Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-12


Hiss Eula Sims, OF Jefferson City,
is the guest OF Miss MIttie Peck.
Mrs. Grace Fletcher, assisted by
her sister, Miss Sapho Armistead,
gave a swell one O'Clock dinner Sun
day to a few select friends
Mrs. Billie Brown and other good
people Of Mexico took lunch and had
a Jolly time here Saturday evening.
Dave Sullivan will assist Thomas
Thum this fall In making Prohibition
speeches throughout the county.
They will try to redeem the "fallen."
Mr.. and Mrs. q. c. Mcclure recent
ly ave a swell luncheon here to a
party OF friends In honor Of their
guests-Misses Pinkie Douglass and
Evelyn Boothe, Of st. Louis. The ST.
Louis ladies enjoyed their visit here
very much, as all good looking people
do. They spoke nicely Of the new and
greater Hotel de Wayerly.
Clark Garrett is a trader in tine
stock to a beautiful fare-you-well. He
paid Col. wilbur a long price for a
fine COW last week.
Here's our glad ~ to Fred Kent
and his handsome bride. May they
live long and prosper.
DR.. Rudolph K%eeton, Of Auxyasse,
was here Saturday. Heisa successful
practitioner and had just returned
from a professional trip In Southwest
Missouri.
Ask John Fecht and Frank Peck
about their trip 70 Centralia on the
4th. Was the car really crowded, OF
how about those lemonade watts In the
park that they thought were bath
tubs? John will explain 1t to you.
Our friends, DR.. w.. L. Reynolds
and DR.. G. A. Buckner, are applicants
for house physicians Of the new and
greater Waverly Hotel. Both are
gentlemen OF medical science and are
physicians OF much fame, but we are
inclined to think DR.. Reynolds has
the call over DR. Buckner rs he, DR..
Reynolds, is an older man and has
had more experience In locating and
treating wounds than has DR.. Buck
ner. However, may the best man win.
John Lane, Ian Jones, VIII Vlyion
and Others are pushing their claims.
II Amos jenkins amt a hummer to
a line Italian razzlc?
Charlie Dobyns and Arthur Land
man are now proprietors Of an up-tO.
the.minute popcorn and peanut fac
tory. They have a line trade. Try a
package Of boobies" crackerjack
corn. It's scrumptious.
A fine hog belonging 10 Capt. Smith
died last week. DR.. Peck said the hog
had some peculiar disease unknown to
medical science.
DR.. Kanaly tells us that DR.. Patton
has an option on East Lake and the
village Of Prattyllle. Good
Mexico is going to have a shoe fac.
tory that aill make Moberly look like
30 cents half spent.
Col. Jim Haley, Of southwest Aud.
rain, was in Mexico last week to have
some pesky teeth pulled out and gold
ones put in. Jim says he has put In
60 acres Of corn by himself, which
looks fine, as do all other crops in bis
section. Col. Haley is a hummer.
Tom and Jewell Null, propfietors OF
the Mexico dying and cleaning store,
have made our Jim Reed hat loom I'D
like 30 cents when we are broke. The
hat, like its brilliant namesake, had
become a little disgruntled, but is
now as good as new. The Null boys
turn out frst-class work.
DIR. Wat Woodbridge is home from
Iowa, Colorado and Utah, where he
done splendid missionary work for the
Springs. The doctor says a mighty
bunch from those states will be in
Mexico in August to attend the Cha
tauqua. All will stop at the Wayerly,
provided Col. Henry Meyers can COM
plete the hotel by that time.
Did Judge Barnes really get fired
away from the "ben' party dinner up
near Thompson on June 22d, and
went on TO Thompson and bought five
cents worth OF cheese aud crackers?
Judge, please explain how ii was.
We hear that our friend, Frank
Peck, will starta tailor shop near the
Springs. Repairing a speciality.
Those minute clothing
men, Kemp s. Pearson, have our
thanks for a pancake straw hat. This
drm has a splendid trade. Norton
Nelson, head clerk Of the firm. saws
he intends TO start a night school 10.
give several other Mexico clothing
clerks a few pointers on how 10 nicely
arrange goods in a show window.
Norton leads-others follow.
Mexico looks more like New York
City every day and every hour. Poor
old Moberly.
COL Dave Rogers, king Of Prairie
Lea and telephone promoter, was out
70 see US a short time since. Colonel
Rogers is a lover Of the good and the
beautiful and revived a dreaming
spirit.
Dan Ryan and mother are home
from st. Louis. Dan denies the re-.
port that he was married in that CITY
Sunday. Later on In the late fall.
Charlie Brown knows a good thing
when be sees 1t. That 2OO-acre farm
that he bought last week OF @ w
Pease' west Of town, is a good one.
Sayman's soap factory No. . ia now
IN operation at East Lake. Call and
see the manager, DR.. Kanaly.
Mexico has a pretty cemetery. The
grounds has a good fence ali aropnd
except about 200 yards on the north
side, which looks quite bunny. We
shall speak to Mayor Graham n ,hs
council and have a new fence built.
Miss Tina o'cOnnors, the beauti,u,
little daughter OF Ms. Polly oCnn.
nors, Will be present at the CathoI,o
picnic Tuesday, Miss Tina Is a swes,
singer and will render tho