Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-02-27
COUNTY NEWS

Tie Rev. H. +. Truck and wife have
returned to st. Louis.
Mrs. Florence Martin and Miss
Nancy Mosley came over from
Auxvasse Sunday to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Atkinson. Of South Jefferson
street.
Frank w. Bryson, superintendent
OF the Mexico Brick & Fire Clay
Company. sent by Parcel Post satur-
day morning brick Of local manufae
tare TO be used in building brick
house at the Coliseum. Chicago. dur
ing the Clay Products Exposition
which Is to be held February 2eth
to March sth. This brick will be
one Of 25.e00 sent by parcel post
from every briok plant in thu United
States to be used In the construction
OF this house, which win be given
away and re-erected after the expo
sition.
Oscar Kent Of Mexico. now has a pc
sition in the Night and Day Bank
at st. Louis as general bookkeeper.
The general bookkeeper is required
te keep in touch with the actual con
dition OF the bank at all times and
the position requires most compe-
tent man. Mr.. Kent learned the
banking business at the North Mis-
souri, Trust Co. in this city and Is
a splendid bookkeeper.
Frank Aschman, of Martinsburg.
was in Mexico. on business. Monday.
s. L. Robinson, who has been con-
fined to his home by illness for sew
eral days was up town Tuesday, but
unable to resume his work on the
electric line.
], NJ. Dyson. Of Santa Fe is the
guest Of his nephew. Eugene Dyson
and Mexico friends. Mr.. Dyson says,
Santa Fe is booming.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Kennett
on East Monroe St., Monday night a
IL pound daughter. Both mother and
child are doing well.
Mrs. Rolla Bingham is home from
Marshall where she was called by
the serious illness of her aunt.
The l:itle son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Pearl CT Thompson, Mo-, who has
been Very i'll, is much improved.
L. J. Farrah and wife are home
from an extended visit in California.
and are domiciled at their home on
South Clark avenue. The Ledger is
glad to have them back home again.
Last Sunday morning surprise PR
~ composed Of two score neighbors
and friends, with well filled baskets,
gathered at the beautiful country
home Of Mrs. Parsons and son, Ward
Parsons, miles northwest OF Mexico.
to bid them farewell before leav-
ing their farm which they recently
sold The day was most pleasantly
Fpent and all regret that we are to
lose these good people from our
miist. A GUEST.
Miss Ethel Snidow, of this city,
now principal OF the Tulsa, okiaho-
ma, High School, has been elected
treasurer of the Northeast Teachers
Association of Oklahoma. The dis
trict consists Of nineteen counties.
The Association held its meeting this
year at Nowata, Okla, and next
year the meeting will be called at
Bartlesville, Okla.
Several Of the young lady students
from Liberty Ladies' College, which
burned, Sunday night, may come here
to attend Hardin for the remainder
OF the year. Not many can be ac-
comodated here, at present. but it is
probable that some of the young lad
les will take advantage of this
chdnce ana come mere.
The college building burned with
a loss Of about $4,000 imperiling the
lives Of 40 young ladies who were in
the building. The other students
were at their homes spending the
week end. There was about $4,000
insurance,
R. R. Arnold writes the Ledger
wife are having a delightful trip.
He states he hopes the Legislature
will do something toward better Mis-
souri, insurance conditions and closes
by sending regards to all his friends
and saying he is lonesome if he does
not get the Ledger every day