Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-05-09
OLD OPERA HOUSE SITE
A NEW Two-sToRY GARAGE
Anderson Gibbs In France--Kansas
Woman Wants MCGOWAN Girl
Mexico Waman Gets "OiI" Money.

Mexico, Mo, May 6.-Mrs. NJ. A
Hutton at Moline, Kansas, has writ
ten here for information concerning
Glee and Opal MCGOWAN, the younl
daughters of MIR. and Mrs. Nolar
McCowan-the latter shot and killed
recently at their home southwest o
Mexico. Mrs Hutton wants one o
the girls to come and make hei
home with her.
An examination is to be held al
the local postoffce May 25th for q
clerk-carrier. The test will be in
Spelling, Arithmetic, Letter Writing
Penmanship, Copying from plain
copy, and Reading plain addresses
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. O'Neal
died Thursday.
Mrs. c. r. Gibbs has letter from
her son, Anderson Gibbs, that he is
in England and is with a squadron
of the Aviation Corps.
G. = Austin, a railroad man Of
RoodhoIse, ILL.,, visited his father
in-law, T. j. Kelso, here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Harper
have moved to Little Rock, Arkans-
sas, where Mr. Harper will be in the
express business. Mrs. Harper be-
fore her marriage was Miss Laura
Kelley Of this city.
Smith Brothers Automobile Co.
of this city have bought the old OPP
era House site, on West Monroe
street, and will erect thereon a two
story modern garage building Glor-
ry, how glad we are to learn that
that quarter is to be rebuilt!
Mrs Frank Coatsworth is not sat
islied with having four fine sons in
the war for her country but now she
has turned over the lower floor of
her home for Red Cross sewing. The
two large front rooms have been
stripped OF their rugs, hangings and
furniture and, with one machine do
mated by Mrs. Coatsworth and an
other donated by Mrs. John Gamble,
the rooms are scenes of busy war
work every Wednesday and Friday
afternoon from one to five o'clock
Mrs. + A. Shannon, assisted by Mrs.
NJ. F. Horton and Mrs. Sam Sharp,
supervise the work of that section
of the town. Those who are engage
ed in this most commendable work
are Mesdames NJ. f. Horton, Sam
Sharp, ]. B. Quisenberry, Sidney
Garrett, r. c. Strobe, Reuben Nc
Cord, 5. p. Guthrie, w. W. Johnson,
Frank Mcfarland, Robert McPhee-
tiers, John Gamble, Jr., James Gar
rett, Frank Coatsworth, Z. A. Shan
non, Fritz Langenbach, and Misses
Alta Richie and Ruth Rouse.
DR.. W. 7, Lomon of Fulton visited
Uncle Rufus Pearson and DR.. j. f.
McWilliams here this week.
c. +. Riddle of Edna, Mo, is to
be the new instructor in Agriculture
and Physics at Mcmillan next year.
He also takes the place of Major j.
C. Stoy in Military Drill and Athlet-
les. Mr. Stoy goes to Chillicothe.
Miss Ida Stalcup, bookkeeper for
the Morris-Haas Poultry Co. in Mex
leo, onws oil properties in Oklaho-
ma which are said to bring her an
income of $500 year. Lucky girl!
Hardin College girls sent a con-
gratulatOry telegram to Mrs. X. p.
Wiley in St. Louis for the good for
tune that befell her husband-his
being appointed U. S. Senator. The
girls will want it all back after
while, zen" when their pleas be-
gin to come in to you to give them
the ballot, and by all that's right
and just you'll have to give it to
them, TOO.
Rev. G. c. Grimes of the Mexico
Methodist Church is attending the
General Conference of Southern
Methodism in session at Atlanta, Ga.