Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-01-07
MEXICO AND
AUDRAIN DURING
H PAST YEAR

IL. Mrs. Caroline Brown, rs years
old, died.
IL. Mrs. Ashby Bolts, IS years old
died at her home north of Mexico.
The new city administration, head.
ed by Mayor J. W. Dry, took charge
The jefferson Bar closed.
Is. Miss Ruth Durkee and Grover
C. Cottingham, of Roswell, N. NJ,
we're married.
16. Clyde Lafferty vas killed by
a train at Farber.
80. Herbert Pryor was reelected
superintendent of the Mexico Public
Schools.
81. Henry Jung, 70 years old, died
at his home west of Mexico.
%. Mrs. Mary L. Clark, SO years
old, died.
J. w. Weaver, 66 years old, died.
26. Mrs. Martha Caldwell, SO,
died at her home southeast of Mexico.
81. M. B. Wilkerson, 81, a pioneer
Missourian, died at Santa Fe.
30. VIM. F. Atkinson leased the
Kemper building for his Offices.
Hon. George Robertson, 81 years
old, died.
80. R. W. Davis, 10 years old, died
at his home cast of Benton City.
May
L. A proposition to extend the ell
ectric line north and south was sub
mitted to the Commercial Club.
8. A hailstorm did considerable
damage to crops north of Mexico.
A. Cleanup and Paintup week in
Mexico opened.
The tax levy for the county was
fixed at SOC on the 500 valuation.
5. f. H. Fricke, State Food and
Drug Commissioner, inspected Mex
leo stores.
8. The Graham Latimer Co., Of
ottumwa, Ia, leased the Greer build
ing.
The old Green Clay home was sold
at public auction.
9. The marriage of Miss Minna
Ecton to w. c. Huey was announced
after being kept a secret for a year,
10. The Rev. j. E, Ascue resigned
as pastor of the First Baptist church
IL. The thermometer dropped As
degrees in Is hours.
IS. 7. j. Hoxsey bought the feed
and grain store of w. S. Hathaway
and Co.
Curtis Cauthorn and Miss Lillian
Terry, of Ennis, Texas, were married
George McLoney and Miss Helen
Rensler, of Moberly were married.
10. Charles Creigh, 70 years old
died at his home near Santa Fe.
%. Commencement exercises of M.
M. A. were held.
81. Mrs. A. G. Powell, IS years old,
died.
29. The second annual banquet of
the Mcmillan High School Alumni
Association was held.
June
/. Commencement exercises of Nc
MILAN High School were held.
James B. Weaver, 81 years old,
died.
2. Hardin College commencement
exercises were held.
g.. The Audrain County Interde-
nominational Sunday School conven-
ton opened at Rising Sun church.
5. Silo Day in Mexico.
6. The Audrain County Dairy
Association was organized with |. T.
Van Note president.
8. The glove factory in Mexico
opened.
IL. II rained.
Thomas Boone, n years old, died,
IL. The Elks' Minstrel was given
at the Airdome.
Is. Ground was broken for the
new gymnasium at Hardin College.
Mrs. Clay Mcclure, "a years old
died.
10. W. W. Briscoe was killed by 9
train at Francis.
Ralph Dobyns and Miss Zells
Brown were married.
10. Mrs. Virginia Benson Bolts, 81
years old, died.
20. Mrs. Mary Elliott, "a, a life
long friend of Mrs. Bolts, died at he
home near Moline.
"a. John E. Fish and Mrs. Ami
Huston, of Sweet Springs e mar
| ried.
Miss Elsie Baker and Lance Ellis
of Tulsa, Okla, e married at tn
brides home at Long Branch.
81. Caleb Berry, 70 years ole
died.
30. Mrs. B. C. johnson, 10, form
erly of Mexico, died in St. Louis.
July
8. Mrs. W. L. Kent, 60 years ole
died.
Jack Wilding and Miss Leta Loeb
ridge were married.
8. John Abbay and ] H. Sale
quit the Mexico School Board afte
MANY years of service.
Tom Gill, of Ell Centre, Calf, an
Miss Grace Morris were married.
IA. The proposition for the exter
sion of the electric line was signe
by the Board of Directors of the Con
mercial Club.
II. Twenty-one horses were Ell
tered in the big $1,000 Saddle Stal
at the Mexico Fair.
IS. The apportionment of Stat
money for good roads in Audrai
county was $2,S48.45.
81. A committee from the Fede'
ated Clubs was distributing "Whit
List" cards to food merchants SEQ
ing above 80 per cent for cleanliness
etc.
"a. The Pure Food Show opens
in the Greer building.
25. The corner stone for the ne
Hardin College gymnasium was laid |
the Masons.
26. Robbers broke into G. w. RoI
erton's hardware store.
81. The city tax levy was fixed
SOC on the $500 valuation by the Gil
Council