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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
TO- 20 and 30 Years
Ago This Week
50 AGO.

DR.. Vaughn, formerly of Mexico,
located in Monroe county.
X. P. Thompson resigned as fore.
man Of the Mexico Intelligencer.
DO H. Runkle purchased r. p.
~Ferguson's butcher shop.
At a meeting OF Democrats Of Au-
drain county the following were Sc.
ieeted as delegates to the state nom.
mating convention meeting at Jeffer-
son City: ]. A. Potts, H. A. Rick.
etts, J.. Med. Trimble, ]. Linn Ladd
and G. W. Edmonston. The dele
gates to the Senatorial convention
were: S. A. Craddock, VIM. Stuart,
J. M. Murray, ]. G.. Bassford, A. B.
T1nsley. and w. H. White. Judge
W. d. Sumner was elected as Judicial
committeeman for Audrain county.
Prof. Geo. D. bowman and Howard
Gass were employed to teach school
at Vandalla. Vandalla had a new
school house.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
10 YEARS AGO.

A barn belonging to Ashby Bolts,
northeast Of Mexico, burned. Loss
$3.50.
DR.. R. A. Ramsey, formerly of Mex.
leo, was given the position as United
States travelling stock inspector. His
headquarters were at Grand Island,
Neb.
Morgan Bush and Miss Bessie Wade
of Centralia, were married in Column
LA. The bride was well known in Mez
leo.
The following spent an afternoon
at Powell's Ford fishing: w. w. Har-
per, w. s. Freelin, ]. W. Plunkett,
Ms. Myers, A. G. Turner, R. S. Hop
kins, DR.. ]. Med. Bridgeford, Jos.
Boyd, Isaac Dyer, Jas. Emmons, Jas,
wilkins, DR.. J.. R. Fritts, G. e. Lew
is, Hale Talbot.
Walter Rdgeway, of Ft. Smith, Ar
kansas, and Miss Jessie Campbell, OF
this city, were married by the Rev.
W. A. Hanna.
Willie French, colored, was
drowned in the creek on the Acad
envy Grounds in this city.
r. M. White was sepnding his av'
cation on Long Island.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
10, 20 and 30 Years
Hence.
30 YEARS HENCE.


The city Of Wellsyille had been TAX
en- into the corporation limits of Mex
leo and the last census showed a to-
tai population for the Optimistic City
of 345, 1855
Quite a number of Mexico young
people attended the theatre in the
Louis, leaving here about s O'Clock
in their aeroplanes and returning af-
ter the performance.
The Mexico Electric Ligh: and Pow
er Co. had just completed the install
lation Of their new wireless lighting
system.
Wireless telephones were the only
kind in use here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
THE BUSY ANGORA
N AUDRAIN COUNTY
CLEANING THE LAND
THESE "cHEAP LITTLE FARM
HANDS" FAIRLY CHANGE THE
APPEARANCE or ANY WOODED
LAND THEY ARE RELEASED up
ON.
Many of Them In the County To-day
at Work They Sweep Every
thing Before Them and Almost
Eat the Fences, Too.

Do Angora goats pay? they must,
for Audrain county has for several
years enjoyed the distinction OF hay
ing more Of these Cheap farm hands
within her borders than any u
ty i'm the State, and they are all
busy on the underbrush.
w. G. ('Billy'D sims, Walker Pol.
lock, r. H. Edmonds, Dan billiard
and many others can testify to their
efficiency in removing anything that
covers the ground except trees and
houses and, at times, these are In
imminent danger Of annihilation.
Dan billiard says the goats on his
place have cleaned up some OF his
ground so well that one would
scarcely recognize 1t as the same
piece of land. He says they even
Gull the small limbs of trees off to
the height of six or seven feet and
that this statement is no exaggera.
don; he invited all doubters to call
at his place where, with the spirit of
a true Missourian, he will "show
them"
''The little Angora goats are the
cheapest farm hands that l can find"
remarked w. G. Sims. 81 have a
farm on which there was several hun
dred acres of brush land. l figured
around a good while a few years
ago about clearing it up. But every
time | figured on it the worse off
/ was, as the cost of hiring men to
go in and clear up the heavy growth
of underbrush would have bankrupted
me.
Goats certainly know how to
clear UP a lot of brushy land. They
do their work Systematically, too.
They do not seem to cease eating.
All the time they just keep on eat
ing and brousing around. They are
the most industrious animals
ever saw. They eat off every twig
and sprout, and climb up and get ey-
srything within reach.
"And after they go v e the
ground a season there is no shrub
berry or anything of that kind left.
And these goats prefer the vines
and sprouts and bushes to fine
grass. Last winter | tried keeping
a few oyer through the winter.
81 had a shed for them, and that Is
where | made a mistake. 1t was by
housing them in a place that was a
little too combining that caused some
kind Of a disease to spread among
them resulting in the death OF sew
eral.
"rhey need some shelter, but they
will not get along well when they
are crowded into a shed or barn
and SO they do not do well wher
they are thus confined. In all
lost about 100 head. But / can buy
them in the spring and sell them In
the fall and get a good seasons worl
out of them, and make them pay oui
we'll"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

any 15-yearOh farmer boy. Il r Q
quires a board-the size DOESN'T mat
ter-aId some 10-penny finishing
nails. The nails are driven through
the board and the ears OF corn arc
stuck on the nails. The nails are
Etnck into the cob and the ear stands
out from the board. inclined slightly
upward so they Will not fall off when
the rack is tied by a string to the
rafters In the top Of the granery.
In the one made by Mr.. Jordan
the board Is 10 by 20 inches and
there are sixty nails in g. placed
just far enough apart 50 that the
ears will not touch each other. This
allows ventilation between the ears.
which Mr.. Jordan says, s an especial
ly good feature of the device. The
nails are driven through from both
sides of the board and an ear Is
placed on each nail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
FUNERAL OF HENRY ROD
HOUSE SATURDAY MORNING

The funeral services for the re-
mains of Henry Rodhouse, who died
Friday morning, were held from the
residence Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock, the Rev. H. e. Truck CON
Quoting them. Interment was made
In Elmwood cemetery. The pail bear
ers were Joha and William Wayne, S.
P. Emmons, ]. e. Jesse, F. R. Jesse
and Chas. Brown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
10 YEARS HENCE.

Wheat averaged so bu. to the acre
throughout Audrain county.
The st. Louis Browns were fighting
for last place in the penant a
The new aeroplane garage con-
Quoted by Eugene Tomlinson had tax
service with four-passenger biplanes.
The Mexico Chautauqua's perma-
nent site on the electric line had 10
new cottages erected upon it prepar-
ing for the 2O-day assembly to start
July Is.
The Burlington railroads extern
sions through this city to the west
were run through the handsome new
$50, 900 union depot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
90 A HENCE.

Miss Elizabeth Bolts was visiting
St. Louis friends where she was the
guest of honor at a number of de-
lightful parties.
The county court had passed that
1t would be am offense subject to a
fine for an aeroplane TO alight on
the court house.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson was the
guest of Miss Eleanor Bronaugh, Oh
st. Louis.
Miss Emily Gibbs was visiting rela-
tievs in Paris, Mo.
Frank Houston, a Prominent young
business man, had installed an aero
plane delivery system.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Only one way to cure a bad back.
Liniment and plasters may relieve
it;
They won't cure it.
Backache means sick kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kid
ney ills.
Mexico people prove this.
Read a case of it:
d. A. Wilson, ST., N. Washington
St, Mexico, No., says: About fiji
teen years ago my back was injured
and after that l suffered severely
from a weakness and lameness in
my loins. My Kidneys were also af'
fected by the injury and the kidney
secretions passed irregularly. Az
soon as | began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills, l procured a box from the
Smock Drug Co., and improved In
a short time"
Mr.. Wilson gave the above state
ment ON May 2S, 1906, and on Nov
70. 1908, he added: 81 still thini
highly of Doan's Kidney Pills.
take pleasure in again endorsing then
as a remedy that lives up to the
claims made for It,"
For sale by all dealers. Price o
cents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffs
10, New York, sole agents for tn
United States.
Remember the name -Doans-
and take no substitute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

NT---land naSalSorelleVeu
bearing down. | recommended it
some friends and two of them have
~ greatly benefited by tn Mrs.
. MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo.
another Grateful Woman.
~ Louis, Mo. III was bothered
Eddy with a female weakness and
4 Dackache, bearing dowr pains and
,is Il lower parts. | began taking
Inlh r. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pliu regularly and used the Sanative
In ANA now | have no moro troubles
n Way Mrs. Al. IIERzod, 5722
BScott Ave, st. Louis, Mo.
pecauSe your case is d difficult one,
FVors having done you no good,
''t CONT mo to flfFcr without
"E ! y!ia .tsnflams Vegetable
IpoNrd atfirl 1t surely has cured
Ky cases Of female ills, such as in
allIN2tlon, liberation, displaeements,
ula limors, Irregularities, periodic
,lekache, that bearing-down
pug Indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
H. prostfatioh. 1t costs but a tritie
Hry!t, and the result Is worth mil
nS TO many suffering women.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

MISS Julla Ross Saev a lawn party
to friends in honor Of her guest, Miss
Gibson. Those present we're: Miss
Gibson, Of st. Louis; Miss Gibson, of
Texas; Misses Leona and Beulah
Williams, Mittie Buckner, Bena
Grantham, Sarah Pollock, Flora Rim
go, Jennie Worrell, Willie Potts, Bees
sic Lakeland, Annie Patterson, r. D.
Worrell, DR.. Turner, DR.. Rodes, DR..
Grantham, DR.. o'Bannon, Luke Nor
ris, Lee Craddock, F. r. Jesse, Elon
bearing, Gus PasQueth. Mr.. Pasqueth
won the prize for the best trimmed
hat.
Miss Martha Throckmorton, aged
II years, died of paralysis at the
home Of R. T. Throckmorton.
Messrs Weber and Meyer were
awarded the contract for building the
chapel at Hardin College. The firms
bid was $13,5OO.
Clarence G. Longley, of New
Bloomfield and Miss Ida M. West Of
Mexico, were married at the home
of Geo. Kabrich.
DR.. NJ. w. Pearson, of Vandalia
and DR.. Sidney Smith departed from
Mexico to attend the Dental Associa
ton meeting at Pertle Springs.
Messrs Corner & Crow conducted
a grocery store on the corner Oh
Washington and Monroe streets.
r. Scherer, Of Marshall, visited
relatives at Worcester. Mr.. Scherel
was employed at the C. H. Harring
ton Poultry Yards at Marshall.
Miss Mamie Carter was elected t.
teach the school at Worcester.
There wer 5000 registered pbar
macists in Missouri.
The summer camp OF instruction O
the Missouri militia we're at the Mex
leo Fair Grounds. The Governor AMI
staff officers we're present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
st Louis. July 16.

st. Louis, July IL.
WhiIe the police Of the world are
searching for DIR. Hawley H. Crippm,
the fact came TO light to-day that MS
wife Belle Gilmore, the former ac'
trese whose mutilated body was
found under the cement floor of the
basement floor Of the basement oil
her husbands home in London, ENG
WAS married in st. Louis and hved
here suf more than a year. For sever
al months she and her husband iiveo
ait No. 11O6 North Leonard avenue.
Striking Points in
Belle EImore Mystery
Belle Gilmore, American actress
married in st. Louis to Doctor Haw'
lev II. Crippen. suddenly disappear
an February, from London, Eng
home.
Music. hall associates become sus
~picious when Crippen introduces nm
st~enographer as Mrs. CT1ppen.
An advertisement appears assert
ing Mrs. Crippen has died in Los An
geles.
Scotland Yard is thrown OF th'
scent by Crippen, who disappears, &C
companied by the girl stenographer
who lis said to be in boys clothes
-Four days search results in find
ing Belle Elmore's body buried III
der cement floor of Crippen's home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
ANOTHER R. F. D. ROUTE
IS WANTED FOR MEXICO
THOSE TO Be BENEFITED
RAPID GROWTH OF THE SER
VICE SINCE IT'S INCEPTION
A FEW YEARS Aco-FlRsT oP-
GRATED IN 1~sse--4o,oss ROUTES
TODAY.
Mall Carriers on Rural Routes Gov
err, Each Year, Fully $4,000 900
Miles The Farmers Greatest
Convenience.

w. w. Pollock and others are in
terested in a new rural mail route
out of Mexico TO the northeast. Post
master Kunkel thinks the service pro-
posed is much needed. Among those
out that way who have no rural route
service at present, being compelled
TO come to Mexico, are the follow
ing: Walker Pollock, Cortez Edmon-
sion, Ed. Moore, VIM. Mansfield, Joe
Fecht, Francis Station, VIM. Kleus-
man, Tandy Jones, Louis Berger,
Robt. Luckie and L. G. Byrd.
The above, Of course, are very
anxious for the service. The fol-
lowing who are now on the Benton
City route would be put on this
new route, If instituted; ]. II. Fair
child, James Doolin, Littleby Station.
G. w. Givens, Mark Owens, Joe
Bailey and S. +. Davis.
The following would be taken off
route A., Mexico, and put on the
new route: J. B. Weaver, j. H.
Davis, C. H. shoup, Jack Studare, ].
IL. Wheeler, Mrs. j. A. Sullivan, Paul
Hudson, d. F. Clark and ]. Bartell.
Facts About the r. r. D.
There are now in operation through
out the United States, 41,0S9 rural
carriers. The appropriations for the
establishment and maintenance of
rural delivery for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1910, was $37, 260, 900
and the appropriation for the fiscal
year which commenced July /, 1910,
is $685. 500, 900. Since rural delivery
was first established the approx
mate sum of $2O6, 430, 800 has been
spent in extending and maintaining
the service.
First Experiments
For a good many years the resi-.
dents of the larger cities had enjoyed
the privilege Of having their mail de-
llyered to them by carriers at their
residence daily. Based upon a recon
mendation made by Postmaster Gen.
Wanamaker a joint resolution was
passed by the 51st congress and APP.
proved on October 1, 1890, authorizing
the Postmaster General to test al
small towns and villages the practica
bility and expense of extending the
free, delivery system to offices of the
third and fourth class and other Of.
floes not embraced in the free deltv.
cry. The experiment was put on
trial and continued until three years
later when Postmaster General Bis
sell, In his report for the fiscal yeaI
1894, recommended that the service
be discontinued or extended to 40,
900 other postoffices. Congress ac
cepted the first alternative and dis
continued the appropriation.
First Service in 1896.
After several unsuccessful at
tempts to establish rural free deliver
an experimental service was begui
on October 1, 1896, and between tina
date and June 30, 1897, there wei
1888 routes established out of 43 post
offices in 20 states. This beginning
was made upon appropriations aggre
eating SAC, 900; the results obtaine'
proved that the experimental ser
vice had rendered benefits in exces
of the expenditures involved and tina
under wise restrictions it could b
continued with advantage. The cal
riers, in all, travel 304, 900 900 mile
a year,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

When the stomach fails to perform
It's functions, the bowels become de.
ranged, the liver and the kidneys
congested causing numerous dis
eases. The stomach and liver must
be restored to q healthy condition
and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv'
err Tablets can be depended upon tc
10 1t. Easy to take and most effec'
tive. Sold by all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS

The above Is a quotation from a let
ter written by H. NJ. Winkler, Evans
willie, Ind. II contracted a severe
case Of kidney trouble. My back
gave out and panied me. l seemed
to have lost all strength and ambi-
dion; was bothered with dizzy spells,
my head would swim and specks floa
before my eyes. l took Foley Pills
regularly and am now perfectly well
and feel like a new man. Foley Kid
ney Pills have cured me-" Otis
Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
- Telegraph News.
Pottstown. Pa, July 1s.

Jacob G. Softer. a local manutac-
turer, lost a pocketbook containing
$1,000 in currency and 5000 in checks
while autOmobiling between Pottstow
and Reading.
Mr.. Maures, a Reading lawyer, han.
pening along and stopping to adjust
the lights Of his automobile at the
very spot where Mr.. Softer lost his
wallet, picked it up, and he returned
dt to the loser next day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
Cleveland, Ohio, July 16.

Cleveland, Ohio, July 16.
The Catholic Universe, the official
organ of the Roman Catholic church
of Ohio, attacked aviation in a
strong article under the head of
Those Who Exat Themselves"
II deals at length with the matter
and says the craze for flying should
be legally prohibited as t did not
think the Creator intended man
should fly like birds.
AS the opinion is a new and origi-
mai one regarding aviation it has Gre
ated no little comment and papers
throughout the country are wiring
here for more details concerning the
article and its contents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
Pittsburg. Pa. July 1s.

A card torn from a freight ear has
been filed. In Probate Court, as the
viii Of Robert McElroy, who, after
being fatally injured by a freight
train, scrubbed On the card: MARY.
all that Is mine : thine"
The will leaves an estate worth
$4,000 to his wife. After writing the
win, McDlroy signed the letter r.
but was unable to finish, and another
trainman completed the signature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

The worlds most successful medi-
cine for bowel complaints Is Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dar'
rhoea Remedy. 1t has relieved more
pain and suffering, and saved more
lives than any other medicine IN
use. Invaluable for children and
adults. Sold by all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
London. Eng. July 16.

London, Eng, July l6.
Scotland Yard, SO often surpassed
in fiction by the lateSherlock Holmes
has been scored heavily by police
officials all over the world for haV-
ing virtually given DR.. HanleX H.
Crappen the tip to escape.
The London police had ample op-
portunity to make the arrest OIL ~
Crippen before he departed as the
suspicious of friends of the dead
woman had been communicated TO
them.
1t DIS thought Crippen started Tor
this country and every incoming
steamer is searched in the hopes Oh
discovering him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Born, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Richard SUIT
tie, of Nashville, Tenn, Puly 16, a
son. Mrs. Suite was formerly Miss
White, a sister OF the Rev. w. M.
White. 10 of Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
and has visited in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets gently stimulate the liver
and bowels to expel poisonous mat
ter, cleanse the system, cure con
stipation and sick headache. Sold by
all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

pc Senior Christian Endeavor OF
Christian Church and the Presby-
pm Christian Endeavor have en-
p into a contest for new mem
s They have elected captains
gone to work systematically. The
PAINS are Dorothy Worrell, for
Christian c, E., and MIR. Owens,
she Presbyterian G. e.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

h shepherd, who has been visit
relatives In Audrain county, left
Kansas City Monday, where he
make a short visit before re-
Ing home to Texas. MI. Shep-
! looks exceedingly we'll and his
in the north apparently agreed
him
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

the floor ouI
my heart n~uttering
and | could not even
receive o letter.
Every month / had
such a bearing down
sensation, as if the
lower parts would
fall out. Lydia e.
|Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has
done my nerves a
great deal Of good
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
JOE PRATT TRADES FARM
FOR CITY PROPERTY.

Joe Pratt traded his farm of 81
acres to w. w. Harper, of this city,
for a house and four lots in south
west Mexico, known as the J. 9. Car
ter property.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

10, Il, Mueller and son Raymond,
It. Louis, are in Mexico on a
to their relatives, the Dermody
). Col. Mueller was formerly In
clothing business in this city. He
for years, been one Of the lead
statesmen in the Globe Cloth
Co., of st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

IS. Isaac Taylor rs home from
hi with her brother, MIR. Geo.
d, near Auxyasse. Mrs. Tay'
ays her trip over the electric rail
was delightful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

hAeAc niOi6 aCAaAtluA " tdOl 6Npo~
having a finger in the pie. Nothing
was sighted except the DISTINGUISHING.
Those present were Messrs Park Sell
lard, Maurice and Leopold Bauth, Ay-
lette Buckner, Oscar Lewis, Harri-
son Brown, Turner Williams, Sydney
Houston.
Miss Pauline Powell entertained
Misses Frances and Louise Donald
son with an elaborate six O'Clock din
ner Tuesday. Misses Ruth Mason,
Laura and Mary Carter were pres
ent.
Miss Mary Frances Armstrong. of
Nashville, Tenn, is visiting Miss
Elizabeth Parker.
Mrs. Zevely, of Muskogee, will ar
rive next week to visit her parents,
Col. and Mrs. Clay.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Potts, Of Texas,
r in Mexico to visit among rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Alma Williams was the charm
ing hostess last evening for a party
Of her friends. The occasion was in
honor Of Mrs. Virgil Williams, Jr.,
and a in the nature of a lawn
fete, Many pleasant diversions were
INDUCED in, refreshments being one
of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jesse and
two sons left this week for Colora-
do to spend a few weeks.
Miss Mamie Wright is in Column
bia making a study Of primary
work in the summer school.
Mrs. Hemenway, of New York
City, was the guest this week of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Montague.
Miss Mantha Garrett leaves next
week for Macatawa to spend a few
weeks.
Mrs. Mcmillan leaves Monday for
Fulton, TO visit her aunt.
Mrs. w. E. Thomas, of st.
Louis, is the guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Blattner.
Mrs. Gentry Paxton, Of George
town, Ky, ds the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Donohue, of
Chicago, are guests of Mr.. and RS.
]. d. Miller.
Mrs. e. R. Locke a the pleas
ant hostess Thursday at a MONDAY
dinner. Her guests we're Mesdames
Wilson, Ripley, Mcmillan and F. r..
Jesse; Mr.. Bryan Ripley.
Misses Martha and Frances Mas
in we're hostesses for an Airdome
party given Wednesday evening,
for their guests, the Misses Dom
aldson. The others OF the party were
Misses Abbie Llewellyn, Mary and
Grace McIntire. Mrs. Butler Guth-
RE was chaperone. Following the
performance at the Dome re-
freshments were enjoyed,
Mrs. Dea Carr Smith left Thurs
day for Chautauqua, New York,
where she will spend her vacation.
Mrs. J. A Brown Us ohe guest Oh
her sister, MRS. Joseph hlftiahu' a
Mrs. l. SnVersUelh gave d ue'
lightful party TO twenty Oh ner
friends, TUESDAY, IN hohor ol nsi
III hesaond Ia oIovos MORO award
al tho winners az Five Hundred
u,hioh wos tbo game selected fo,
Mo n~starnoon,s diversion. Miss
portb and Mrs Cohn were the for
t,noto winners A lunch Of cool
,nn buonts closed the leasan
attornoon
Mrs. l.. nj. white el
'efVaineu uie snoruoor
some sues's VIZ niaoo,
80 - ghado +reos at the r
M. White residence, an deal spo
thus being formed for the games
conversation and lunch which wer'
u IS NiorbaxAI1n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

l. old soldiers Reunion In Aux
/ will be held Aug. 10 and IL.
III trains will be run to Camp
.son every day.