Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-06-21
MEXICO AUDRA COUNTY MISSOURI THURSDAY JUNE 1906
Ib00'616 SSssSrS0Vos0D61'sh
IS, 20 and 10 Years Ago
This Week.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Rev. T. j. Wheat conducted a pro
tracted meeting at the Beagles school
house.
Mike Gorth purchased a building
from ]. w. Carson.
DR.. Patterson moved into his n, "
residence.
The members of the Baptist Church
and choir presented Miss Cora Burns,
of st. Mars, Iowa, with a hands ne
silver card case. Miss Burns taught
music at Hardin College and was or
ganist at the Baptist church during
her stay in Mexico.
r. Pulls, Thos. Board, Judge James
Shell and NJ. Y. Duncan we're airaDg.
ing to 60 TO Illinois on an outing.
Better Howe & Co. was a hardware
firm in Mexico.
Gill & Garrett were the weighers
A committee organized tp make ar
rangements for Fourth OF July eeIe-
bratlon at Laddonia, elected Capt. W
II. Day chairman, and p. W. Harding
secretary, and appointed the following
subcommittee:
Committee on preparation Of the
grounds Henry Beal, George Covey,
W. R. Cook.
Committee on artillery, Meyers,
j. Cotrell.
Committee on musIc-C. A. Smith,
VIM. johnson, Dave Price, j b
Schroll.
Committee on order-Wm. Boyd,
M. L. Raftery, George Day.
Committee-Glee Club. o Parker
Committee on transportation-Ge
Poteet, o. r. Waite, f. B Delaplane.
Executive committee-W II Day,
P w Haiding, p G. Skelly, Ira Hall.
II. D. Hunter, d e. Shea.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
Glass Copeland, of Martinsburg,
conductor on the Wabash, and Miss
Ella Haynes, of Moberly, were mar
ried.
f. q. Bryan resigned his position In
the Mexico Public School.
T. NJ. Renfrow, of Martinsburg, was
agent for the Rails patent door check.
A. NJ. Mounce, formerly Of Mexico,
was manager of a lumber yard In Bun.
ker Hill, Kansas.
David st Gin and Miss Kittle Platte
were married in St. Charles. They
came to Mexico to make their home
L. Peeters was building a residence
for S. e. Kendall on his farm near
Rush Hill.
Charles Alexander, Of Laddonia,
closed a successful term OF school at
the Bolivar school.
Prof. W. W. Bolts, of Audrain coun-
ty, was employed as principal of the
public school.
The Mexico boys who were in the
show business were.
Walker Ragsdale was a member of ,
the w. W. Cole baud
One of the Connolly boys feeding
the animals for Coles circus.
One of The Mcdowell boys took care !
If the snakes for Coles circus.
Bismarck, formerly with Morgner 9
3 Precht, was an acrobat with For
paugh.
j. r. Bishop was a carpenter and r
lrove team for Coles circus
VIM Bryarly, of this city, got his /
DOT badly mashed by hand car near S
Bowling Green. c
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
The wedding of Frank W. Buckley, 1
II Mexico, and Miss Clara Aydelott,
II Troy, took place at Troy, Mo. b
Miss Willie Woodward, formerly Of i
Mexico, and r II. Wagner were mar
led In Kansas City.
Eugene G. Foley, aged % years, died r
II congestion Of Of the bowels. a
Richard Kelley was clerk at the l
Singo Hotel. Il
The funeral OF Mrs. Margaret J. ),
iteele was held at the residence of
|, D. Inflow in this { ty.
The funeral of Mrs. George Brown
vas held at the Baptist church in s
dexlc0.
Mrs. Pherba Laforce, Of this city,
led at the home Of her son In Kansas
.ity.
e. p. Parsons, q brakeman on the
Wabash, was fatally injured In this q
ity. a
The first annual conference of the Y
ilssouri District NJ. E. Church, South q
'as held here.
Miss Martha Garrett visited Mrs. "
.ampton In Centralia this week. q
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Women as Well as Men v
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