Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-05-04
Chunks OF Dnftwood

address the Mexico Club along aboui
July 4. Senator Joel Stone may
also make q talk to the Dippers.
Call on Frank sannebeck and get
a copy Of his htest poem on
The Comforts Of the Farm. DR.. Ka,
naly gives away a copy Of the poem
with each large sale Of Sayman's
Soap.
Mack Jones Of Thompson was In
Mexico Monday to confer with Col.
Joe Pratt for an eBectric coal ex.
tractor that Joe has Just got a pat
ent ID. Mack wanted to trade Joe
a future crop Of black haws for the
extractor, but could not make the
deal. Joe wants the catafoon.
John Beatty and VIII Dempsey,
promoters OF the West End Round
Fable Club. have called off the Club
for the season of 1911. The Club
did much good. charitable work dur
ing the past winter months.
Col. Fred Rohhing. assisted by Jo-
seph Carrico, has the contract to re-
model Chas. Johnson's beautiful W.
Jackson street house. Fred and
Zoe are superb artists behind the sa
and hammer.
Go to church. 1t won't hurt you.
It VIII elevate you and do you good,
and help you to move religiously
walk in the straight and narrow
path.
Misses Goldie and Ambie QUINN
two charming and viuacious young
ladies' who attended the RudaslLEm
erson wedding, Wednesday, rer
turned to their homo Thursday In
Laddonia.
We are pleased to know that our
friend. Tom Cromer, is much i'm
proved. Ills hard to keep a good
man down long.
Col. Joe Pratt and DR.. frankie
Weinand know the name of the
mysterious lady in lavendar. Her
name is Miss Pinkie Pippin, who re-
sides near Fulton.
Here's the Ledger Owls glad hand
to Mr.. H. p. Rudasil and his handr
some and viyacious young bride.
Col. Rudasil has surely plucked a
sweet flower from the Garden of
Love. May thay live long aadl
prosper. (Thanks for cake.)
Joe Norman and Dr. James Sulll
van are in st. Louis on business,
DIR. Norman will address the Board
of Trade of that city.
Tony Weinand and Hop Kemp re-
Gently made a visit to the handsome
home OF Jack Norris, Just south of
town, and were royalty enter
tanned by Mr.. Morris. Jack says
be wants a soulmate weighing
about 200 pounds. The above gentle
men win see that Jack gets the
proper lady.
Col. Leo. Woods, of Norborne,
Mo-, transacted business in Mexico
this week. Leo met with an ovation
while shaking hands with friends.
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel Tillman, of
this city, are guests Of friends in
Glasgow at a progressive house par
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ty, OF which Col. Tllman and wife
are guests of honor.
Col. Sam Morris tells the Owl
that Editor Rob WbIte has fallen
heir TO a valuable piece of a Dot,
just north OF the Ledger office. Oh,
we'll, Col White is always playing
In good luck,
Kelley Wilkerson, the tree king,
is sure there with all kinds OF young
apple trees. The Kings office is
just north OF Hotel Hoxsey.
The Owl excerpts the following
from Capt. Sam Potter, formerly of
this city, now an artistic shoe cut
ter of Kirksyille. Mo-: Mr.. R. Dill;
Dear friend-I received your lively p
per to-day with thanks, and read
your Dillites with pleasure and re.
greet; pleasure at your kind regards
as to myself, but extreme regret
to learn of the death of poor VIII
Kemper. Please extend my sympath
to his father, brother and brother
in law We are very busy here; 4
rows of cutters and all filled. Have
a large army order, besides other
orders. When the ladies get their
votes, / presume the next thing they
will want will be to be soldiers, and
then you will see the Mexico Fac
tory making ladies army shoes, as
they can be made better there than
anywhere. Kirksville is not nearly
so good a town as Mexico. Would
like u City Fathers to visit Mex
leo; also our papers here, they both
could learn a lot from your up TO
date town. Am always glad to
see your paper as it Is so refreshing.
Yours In friendship,
Sam P. Potter.
Our warm personal friend, Col
-, of this city, gets gay, spends
wo cents and sends the Ledger
Owl the following cruel" lines.
Poor fellow. How he must suffer. His
liver must be badly out of whack. If
he ,oes not soon get relief, wei