Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-01-07
August.

3. Jerry Fowles, 30, died at ASH
land.
IL. The big Mexico Fair opened.
Maurine Fisher won the mare class
OF the $500 Saddle Stake.
II. Golden Go won the gelding
class of the $500 Stake.
IS. Astral King won the stallion
class of the big stake.
IA. Atrial King won the champion
ship class of the $500 Stake.
IS. George Middlekamp, of Hawk
Point and Fred Detienne, of Van
dalia, were elected members of the
State Democratic Committee from the
Ninth District.
10. Bruce Piper and Miss Annie
Haycraft were married.
20. DIR. Harry Gibbs moved to
Dawson, N. NJ, to take charege Of a
hospital.
The Chautauqua opened on the
Central School grounds.
81. Miss Nina Stallings left for
China where she was to be a mission
airy.
20. The lease of the 0rpheum
theatre was sold by Tom Mexican to
Truitt and Corbett.
%. William Baker, 81 years old,
died in this city.
25. The Chautauqua for 1915 was
guaranteed by Mexico citizens.
80. Mrs. Rufus Hisey, SO, a pioneer
Audrain woman, died.
81. Hagenbeck- Wallace circus in
Mexico.
G. w. Robertson's and Griifee and
Martins stores robbed.
September
1. Miss Mary Bass died at her
home in this city.
Miss Sallie Van DeVenter and DIR. j.
E. Morit, of st. Louis were married.
Mrs. F. L. Crosby was awarded
first prize for the best Mexico, Mo-,
song.
2. Miss Lorraine Hall and Morris
Pitts were married at Quincy, Ill.
4. Mrs. Reed Massey, 80 years old,
died.
8. The Mexico Public Schools open
ed.
IL. Mrs. Lavina Burns, 81, died at
her home west of Mexico.
IA. John Harrison, 81, died at his
home near Beaver Dam.
Is. MI. and Mrs. Holly Newkirk
were killed in a railroad wreck at
Lebanon,
II. Hardin College opened.
IS. Autin Calhoun, rs, died at the
hospital, here.
10. The wedding of Miss Flavel
McLoney to Richard Sayers, of St.
Louis was announced after being kept
secret a month.
"a. Mrs. Susan Upton, 81, of Far
Der died while visiting her daughter,
Mrs. E. R. Taft.
rs. j. C. Kings Pure Food Show
opened.
20. Gus Graham resigned as man.
ager of the Mexico Office of the Bell
Telephon Co.
Walter Morris and Miss Susie Seig-
Ter, of New Canton, ILL.,, were married
in Mexico.
80. The Ringo Hotel was sold to
E. A. Lawrence, Of Sikeston.
October
8. Joseph Glandon and Miss Grace
Papenhagen, of Meadville, Pa, were
married at Kansas City.
TIL ~sororties at Hardin College
pledge"
5. The ninth annual meeting Of the
Missouri League of End and Bird
class postmasters opened in Mexico.
Joe Williams and Miss Mamie
| Quisenberry were married.
6. The postmasters meeting in
Mexico voted to return to this city
in 1915.
Z. w. S. Gallemore took charge
as manager of the Mexico plant of the
Bell Telephone Co.
8. The Worlds Baseball Series
opened, Boston winning from Phil
adelphia.
10. The Woman's Presbyterial
opened at the Presbyterian church.
Is. Fred Squires was hit by a tram
car at the plant Of the Mexico Brick
and Fire Clay Co., and killed.
M. L. Argo sold his grocery store tC
E. T. Starke, of Huntsville.
10. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, worlt
famous ~suffragist spoke in Mexico.
%. Joe Wright and Miss Edit
Purdom were married at Benton City
%. Captain William Eller, SO
died at Auxvasse.
ID. Paul Strain and Miss Leonf
Crawford, Of Higbee were married.
Raymond Taft was married to Mis-
Ferrie Dams.
26. Robbers broke into j. c. King
house, but were frightened away.
%. Miss Frances Guthrie and Jeal
Pierre Cauhape, of Roswell, N. M.
were wed.
90 Mice uor+aosa nrolroor ,,ra,
married to Clay Duncan, of Kansa
City, at Auxvasse.
80. Miss Jane Taylor, "a years old
died.
November.
/. Judge M. Crum, 70 years ole
died in this city.
2. Roundup week started.
Speaker Champ Clark spoke i
Mexico.
A. General election. All amend
ments in Missouri beaten.
10. 1t was announced Morris Cas-
grocery had been sold to Robert Roo
gers, of Fulton.
Myrtle Elyn, world famous pianis.
gave a concert at Hardin Auditor
ium.
16. A. H. Whitney was appointe
chief book-keeper in the office {
State Auditor John p. Gordon.
IT. John t. Buckner, rs years oil,
died az Auxvasse.
t 81. The GOOD Fellow Fund to /
distributed by q committee from Ii
churches and city was started,