Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-08

COUNTY NEWS

J. W. Woodbridge is in st. Louis on
the Federal Grand Jury.
Miss Elizabeth Pearson is now Of
flee secretary for DR.. R. C. STROBE.
J. 7. Mclean, of Kirk, Colo, is Wis
iting relatives and friends in this city.
Mrs. NJ. c. Owen is home from a
visit with her brother at Wentz-
Vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Austin have
moved from Slater to Rodhouse, ILL.,,
to reside.
Mrs. Hugh Donnelly, vino has been
in poor health. is the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank ponuelly, of Mangum, Ok
lahoma.
Mr., and Mrs. Ross Buckley and fam
lily of Pittsburg, Pa, are the guests of
the formers mother. Mrs. Amelia
Buckley, on North Wade street.
Mr.. and Mrs. 6. l.. Denham, who
nave been living in Mexico for the
past five years, are returning TO their
farm near Centralia. They have many
friends in this city who will regret to
hear of their leaving.
The sessions of the Grand Lodge A.
f.. & A. M. of Missouri closed in Kan
sas City, Thursday afternoon. In the
future the lodge will hold the annual
session in st. Louis.
W. H, West of Berkeley, Cali, is
here the guest of Mrs. Kittie Brown
and other Mexico relatives. Mr.. West
has resided in California for four
years.
Mrs. Juhre and two children OF Rod
gers, Ark, are visiting friends at
Hardin College. Mrs. Juhre was for
merly Miss Vera Smith.
T. J. Hoxsey, wife and sister in-law
and j. c. King + preparing to take a
big automobile trip to Detroit, Mich,
Mr.. Kings health has not ben good
and this trip should prove most bene-
fetal.
Mrs. Bert Riley of Bloomington, In
diana, is visiting R. S. Pearson and
family.
Miss Elizabeth Sanford is home
from a business trip to Columbia.
James Murphy, 81 years old, the
Oldest man in Moberly, died Thursday.
DR.. r. N. Crews and family Of Full
ton motored to this city Friday and
were guests of John T. Crews and
family.
Mrs. M. R. Wise has a copy of a
Hagerstown, Md, newspaper Of 1851,
which is a very interesting publica-
ton.
Lawson district, Audrain county,
north of Centralia, put in the last of
eight steel bridges Saturday. This
makes all the bridges in that district
of steel. Besides this, they have 80
concrete ~culverts of varying dimen-
sions and have only 10 wooden cul-
verts, which will soon be replaced by
concrete. This is the only district of
which we know that is so well equip
ped with bridges and culverts.-Cen-
tralia Guard.
Mrs. Betty Gentry Bush is home
from Columbia where she visited Mrs.
Henry Bush.
The Circuit Court has been ad-
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Clayton, Of st.
Louis, have moved to this city, to
make their home. Mr.. Clayton repre-
sents the j. !. Case Pillow Works.
The annual convention of Missouri
Sunday School workers will be held
in Springfield, Mo-, Nov. 1919.
There are 606,400 Sunday School
students in the State and the attend
ance at the meeting will be large.
J. R. Boatman has gone to New
York on bushes.
Mrs. ]. H. Lane is home after a de-
lightful visit in the Ozarks.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
} Rowe Saturday a fine son..
Miss Mabel Grafford is home from
| Vandalia, where she spent Sunday.
Roy Creasey was operated on at the
Mexico Hospital Monday. He is get
ting along very nicely.
The annual reunion of the Craig
s family was held in Galloway County
4 Saturday at Atkinson Ford. A large
e number of the family and its con.
nections was present and enjoyed The
y barbecue.
e Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Locke with ;
party of friends motored to Columbis
r and returned Sunday.
}, James Lewis spent Sunday in Han
e nibal.
Curtis Cauthorn went to Bentol
e City Monday.