Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-08-05
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lisa way We have.
The Ledger covers the field.
"Lovs me iittle-lUye me long"
GeONe LAforce Is much Improved.
j The ChautauQua Is one sweet dream
J And the band played on-at Mex
ieos big 0hautanqna.
Thanks 10 Attorney d. Hiner Rob
ertsOn for nifty courtesies shown Us.
BranstetteF, Payne s. %. are dolnI
some mighty tine painting on thI
amphltheAtre ct the fair grounds.
Did you ever think Of leaving you.
soulmate behinds It's close up 10 tn
awful mark and very strenuous.
Tad Cauthorn is nov the owner Of
nifty little saddle mare, which b
purchased OF James Moore az 4 fsucj
price. Tad Is there with the goods.
Major John ". Foley, a South Aud
rain progressive farmer, was In towr
THURSDAY extending the glad hand
Major Foley says the growing crops
are ~fiipao2pin' and a-growin'.
The great editor Of the Ledger vii
be bacK from Long Island and at BIZ
desk August LIST. 'gThey all CONT
back It's q way they have.
Miss Melnotte Sannebeck is nov
the charming and accomplished book.
keeper and stenographer at her faith
er's Union Market.
Henry Sannebeck has bought thu
~3-year-old saddle hlley, Grey Jane
Of Windy Jones, at q short price. Nov
Grey Jane Is q little lop-sided but that
does not arect her appetite. Jane ii
there with all kinds Of gaits.
Major Reuben Harlow, OF Youngs
Greek, writes the Owl that be will be
In Mexico August 3rd to hear W. J.
Bryan speak. Major Harlow wants t6
get $50 worth of information from
Mr.. Bryan. Major Harlow spent
$50 towards electing Mr.. Bryan Pres.
ident, but lost out.
III you see q man or woman
With an Ak rush through the house:
II you see them With q pistol
Creeping quiet as . mouse;
Ii you see the servants skulking
Round with murder in their eyes,
Do not run to get q policeman
They are merely after files.''
Dear Carolyn - Wear a rose at your
throat Friday afternoon at the Chau,
tauqus, so that the Ledger Owl will
readily know you and can easily find
you from among the many hundreds
OF pretty girls who will be there. I'll
be there with the candy and 80 cents.
For heavings sake, don't wear your
horrid ~peach-basket hat.
Our friend, Major Joel Gard, is road
o%Verseer, and not Col. John Fecht.
The Owl wishes to apologize to Col.
Fecht for giving him such a warn
roast" in Mondays Daily Ledger In
regard to that 'death-pit," near the
Scott bridge, west OF town. Now,
there are no better men or more eff.
cient road men than Major Gard.
Surely, he has overlooked this bold,
bad place near the roadside. Ii ii ia
not closed up soon, the Owl will blow
In 80 cents and get Windy Jones to
help us inclose the death hole and
DO q wise act. 'Nuff said.
Col. Mack Gamble, one Of Mexlco's
leading carpenters and contractors,
has promised to give the Ledger Owl
q list Of the buildings he has erected
and who for, this year. There have
been lots Of houses built In Mexico
beautiful within the year, and the
Owl would be pleased II every contrac.
Tor and carpenter in the city would
hand US a list OF the buildings they
nave erected. Come on, boys, with
your lists-the Owl will do the rest.
Hurrah for Mexico beautiful and
grand old Audrain County-and Cot.
tonWood Springs How we love you
Col. George Mueller, a prominent
merchant of st. Louis, formerly Of
Mexico, Is here visiting relatives and
shaking hands with friends. Before
Col. Mueller returns to his home he
VIII visit Cottonwood Springs and dip
bis bill, after which he will make a
warm Prohibition speech to the guests
at the WaVerly. He will then turn
on the pressure, lift the veil and
revive a dropping spirit. o, joy
Col. Mueller's good-looking and anna.
Bile little wife, before her marriage,
was Miss Margaret Moore, a niece Of
the Dermody brothers, of this city.
The good people in the Cottonwood
Springs and Postum Walk districts
are "of q religious turn OF mind" and
know good thing when they hear or
see IL. Hence, many of them nave
attended the Ohautauqua every dav
ana half the night. Col. Geo. Wisdom.
Meredith Armistead, j. CHRISTOPHER
Fecht, Barney Jung, DR.. Frank Peck.
BOD Hooton and Jay Bennett have
cnaperoned big punches OF people to
the ChatauQua, and all got their
moneys worth. It's a way they have
George Laforce has been sick Init
MS corn crop grows on. George ia
somewhat perplexed as to how and BY
what means he will be able to gather
MS corn. 1t is 80 big and tall that be-
tninks IT order to gather it he will
TO build platforms between the
and send Squire Reube Toalson
up with a saw and axe to cut the huge
ears from the stalks while Georpe
temains on the ground with hand.
spikes and rolls the monster ears tn
ms Dig corn crib. George has EN-.
ployed strother Underwood, Alex
styles and Eli Mallinax to assist him {
Ia saving bis humber corn crop.
a "AAico LADY VISITS JAMES Boysl,
: HUME NEAR KEARNEY, MO. /,
10 the Ledger Wise Owl \