Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-09-14
Is, 20 and 10 Years Ago
This Week.


| II UidScoChs II hltlcS anu Jouci
IGraham were making arrangement
to incorporate $4,000 stock com
ipany and handle live stock In Texas
| Judge Ross was in the SavIpgi
Bank while Sam Locke was visiting
In Minnesota
George Simpson,of Laddonia, moved
to Bates City to reside.
orpheus Harding attended school
Kentucky.
Three burglars entered the house
lof John Runkle, next door to the
Catholic church, and stole clothing,
They were captured by Sheriff Glas.
cock and Marshal Coons.
/ Willie viSion attended Gem City
Business College at Quincy, III.
Hunter & Evans had the contract
TO build store for Uncle Billie West.
ORA M Patterson's dog killed one
hundred rats In one day.
The public school teachers OF Mexi-
co we're: Prof Blanton. Annie Haf-
fords, Ella Forrist, Mollie Jones, Miss
Cauthorn, Prof Lyle, Prof Ridgeway,
Prof Davault.
Jewell, the seyen-y year-old son of 4
B Hit, died very suddenly in this
city.
] NJ Mcdonald vas a dealer IN musi-
cal instruments.
The Mexico LEDGER issued daily
during the week OF the Audrain coun-
ty fair.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
S T Davis was employed TO teach
the Pisgah school.
Squire J Winscott entertained
a large number Of relatives at dinner.
The occasion was in honor OF his 56th
birthday.
Northern Bros and Robert Hisey
purchased r Il HiseY's livery busi-
ness.
Joe Armstrong and Miss Ida J Fox,
both Of Audrain county, were mar
rled by Elder w H Hook.
Misses Annie Gamble and Martha
Shea were employed to teach in the
Vandalia public school.
The church building belonging to |
the sanctiHed congregation a I Rush
Hill burned.
Mrs w Fl Lee died at the residence
Of Mr. Coatsworth, near Laddonia. |
She was the mother Of Mrs Wick
Mason, Mrs Harper, OF Mexico, and
Mrs VIM Harper, Of Kentucky. 4
Mr. Rohn, Of Anxvasse, moved to
Mexico to conduct a blacksmith shop.
RT Gentry was cashier of the new
bank at Sedalia.
JW W Williams and Sarah Buster,
both Of Farber, were married in Mexi-
co by Rev W S Trimble.
L Hayden was teaching at the
Kelly school house
Dave Foster lost pocket book con-
tanning $50.
A watchman was called for at the |
depot railroad crossing in Mexico
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
The Mexico Band played for a picnic
at Laddonia.
Joe Lee,a man travelling from Idaho
to Indiana, was robbed OF money and |
a watch by negroes while in Mexico.
Miss Martha sullinger was teaching
In Bardstown, Ky.
Clarence Davis, sonruf ] NJ Davis,
Of the Ringo Hotel, had a position
with Wear, Boogher b Co., Of st.
Louis.
The electric light plant installed
new fifty arc light dynamo.
The following were jurors for the
September Circuit Court:
Grand Jury Charles Lewis, N
Cross, J G Cauthorn, J Il Harrison, J
P Hit, ] II Canada, Jacob Stumpf,
VIM Monahan, W W Bolts, e P French,
Amos Harris, W U Coil.
Petit Jury-S @ Hill, Jas Boyd, VIM
Mundy, T ] Holloway, NJ. J O'Brlan,
C 7 Jesse, Brutus Parks, Eramus An
derson, 7 J Irwin, Hiram Walker,
Eph Hughes, L D Erisman, A G Stot- |
Ter, L T McGraw, George Fisher, Jeff |
d Sutton, S U Branstetter, W H |
Tapley, Fred Reed, W Martin, S vi
Overbaugh, ] E Stautfer, A d Bled-
soc, 7 O Bolts, O a Torreyson.
f L Laforce was a merchant at
Worcester.
The Hall-Clark debate was adver-
tised to take place in the Court House
at Mexico.
George II Lapsley, who lived In
Mexico during the 7O's, book-keeper
for Pollockis mill, died in Kansas City
Of consumption.