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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
10 YEARS AGO.

DR.. Francis p. Lonergan, OF Lou
%isiana, and Miss BERTHE Crigler, Of
Mexico, were married by Rev. A. A.
Wallace.
j.. N. Cross was in Colorado on bus
mess.
Tom billiard and family and s. p.
Emmons, Jr., of Mexico. together
with j. S. Lail and James CARING
ton of Shamrock, drove through the
country to Arkansas.
Miss Ida Clark was Ill,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
Foleys
Pills
What They viii Do for You

What They viii Do for You
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, cor
rect urinary irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia.
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
OTIS PURpY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
eoBBED OF
$500 THURSDAY.

Some unidentified party relieved
Prs. Geo. Clanton of SIS Thursday.
Prs. ClantGn was standing on the
|ast side of the Court House
RWn. Her purse was opened and
Pc money taken from dt while in the
Fowd, Later when she opened the
Purse she found the money missing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

Mrs. Ethan Howell and little
daughter, Louise, of Hardin, Mont,
are guests of Mrs. Howell's mother,
Mrs. Bette Blythe, and other rela-
tives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23


a..,., Bros Ice Cream Soda
S. Cave is home from st.
u vas.
g.. your friends at H'sA'' Bros
o,,oon. Of 81. Louis. is The
N' Mrs. cleveland johnson.
friedman, wife and daugh'
# 4 Martlnsburg' attended INC
n. convention
poultry 6 stock Food at husAF'
ps
". Reed departed for Bowl,
c."on Monday, where he VIII
1na . few weeks at B. B. Springs
W R. shannon died in Fow-
'a aaonty, Cal, June y. The De.
'O1u w. related to S. p. Emmons
n ". j Bolts
4. - Harrison and family have
10 Garden CITY, Kan, where
n" .oeide Their many friends
y them much success in their new
rne,
t.. frankie Harrison departed to
1. ar a visit in 81. Louis. MISS
..,isor will spend the remainder Cd
.nmmer with her parents in Gar
L. City, Kan.
A.. Rem Hardin, of Kansas City,
n Ms White and daughter. Miss
san Of Grand Junction, Colo, are
e,,ests of Miss Ella Dudley
N other friends in this city.
Mics Anna Brennan, who has been
=. in Tulsa. Okla. for some time,
I,iyod in this city Sunday night to
In her mother, Mrs. Walker. on
/ western avenue
tina hest Architects. Painters and
I~,tractors of the country use Mound
n, uHo,se Shoe" Brand Of House
Ilt exclusively. Otis Purdy. s2-lyr
/, n Hawthorne, wife and daugh-
4 loft for Columbia, where he will
|tpDd summer school dn the Uni
brsity.
Tho residences Of Lindenmeyer
. spaar. 9 miles southwest Of
Is,lco, are being very rapidly com
lied and will be ready for oceu-
bucy in a few weeks. Squires
las. of Mexico, are now doing
i phstering.
Miss Perry. sisterin-law OF ex-
|Oyernor D. II. Francis, and a mem
h Of the State Board Of Charities,
Ia In Mexico Monday en- route 70
where she visited Hospital No
The St. Louis Republic Of Sunday
a splendid picture OF Miss
dm Rlnes. formerly OF Mexico, now
jg55 Vernon Ave, st. Louis, and
inolpccs her engagement TO J.. w,
an, a prominent business man Of
/. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
ASE In

COURT OF APPEALS.
The case Of Rev. John It. Mason
leainst the Agricultural Insurance
Company, of Watertown, N. ", for
POO on account of loss from fire
Pas affirmed by the Court OF Ap,
beals this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
GEO. KABRlcH HOME
FROM OKLAHOMA,

Geo. Kabrich is home from a two
weeks stay in Oklahoma. He visit
ed al Muskogee. Mr.. Kabrich states
the crors in general are looking fine
in that State. He says wheat will
make 50 bushels to the acre, while
5ats will average fiom - TO so bu.
He says tie corn Is far in advance
of that iii Kansas and Missouri
Some of the corn in Oklahoma is
being plo'ved the last time and is
in excellent condition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
!. 10, 20 and 30 Years
Ago This Week
80 YEARS AGO.

80 YEARS AGO.
VIM. Pollock returned home from
the Millers' Convention in Cinctn-
natl.
T. B. Buckner and NJ. McElhany
formed a law partnership.
Elder John A. Brooks. of Mexico,
dedicated the G Christian Church
Littleby, 10 miles east of Mexico.
Geo. Morgan, formerly a printer
Of Mexico, died in Warrenton, Mo.
Eudean Mcconnell, a brother of
Lee Mcconnell, returned from Cali
fornia, and was employed TO clerk
for David & Blum.
The graduates of Hardin College
were: Salutatory, Sallie Knox; Ella
Beagles, Carrie Wilcox, Mollie Ben
nett, Josie Powell, Susie Hord, e.
Jeans, Laura Bishop. Rosie Reed, Oh
i've Smith, Sudie Edmonston, Leila
Sears, Belle Hisey, Laura Lakenan,
Valedictorian: Lizzie Talbot. Each
member of the class was presented
with a Bible, bound in white. The
presentation speech was made by Mis-
L.. Suter.
Frank Brown was admitted to
the Audrain County Bar.
Chas. Ferguson was dangerously
hurt while trying to stop a running
horse belonging to Ian Morris.
Redmond Galloway closed out his
grocery store and accepted the posi-
ton as teller in the Southern
Bank.
Geo. II. Simpson and Miss Mary
Hppincott, both of Laddonia, were
married.
Port A. Emmons, of Mexico, and
Mrs. Lizzie Coons, Of Pike county,
were wed.
20 YEARS AGO.
The State Sunday School Conven-
tion of the Christian Church was in
session in this city.
Mrs. John Byrns, living 4 miles
south, of Mexico, died.
Miss Matte Pool closed a success
full term of school at High Hill
School i'm Audrain county.
John VandiTford was employed to
teach the Daniel School.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Russell gave a
reception to Miss Mitchell, of Bel
fast, Ireland.
The following were elected Off
GERS of the Linton District Medical
Society: President, DR.. NJ. Yates, of
Fulton; Vice President, DR.. J.. f.
Graves, Montgomery; second vice
president, DIR. g. S. Cave; treas
urer, DR.. w. V. Wallace, Mexico;
Secretary, DR.. c. B. Simcoe, Fulton.
Walter Pollock was recovering from
illness.
Mr.. Deathridge, a piano tuner, NOV
ed to Mexico to reside.
Alvin Kendall and Miss Hattie
Johnson. of Laddonia. were married
in this city.
Joe Harrison purchased of Hugh
Wakefield. the barber shop ON the
south side of the Square.
Mrs. B. F. Smith, of ST. Louis, for.
merlv of Mexico. died. She was a
sts~ter.in.law Of Mrs. G. d. Ferris. OF
Mexico.
The following were officers of the
Knights of Pythdas Lodge of Aux
vase:
Dr Lennon p g.
w. Trtmble. C. C.
II " Harrison. v. c..
Lee Rood. p.
Hale. X. of R, G. S.
Frank Kelso. NJ. of r.
I'D Buckner. NJ. of f.
~ ~ haSa Aan ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

rived at $50 and was met BY most
Of the local EIks and tha usfors
who had arrived previously. The JEFF
fries Band and the Louisiana Band
played for the parade to the Bta-
ton.
Columbia brought their National
Guard Company and the New Bloom
field Band. There were fully 100
Elks as wen as a number Of ladies
with Them. They marched to the
Square. led by the bands. and follow,
ed by decorated motor cars.
Mcmillan Band Among the Attrae-
tons.
The Mcmillan High School Band
opened the convention Wednesday ev
ening. with a short concert. They
VIII assist in furnishing music
throughout the two days Of the meet
ing. While composed of but young
boys. and in their first year of or
g~antzation, the Band is most success
full, and deserves all the recognition
accorded them.
.nnaorod hs.tsr
decorated than the city is to-day. In
her best bib and tucker, the Opttmis-
tic City has a most festive appear
ance. The Court House Is fairly
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
SCARED INTO SOUND HEALTH

Mr.. B. F. Kelley, Springfield, ILL.,,
writes. IA year ago / began to be
troubled with my kidneys and bladdel
which grew worse until ! became
alarmed at my condition. l suffered
also with dull heavy headaches and
the action of my bladder was an
noying and painful. l read Of Foley
Kidney Pills and after taking them a
few weeks the headaches left me,
the action of my bladder was again
normal, and l was free of all dis
~tress." Otis Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

C. R. Marshall, of Ft. Collins, Colo.
This week sends his subscription 2
years in advance. Mr.. Marshall has
many friends i'm Audrain county who
are glad to know that he is pros
pering.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
MACON AND MORRIS
WIN IN ELKS FINAL
SESSION HERE FRIDAY

p. A. MORRIS NOW PRESIDENT
OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION
MACON WILL BE THE MEET
ING PLACE NEXT YEAR-MAY
II AND II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

1AAI NEA1 80
to be disappointed in not Witnessing
the show.
After a stirring opening chorus IN
which go young men tunefuliy begged
TO be soldiers. Clyde Fox sang The
Wild Cherry Rag" Mr.. Fox put
plenty Of lie in his number and
danced well.
Joe GlandOn sang Hang Your
Hat in Detroit and pleased all who
heard him. Goodnight, Dear as pro
sented by Mr.. ~Sapptngton, was a de-
lightful number well sung.
Mr.. Whitney sang in his usual
lnl,niLable style Come After Break
fast" and repeated all Of his many
former II Think ] Hear a
Woodpecker Knocking" b. MT.
Pitcher was another n Of the big
hits OF the performances.
Mr.. Paul pleased with his number,
IF l Had the World TO Give YOU
Mr.. Wise, Of Moberly, sang Put
Your Foot on the Soft, Soft Pedal
He a a good VoVce ana Is qu"e
clever in his work. He pleased
with his selection.
Mr.. keath, aithough pusy WEN ehe
Elks' ball team, had time to attend
the performance and sing Good
Evening, Caroline" AS usual, he
sang wen ana hls
~ - n. No.
ue ~ ~.sana.aI aran.s
rnoouod 70.
acN". a.. Ys., 40. .ho
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s ~~-1.eaa LAR
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s -. a. N. $40 o~o.
-. NJ. n,,s,a. - =, ,do.I ,rter.
~Iocutor and assisted much in the sue
case of tbe n-erformance
The Ohio was opened with an over
t,ra nv tho Ieffries Orchestra. This
ia ono ~ tho f,raxst musical organiza-
tions ever in Mexico and their mu-
sic t-hrouphout the performance. add.
cd mucb 10 the pleasure of the e
tng
The ~xvIonbone solo nv MIR. john
son; the violin solo, by Mr.. Stat
ford, and the cornet solo, by Mr.. Wal
ter, were all unusual artistic efforts
and delighted all.
Harry Drebbing's monologue was a
scream and when it comes to fun he
carries 1t in bundles and deals 1T with
a free hand. He ISN'T a bit stingy
with his laughs. STROBE and Blatt-
ner made their feet talk and sing
with the Ease of professionals.
1t was a great snow ana oouiuh 7
be beat.
Perhaps the greatest surprise anu
hit OF the show was When Mas'er
Elon Whitney, unknown 10 ms iaoner'
gave a SOM ana dance ann mono-
losue. lie mas an OIL ms iaVher . '"i-
ene ""u
cuian =" uai"Su"'
"pli'y' :.
Even ene owu ofo opp14
II ociocA ah AVN" " "e 49,
"heh puoi"ess men -
SOores' ihuisuay
covered the AiainO'e IN
pieVely ~ 'ae "seu !.
sun. inS'eau Aeep'ne :,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

John Gamble lis down from Kansas
City, visiting his parents, e. G. Gam
BILE and wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23
MEXICO AUTO CON-
PANY SELLS CARS.

The Mexico Automobile Company,
through Paul Weber, disposed of four
Ford cars to the following persons
in Clarence, Mo-, this week: c. c.
%Strlbbling, J. F. Perry, F. F. Cos
Ter and w. M. Pritchard.
Prot. John P. Gass, formerly of Me
leo, now of Sedalia, Mo-, was shak-
ing hands with Mexico and Audrain
county friends this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

LEDGER ADVERTISEMENTS PAY
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

LEDGER ADVERTISEMENTS PAY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

Misses Martha Tins1ey and guests
Misses Chandler and Brown ne
-urned from a visit with jefferson
City and Fulton friends ON Mon
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-06-23

Mrs, r. M. White very pleasantly
entertained Wednesday afternoon the
p A. Il. Club and a large circle OF
friends in addition, Of whom the
honored guests were Mesdames Bur-
nett, Buell. and Miss Wald, of louis
ANA; Mrs. Hereford, of Odessa. ON
ar out-of4own guests were Mrs. Mel
dermeyer. Of Columbia, Miss Lowen-
stein. of Mobery and Mrs. Galloway
If Kansas City. Games made the al
ternoon's diversion. The Club prlze'
a hat MIN with F. A. E. engraved on
IL went to Mrs. w. H. Coons. me
guest prize was awarded to Mrs
Niedermeyer and was a rhinestone
hat min. Mrs. Burnett received a
hook Mrs. Hereford and Miss Wald
each a bread and butter plate ana
Mrs. BueII. a half dozen glass COAST
ars A palatable lunch taken with
much conversation closed the pleas
amt afternoon.
Miss Hancock, who is visiting MISS
Gibbs and Miss Willie Hook, were
guests of honor at an exceeunsly
pleasant morning party, rueSday'
with Miss Gertrude Fry as the agree
able hostess. sixty girl guests made
n hum of conversation In the Fry
p~arlors from ten till twelve MisseS
Maud wallace, Mary and Martina
bearing gave their assistance IN tne
matter OF making the guests ENJOY
the occasion. In the dining DON one
iced refreshments were served os
Misses Phoebe and Mary Martha bisi
on A great basket Of Rambler ros
es on the Cluny lunch cloth iorin'
ed am effective table decoration
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07

able TO itself, which is generally very
rough and not suitable for a horse
to travel on at a great rate of speed.
On account OF my inexperience as a
sword hunter everything possible
seemed 10 happen to me- We dashed
after the numbering giraffes. through
bushes, under trees, over stones and
riffs. Sometimes gaining, sometimes
losing each man swinging his sword
10 strike the blow which is delivered
on the rear leg OF the animal so as
to sever sinew and hamstring IT.
On, on we galloped, the gravel kicked
up by the fleeing giraffes raining
around us like bullets. and the earth
laundering under our horses hoofs.
We were approaching a wood and
! was gaining on the animal | had
picked as my prey. Ahead OF me, |
saw an Arabs sword glance through
the air and the giraffe he was follow
ing fell in heap under the blow.
The fallen animal tried to rise, and
as il did so II received another stroke,
this time on the other leg, and went
down for good, completely disabled.
Whilst watching the Arab do his
work | lost ground and my quarry
got to the wood. forgot all in
structions and followed IT, greatly to
my sorrow, for ] had not been among
the trees long before a limb that was
dragged ahead by the fleeing giraffe
came flying back and struck me in the
chest such a blow that was com.
pletely unhorsed and almost rendered
unconscious
My pony. trained to its work. ran
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07
Roosevelt Hunting in a Zoo.

Fresh from the field in which for.
mer President Roosevelt is hunting,
Major Louis L. Seaman, a surgeon, ar
rived in New York recently. lie went
to Africa to study the dread sleeping
sickness In addition. Major Seaman
has brought about $50 specimens of
game, shot where MIR. Roosevelt and
his party are now shooting.
The trip was Major seaman's sec
ond. While il wes a professional one,
Major Seaman said he, with DR.. Gui-
teras, who accompanied him, could
not resist taking something like six
weeks off after reaching Nairobi be-
cause the game was so plentiful,
1T is the greatest shooting in the
world" said the major. IT'S just a
geological garden without fence
around IT, II is the place where old
Noah landed the ark and shooed the
animals OFF and their descendants are
(still there.
killing lions is tame sport. The
king OF beasts is whelp. Wound a
lion and 20 after him and he will give
you some trouble. But he Is coward
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a murdered ancestor to avenge on the
desert
Il was strange, indeed, to sit with
these men, fascinating to listen to
their soft voices. enchanting to hear
the wondrous tales of their deserts,
weird mixtures of the mysticism of
the past and the phantasm of the
present.
The fire lights rose and fell, the
mosquitoes buzzed necessarily and the
Arabs now and again turned their
eyes towards the darkness as though
expecting some phantom to come out
of the temple of the night. In a
kraal near the we'll the camels and
horses moved uneasily a step sound.
ed and every map rose and placed his
hand on his sword. The next mo-
ment the chief strode into the camp.
Tomorrow" he said, I'VE will hunt
the giraffe. ! have been told by the
local men that there are some to the
south of here and you must sharpen
your swords"
do | hunt with your" asked,
making my interrogation almost a de
mand. please yourself, but not with
a rife" well" ! answered. give me
a sword and | shall hunt like a Ham.
ran" Although 1t is hard thing to
get Hamran's sword, l was lent one,
which the owner tried on his arm be
fore me, to show that it was sharp
by shaving on the hair.
The next morning we set out. After
an hours ride we came to some
broken country on which there was q
great amount Of red mi4osa bush
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Manned BY Bull Giraffe.

was no sooner in the saddle than
a noise behind attracted my atten-
tion and a moment later n huge bull
giraffe, approaching at a terrific rate,
burst into view / went after him like
shot As did so | saw he was fol
lowed by an Arab who was taking a
short cut TO head him on. Some
dense bushes ahead of the giraffe
made him stop and turn. lie faced
me and the Arab rushed behind him
to strike the blow. Like fash one
Of the rear hoofs shot out and the
Arab went flying through the air. a
stream Of blood pouring out OF his
face rode at the giraffe. which
turned, and in a second, without real
izing what had happened both my
horse and myself were rolling on the
earth. When ! got up could see by
the mark on my pony that the giraffe
had planted kick on the rear
shoulder. That ended my giraffe
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07
Giraffe Hunting with the Hamran Sword Hunters
By Captain Fritz Duquesne

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Kill man or pony with kick should
he be unfortunate enough to get di-
rectly in its rear.
There is a legend among some of
the natives that the giraffe when pur-
sued hurls stones with its back feet
at the pursuers and sometimes kills
them. The story had a good founda-
tion, for, although the giraffe does not
really hurl stones, 1t runs in such a
way that the back hoofs strike the
ground at a peculiar angle. 1t hits
the ground to keep up its momentum
and in doing so any loose st, nes are
sent in a shower rearwards. have
seen pieces of stone at least two
pounds in weight flying through the
air behind a running giraffe that
would kill a pursuer were he hit with
one.
The first giraffe hunt in which l
took part with the Hamran Arabs
showed me what a giraffe could
do with its hind feet. had often run
them down on the South African weld,
but had never been kicked by one
or even come near being kicked. l
suppose or account of the height OF
the Boer horses, which are much lar
ger than the ponies used by the Ham
ran sword hunters.
1t was a, lucky chance that asso-
ciated me with the famous swords
men. was camped one night with
live game caravan when in the dis
tance on the desert could see twink
ling fires like stars that had fallen
from heaven. Thinking might find a
European, and out of curiosity made
my way towards the fires. l had
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07

walked half an hour when a sharp
challenge in Arabic brought me to
halt. | threw up my hands and said
| was a friend. A few minutes later
the sentinel took me to the camp fires
and toll he Arabs sitting around
them that was alone. which was to
them much more important than be-
ing friend. A headman asked me
to sit amongst them and tell them my
errand. After a great deal of Ques-
tioning they seemed satisfied, for
they continued their conversation
that my approach had evidently
broken off shall never forget that
night as long as live
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07

Although ! did not succeed in ham.
strInEing giraffe. certainly sue
cccdod in getting into danger that
was quite different from that one ex-
periencos when hunting the giraffe
with rifle.
The Arabs that day killed seven
gIrancs
When the hunt was over the skins
were removed from the animals and
then the meat taken to- be dried in
the same manner that the Beers make
their famous "biltong." which is hung
ia the shade. preferably I'm the wind.
where 90 viii dry before it has time
To- puuuy
The skin of the giraffe is greatly
priced by certain Arab tribes. amongst
which 30 is used for shields and ex.
collcnt shields they are. for / have
known them 20 defect Martini
Henry bullet. and It is a strong man
indeed who can pierce one with a
sword Another quality in favor OF
giraffe shields is their extreme light
ness.
The night following the hunt. when
all the Arabs were assembled, IL was
found that there was a man missing
The headmau sent out searchers. who
went on uttering long shrill cries
which grew fainter and fainter as
they penetrated further into the black
ness Of the night
At the first signs Of day the camp
was alive and half the men mounted
and galloped on to the hunting ground
OF the day before. Being curious to
know the fate Of the missing man. I
accnmnAnIed them.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07
THE DEBATING CLUB.

The fair coed for speaking had
Decided bent.
And she could always beat the Lad
At argument.
She argued az wondrous rate.
We must admit.
He couldn't match her In debate
A littlo bit.
She can outargue him to-day.
The neighbors vow.
Aud often does, II seems. for they
are married now.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-07
WondrouS Tales Of the Desert.

l sat under the black star spangled
banner before the Ticking camp fires
and listened to the stories of the
experiences both real and imaginary
of the Arab hunters-for one must
talk on the deserts, and romancing
takes the place Of real happenings
when they have exhausted The only
pastimes Of those whose home is on
the mournful kingdom of sands is war
hunting, and talk The past TO the
Arabs is but picture of what the
future should be, and every man has