The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-08-02
FORSYTH MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST
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Billings will hold a street fair Sep.
tember 20, - and IS.
The Hartville Republican is advo-
eating street fair for its town.
The Commercial hotel at Lexington
burned, involving loss of about Sl0,.
600.
The Higginsville Milling company
is preparing to build modern milling
plant.
The Fifth Presbyterian church is to
be built in Kansas City at a cost of
S35, 200.
An electric ipterurban line between
Trenton ana Chilicothe is in the incu.
baton stage.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
of Chula has been organized with a
capitalization of $751;
The Washburn-Crosby milling com.
pany is considering the erection of Il
tlour.mill in Armcurdale.
1t is announced that the Missouri
Pacific will put down double track
through the city Of Springfield.
A fire occurred in Plattsburg Sun
day. destroying half block of business
houses and entailing loss OF $50, 900.
Almost all the business section of
Went2ville was destroyed by fire few
days ago, the loss being estimated at
S75, 900.
An electric line is being agitated to
connec Sedalia with Kansas City via
Hughesville, Hustonia, Dunksburg and
Lone Jack or Odessa.
The Monett & Southwestern con.
struction company has been incor.
porated to build the proposed 80 miles
of railroad from Monet to Pineyille
A company has been organized at
Cameron for the holding of an annual
Chautauqua, for which purpose site
Is to be purchased and suitable build.
ings erected.
The 18th annual session OF the Chris.
tian county Baptist association will be
held at Pleasant Grove church in the
southwest part of that county, begin.
ming next Tuesday.
Ozark lodges had set apart last
Saturday for fraternal picnic, but the
weather clerk had not been taken into
their confidence and gave the enter
prise a wet blanket.
Jack the buggcr' and suspected
slasher was arrested Sunday night in
Hannibal on the charge of attacking Il
woman on the street. The fellow IS
name is Collines, and when arrested he
was in possession of an open pocket
knife of unlawful length OF blade.
Birch tree mines have been shipping
out an average of three or four cars of
iron ore day for some weeks, but re.
cent rains have caused trouble. Too
much water found the mine workers
not prepared to contend with it,
Birch Tree Shannon county, Eagle,
Hugh Mathews and w. +. Dayis Of
Kansas City are building a railway
motor car to travel ninety miles an
hour. The car is fifty.one feet long
weighs $4,000 pounds and its motor /;
Of 200 horsepower. 1t is TO be used or
the NJ. X. & I. in Texas. The maker,
purpose incorporating company fol
fifteen million dollars to establish {
factory and build the cars.
j. A. Kerr and w. l.. Woody O
Ozark have been playing in hard luck
They went to Billings to get land, die
not find any they thought worth tax
ing, and bought up car load Of horses
ON which they hoped to make their ex
penses Owing TO the failure of th'
railroad company to provide water TO
the stock half the number died, ant
they turned the rest over to an agen
Of the railroad company, and will un
dertake to collect from the railroa,
for the entire lot. The Ozark Demo
crat says these young men have had al
they want Of the great west, and will
try TO worry along in Missouri.
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