Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-29
= GENERAL NEWS NOTES y

A movement has been started to
oil the Boulevard before the annual
Mexico fair the latter part Of Aug
ust. The City has announced its will
ingness to place this thoroughfare
in readiness for the treatment If suf-
ficient funds are raised by popular
subscription.
The Boulevard, during the Fair,
and for that matter. all summer, is
covered with dust after a short dry
period. The oiling Of it will mean
that for three years. at least, 1t
viii be in fine shape.
The women Of the congregation Of
the Baptist Church met Thursday
afternoon, and in poetry they told
how they each made a dollar for the
Church They netted a nice sum
Of money and the poetry added to
the afternoons entertainment.
The following is one Of the verses
read:
THE dollar l have made for you
TO see
Has kept me busy as the proverblal
bee;
From canning cherries to trimming
Warmers corns
\ had TO get up quite early these
morns.
If mice / would their ~appendages
cut off
He'd give for each a penny.
The murderous work b~egan-4Twas
tough;
That's twenty cents; for l killed
that many.
If from me you must have a dollar
again
Please select cooler weather. Amen.
London. Eng, June %.
Long live the Kingi"
King George was crowned to-day
in Westminster Abbey amid the
pomp and glory of the British EN-
pire. Never has the metropolis of the
world witnessed such vast throngs
or beheld such magnificent ~pageants.
Those who were able to secure
coins OF vantage wednesday remain
ed in their positions throughout the
night, fearing to leave lest they new
er regain them again.
Never was such enthusiasm known
to accompany the coronation cere'
monies as Thursdays and the pub
lie fervor rivaled that Of all his.
tory. There were many accidents be
cause of the great crowds, but the
1000 ambulances and many extra
surgeons and hospital rooms ar
ranged for aided in reducing to or
der what might have been chaos.
John r. zavrell, the alleged in
sane man who was arrested Febru
airy l, in Washington, d. c., while
trying to get into the White House
in order to gain an audience will
President Taft, is a man without
a country. Hospital Commissions
Morfit, Of st. Louis, Tuesday, stated
to the authorities Of that city tina
he considered Mexico, Mo-, the le
gal residence of zavrell and an Of
fort il being made to have the au
thorlties Of Audrain county taxi
charge of him.
]. b. Graham, County Clerk, hal
answered an inquiry from DR. Nor
ut in regard TO the man, to whicl
Mr.. Graham stated he had been un
able to find any relatives of zaV
rell In this city or the county. NJ
one has ever been found here VIII
knows the man.
Everywhere zavrell turns. tn
doors Of asylums and hospitals ar
closed to him because officials ar
disputing about his place of abode.
Washington rejected him becaus
he was supposed to belong to 81
Louis. st. Louis does not want I
receive him because it is contende
there that either Washington o
Mexico, Mo, has a better right I
care for him.
Zavrell was brought to st. Loul
in charge Of Doctor Richard F. IL
bin OF the Board of Charities {
! Washington, arriving shortly befor
; midnight Tuesday night, Doctor II
bin conferred with Doctor Morfit b
telephone and the latter held thf
[ Zavrell was no longer a resident
st. Louis, as he had lived at Me-
leo, Mo.,a year after leaving 5
Louis.
Zayrell presented himeslf at I'll
' White House February l and wan
4 ed to see the President. Taft wa
r a friend of his, he said, and D
wanted presidential help in foillr
/ his foes who we're %conspirtng
I take his wife away from him, /
4 was found on the lawn and placed
I charge of the Board of Charities.
Naturallzed In st. Louis.
An investigation disclosed that u
man had been in this country
. years, had been naturalized in :
d Louis in 1906, had been declared
sane in 1908 and treated IN the !
o sane asylum for a year, when
was discharged as improved.
I. The Board of Charities deeid'
/. that on the record, the man belon
ed in st. Louis, and wrote to Hosp
al Commissioner Morflt about 1t. M
fiji wrote back that Mexico, M
was where the man belonged, as
had lived there for a year after
!. was discharged from the insane as
/! lum in st. Louis.
!, The reply from Washington "
that an insane person could not
y ouire a residence and as Zavrell h
! been discharged as improved a
y not as Cured" he was still lesa
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