlane is nov in charge
OF a prominent theatrical company,
playing some splendid attractions
Locke is now Ia Illinois and had a fine
audience al Monmouth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

German state physicians engage in a
duel and one Is killed, his opponent
Afterwards being arrested, in spite of
Efforts 70 conceal the cause Of bis
Death
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

william J. Campbell, the st. Louis
embalmer, who vas overcome by the
extreme heat az Bloomington, H.,
has been declared insane.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03
Bay City, Texas, Aug. %, 1908.
10 Be Published al Sturgeon.

AAHA~ ~ . 49,
Boone County is TO have a new pub
LEGATION and its home will be in Stur-
geon. The name Of this unique publi-
cation will be "The Rural RoOter. +"
Omar d. Gray is proprietor and he has
associated with him In the publication
of this periodical his foreman and as
sistant foreman, W. G. Speer and John
Sexton. The first number will appear
September LIST and every month there
after. 1t will consist OF one hundred
pages OF reading matter and six pages
OF local illustrations. "Why did you call
1t The Rural Rooter'," was asked Mr..
Gray Tuesday. Because, y he said, sit
is published in the rural districts and
will root for clean literature and a
pure government. 1t will root hard for
a place in the home. Its name means
something. propose to circulate $500
copies monthly and have no fear OF the
result. II it deserves TO live II WILL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's SvzmpRooi.
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
, Il is the great med
| cal triumph Of the line
iesuth century dis
covered after years Of
schntific research BY
| Dr.. Kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and bad
- H. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Farmers say Northwest Missouri
has been having very good growing
weather during the last week and
they hope II viii continue until the
middle Of next month.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Mrs. Suzee storr is in st. Louis ar
ranging 10 take her daughter to that
city. The little one is paralyzed and
will be placed IN a hospital
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Miss / y Harrison, Of Auxyasse, re-
turned hoe Saturday after visiting
here. She accompanied by Master
Elliott Cum ngham, Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Tom L. johnson, Of Cleveland, was
nominated by reclamation by the
Democratic State Convention for
Governor. John l.. Z-immerman's
name was not presented, Johnson's
friends having decided ali contests in
his favor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

Dr. and Mrs. e. S. Cave and chill
dren are in Shelbyyille, Ill, where
they y re called by the serious illness
OF Mr. Caves mother, Mrs. French
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

John Beal and wife and r. NJ. White
and wife are home from st. Louis,
where they attended a meeting Of the
Missouri Press Association. Mr.. White
was reelected Corresponding Secre-
larY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-03

The finest display ever brought to
your city Of millinery, ladies' and
gents woolens for tailor-made quits
First door south Of First National
D.nE