Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-09-05
COUNTY NEWS VIEWS

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In a plate gkss show window At
Moore G Fields store. g.
Miss Myrtle McIlvane has return
ed to her home IN Clay cry H.,
after visiting Miss Berthe cordner.
Roland watts of Rockville, NO.,
formerly of this city. Is the guest
OF Mexico relatives.
e. A. Dearing Is home from New
York City where he purchased his
fall goods. .
The rainfall was Lilo inches We'd
nesday night.
Robt. r. Wright and Isadore N.
Taylor are home from different points
in Monroe county. The young men
were absent about a week and made
the trip on their bicycles. They re-
port a pleasant trip.
Miss Elvadsan 81. Clair has re
turned to her home In st. Louis at
ter a visit With her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs, F. H Cordner
Mrs. j. q. waldron Of Colorado isI
the guest Of Mrs. Carrie Edmonston.
aud was here to attend the funeral
of her father. W. A. Edmonstou. re-
Gently.
The following former Mexico boys
attended the recent big race meet
in Butte. Montana: Horace Paul, j.
b. Morris. DR.. John Reed. DR..
Frank Reed, J. S Mckinley, chas,
Norris. frlkI
w. J. MeLoney is home.
sasf. and Mrs o. F. johnson Of
Sherman. Texas are guests OF Mrs.
Carrie Edmonston. Mrs. Johnson Is a
sister OF Mrs. Edmonstou.
Press Adkins was in this city,
Thursday. anG announced grange
ments We're being made Ter MON
ster Democratic love4feast picnic on
September 20. on the Cox heirs farm,
near Hickory Grove church. Audrain,
Galloway and Boone counties touch
this point and all three are expected
to send large crowds.
The program al planned Is as fol
lows: Col. G. Clay, chairman Of the
Audrain County Democratic Central
Committee will introduce Champ
Clark. DR., Taylor. Cailaway count
chairman, will introduce Elllott wv.
Major and Or. Dysart. Boone County
chairman, win introduce Jas. A.
Reed.
The three precincts, one in EACH
county, that touch here are the
three strongest OF their size In the
state. Cant, in Andrain. and Young
ers, In Galloway, are forced, 1t is
said, to send to other precincts
when they have to get Republica
judges OF election.
Jefferson City. Mo, Aug. 2S
r. M. White 6 Son,
Mevlco, Mo.
My dear sirs:
I am just in receipt Of copy Of
the Mexico Ledger. | am very much
delighted TO know that you have
started a popular subscription TO-
raise funds to defray expenses Of the
State and National campaign, This is
commemorate and / want to compli-
melt you for your enthusiasm in this
matter. It is Just the way | think
money should he raised for campaign
purposes, and ii certainly has my
unqualified endorsement.
Yours very truly
mo P. GORDON,
State Auditor.
Mrs. Minerva Wales, Mrs. Alice
Reilly and daughter Julia Minerva Reti
ly Of Mexico Mo, are guests of Ell
mer1 q. Cant and other relatives IN
this city. They arrived here Friday
evening. Mrs. Wales is d native Of
Hancock county. She is the daugh-
ter of the hate jeremiah #. CANT, Of
this city. She was born and mar
ried on the old Cant homestead just
West Of the Mt, Gilead Baptist church
on the Noblesylile Pike, six miles
northwest of this city. She and her
husband left Hancock county in 1870,
and she has not visited her old home
since. Her father was buried ii the
Old Mt Gilead cemetery near the
church. She is the only surviving sis,
ter Of Eli R. Cant, whom she is
visiting, and Mrs, Reilly is her
daughter.