Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-08-09
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Charlie Tanners Store-Fine Oats
Harvest-Drouth Has Crippled
Corn Crop Prospects.

He kept the best, largest and clean
est stock of goods-both dry goods
and groceries-of any country store
of our knowledge. The insurance
companies will pay his full insur-
ance for house and fixtures but offer
very scant amount for goods, on &C
count of getting last invoice burned.
They offer him only $3.50 for the re-
cent invoice of about $4,000. The
stock insurance calls for $1,750.
All our vicinity is thru threshing.
Charles Dickey has a good rig and
knows how to handle it. He hulls
out about 1900 bushels per day with
a good run. The oats are of good
quality and ought to grade No. 2.
They made all the way from 30 to
60 bushels per acre.
The extreme drouth of the past
two months in our vicinity has play
ed havoc with our corn. 1t will be
woefully short. With a few good
showers thru August and September
the crop will greatly redeem itself.
With all the rain needed thru our
immediate vicinity no more than a
half crop can be realized. But in
other portions of county "a or little
better may be harvested The hay
crops were short. Oats tho brought in
plenty of roughage.
Glad to report that w. H. DeJar-
nett has entirely recovered from his
recent prolonged spell of sickness.
James Reese Squirting purchased a
big Overland His folks enjoy it much,
Thurman Chapman bought new
Chevrolet touring car recently.
Very near all our farmers and
neighbors sport car of some kind
and we are, or have been, building
concrete culverts and bridges and
making the roads more like boule'
Yards with each passing season. With
the car "better roads" come-whicf
is the slogan of our county.
Miss Maud Corner of Rush Hill
was the guest of Misses Hazel Halo
way and Ruth Ellis the past week.
Miss Bessie Day came home Satur
day from Summer School of NJ. s.U
Miss Mildred Cook ana the Misse
Brenton are home from school a
Warrensburg.
Ruth Cook and Ellen Carter ar
home from Lake Geneva Training S
The Misses Cook and brothers en-
tanned at a lawn party recently.
Miss Hazel Holloway entertaine
at lawn party honor of Miss Corne
Miss Winnie Settles, of beyond Re
wena, entertained her many friend
at a lawn party Saturday evening
Peck Bros, to be in the swim, sha
lawn party: Miss Frances Wake
field gave lawn party Friday nigh
Miss Ruth Carpenter and brothe
entertained Monday night on tnei
spacious lawn.
Fishings-every week. Many of tn
finny tribe have been put into tn
frying pan. Delightful times are hat
Grover Chapman, James Chapman
F. P. Carter, Thurman Chapman. F.
mer Chapman, James Crosswhit
these and others with their familie
Sundayed at the big covered bride
, across Elk Fork. A pleasant outinI
Ice cream suppers galore. Nearl
every church within a radius of tie
miles has had one. Benefit either {
! church or Red Cross. That at E
p PEARLS is a recent one. They take
from 500 to 5000.
The war, the war, the war, The a
: absorbing question. Our country
facing the greatest crisis in IL
kowledge of the living present. "
, are all involved-men, women, Chi
v dren, youth, alike. Getting nearer Il
trenches, and heartaches are comiT
|. faster and harder. If we can b