Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-01-12
ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
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Flynn's arguments, q Bosworth
man boasts to the Sentinel that
he has just finished drinking
1851 cups Of coffee and feels
as fine as Mr.. Flynn ever dared
| feel in his life. The drinking
was not q continuous perfor-
nance, however, but covers a
period Of thirty-nine years in
which the Bosworth man says he
has drunk three cups Of coffee
with each Of his three daily meals.
An attempt tc adjust the muf.
fler OF a motor ear while the car
was in motion cost ClaudeThomp-
son, % years old, OF Joplin, his
life. He was standing ON a rum
ming board as the car passed over
a viaduct, and in losing his bal.
ance he was buried against a
steel girder Of the bridge. His
neck was broken and his skull
crushed. He was killed instantly.
The accident happened last week.
Missouri's new $4,000, 900 cap
itoi is to bs dedicated July A. 1t
is now about three-f fourths COM
pleted. Gov. Gardner enjoyed
the honor and distinction OF be-
ing the first governor to enter it
in an official capacity. He was
linaugurated on o platform at the
south front of the building, and an
office room has been fixed up for
him In the new structure.
Fourteen cents pound for
mSles on foot-was the price paid
at Hume the other-day for a fancy
span belonging 70 Oren Thomp-
son. OF course, the mules were
not exactly soli by weight, but
they brought S480, and the Tele.
phone newspaper man, in men,
tioning the sale, figured 1t out by
the pound when later they were
driven on the scales.
Here Is aylittle Latin that can
be read, Submitted in the Marce-
line high school notes--"Boya-
bus kissibus sweet galorum. Gall
ibusiikibus, want somorum. Pa
pabus hearabus, comus on flor
um-kickabus boyabus outem the
doorem. Nightabus darkabus,
not lightorum--climabu gate
post, hreechibus forum. --Marce.
line Mirror.
Those Smithville folks who re-
sponded to the fearful plea Of a
young woman who begged money
to enable her to enter hospital
for an operation for epilepsy,
have learned from the Democrat.
Herald that the young woman
operated also at Nashua and that
she made the trip to both towns
in her own motor car.
smithvilIA, Clay county, folks
who responded to the fearful plea
Of young woman who begged
money to enable her to enter q
hospital for an operation for epil.
epsy, have learned from a local
newspaper that the young woman
| operated also at Nashua and that
she made the trip to both towns
lin her own motor car.
An offensive movement against
rats inaugurated by Webb City.
druggist was attended by serious
| consequences. The druggist Ia
also . raiser Of fine chickens and
! In putting outthe poison he placed
it where The chickens could get II
! and cleared his home Of rats and
chickens at The same time.
! For holiday guests q Union-
| vile wemans during Christmas
week. opened = can Of peaches
which were picked from The trees
| Iii Tie nineteenth century. Tho
canned i'll 1880 these peaclies
/ were a. fresh and fuII of fiavor IS
n osan9d only last sur n1or.