The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-05-24
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be held at Cameron June IA.
Moberly Oddiellows have purchased
lots on which to erect 4 hall.
Bates county has let contracts for
draining amounting to S4O7 500.
The katy" has let contracts for the
reduction OF grades on its main line.
John Doe occupies large space on
the police court records of Springfield.
Galena has granted Il telephone fran
chisc TO the Cox & Scott Telephone
company.
The Knights of Pythias Of the 18th
Pythian district are in session To-Day at
Bolivar.
The contract has been let for a new
court house and Jail at Cape Girardeau
for s66,727
The Theo Shepard elevator and mill
at Chula was destroyed by fire. Loss
about $1,000.
The Peoples Savings Bank OF Lamar,
capital $40, coo, has just been chartered
at that place.
~ Springfield woman stampcded a
would.bc burglar by Il revolver shot
Saturday night,
The Harrisburg bank, at Harrisburg,
Boone county, capital stock $4,000, has
just taken out charter.
There is talk that a Canton, Ohio,
company may erect a paving brick
manufacturing plant at Moterly.
The high school graduates are busy
just now saving the country ard placing
the universe in stable equilibrium.
1t is said that plans are nearly com.
pleted for the construction of an "air
line" between Kansas City and st.
Joseph.
Hannibal Oddfcll0ws have purchased
the First Methodist church building In
that city and will convert it into tenn
pie for the order.
When We speak of men taking advan-
tage of hOmeseekcrs' excursion rates
to come TO the Ozarks we do not neces-
sarilymean taking an unfair advantage.
A double tragedy occurred hear Jop-
lin last week, worthless scamp shoot
ing tourteen.year.old Hazel Mckinney
and then blowing his own brains out.
He made the usual mistake Of turning
his weapon against the wrong person
first.
Two men, cousins, engaged in duel
last Saturday at Whitesidc, using
guns. Neither was killed though the
watch OF one was stopped by II charge
from shotgun in the hands Of the 9TH
or. He should be thankful that it did
MT "stop his clock"
In ST. Louis the other day two young
men intcrfered in case where man
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on the street was beating his wife, and
were about to capture him, when the
woman jumped into the scrimmage and
used her nails so effectively that the
young men were compelled TO dcsist.
1t is safer not to mix in family row.
l.. Lewis Brown, 10 years old. held ~
and robbed another hoy in ST, Louis
the other day, taking his watch. He
says he did it for joke and because
'' another boy told him to. He was tax
en- into custody, and seemed to TAXI
that too as joke. He is said to be th'
youngest person ever taken into custod.
10 the city for like offense.
i The completion OF the Crane-Spring
field line of the Missouri Pacific viii
be delayed on account Of inability I
procure steel, everything being side
tracked by the mills in favor Of struc
tural steel for San Francisco. Man
cars of steel are on hand for this line
= and this will be laid, but tracklayin
on the portion of the line which thi
7 will not cover will be indefinitely dc
l layed.
Electric transportation is one of tn
most rapidly growing interests of tn
times, and it is matter OF great intel
est to the Ozark country. Many section
OF this resourceful region can have q
other solution OF the transportatlo
problem, and the growth of the system
:. a matter for keen qualification. Man
Ozark communities are entertainin
dreams Of electric transportation cor
nection with the rest Of the world, an
these dreams will one by on
come true.
University boys at Columbia came il
nd TO collision with the employees OF Cole
circus when the show exhibited ther
with the result that the university bO.
Gil are now in trouble. They may
called on 10 answer TO the law for u
disappearance OF some circus proper