Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-09
Chunks Of Driftwood.
BIZ One Reuben o. Dill.
Beautiful Bagdad

"Come out and spoon.n
MAY came In IKE q lamb.
What has become Of the Ledger
dollar? @ WI want it. We are broke.
DR.. Rudolph Keeton went over to
Auxyasse on professional business
Wednesday.
Leroy Key has just found out that
Ken Hulen is engaged In the banking
business. Ask Leroy about 1t.
cit Iis said that Wade Cauthorn,
formerly OF Mexico, was recently mar.
ried to a lady OF wealth OF Nome
Alaska. Again We extend our glad ag
Jeter Crews is now City Editor Of
The Ledger. Jeter has an eye that
never sleeps, a nose for newsstand is ar
all-rouud hustler and we are quite
sure will make good.
9Jim O'Brien Is now landlord OF the
Eureka Hotel, West Liberty Street.
v. Lee Miller is porter.
Col. W. D. Redding, a big base ball
magnate, is now with the Missouri
Printing Co. Col. Redding is a gen.
tleman and 4 fierce Democrat.
We don't know whether our friend,
Hon. w. W. Fry, can find time from
his large law practice to accept THE
attorneyshlp OF Hotel Waverly or not
but we do know that he would make
a mighty warm member. Manager
Woodbridge wants none but good men
Henry Koldehoff is soon TO 90 tt
Everett, Washington, to reside Henry
is a true gentleman and a first-class
carpenter. He'll be back.
We wish DR.. Carter johnson would
pay us those bets we SO honestly wor
from him. His memory was badly of
That State Board OF Charity mar
that paid the Audrain County Farm
q visit the other day, somewhat
warmed up things" It's a shame
and a sin that grand old Audrair
County-a county that is out Of debt
should tolerate such old shanties a!
are the ''houses'' which the poor Tn
fortunates now occupy. Shades o.
Andrew Carnegie, look down upon u
with pity, for tits pitifully sac tina
such is the case. Here's our glad a.
to Rev. Crutcher, also a quarter.
Col. Bob Jolly is circulating a petit
tion for funds to assist in building al
Old Bachelors Home. Peck Brother.
will donate six acres of ground neal
Cottonwood Springs. Mexico has lot
Of old bachelors but '~'precious few
marriageable LADIES. It's a worthy
cause and would help make Mexico
a city right away-quick. Let the
good work go rapidly on.
Col. Billie Owen, the only living
homeless liver artist, has our thanks
for a beautiful hand-out.
Col. Sing Cassidy wants some good.
paying position on the Cottonwood
Pike this summer. He's a good man.
Col. Elmer Cunningham also wants q
position, He is also a good man.
Our little nephew, Albert Bennett
Bishop, OF Miami, Mo-, will have
charge Of the popcorn and peanut
stand at the Springs this summer
Bennett is a Democrat but his father
is q Republican, but this does moi
affect the dear little fellows appetite.
Major Joseph Steinman tells US bis
shoe factory is prospecting. Major
Steinman has been In the shoe trade
in Mexico since the year 1870, and by
handling frst-class goods and dealing
square and honest with all, be has
built up an immense trade. Mexico
has nc better citizen than Major. Jos.
Steinman. We thank him for favors
Ask Chief Robert Kemp what that
fortune telling woman carried on
her back, and why he did not arrest
the dago.
Rev. j. c. Ingham, Rector Of the
Holy Gross Episcopal Church at Pop.
lar Bluff, Mo-, will visit his brother,
j. r. lngham, who is employed at
Morris Brothers big Mexico Shoe
Factory, as shoe cutter. Rev. Ingham
will be here some time this month.
His many friends will be glad to see
him and take him by the hand.
Col. VIM. V. Berry, of st, Louis,
was in Mexico Tuesday en- route to
Fulton to shake hands with his old
friends. Col. Berry was Sheriff Of
Galloway county two terms and post
master at Fulton for four years under
that grand man, Grover Cleveland.
Billie lives IN the 23rd ward In st.
Louis, and his friends down there are
urging him 70 accept a lucrative posi-
tion in the Office OF the State Ware
house and Grain Commissioner. Col.
Berry will make good anywhere you
place him. He is a good man.
Just because we called Col. Zed
Hook and Major Jake LaRue, OF Aux.
vase, great big liars last week, Zed
Ind Jake both get gay and fresh this
week In the Auxyasse Review, and
'ery unkindly and unjustly calls US
the biggest liar in Audrain county. /"
Zed, come of. We will acknowl-
'dge that we tell a funny story coca
'lonally, but when It comes To telling
and bare-faced lies, Zed
md Jake have US skinned many pan
lis. They are past grand masters In
NE ART OF lying, and we can back up
'ur assertion by many OF Auxyasse's
lest citizens. Auxvasse is a little
'ig-iron suburban village TO Mexico,
tut rigntfully belongs to Fulton. So
We Will let il go at that.
just as soon as the Beautiful Bag
lad leaves Mexico, we shall again
land out lots more OF our beautiful
Jhunks OF Driftwood.
NIX IT, Il