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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Mcmillan High made an excellen'
showing at the interscholastic nee
In Columbia Saturday. although Their,
were only three representatives en-
tered. Park SeIlard was second II
the half-mile and also second IN
the 220-yard dash finals. After run
ming second In the half-mile there
was an intermission of 8 minutes be.
tween that and the 220 yard dast
and when he took his place for this
last event he was hardly rested from
the first run and sick at the stom.
ach from something he ate at din.
ner that disagreed with him.
He ran Sweitzer, OF Slater, a neck.
to-neck race in the 220 and finished
a close second. In the qualifying
heats of the 100-yaTd dash Sci.
lard was second, but as they decided
to enter only firsts In the finals he
was ruled out. He won the qualifying
heat of the 22O by 10 yards.
Rogers. the Mcmillan entry I'm the
mile, finished eighth i'm a field of
IS. Renfro Gibbs, the Mcmillan pole
Vaulter, qualified, but did not get a
place. Wentworth Military Academy
won the meet in Glass A; Joplin, in
Glass B.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
10, 20 and 80 YeraS
Ago This Week
30 YEARS AGO.

Johnson & Faulkner, Of Montgom
cry county, were arranging to open
a dry goods store next door to Tom
linson & Co.
Miss Agnes Shoots, daughter O.
Jas. II. Shoots, OF Audrain county
committed suicide by shooting herself
in the heart.
Eddie Pitcher, of Mexico was U. S
Express Route Agent between st
Louis and Keokuk.
A herd of six wolves were max
ing their headquarters near Laddo
MIA.
DIR. Koontz moved into DR.
Bourne's residence on Promenade st.
Joe Moore broke 90 balls in sue.
cesslon at a shooting of the Mexico
Gun Club.
Miss Mamie Pearson was a teach.
er in Audrain county.
Miss Mamie Quisenberry had
charge of the notion department ir
Reed & Nelson's store.
A horse belonging 10 A. H. Canter,
bury "a killed by the cars.
Hon. w. H. Biggs, of Pike county,
was a candidate for Congress.
Mrs. c. G. Daniel,o t Vandalia, LOST
$40 while sopping in Mexico.
Elder w. H. Hook moved from
Perry to Mexico.
R. c. Paul bought the Geo. Nc
Carten restaurant.
Ray Glascock and Renfro Gibbs
were recovering from illness.
Wm. Egger, a brakeman on the c.
C A. was killed by falling off a car.
A brother of thedeceasedIivedin this
city.
Warner Potts was visiting in Bal
timore, Md.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

The purpose of the conference as ex
pressed in the letters is to discus.
the advisability of the former gov
ernor's entering the contest for the
Senate or permitting his friends tc
urge his endorsement by the Demo
cratic State convention Of Septembei
for the Democratic presidential nom
nation in 1912.
Mr.. Folk said to-day that he would
be ruled by the counsel Of his
friends. He has had thousands Of
letters urging him to make the
race for the senatorial nomination
and he has had a possible equal mum,
Der, insisting that the way to best ad
vance the principles Mr.. Folk has
fought for Is to have his party in
the state present him as the logical
Democratic candidate for the presl
dency. If the conference results In
definitely Withdrawing Mfr. FoIk
from the senatorial canvass the plan
of his friends will be to pledge ev.
cry candidate for a legislative and
other state office to support Mr..
Folk as Missouri's ~"favorite SON.
when the convention of September is
held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
The Farmers Wife

Ia very careful about her churn. She
sealds Il thoroughly after using, and gives
n 4 sun bath 10 sweeten IL. She knows
,bat IN her churn Is sour 1t will talnt the
butter that Is made In IL. The stomach h
! churn. In the stomach and digestive
snd nutrltiye tracts are performed pro.
ceSses which are almost exactly like the
Cumming Of butter. Is II not apparent
then that Il this stomach-chnrn is foul Il
makes foul all which Is put into t.?
The evil OF q foul stomach is not alone
the bad taste In the mouth and the foul
breath caused by H. but the corruption Of
the pure current OF blood and the dissem-
nation Of disease throughout the body.
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
II docs for the stomach what tho washing
and sun bath do for the churn-absolutaly
removes every ~talntlng or corruptlng ele-
ment. In this way IL cures blotches,
nlmples, eruptions, scrofulous swelllnas,
sores. or open eating ulcers and oil
humors or diseases arising from bad blood
II you have bitter, nasty, foul taste In
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and despondent, have frequent headaches.
dizzy attacks, gnawlng or distress in stom.
ach, constipated OF irregular bowels, Sour
or bitter rlslngs after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number Of them, Indicate that you ara
suffering from billonsness, torpiG or law
liver with the usual accompanying indf.
%gestIon, or dyspepsia and their Attendant
arrangements.
The best agents known 10 medical SCI
ence for the cure OF tho above symptoms
and conditions. as attested by the writings
Of leading teachers and practitioners OF
all the several schools OF medical practice,
have been skilliully and h~armoniously
combined In DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. That this is absolutely true
will be readily proven to your satisfaction
Il you will but mail a postal card request
10 DR.. r. v. Pierce, Rntfalo, ". ", for a
free CODY OF his booklet of extracts from
The standard medical authorities, giving
the names Of al the ingredients entering
into his wOrld-lamod medicines and show
Ing what the most eminent medical iDsR
Of the age say OF them
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
THE MOTHERS PROBLEM
Of RaIsIng STRONG. Heal,hr alrl.,

@A
A serious problem which presents IT,
self to every mother with girls to raise,
In these days. The exigencies Of school
life, the hurry and routine of everyday
duties, the artificial environment Of
modern civilization, make 1t more
difficult to raise strong, healthy girls
than ever in the history of the world.
Boys raise themselves. Give them
room, give them liberty, and they will
grow up healthy a~tleast, without much
worrying. But the girls present q SER
hous problem.
How many mothers there are who are
worrying about their daughters. Ner-
vous, puny girls, with poor, capricious
appetites. hoodless, listless, q constant
anxiety to the mother. How shall she
solve her problem2 To whom shah she
turn for helpH Each case is more or
less a study by itself, and cannot be
solved by any general rule.
This Is the way one mother solved the
problem. Mrs. Schopfer, 800 Prescott
Ave, st. Louis, Mo-, in a letter TO DIR.
Hartman, says: "My daughter Alice,
four years of age, was q puny, sickly,
ailing child since she was born. / was
always doctoring her. When we COM
menced to use Peruna she grew strong
and well.D
Another mother, Mrs. Martha Moss,
r. y. D.. s, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
says: sour little eiSht-year-old girl
had a bad cough, and was in a general
rundown condition" She had several
doctors, who could give the child no re-
lief, and the mother nc encouragement.
Finally, she got a bottle of P, runa
and commenced giving 1t to the child,
and it proved to be just what she
needed. When shescommenced taking
Peruna the child had to be carried.
Now the mother says she is playing
around all the time.
Her closing words were: "You have
done a great deal for her. She is the
only girl we have, and it meant lots to
us to have her cured"
These are samples of many letters
which DR.. Hartman Is receiving, com.
ing straight from the hearts of loving
mothers. While the different schools
of medicine are pickering and differing
as to theories and remedies, Peruna
goes rightsteadily on giving permanent
relief. After all, 1t is cures that tho
people want. Theories are OF little
account
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

George, the Fifth, is King of Eng
land. He took the oath before the
Privy Council at 4 O'Clock this after
noon. The death of King Edward
the Seventh, of England, last night
at Has stunned the entire English
nation. He succumbed to pneumonia
after an illness of but three days.
Edward Wis short reign of nine
years has been a history of stirring
times. 1t opened with the conclu-
sion of peace after a long and try
ing campaign in South Africa, and
concludes at the critical moment Of
one of the momentuous political strug
giles of modern times between the
peers and commons. In a day the
political outlook of Great Britain has
been revolutionized.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
MRS. DAVID A. HINER
DIES THURSDAY MORN.
WHO" OF THE LATE CAPTAIN
HiNER succUMss TO ORGAN
&c HEART TROUBLE AT THE
HOME OF HER DAUGHTER IN
THIS CITY.

MIS- Desdemona A. Hner, wife O
n late Captain David A. Hbner
aied, Thursday morning, at $3.50. Il
n nome of her daughter, Mrs. Geo
robertson, Of this city. Mrs. Hine
mad been suffering several month
IRON organic heart trouble and cam,
70 THIS city a week since from 81
LOUIS in a condition not considere,
serious. Sunday she began to fai
ana from that time until her dealt
she gradually lost strength.
Desdemona A. Hiner was born i,
III Selma, Alabama, Nov. 8, 1886. sh,
was a daughter of William ard EN-
lily Allen German. She was mar
RED In Newport, KY, on Nov. s
1895, to Captain David A. Hiner.
They came to Audraln county from
st. Louis i'm 1869 and lived seyera.
years at Young's Creek, later com
ing to Mexico.
she is survived by two sisters
Mrs. John c. Lewis, of Louisville
KY, and Mrs. Jas. Robinson, Of
Columbus, o, and one brother, VIM
German, of Columbus, o.
The following children also sur
Vlve her: Mrs. Geo. Robertson, o.
Mexico, Mo-; Mrs. Adolphus Boeck
Ter and Harry Hiner, of st. Louis
Frank Hiner, of Holly, Mich; Fred
T.. Hlner. of Pine Bluff, Ark. and
Captain Augustus P. Hiner, of Mem
phis.
Mrs. Hiner was a lovely Christian
character and beloved by a wide
circle of warm friends here. Aftel
her husband left his active life on
the Mississippi River they lived in
this city until his death in 1900
She remained here afterward and on,
by a short while ago went to st.
Louis. The Ledger joins friends
of the family in extending sympathy
to them.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
st. Louis. May G.

With throat cut from ear to ear
and, after having been pronounced
dead by a physician, John Kelly, a
painter, of this city, startled hiG
attendants by motioning for a pen
ell and paper and then writing three
notes to his wife.
Fol- several weeks Kelly has beer
idle and depressed in spirits. From
accounts given by other m the
couple were much attached TO each
other until Mrs. Kelly became sus
picious of her husband. Then quarrel
resulted, and yesterday afternoon
Thile Mrs, Kelly was preparing the
evening meal the husband suddenly
arose from his chair and seiZing
razor attacked her. Snatching he
babe from the bed, the wife raj
into the street, crying for help.
ma officer returned home with he
and discovered on the floor o
the kitchen Kelly, lying in a poo
Of his own blood. He had cut hi
throat after failing to take tn
life of his wife and child.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

To have the pains and aches of a
bad back removed; to be entirely
free from annoying, dangerous URN.
airy disorders Is enough to make any
kidney sufferer grateful. To tell
how this great change can be brought
about Will prove comforting words To
hundreds of Mexico readers.
Mrs. j. II. Kemp, ABBOT ST., Mexico,
Mo, says: 81 had a pain and lame
ness i'm my back for some time and
my kidneys were badly dlsordered.
The remedies | tried did not help me
and | was ut a loss TO know how to
get relief. When Doan's Kidney pills
were recommended to me, | pro
cured a box at Smock Drug Co. and
found them to be just the remedy
needed. In a short time | was en-
tlrely free from kidney complaint"
On Nov. II, 1908, Mrs. Kemp con
firmed the above statement which
was given i'm May, 1906, and added:
Il have had no return Of kidney
trouble since Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffa-
10, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name -Doan's-
and take no substitute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
Rochester. N. Y. May !

Having failed to file his election ex
penses within the required ten days
after his election, as required by
law, James S. Ravens, (Dem.) who
was elected to Congress from the
Thirty second Congressional Dis.
trint, April 10, over George w.
Aldridge (Rep.) has forfeited hie
office, according to authorities quot
ed here.
Mr.. Havens sent his account OF
election expenses from Washington t
be filled here, and when 1t was pre-
scented this morning, Commissioner o.
Eelections H. Alden Nichols refused
to accept 1T, holding that, under the
law, he had no right to accept such
statement after the expiration of the
ten days.
1t is held that Mr.. Ravens should
have filed his expense account no
later than April 20.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

of the world. / do not think /
should give you a license TO
preach for the conversion of the
Jews in the streets in the thick
ly settled Jewish neighborhoods
which you designate. Would you
not annoy them and do more
harm than good? How many
Iews have you converted so far?
Very truly yours,
W. j. GAYNOR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
MISS MARGARET FOSTER
DIES OF DlPHTHERIA,

Miss Margaret Foster, daughter Of
Mrs. Martha and the late Joseph Eos
ter, died of diphtheria at the home Of
her mother, ON e. Liberty street, Sun
day, May s. Miss Foster was i'll four
days. The buriel took place at Elm
wood Cemetery Monday morning
May Q, at 10 o'clock, the services
being conducted by the Rev. w. NJ
White at the grave.
The deceased was born in Gala
way county tw~entyfour years ago
and came to Audrain with her par
ents when she was 8 years old
She Joined the Seed Tick Baptist
Church when 16 years old and was
a most excellent young woman. The
Foster family moved to this city ear
ly this spring and two weeks age
Mr.. Foster died. Besides the mother
the following brothers and sisters sur
vlVe: Charles and William, Of Au
drain; Jeff, Of Oklahoma City; Miss
Maude and Mrs. Alice Staples, botf
of Mexico.
The bereaved have the sincere sym
pathy of the people of this com
mumity i'm their double bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

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Carriage, the ancient capital Of
Costa Rico, lis but a memory ex
cept for a few buildings in the sub
urbs that the earthquake of Wed
nesday night failed to completely OBJ
literate.
AS the dreaded darkness fell
again last night the city was one
vast pyre.
More than a thousand persons per
ished in the ruins. Hundreds are dy.
ing from their wounds and starvation
and all the survivors of the disaster
are homeless.
With the break of dawn to-day the
horror of the situation was accent,
uated and grew worse hourly. Where
a red sun arose over the horison
and dissipated the pail of darkness
that hung over the stricken districts
1t was with saddened hearts that
the community viewed the ruins OF
the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12


The Missouri Historical Society
has just receievd a number of in
teresting additions to its collection
from out of the city. Mrs. w. G..
Clardy of Liberty, Mo-, turned over
to Miss Head, who recently visited
that city and St. Joseph for the So
ciety, a collection of manuscript care
fully kept by her grand father, Over
ton Harris. Among these papers are
the delinquent lists and fines i'm
posed Of the Seventh Regiment, Ken
lucky Militia. 1821-1S25, containing
the names of many prominent fam
lies who came to Missouri, such as
the Rowlands, Harrises, Gentrys Ben
Nets, Todds, Stones, Proctors and
others. Overton Harris was paymas-
ter of mis- regiment. Other letters
giving conditions in Missouri in r
ly tines, prces of land, corn, wheat
and produce of all kinds, as well as
weather conditions, all of which col
lecttvely make up the early history
of Missouri. A number of similar
letters were given by Robert Mil
Ter of Liberty, an early editor of
that locality, some of them signed
by John l.. Hughes, Thomas Fl. Ben
ton and other prominent men, and
giving details of the Doniphan ex-
petition, Mexican War, Civil War,
and politics even prior to 1850.
Miller also presented several bills
of Continental money, 1873, and a
small Clay & Frelinghuysen flag,
printed by himself and used in the
procession at Columbia, Mo-, when
Henry Clay ran for President. Mrs.
Clardy presented some interesting
rellcs-a door lock with brass knobs
used prior to 1850, which style fol
low the old wooden locks; a pair of
candle snuerfs and pieces of home
woven blanket and counterpane.
A most valuable relic was pre-
scented by Miss Mary Alicia Owen OF
st. Joseph, and is a beautiful bowl
and ladle used by the Indian chief,
Black Hawk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
Kansas City, Mo-, May 6.

Baymon Bradley, 16 years old, who
says he has been working near Mex
leo, Mo-, for several months, has
asked the aid of the Kansas City Star
in locating his mother, Mrs. Jennie
Bradley, formerly of this city.
Young Bradley is a bright looking
youth in the messenger service OF
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany here and since he left home,
several years ago, has lost all track
OF his parent. For a short while
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12


One man killed and two others
fatally hurt and more than a score
wounded in a riot at the westmore-
land Coal Company's mime, at Yu-
kon, near here, last night.
A core of thirty gIrardsmen en-
pboyed by the company, clashed with
the miners and, revolvers and shot
guns freely used for 20 minutes.
Paul Koenan, a miner, about So years
old, and married, was shot
through the heart, and Instantly kille
A woman and child. standing IN a
doorway received bullet wounds.
Three guardsmen bear bullets i'm legs
and arms, and many miners have sim
ilar wounds.
State police from Greensbwg dis
perSed the rioters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
Thompson. Mo, Nav 6

Nothing has been learned con,
corning the whereabouts of Geo.
Cooper, who mysteriously disappear,
ed from his home near here Mon.
day. Mn. Hoffritter, of Molino, ia.
ther-in-law of the missing man, f. w.
Wisdom and G. r. Pos)le spent Thurs.
day in Centralia investigating and
returned to that city to-day to con.
tinue their detective work. While
they refuse to make any statement
from every indication they have dis
covered enough to strengthen theiI
theory of foul play.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
MRS. LYDIA r. MORRIS
DIES IN CALIFORNIA,

1AIS
Mrs. Lydia r. Norris, mother oil
John P. Morris, formerly of this
city, died at the family residence
1918 e. Adams St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Monday afternoon, May 2, after a lin
gering illness. Mrs. Morris was a ma.
tive of Maine and was so years old.
She had lived in Los Angeles foud
and one half years.
Funeral services were held i'm Los
Angeles Wednesday afternoon, after
which the remains were accompanied
by her son TO Glenwood, Ia, and plac
cd beside those of her husband who
preceded her 10 years. Inc Leugei
Joins friends i'm extending sympathy
TO the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

John d, Rockefeller would go
broke il he should spend his en-
tire income trying TO prepare a bet
ter medicine than Chamberlain's Col
&c. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel
complaints. 1t Is simply impossible
and so says every one that has used
II. Sold by all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

Within a few weeks 200 baby
p~hcasants will be turned over to the
various farmers in Audraim county
with which TO stock their farms. The
Schopp Bros, north of this city, will
free two full grown ~pheasants
this week, and these birds will
roam Through the woods Matching
their young and helping i'm the work
of stocking Missouri with a new
game fowl.
J.. II. ~Swindler, of the Central Ma
tfonal Poultry Experiment Station, o
this city, who has 300 pheasant
eggs in incubators, says the first
hatch will be about May 10. He will
distribute 200 young birds among the
farmers and keep the remaining 100
for experimental purposes.
The farmers who will get the
young ~pheasants must promise to pro
vide a hen for their care and a coop
so the little fowls cannot roam. AZ
ter they are eight weeks old they
can be liberated. At the next term
of tile legislature a law will be pass
ed making it a breach of the same
If a pheasant is shot during the sue
ceeding four years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

Never hesitate about giving Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to CHI
dren. 1t contains no opium or oth
or narcotics and can be given Will
implicit confidence. AS a quick cure
for coughs and colds to which chi
dren are susceptible, 1t is unsur
passed. Sold by al. druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach,
sweeten the breath and create a
healthy appetite. They promote
the flow of gastric juice. thereby In.
ducing good digestion. Sold by all
druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
Montgomery City, May 5.

Mrs. Emma ]. Hamil of California
brought suit in the Circuit Court here
today to break the will of Gibson
Dickey, farmer and stockman, alleg
ing undue influence and that the
dead man was her father and tina
he was a bigamist.
She claims TO be a daughter o
wife No. 1, whom Dickey married II
California May 20, 1868, and that h
ran away and came to Missouri ant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

r. M. White, president of the
Board of Directors Of Hospital No.
1. AT Fulton, has been appointed a
delegate to the 73rd Annual Session
of the National Conference of Chart
ties and Corrections, to be held In
st. Louis, Mo-, from the 10th to the
2tst of May to consider the various
departments of charitable efforts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

DIR. C. F. Edmonston, Cancer Spec
ialist, Planters Hotel in Mexico, on
May 24th, from II TO 6 O'Clock.
Consultation free. References: VIM.
Greasey, Harvey Reed, r. p. Tins
ley. Chronic diseases a speciality.
4t-S.4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
WOOL
We continue as we
for 80 years to
the highest mar
|ket price for wool
|and other produce.
Sam Morris.

A. q. Smith, formerly of the A. B.
Smith Carpet Co, has leased the
large warehouse on the south side OF
the Wabash r. II. and just west OF
the Clark Avenue viaduct and has
opened the do Anything repair
sshop. Mr.. Smith has many friends
who are glad that he has decided
70 re-enter business In Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12
WASHINGTON. D. G.. MAY S.

After twelve wears the Inflated bat
tleship Maine will be removed from
Havana harbor and the bodies which
went down with the vessel will be
Inferred in the National Cemetery at
Arlington. A bill providing for such
removal and burial which passed the
House has been passed by the Sen
ate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

A letter has been received by II.
e. Mumford, Dean of the College of
Agriculture Of the University, from
the University of Porto Rico at Ria
Piedras. asking the price of some
OF the Holstein cattle, which are
the property of the department there.
The letter was written by r. H.
Mason who was graduated from the
University of Missouri i'm 1909, and
now rs Dean of the department OF
dairy husbandry at the University Of
Porto Rico.
MIR. Mason is a Mexico boy and a
graduate of the Mexico High School.
He is the son of William Mason, one
of AudHain's most prominent plant.
ers. MIR. Mason, or Ralph, as his
friends know him, has steadily forged
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-05-12

A baby duck, just a few days from
the egg, committed suicide Thurs.
day afternoon in the Central National
Poultry Experiment Station. This
story lis no nature fake but the
truth. j. H. Swindler, manager of
the Station, saw the little fowl kill
itself and vouches for the story.
The duck had been made a pet. II
repeatedly refused to associate with
the small chicks i'm the Station and
apparently preferred to oam II
jumped from a small box MIR. Swim
dler placed it In and refused To
take up temporary quarters there.
Finally he procured a box two feet
deep and placed the duck in it. At
ter several Intellectual efforts to
jump out of the box the duck deliber
ately jumped into the air as high
as it could and turned in coming
down. It alighted upon its back and
broke its neck. In a few seconds
II was dead. Mr.. Swindler stated
the duck was apparently mad wher
it attempted suicide and did sc
with premeditated intent.