Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-11-15
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NEIGHB0RH00D NEWS
LADDONIA.

DIONu uhb bOlu LIS nuAuWdAC 9NOAS
he lately bought from j. II. Pease,
to A. b. Mathews Of Pike county.
They are taking an invoice OF the
goods to-day. MIR. Mathews will
move his family here.
The Rebekah lodge composed of
about forty members, gave an en-
tertainment and a box supper last
Friday evening. Mrs. Il. Doss
and Mrs. b. Smith sang the beau.
tiful duet, odd Friends aud Old
Times" John Braden recited
The Ghost" aud The Devil and
the Lawyer" in n very taking way.
Little Corinne Smiths, III Be a
Sunbeam, was a pleasing feature
of the evening. Mrs. Rube Bel
lamy gave Darius Green" which
was we'll received by the audience.
The Quartette, "Entreat Me No. 10
Leaye Thee" by Misses Della aud
Grace Quisenberry and Messrs. Ii.
Slavens and b. Smith was nicely
rendered. Miss Birdie Pierce ac'
companied them with the organ.
Miss +. Snidow recited, The
Mourning Veil" in pleasing
manner. Little Nellie Bellamy's
song was well received and highly
applauded. Mrs. E. Mcdaniel
played her accompaniment. Mr..
j. S. Quisenberry then took charge
of the large audience and they
were marched into the adjoining
hall where he auctiOned off about
30 boxes for about fifty dollars.
Mr.. Quisenberry is at home"
when IL comes 10 being an auc-
tioneer.
The many friends OF Mrs. Frank
Fry of st. Louis will be panied to
learn that she was badly burned
by gasoline while cleaning a pair
of gloves. She had the 20.inch
long gloves on and had just fin
ished rubbing them with gasoline,
when she turned on the gas. The
gloves caught fire, the blaze was so
quick and frightful that her arms
and hands were so badly burned
that much of the flesh came off.
Mrs. Fry, as Miss Gene Brown,
formerly resided in Laddonia and
is the daughter of DR.. A. f.
Brown.
DIR. j. A. Miller of Columbia is
here. He wants to invest in fine
horses and thought to find them III
and around Laddonia.
Misses Lizzie and Bess Furger.
son came down from Mexico Sun.
day to spend the day with home
7 folks. Mrs. Tucker and children
r accompanied them hOpe.
Mr.. aud Mrs. George DeLaportt
and children of Center visited rel
atives here Sunday and Monday
Il. 4. Humphrey aud ii. f.
Moore were here from Vandalit
Sunday. Mr.. Moore is taking
pictures, >" we mean as au artist
, aud Mr.. II. came because he was
lonesome in Vandalia.
Miss Bell Ball of Troy is visiting
with relatives here. She is one O
of our pleasant young ladies tina
used to live here and is always ;
welcome visitor.
Mrs. A. l.. Bruton and Mrs. q
p A. TOrreyson are visiting Mrs. A
/ s. Faulkner in Wellsville.
y Ross BrutOn, a former Laddoni
boy, was here last week as trav
+ cling salesman for firm i'll st
e Louis. He spent u day or tw
f with his brother, A. l.. BrutOu.
Harley Denmark of near Hutch
isOn visited Thomas BlakemaI
Sunday and enjoyed good Dime
b. at the Southern.
D.. Miss Stella Snidow of Mexico, i
company with her sister, Mis-
Flemma, visited Mrs. Shields, nea
- town, last Sunday
Mr.. Rose and family, sOuthwes
!, of town, will move into A. 3
=, Hale's residence next week.
g Theodore RuDzi came up froI
Bowling Green last Sunday, wher
IL he has employment in the Camp
# bell hardware store aud spent tn
s. day with his family.
= Mr.. Hewitt who attends schoO
!. here visited his home in Clark'
vile Sunday and Monday.
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