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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
ODD FELLOWS
Monroe County Association Held
Eleventh Annual Session Here
Tuesday. A Pleasant
Occasion.

OOu elbows III WOHTOe OILy IL O6lHB
the occasion of the Eleventh An
nual reunion of Monroe County Odd
Fellows. More than 300 Odd Eel
lows were in attendance Lodges
at Paris, StoutsviIle, Madison. Holli-
day. Center, Hannibal. Palmyra.
Hunnewell, Shelbina and perhaps
other points were represented.
A special train loaded with Odd
Fellows from the south arrived at
2 o'clock and all regular trains
brought in people to attend the
meeting. There were some disap-
pointments as Grand Master Bryant
was pot able to attend on account
of duties elsewhere and Deputy
Grand Master Sterling was detained
at home on accout of serious sick
ness in his family and the Center
Lodge team was not here because
some members of the team we're
on the jury at New London. ALI of
these were very much regretted
but were unavoidable and no one
was to blame. The Odd Fellows
met at the opera house and march
ed to the Christian Church where
the afternoon services were held.
The program was:
Prayer, Rev. 7. D. Brown; Song,
Because You're an Odd Fellows
Child, Miss Lena Green; Address of
Welcome, Rev. W. &. Alcorn; Re
sponse to Welcome Address, E. M,
Alexander, P G. NJ, l. o. O. F. of
Mo; Song, The Day is Ended" Miss
Tib Evans; Address. j. P Boyd.
All of these numbers good and
pleased the large audience. The
address of MIR. Boyd was a splendid
address and was highly compliment
ed by all who had the pleasure of
listening to it; and it was calculated
to make man better and more fra
ternal.
Then at Odd Fellows hall is where
the Rebekahs made themselves fa-
nous. There they had prepared a
turkey supper. yes. a turkey supper
with all the trimmings. ham, pie,
etc. And it demonstrated the fact
that the Rebekahs are good cooks
because the visitors were loud in
their praises, and the way they ate
demonstrated that they were telling
it right when they said they never
sat down to better meal on any
such occasion. Mrs. H. j. Kent as
superintendent of the work deserves
great credit for the systematic way
in which the crowd was handled, as
well as for the good things prepar-
ed to eat. Then to add more pleas
ure to the occasion the ladies had
the Symphony Orchestra render
music while the guests were eating
Then in the evening at the opera
house the Initiatory Degree was ex-
emplified by the Stoutsville Lodge
in such a beautiful and impressive
manner as to ELECTED much praise.
After that the First Degree was put
on by the Paris Lodge which no
doubt is one Of the best teams in
the Order. We will not attempt to
say anything about this as mere
words cannot do it justice, the
work must be seen. Two candidates
took the Initiatory degree and five
the First degree.
After this came a talk by Rev.
j. d. Mendenhall, Of Marceline, the
Grand Chaplain which was good
practical talk on Odd Fellowship.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
Fears Sudden Riches at 81.

WatervilIe, Kas,, Nov. IL No
joy came to Peter 0dell, 81 years
old. when he learned today that he
was heir to $25O000. He is slowly
dying from a disease which is in
durable.
All his life 0dell has lived in pow
erty, earning his daily bread by fish
ing and doing odd jobs. The thought
of sudden riches only brought ter
ror to him.
When he was told that his broth
er, A. H. 0dell, had been found dead
in Los Angeles. and had left a for
tune of $500,000 to two brothers,
the aged fisherman cried out: MY
Goal Why could he not live to enjoy
it and not leave it to me. do not
know what to do with so much mon
ey, / am afraid of it,
Peter 0dell had not seen his
brother since 1857. A third broth
er, B. B. 0dell, lives in New York.
William Shannon, a Monroe City
boy who holds a responsible posi-
ton with the Burlington at Hanni-
bal was here Saturday and Sunday,
He is very enthusiastic over Build
ing and Loan Associations. He is
a stockhoIder in a Hannibal institu-
ton and says that they are not only
a benefit TO the borrower and in
vestor, but especially to a young
man as they induce him to save
his money.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers and
Pertaining to Farmers.

When you figure on a sale and
want Col w T-Youell to cry it, call
Ebert Yates at the F & M Bank.
He can give you the Colonels
dates.
Two good stock farms for sale or
trade. Inquire at Democrat office.
1928.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
CATHOLIC BAZAAR.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Nov. u to 80. A
Good Program. A Pleas
ant Occasion.

Afternoon and evening from Mon
day to Thursday, both inclusive,
the week commencing Nov. 81 there
will be something doing at the
opera house. The occasion will be
the Bazaar given by the ladies of
H oily Rosary Catholic church.
An excellent program has been
arranged for the occasion. 1t fol-
lows. Read it and then do not fail
to be present.
In addition to the various MEM
bers on the program the Holy
Rosary Orchestra will be present
and furnish good music whenever
opportunity offers. Of course you
are arranging to attend. You will
greatly enjoy the program which
follows:
Monday evening, Nov. 27.
Recitation When Ny Paw was
a Boy"
Master Lee Pierceall
Action Song Won't You Play
House With Me?"
Lii tie Bows and Girls
Irish Jig Junior Girls
Dialect Recitation Angela and
Carlotta"
Master Lee Pierceall
Scotch Reel Senior Girls
Tuesday evening, Nov. %.
Anvil Chorus Sodality
Violin Solo Serenade d Amour
Miss Bessie Montgomery
QuaFtette me Rosary
Lula Hays, Ruth Hoar,
Bessie Mudd, Maud Spalding
Mazurka Leschetizhy
MIoo OSG IldIuplOu
Reading My One-legged Goose
Miss Lottie Montgomery
Vocal Solo ODry Those Tears
Mrs. Geo. Deimer
Duet The Witches Flight
Ruth Hoar. Virginia Hoar
Recitation Up the Is'e
Miss Cordelia Hoar
The Flatterer C. Chaminade
Miss Ruth Hoar
Duet lie Carlton
Dee Hampton, Bessie Vanmarter
Trombone Solo Holy City
Thomas Montgomery
Chorus Goodnight
Sodality
Wednesday evening, Nov 20.
Symphony Orchestra and other Sc
lections.
Thursday evening, Nov. 80.
Grand Distribution
Committee-T. M. Boulware, Alfred
Jaeger. Roy Mcfarland, w. M.
Patterson, E. A. Thompson, B.
T, GenteeS, j. D. Rohr, Earl
Mudd, W. H. Elliott, R. F. Pier
Ceall, Edmund Pike.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

H. j. Blanton, the Horse Editor of
the Paris Appeal, was in Monroe
City part Of the week
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
Make 1t More Profitable.

Every farmer will find it quite
profitable to spend Dec. 13 and ID
attending the Farmers Institute in
this city. The state is to furnish four
good practical farmers who can and
will give information which will be
worth dollars to every farmer. By
all means have the boys and young
men to be present as they will give
information which will be valuable
to them every year of their life.
Farming is the most scientific busi-
ness i'll the world and yet a great
majority of those who are farmers
do not study the effects of different
treatments of the soil, the care and
breeding of corn, what is the best
crops to grow and why, the breed
ing and care of live stock as they
should. The more farmers study
their business the more profitable
will farming become
Then the State is also going to do
something for the ladies. Miss
Welch will be here on Dec 18th to
talk on a subject of great import
ance to every lady, be she on the
farm OF in the toWa, Home Eco
.nemies-is eoRsethine in (which all
ladies are interested and every lady
in this vicinity should arrange to
hear Miss Welch. The program has
not yet been made out but watch
the Monroe City papers as it will
appear later. In the meantime ar
range to be present at every ses-
sion. 1t will pay you.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
Get Business by Advertising in the Democrat

candidates, and others made short
talks. After this all Odd Fellows
again wended their way to Odd
Fellows hall where a tree lunch
was served by the Rebekahs with
the compliments of Monroe Odd
Fellows lodge. It was called lunch
but it was in fact a square meal
and again the Rebekahs were high
ly complimented for the elegant
repasts and long will the Odd Fel-
lows of Monroe County remember
and speak in the highest terms of
the good things they had to eat
here on this occasion.
In every respect this meeting
was a grand success and Monroe
City is better because of it and the
visitors went to their respective
homes with a kindlier feeling for
Monroe City than ever before Such
meetings do much good for the
community in which they are held
and Monroe hopes at some future
date to have the Odd Fellows with
US again. We are glad you came
and hope you enjoyed the occasion
as much as did our people.
Egg Was IL Years Oh.
Cold storage interests have per-
sistently opposed every movement
for law requiring a record of the
time products (eggs particularly
have been stored. They claim such
a law would make prices of fresh
products universally high to consul
mers, through prejudicing people
against stored goods. and that the
periods for which eggs are stored
are too short anyhow, to make such
a law really beneficial. In support
of which itis thoaght that no great
publicity will be given 10 the case
of the egg which Bowling Green,
Ind, emerged from storage in Octo-
Der bearing the date 1899 Last
month John Zenor of Bowling Green
received a letter from a girl in
Brooklyn, who found his name and
a request for matrimonial corre-
spondence on the egg which Zenor
packed IL years ago, when working
in an egg packing house. He has
been married ten years Missouri
Ruralist.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16

You can buy quarter OF beef
cheap at Mark c. Hawkins.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30

TsxaA
In miles Texas Is bigger than half
of the territory east Of the Mississippi
uYer.-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Daddy Bedtime
r E%z4Sa-sA&
S4o~ The Robin Family's
oIO1y " Special Freight Car

~ He children were grumblng about having to go to bed 81 s"n-s
o'clock va their regular bedtme-but when folks next door were
going to have a party they thought they ought to be allowed to stay
up until O.
mot a bit of 1T" mother had said, and of 20 bed they went and there
daddy found them tossing r@lessly about In their ctsw when he came up to
say good night .4..saaAai
"Why don't you shut your eyes and 60 to seepr' he inquired <0 s9aAH
Beds too hard" growled Jack. 81 can't go to sleep"
"Ths old sheet is full Of wrinkles" complained Evelyn 81 can't be comfy"
at seems to m e you are very particular children. You ought to be very
thankful Tor you nice BEDS" admonished their father. Gust suppose you had
to sleep outdoors all night like those poor little robins in the treetop"
"TIuh. 1 wouldn't mind" from Jack. "Thats a cherry tree"
"weI, robins are not all 8 lucky as those in our cherry tree / read OF a
par Of robins mistakenly making their nest right O. top O. a freight car.
The nest was built when the cal was standing still. Mother Robin laid some
eggs In Inc nest and began to sit N them, when-to the robins-a strange thing
happened The train began to nov MI. Robin stuck right by lis wife, and
she bravely stuck to hsr nest The noise and the motion nearly drove them
wild. The train had gone all the way to Buffalo before a policeman noticed
the nest behind the top rum Il the ladder hch the pmkemen ue 1r chnp-
Ing N top Of the freight car. :.
road men about It, All Of them admired the plucky little bird sc much that
they found N excuse for placing the car o a siding, where II was lett unit
the young birds werel large enough to fly away.
at seems to me" declared Evelyn, that birds ar real lucky. Ispose they
couldn't collect any fare from them. yet there they were nvehng all oert ~
country fr nothing. They won't let u Oh the cars without tickets What
would they do to Jack and me II we would get o the cars that way and go
to visit grandma"
"The trainmen would very probably lock you up, very properly, too" e
piled daddy warnmgy. -
"wen. I don't think it's fair. Birds a fly anywhere they want to go and
children cantp'
But little children have little minds and memories, and If they re wise
stay right 1t home where they have some n to take care Of them and tell
them bedtime stones'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
About the Flicker.

The flicker, or yellow hammer, Is one
Of the bird carpenters. Using his bill
as a chisel, he builds his home by cut
ting a hole deep into a tree trunk or
telegraph pole. The sharp, stout bill
also comes in handy for grub hunting
In the bark of trees. The flicker Is a
musician, the drummer OF the bird
orchestra, and he plays a great rata.
tat-tat" on tin roofs and drainpipes.
Ants are a favorite delicacy, and for
this reason he Is often seer on the
ground.
The flicker Is handsomely colored.
His gray head Is set off by a crimson
band. The brown back Is evenly bar
red with black and shows a large white
patch when he flies. The wings are
black barred above and show a beau
tiful golden color underneath as he
flies overhead.
A family of young f1ickers is most in
teresting to study. The little fellows
are noisy in demanding their food
and whine for it like a lot Of young
puppies. They gulp down worm after
worm until should think their stom-
achs would burst, but still they cry
for more. AS they grow older they
become saucy and scream loudly II
they see anything new or interesting.
They soon learn good when
they get out In the world and act as
respectfully as any other bird.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
The Evening Chit Chat
By RUTH CAMERON

- YOU ever see trees?
Really "see," I mean, not merely look at"
D It Seems to M that trees are oft The wonderfully lovely things
in nature, whose beauty few of us appreciate.
So many people confne their admiration and enjoyments to the o.
ventional. They rave about sunsets and sunrises-if they ever get up
early enough to see them-and flowers and vastw woodland vstas, because
everyone admires such things. But equally wonderful, though less obvi-
GUS and conventional beauties, such a a individual tree, TO instance,
or a wonderful cloud effect, they never notice at IL
How many men and women there are who couldn't tell you what
kind Of trees they pass o their way down town Dr. to work or even what
kind of trees grow in front of their homes. They just haven't thought
them worth looking at
And yet, can you think of anything more lovely than a white birch
tree standing slim and tall and straight, like a beautiful young girl, with
every leaf a qutveing In the wind like the shimmerng and huttering OF
her garments?
Can you think Of anything more gratifying to the eye than the
symmetry of a perfectly symmetrical maple?
Can you think of any more inspiring symbol OF majesty staten-
ness and dignity than a towering pine or fir or a giant redwood treef
Do you know any better example of exquisite grace than a young
wilow2
A perfect tree seems to lie n of the most wonderful things that
God evr made.
There used to be a marvelously perfect maple tree in my Hne OF
vision from M study window. It lowered vel above d tnree-story
house it stood beside, and when 1 vas tired it a q real rest o me to
watch 1t toss its green branches against te pHe oe Oh III Say l 1"A
almost everyone in the neighborhood loved that tree.
Eight months 2 a new owner Of the property chopped ina mapl
down because lit Uttered up the yard too AUG
almost turned socialist the day la tree was san, In my reoehloh
against a system that makes it possible fol a man eouio not appre-
cate that beauty to own and destroy it.
Trees seem tt me more individual and human thn anything else IN
nature. No wonder the old saxons endowed them with souls mo wor
that has grown up with your family and o stands o n stately guard
over our house. Or that gnared apple tree that has welcomed gener-
ations of chmberfng youngsters into its rheumatic old arms "a n IN
diTdualty? =
Teach kinds of trees. teach them
49, IA4-ae+n 1@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Tho Power of the Breath.

When you have breathed into a
paper bag In order to initiate it, for the
fun OF popping 1t afterward with your
fist, have you ever asked yourself what
is the power of your lungs7 You are
aware that this force Is capable of
being measured by the instrument call
ed the spirometer, which you will often
see at fairs. You may replace this
elaborate affair with a simple paper
bag.
Let your bag be long and rather mar
row, of a sufficiently strong fabric.
Lay 1t fat on the edge Of the table, its
mouth toward you; charge it with
gradually increasing weights, such as
books; then begin to blow, and you
will be fairly astonished at the weight
your breath is able to balance. AS
soon as you have become expert you
will find 1t quite easy to upset a couple
Of heavy books, one above the other,
by blowing underneath Chronological
Experiments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
A Now Button Button.

A Now Button Button.
The ortentals play button" with a
fruit stone. Instead of saying Button,
button, who's got the button" the
leader sings:
Something for all, a pip for one;
Four o'clock seeds and pineapple bun;
Pewter, please and powder-run!
As the leader shouts the last word
the child who has the stone starts for
the goal, which he sometimes makes
without getting caught; then he has
the stone a second time.
A Summer Song.
Butterfly, nutter by. skimming the clover.
Bee, buzz your drowsy song over and
over.
Tell Of the summer sur.
Sing that the winters done.
F1uttsr by, butterfly; hum, golden rover.
Deep In the meadows the daisies are
swinging.
Out Of the th!ckst g thrush song Is ring
Ing.
Mellow wind. yellow light.
All the worlds warm and bright
Everything summers dear praises = cfnS-
tns.
Youths Companion
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30

The three handsome boys In the IL
lustration are sons OF Crown Prince
William Of Germany, eldest son Of
the kaiser. They do not differ in ap-
pearance from youngsters that may be
seen every day In this country. Royal
birth, according to American ideas,
adds nothing to a boy or girl. True
worth is what we appreciate In this
land of the free. The youngster on
the left is Prince Wilhelm Frederick,
born July 4, 1906; on the right is
Prince Louis Ferdinand, born Nov. 8,
1907, and in the middle Is little Prince
Hubert, who will be two years old
next September.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30

Of INNING In one illustration, it is
made of striped material with collar and
cuffs of plain and is worn without a chem
isette. but in the back view it is shown
adjusted over the chemisette that is finish
ed with g. stock collar.
The blouse is made with front and
portions that are Joined over the
ders. The sleeve edges are gathered
finished with bands to which the cuffs
attached. The closing is made invisibly
the back, the round collar being attach
at the right side and hooked into place
the left. The chemisette is separate a.
can be made of any pretty lace or muslt
For the 16 years size the blouse WI
require az yards of material 81 ipShet
wide. 1% yards 36 or A. with E~yard 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
THE MODERN CREDIT HOUSE
A Word TO the Wise About


A few words of direct explanation, giving the essentials of Jul liberal terms, we
feel are necessary to enEghten the public and convince them that ours is original
others being poor limitations with not the advantages to the buyer that our terms
afford.
All that is necessary to open ii account here is 20 cal an select anything you
want just make small deposit and promise to pay a small weekly or monthly pay
ment and the goods are yours.
It's immatrial whether it takes o. six months or longer to pay your bill under
our liberal credit terms you account need never be closed n mr. books you can
keep purchasing clothing from time o time and just nave it charged-thus having a
garment market at yourd disposal to be called upon any time necessity demands
All we want IN return is yor promise to pay a little every weeko or month.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30

no so
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but
did me no good. l
got so bad that l
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition 1 read
of Lydia Z. Pink
hams V egetable
compound, and
bepan IFS usa and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Our Goods

Its unanimously admitted that the larger the buying capacity of a firm the
better pc concessions can be had. This is our advantage for we do a larger vol
m Off business than all other credit stores combined, aud re carry a larger asort-
ment to stores stocked Zone OF Smith St and oe Oh HOBART with Mems, Womens
and Chndrns Clothing, Hats ant Shoes
We do not claim to undesen our competitors $500 or $1,000 o. a garment
That is IN impossbIiy with my store and what re cal misrePresnaton-but you
will undoubtedly get better values for your money here than elsewhere All our
goods are marked in plain figures and guaranteed in every way your money being
ready for you any time if your purchase is not satisfactory and "one Price" is our
mouo to all
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
a short time 1 had gained my average
weight and am now strong and we'll"
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. T. D., No.
8, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.-"I was in a ner-
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
II owe my present good health to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which L be-
lieve saved my life.
"My doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against It,"
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES, Box
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case Is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
~1ammation, liberation, displacementS.
ibroid tumors, Irregularities, PEI
pains, backache~ that bearil1
tooB,r
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Den, q Jolly Game.

"Den" Is a good out of doors game.
Each boy takes the name Of a wild
beast and has a tree to himself, which
represents his den. Any player who
leaves his den Is liable to be tagged by
the next n out. The'best runner gen.
orally starts out first, a second pursues
him, and 80 on until all may be out at
once. If a player can tag any n he
has a right to capture. he takes him
home to his own den, and the latter
must help him to take the rest. The
pursuer cannot be tagged while bring
ing home a prisoner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Our Service

As in all other features of our business our service is superb. 1t doemt make
4 particle of difference how small your purchase Or what your position in life may
be- YOU always secure prompt courteous ueatmen here; and, above all we keep our
promises. Taking al in all the complete content of this advertisement that could
be more convincing or inviingf Give US a call and TALK over
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
AFTER l
~
WEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Waurika, Okla.-'T had female trou-
bles for seven years, was all run down,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
The Evening News
DailyFashion Hints
In erdsring these patterns be surs
TO mention the name
"May Manton-"
BY MAY MANToN -

BLOUSE FOR MISSES AND SMALL
WOMEN, 1882.
What is variously known as the peasant,
or Magyar, blouse is a we'll deserved IA
vorite. This one suits both small women
and young girls. 1t is made with seams
over the shoulders and allows elective Use