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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01
FIN. Wilson transacted business
in Hannibal yesterday.

+. M. wilson traHSacIeu OuSlileSS
in Hannibal yesterday.
Mrs. A. H. Green was with friends
in Hannibal, Tuesday.
Judge Eby transacted profess
sional business in Monroe yester-
day.
W. j. Mcleod was here from
Hannibal part of the week with
friends.
Mrs. Corda Lloyd of near Goss
has been the guest of relatives in
this city.
Several farmers. from the Florida
neighborhood were trading here
Saturday.
Attorney j. D. Dale, of Shelby
vile took dispositions in this city
yesterday.
John Sherman is spending a
week with old friends at Santa Fe
and vicinity,
S. E. Shortridge, south of town,
rendered this office substantial fav-
ors yesterday
A. D. Painter and wife of near
StoutsviIle, were shopping in Mon
roe yesterday.
Mesdames Geo. Fitzpatrick and
VIM. Engle of Palmyra came Tues
day to visit friends,
A fine girl made its appearance
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs, Gard
ner Wade Monday. All doing well.
Rains during the past wesk have
frightened the faces of our farmer
friends and you can see the reflec-
ton on the faces of our merchants.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01
s.. Ws!!.::za5 for
Monuments.

Two passenger trains running at
a high rate of speed collided near
McCook, Neb., Sunday, causing the
death of 16 persons and the injury
of 26 others.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Ray Jett spent several days in
St. Louis the past week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Several farmers from the Florida
neighborhood were trading here
Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. James Davis are
proud of the fine young man who
has arrived at their home at Peoria.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

A fine girl made its appearance
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gard
ner Wade, Monday. All doing well.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01
THE HALL OF FAME.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Six
teenth president of United

States. Born
Hardin coun-
ty, Ky, Feb.
u. 1909; died
Washington,
April 10, 1865,
having been
shot in back
of head the
night before
at l'Ord'S the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Mrs. Gertie Lowe of Hannibal,
is the guest of friends in this city
and vicinity.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Mesdames Geo. Fitzpatrick and
VIM. Engle of Palmyra came Tues
day to visit friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Did you see the new horse collar
three sizes in one at
Vowel SaddlerY Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Vim. Shannon of Hannibal spent
Tuesday here with --
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01
THE HALL OF FAME.

THOMAS JEFFERSON-"Au-
thor of the Declaration Of hide
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Harry Reed the marble dealer
transacted business in New London
and Perry yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Attorney j. D. Dale, of Shelby
vile took dispositions in this city
Yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Rains during the past wesk have
frightened the faces of our farmer
friends and you can see the reflec-
ton on the faces of our merchants
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

A. D. Painter and wife of near
StoutsviIle, were shopping in Mon
roe yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

S. E. Shortridge, south of town,
rendered this office substantial faV-
ors yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

John Sherman is spending a
week with old friends at Santa Fe
and vicinity.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-01

Miss Alice Hays of Hannibal, is
the guest of relatives and friends
in this city this week.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

49, 49, A.
lly. but I tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there viii be no backache and bearing
down pains for them Ii they will take
1t as / have. ] am scarcely ever with
81 Is In the house.
81 will say also that I think there Is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them no aud make
them strong and well. Ny eldest
daughter hax taken Lydia i. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain.
ful periods and irrcgularity, and It has
always helped her.
II am always ready and willing to
speak q gocd word for the Lydia E.
Pinkham's Remedies. tellevery one
4 meet that / owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful Medicines
Mrs J.G.J JOHNSON, Scottyille. Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots aud
herbs. contains no narcotics or harm-
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
Cor the largest number OF actual cures
~ female diseases
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
A New Leader from Io,Ua

scorned to recognize Il or to deal with
it in any way. He leaves it now. after
IL Years Of continuous service as sec
retary-treasurer and president, with
several hundred thousand dollars in
Its treasury and Il strong membership
The order now has the recognition or
the mine owners and it deals with
them on even terms in fixing wages.
II has a I'll system of death and en-
benefits and il ranks as the
strongest and best organized OF ALI the
districts in the International union.
AS ne comes into the presidency OF
the union. n new test OF
John whites mettle faces him. hat
organization is not as well off fnan-
cially as ii has been: it is split bv dis
sensions. one of them involving tho
nero or the miners, who was ordered
by the last international convention AT
Columbus, Ohio. to Withdraw from the
National Civic federation or from the
union. Whites election has brought
him enmlties, and as a result he faces
certain situations which are bound to
.ry ms mettle. To lead the organiza-
ton safely through these difficulties 10
a task for q real leader.
This new John OF the miners 60 q
man or fine intelligence and wide in
formation In spite Of his limited
schooling. He is one Of the strongest
deoaters in the great ~internationl con
Vehtlons. When he speaks he speaks
Wlth-a logic and sound sense hat al
ways command a hearing and carry
conviction. Though he never had time
ior anything In his life but hard work
ne is q man of fine courtesy and gentle.
ness or manner. He has been a fight
er Tor the rights of the miners ALI his
career n he has a reputation for
harness. When his home city OF Os-
haioosa. In Iowa, recently celebrated
MS eiectloh, mine owners, bankers and
BUSINESS men vice with the miners In
doing him honor. There ia a rr;endli,
ness In his face and an honesty and
sincerity in his amer that wins him
every mans confidence immediately.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
From Human Life,

From Human Life.
A new leader has come up out of
the ranks OF the toilers into the COM
mand Of the worlds greatest labor
u~nion-John p. White, of Iowa.
A dozen years age he was digging IN
the mines for a meager living. Now he
has a place of unusual power as head
OF the United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea. which numbers its members over
100000 and spends it's money by the
millions as 1t fights for higher wages
and better working conditions.
1t was lucky for John p. White that
he was born right. Otherwise his
cramped boyhood might have led
merely to a cramped manhood and I'M
inspiring toll might haze been his lot
throughout his days. But he had a
splendid mother-a devout Christian
woman with a spark Of ambition for
her children that never died out. She
made sure that her six boys and girls
were honest, decent obedient. You
may have those good qualities even IL
you are poor" she told them, And
then his mother stirred her children
to ambition. There's a way up high
err If you'll only find it," she told them.
Under that sort of training, John P.
| White, the boy, got a fine character
and a strong sense of obedience and
faithfulness to duty. He acquired a
| passion for self-education that sticks
to him even to this day. To this he
added a fine sense of feeling for the
needs OF his fellow men. The deep
conviction that the latter needed to be
led up and out of their unsatisfactory
moral. social and economic environ
ment was probably the real reason why
he became a leader n a man OF in
| fiuence and power In his mining camp
while he was still under 20.
John p. White got his first oppor-
tunity to show what stuff Is in him In
1890. when he vas elected secretary
~treasurere OF the Iowa district of the
| international union of miners, He
found the organization weak, bankrupt
and d~isorganized; the miner owners
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

The crowds surged and beloved, and
there was pandemonium.
Warrington started home at 9. Up
to this time he had been Indifferent. but
ID was impossible not to catch the spirit
of this night. Win or lose, however, he
wanted TO be alone. So he went home.
lighted the fire In his working-room,
called his dog, and sat there dreaming.
Down town the clamor was i~ncreas-
ing. The great throngs round the bull
lefins were gathering in force. Bon
fires were gathering on the corners.
In is Observation-Disclosures. 9.7S2:
Donnelly. 9.0S6.
Close. terribly close. But those dis
tricts upon which the fight really de-
pended had not yet turned up.
The Call had notified Its readers that
when the eturn were all I'm and the
battle decided. II would blow a whistle.
IL Warrington was elected, Ave blasts:
IL Donnelly. ten.
So warrington waited. sunk in his
chair, his legs sprawled. his chin on
his breast. and his eyes dra wing phar-
toms In the burning wood fire.
well. Jove. old man, you and I may
have to pack up tomorrow. III we are
licked. you and I'll 60 TO Japan. That's
a country we've always been wanting to
see."
Jove lifted his head. somewhat
SCARED, and gazed up ct his master
with a steadfast love in his red brown
eyes.
Warrington sat up quickly. drawing
IN his legs. A whistle! He caught his
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
Anxthina to obIiae a Fare.

From the st. Louis Dispatch.
The conductor of the old fashioned
slow going London horse bus turned to
the driver.
Look ERE he exclaimed disgusted-
". "a bloke just got In that wants yer
20 pull up at the next 'ouse after the
fourth lamp post wot's got yeller
blinds"
"Orl rite-orl rite!" Jehu responded.
People amt wearing out their boot
leather. I don't think. Just s. an 'arsk
i'm which part of the 'ouse ed like to
be druy to-inter the parlor. wi the
Tic %
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

when my first baby was six
months old he broke out on his head
with little bumps. They would dry
up and leave a scale. Then it would
break out again and It spread all over
ais head. All the hair came out and
his head was scaly all owe Then his
face broke out all over in red bumps
and II kept spreading until it was On
his hands and arms. / bought several
boxes of ointment, gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him, but he got worse all the time. He
had IL about six months when a friend
told me about Cuticura. | sent and
.got a bottle OF Cuticura Resolvent, a
cake of Cuticura Soap and a box OF
'Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to improve.
He began to take long maps and to
stop scratching his head. After taking
two bottles of Resolvent, two boxes OF
ointment and three cakes of Soap he
was sound and well, and never had
any breaking out of any kind. His
hair came out in little curls all over
bis head. ! don't think anything else
would have cured him except Cuticura.
II have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Snan several times s!2SG 20 ass
for cuts and sores and have never
known them to fail TO cure what / put
them DID. | think Cuticura is a great
remedy and would advise any n to
~ TpAIn4,ro GNon L. fhn hast fIak
[ have ave- used for toilet purposes"
(Bigned) Mrs. +. E. Harmon, r. K. D.
3, Atoka, Tenn, Sept. 10. 1910.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
sen,s Loolc.

Ben said his friend, waking up
from a Teverie in which he had been
gazing abstractedly at the shiny ex.
panse of Ben's skatin- rink-for-fies, is
there nothing you could do for your
baldness?"
Ben, by the way, is only forty.
mo, ladi" he replied with de-
cision. Fifteen years ago | was
counting strong, and | tried lots o.
things. But about that time T. prince
OF Wales-Edward, you know-came
to open t new hospital, and l said to
myself as soon as | saw him liftin'
his hat to Z crowd. Ben, my lad, tina
can give it up as a bad job, and save
thy brass. IL there was owt at nd
cure a bald head they'd ha' cured
his. "-Tit-Bits.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
Clifford Willis, Former AgrOno-
mist at Experiment Station,
Gives Good Advice.

Clifford Willis. who was the agrono-
| mist at the state college experimental sta
| ton at Brookings, but is now editor Of
the Northwest Farnstead, publishes in
his paper an article that should claim the
careful attention Of every farmer. Mr..
Willis says:
Remember. the most important factor
in farming In the northwest is how to
| conserve soil water. There is hardly a
| season in which some crop is not reduced
from a fourth to a half of its yield be-
cause there vas not enough water to ma
ture t.
The soil may have been in good Condi-
ton. plenty Of plant food present, in fact,
all other conditions may have been ia
V0rable to the crop, but yet with an IN
sufficient supply Of water all of this eX-
pense cunts for little, and in many IN
stances nothing. The question before the
farmer is, to what extent can he control
the soil water? The supply of water is
not due to lack OF rainfall in many parts
of the northwest. but to its unequal dis
]tribution.
Held il Three Ways.
The water which has its direct flow
pernendicularly downward during and aft
er rains is called grayitatlonal water. 1t
moves through the shrinkage cracks and
spaces left by decaying roots. Plants do
not use t. and It is detrimental 10 most
cultivated crops when within IS inches Of
the surface. However, ii IS the supply for
wells and springs. and also the source
from which capillary water is drawn.
Capillary water does not flow by gray
ity, 1t is the direct source Of moisture
for plants and may be drawn upward or
downward, depending whether the soil is
dried at the surface or below. In dry
times the capillary action may be strong
enough to ra.se the water five or six feet,
the power depending on how good a physi-
cal condition the soil IS in. II the soil Is
in poor condition, that is. coarse and Clod-
dy, and the soil particles not close enough
together, then the water cannot rise to
take the place Of that carried off by
evaporation or used up by the plants. On
the other hand. II the soil is in good con-
ditiOn, that is. the particles close to-
Rether, then the water passes freely to
the surface.
l wonder if we have ever stopped to
notice the track of a horse on the plOwed
ground. Notice that the surface SOL of
the track IS moist. This is because the
soil particles nave been pushed close to-
gether, and there is capillary action be-
tween them, and the moist surface shows
that the water is passing off in the air.
This should teach us a lesson. We hOu
ask what must we do to stop THIS water
from passing off into the air, so that it
VIII pass Oil '"'o"S" INC 'isSueS VI 'n''
plants.
Inc answer Is very Sl'hpIe' Dream Tue
compact >oIl ~ Li,'dS9 ana mus p'eah tie
C'lt'"IE So"ieN'Ioh ""p ''op me ""'e-
form a soil mulch. ] believe 1t is the mosC
important means u preventing the 1osa
Vi m@let' WY q D'5on9 'nG
od"a aa Nv It, 49,, ~ .oist
nCt T-t 80 .,o" ~ 49,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

ney Pills removed them all. At the age
of 76 ! feel like a boy and enjoy health
and comfort. Can anyone wonder at
my gratitude?
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

more confidence than the dog VIII nava,
ways his tail ~
ooIne husbands and wives are SO con.
s tnal they even wear the same neck.
neis.er the divorce.
of course. 1t makes a man fee, small "a
get into & tight place.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
Gentle Cynic's MUSINGS.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Price loses It's favor when you have TO
swallow 1t.
Msay a n,en's philosophy is merely dys-
peps'a Of the intellect
= vte may be a mans balance wheel
pns IN doesn't always want her TO oper-
ate IA, makes.
The man who never smiles inspires no
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

Vegetable Com
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
/ live on q farm and
have worked very
hard. / am forty
i've years old. and
am the mother of
children.
Many people think
1t strange that lam
not broken down
with hard work and
tha aara cf nv 70 W,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
Tho Minute Man.
From the Toledo Blad

From the Toledo Blade.
Tommy-My gram pa wuz in tn civil
war. an he lost q leg or arm In every
battle ne fit In.
J~chrny-Gee! How many battles was
ne int
Toramy-About 40.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

years was dlILlOEL
helpless. Kidney So
cretions scalded ter
ribly and obliged me
to arise ten to twelve
times a night. My
left limb became SO
stiff and sore / could
hardly walk just
hobbled around with
a cane. | had almost
every complaint that
diseased kidneys pro-
dura and Deans Kid
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
In the Future.

How did you get your start in
life"
Il got a flying start; | was born in
Bn airship."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
OWES
HER
HEALTH
TO Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich.-"I want to tell
vouhow much good LydiaE e. Pinkham's
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

The robe OF righteousness will
aeither shrink moi stretch.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14
FEELS LIKE A BOY.
slnce Doan'a Kidney Pills Cured Him
Of Terrible Kidney Trouble.

Sheldon Smith, Prop. Arlington
House, Woodland, Cal, says: Three
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

The custom OF using passports da,ss
back 10 the first crusade.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-14

A roar that rose and died suddenly,
and a wailing of tin horns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-02
\ TIMELY MOVE.

The agitation for the parking of
the vacant blocks just north of the
O.-W. r. & y. tracks and depot is
timely. The new depot is in use and
also the new express warehouse while
the old express building has been
removed. The way now seems clear
for some betterments in that vicinity.
II is said the railroad company is
willing to allow its vacant blocks used
for parking purposes and if so per-
haps ways may be found for bring
ing about the transformation of the
present unimproved lots into a plaza
or commons.
The ladies civic club is already en-
gagged in work of this nature and the
Commercial club is now TO take a
hand. Between these two organiza-
tions it seems a move should be
brought about whereby either the
railroad company or the city will
park the vacant lots near the depot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-02
TODAY's BIRTHDAY SKETCH.

United states senator George Pea
body Wetmore of Rhod Island, is
siXty-five years old today, for he was
born August ., 1876, during a visit OF
his parents to London. He is a grad
uate of Yale University, with an A
NJ. degree, and has an LII. b. from
the law school of Columbia univer-
sity.
He was admitted to the bar OF
Rhode Island and New York in
1869; is a trustee of the Peabody
Museum of Natural History in Yale
University, and was nominated a fell
low of the University in 1883, but
declined. Senator Wetmore is a
trustee of the Peabody education
fund. and director of other associ.
ations. He was the first presidential
elector of Rhode Island in 1850 and
served again in the same capacity in
1854.
When the representatives of the
French government made their visit
tc Rhode Island in 1881, Mr.. Wetmore
was appointed n member of the COM
mittee to receive them. He was q
member of the commission to build
the new state house of Rhode Island
and has served the state. as governor
twice. Mr.. WetmOre was defeated OF
the eighth ballot for United States
senator in 1889, but was elected tc
succeed Nathan f. Dixon, in June
1894, receiving the unanimous vote
OF the general assembly in the senate
house and joint assembly He was
reelected in 1900, and again for the
term ending March 8 1913. He has
been allied with the so-called trust
senators" and for that reason it is ex-
pected that senator Wetmore will
have a fight to win another re-elec.
uon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-02
My SUCH FAV0RTTIsMq

II has been five days since the East
oregonian reproduced a story from
the Walla Walla Bulletin saying that
the officials of the Pacific Power &
Light company had agreed to install
cluster lights on Alder street in Wal
Ia Walla and To do so without ad.
ditional cost to the property owners
The patrons will merely have to pay
$2.3S per month TO meet the charges
FOR electricity used
At that time the East Oregonian
asked why such discrimination as
this Should be shown. 1t was asked
Why the electric company promises to
install cluster lights free in Walla
Walla yet charges from $40 to SIS for
installing such lights in Pendleton.
Thus far no answer has been made
to the question. Is it possible the
electric company has no explanation
to offer? Is the company going to
admit that it plays favorites and that
Walla Walla is the favorite and PEN
dleton the goat?
1t is time for an explanation of this
seemingly rank piece of discrimina-
tipr