Mexico Missouri message., September 21, 1905, Image 2

About Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1005
So.mi: of the farmers report corn
down mid rotting in the field.
W. J. Bryan is the greatest i
American and best Democrat of
tht'in all.
CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE
By Frederick Whlttaker
( KX Kit A L fll'.nnct-; AlEMRTnONG CT'BTKH, V. B. A.,
-ns killt-tl In iKittln with ImltanB nt IJttle 11 Horn,
Motit., Jtiiir k5. 170, n r-latrl In thin nplrltcil pm-m. The
flM, In whd r Cuxti r rrnlfj In tho masmuro of the
inilr" Imii'l ntimtn'rinif 277 offl'wni and mm, mnmlxri of
tlm B vcnlh 1'nHi-fl Htatns rnvalry, whkh regiment the
fitimt r major non' ral of Vihint T thon commanded,
with thn fiink of Id tilenant colonel In tho regular arm.
The affair t LUllo Vnf Horn l fitly rillrd tho "Cunter
m;i.,"rHr" Th tmopi in wer overwhelmed by eleven of
the flerf t trM on the plains, the ImllanH ennnKd numbering aeveral
th'tiis if.t w II armed lighter. ieneral t'untcr's remain are entombed
at Wirt Point. A monument marks the pnt of his last charge.
Anyway, some who could not
get together in polities nre togeth
er either fur or against the auto.
The annual sale of the Hible fur
nil pusses that of the most popular
uf.vil. The Old Hook won't
do I).
Prr away your "slap sticks,"
ami confetti, you will not be allow
ed to use either at the carnival in
Mexieo week cf October fl.
Miss Alma Keiser, teacher in the
Liherty school, is sick at her home
in this city. We trust that she
may soon be able to resume her
work.
The State board of agriculture
announce that it will hold far
met institutes in every county in
the Slate this year. The date for
Audrain has not yet been iiuuoiin
eed.
Some of the newspaper ate af
ter tin? Stute Fair management
with a sharp stick. The Fair is
asking too much of the people and
taxpayers. It is next thing to
graft, and gtaft is just what the
Fuiber Forum calls it.
The Teachers Institute wiil be
held in this city, Oct. 12-H. -Miss
Ermine Owen of Clifton, Mo., and
Dr. A. Ross Hill of the Missouti
State University will assist and the
meeting will undoubtedly lie a
very profitable one.
Tin: i ainfall in this section of
the state during the month of Sep
tember so far has broken all ree
ords. J. F. Iiewellyu, the weather
obberver, has the tigures that up
to last Monday the rainfall has
been nearly nine inches and a half
It has been just a little too much
of the good thing.
It is known now that Mexico
will have no Uuion Station. The
C. & A. is in tho initiative and
is taking hids for a building to
be of brick and mod i n in every
way to cost between $1:2,0110 and
$15,0tJl. Henry Meyers, con
tractor ot Mexico, will put in a
bid fur the erection of the structure.
('ui'Ni'Y mail service is soon to
be instituted in Audrain. Uy the
in '.v regime nearly every rural
1 irjis will icceive daily mail de
li, red almost at the door. There
v. ,1 be new Rural Routes and other
changes. Score another for Post
master Kuukel of Mexico. He's
the fellow who first went after this
service.
Ueorge W. Perkins, vice-president
of the New orkY Life Insur
ance Co. and a member of the firm
of J. P. Morgan and Co., admitted
in sworn testimony a few days
ago that vast sums of money had
been paid by the big corporation
to the Republican National Cam
paign committee. Judge Parker,
the Democratic nominee for Pres
ident, made that charge in the late
campaign and President Roosevelf
denied it. How about it nowr
Hebe is an interesting sugges
tion for Audrain fanners, taken
from ihe Moberly Democrat : What
n wniidcrful change could be made
in (lie Hpjicnrauce of this county if
fvei farmer kept his firm in the
condition the best ones do. If
the liirms were so 6mall Ihut every
n mi liable foot of 6paee could be
ramie to produce its best
pi oil lets and no part, even
al'Tg the fences, was allowed to
gnw up iu weed or lllipl ofiiiihle
i;i'n.?. There is rtioiigli gee
. to w.nt'e each year on one half of
the farms of the county'to" ke,ep au
economical family. No country
can be mode fairer than this
when universal proper culture iT
Hppiu'd.
n.Vit; Is It possible? lie thn Imlil riiler,
'lister, our hero, the first In tho light,
Chiiriiilus the bullets of yore to fly wider,
I'nr from our battle-king's ringlets of light:
Iiriul, our young rhleftain, nml tlciul, nil forsaken!
No one to (ell in (lie why of his fall!
lahi in the desert mid nover lo wakru.
Never, not even to victory's call.
Proud for his funic that last day that ho met tliem,
All the night I his lie had been on their track,
Peoruing their traps nnd the men that had set them,
Wild for a charge that should never give hack.
There on the hill top he halted and saw tlieiu,
Lodges nil loosened and ready to fly,
Hurrying wonts with tho tiding to awe them,
Told of his emiiing before he was High.
All the wide valley was full of their forces
(lathered to cover their lodge "retreat"
AVan inrs running In haste to their horses,
Thousands of enemies close to his feet.
Iinwn in the valleys the ages had hollowed,
There lay the suiting Hull's camp for a prey,
Numbers! What rocked he? What ris ked those that followed?
Men who had fought, ten to one, ore that (lay.
Out swept the squadrons, the fated three hundred,
Into Hie battle line steady nnd full.
Then down the hill-slilo exultlngly thundered
Into tho bui.les of the Old Sitting Hull.
Wild Ogalalhili, Arapahoe, Cheyenne,
Wild Horse's braves nnd the rest of their crew,
Shrank from that charge ns a herd from a Hon,
Then closed nroiiud the grim horde of wild SlotlX.
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Might to their center lie chiirgisl, nnd then facing
II. irk lo llicir yells! and around them, Oil sec!
Over tho hill lops the Indians come racing.
Coming as fast as the waves of the sea. 1
Ilai kwai'd, again nnd again, they were driven,
Shrinking lo close with Ihe lost little band;
Never a cap that hail worn the bright Seven,
Piowed (ill Its wearer was dead on the strand.
Closer nnd closer the death circle growing, v
Even the leader's voice, clarion-clear.
Rung out his words of encouragement glowing,
"We can but die once boys -We'll sell our lives dear.
Pearly they sold them like Iterserkers raging,
Pacing tlio death that encircled thorn round,
Ilenth's hitler pang by their vengeance assuaging,
Marking their tracks by tho dead on tho ground. V
Comrades, our children shall yet tell their story,
Custer's last charge on the old Sitting Pull, '
And ages shall swear that the rap of his glory
Needed but that death to render it full.
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mules, 31; sheep, 17 ; wheat, 3;
corn, 29; oats, 30; hay, 88; straw,
3; timotbv seed.l; junk and scrap
iron, 3. In addition there were
large shipments of poultry and
eggs.
Among the most recent improve
ments iu the way of buildings ore
as follows: A new modern twenty
feven-room pressed brick and
stone hotel, which was planned and
designed by J. M. Dunham, a St.
Louis at'chitict.
In the north suburbs, in course
of constructions, is to be seeu the
$20 ,000 pressed brick and stone
public school building, also planned
by a St. Louis architect. This
structure will also be supplied with
the latest couveniences for heating
aud will be lighted by electricity.
On south first street the hand
some two-story double pressed
brick stone building of VV. S.
Waters is going up, while adjoining
on the east is being constructed by
iWj. A. Bird of the Vaudalia Mail,
his newspaper building. This
structure is being built of artificial
stone raanacfatured here, and will
he two stories in height.
Between South First and Second
streets the Missouri Land Com
pany is erecting office rooms of
artificial stone, and adjoining these
will be the magniflcient pressed
brick storehouse of Merchant F.
P. Dye.
All around the outskirts of the
town may be seen magnificent res
idences recently built. Many farms
in the surrounding country here
about have lately chauged hands,
due to the continuous inflow of
of immigration from Iowa and Illi
nois. Over $GOO,000 worth of
farming lands in this immediate
vicinity have been sold within the
past four years. Farmers are
claiming for the present year the
handsome yield of fltty to eighty
bushels of corn per acre aud other
crops (except hay) are iu like
abuuda nee.
Vaudalia now has 1,500 people,
and is growing rapidly. The local
The Water works Co.
get on "more pressure ".
should
The much advertised mass meet
ing at the Mexico court house next
Saturday at 3 p. m. to consider
the auto ipiestion.
The Jefferson City Democrat re
marks: Kev.W.D.Palraore.who of
fended the Ladies Auxiliary of the
German- American Alliance, is to
be by them henceforth "ignored."
They have so stated in a recent re
solution. There are three thou
sond womeu iu that auxiliary. To
be ignored by one womau is some
times bad enough bt.t, three thous
and it's too much; the burden
can t be borne. And all at once
too. Think of all of them, the
whole three thousand, ignoring this
man Taliuort air In in a preacher,
too, b'gosli! Well, we knew that
something awful would come of
this lid business.
Mr. Hughes Will Go to Mexico.
Clipped from the Savannah He-
porter: J. L. Hughes and family
will leave durinar the next ten
days for Mexico, where Mr. Hughes
will engage in the undertaking
business. They have been in this
oity twelve years, six years he has
been engaged in undertaking aud
dealing iu furniture. Mr. Hughes
aud his wife are both graduates of
the Chicago College of Embalming
hold certificates from the Missouri
State Board of Embalming. Mr.
Hughes has served as president,
vice-president and treasurer of the
Missouri Funeral Directors Asso
ciation.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are hon
est and reliuble Christian people,
and will be greatly missed. W.D.
Harold has rented their elegant
residence at the comer of Sixth
and Main. Mr. Hughes is con
sidered u very successful embalm-
er ami as a funeral conductor
his ability is commendable.'
Mr. and Mrs. Etliwi Howell are
now staying with Mrs. Hlvthe iu
north Mexico. Miss Miiyihe" liick
etts ja at the home, of he roister,
Mrs. Craddoek. Mrs: Greely Tal
bot will be at home next month
au J occupy her beautiful cottage
ou WoodlaWrj.
LADDONIA.
Unfavorable weather the last
week or so has interfered with the
crap shooters, meeting at the It. R.
bridge west of town. Some of the
best families of our town supply
the boys that congregate at this
game. Pareuts should furnish
healthy, honest and interesting
amusemcuts for their boys at
home, then such low down games
would lose their attraction.
Lester Shobe, who teaches the
Cauthoru school, is urranging to
intend the CJraud Lodge of Masons
next wetic lil St. Louis.
Bro. McBee, pastor oi ii'e M- E-
Church, South, goes to Silex, Mo.,
aud Brother Hussell takes his
place; he moved into the uew par
souage Tuesday.
J. J. Alexauder aud family will
move at ouee to Taylorville. Ills.
C. C. Barnes and family of Mar
shall, Mo., LaCrosse Lumber Co..
is moving into the McCubbin
home.
Alexander & Biggs have traded
tlieir hardware business to John
Pease of Cuiver for his farm. They
will invoice next Monday.
School began Monday with
about 200 enrolled the first day.
Miss Irmii Wills of Monroe Co.
is attending school here and living
with her sister, Mrs. Ben Alexan
der. Jeff Hamilton last week bought
out his partner, Ben Alexauder, in
the livery busiuess.
AUDRAIN PROSPERITy.
The Second Town of Importance in
The County on a Great Boom.
Vaudalia, Mo., Sept. lGVunda
lia and Audrain county are just
uow enjoying a period of unparal
leled prosperity, asshowu by the
heavy shipments of products. Vau
dalia is becoming known us the
most important shipping point ou
the C. & A. betweeu Kansas City
aud Chicago. While preseut
year's estimates are not obtain
able, it is kuowu that they will far
exceed those of 1904, except to hay
which this year fell short. In 1901
the principal shipments from here
by carload lots were:
. Cattle.,140; hogs.150; coal, 115;
Hi e brick aud flay, 301; horses and
administration, now headed by E.
E. Waters, i progressie and takes
special pride in promoting the
town's business iuturests and enterprises.
Vandalia nnd the surrounding
country is underlaid with a 3G inch
vein of bituminous coal of the
best quality, and has the highest
grade of fire-clay to be found in
the Central West. Four coal mines
and the Mississippi Ulass Com
pany's fire-brick works are daily
turning out large shipments of
manufactured products.
l.Vl.a:KICAI- MOT ttWml.AH RAILWAY
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GANT.
S. S. Jerraan and Beverly May
have returned from Newton C.
where they weut to look at the
country with a view to locating.
They were well ph ased with the
country.
Judge J. E. Sims sold to Lee
Green of Centralia one span of
mules. Price paid $:f."i0.
James Lorcn has returned to
Gem City Business College.
Miss Alma Smith Is visiteng in
Ashland.
Scott MeCory was kicked bv a
horse Sunday afternoon but not
seriously hurt.
Charley Holmes, sou of It. A.
Holmes is very low with typhoid
fever.
AMD POINTS II
PUBLIC SALE.
Tuesday, September 26, 1 9 0 5.
On above date I will sell at my
farm X mile south of Rush Hill,
the following personal property:
45 Yearling steers; 25 head of
cows and heifers.
Some good milkers among them,
fresh; a lot of horses nnd mules;
25 head of hogs, consisting of 1G
shoats weighing about 100 lbs,,
balance good brood sows.
Some Farmiug utensils.
TERMS: G mouths, 8 percent,
bankable note. Everything at this
sale will be sold for the high dol
ar, without reserve or by-bid.
J. N. KOSSElt.
J. N. Stephens, Auctioneer.
AMD TKRBITOBY SCtOXD.
Py vlrt.ie uiJ uiiihorltyof goiinrnl ex
ecution issued from tho oilico of the
Clerk ot Ihe Circuit court of Audrain
county, Missouri, returnable at the Sep
tember term of said court, an I to me di
rected In favorof A. PetlennH and Maria
Dctlcnne. and against Josephine' Sclinl.
Miles I have levied upon and solzod ull
the right, title, Interest and claim of tho
said Josephine Schulz Mlleiof, In and
to the following described real estnto, to
wit: Tho south half (K) of tho north liulf of
section tweiity-sevcnCJT) and tho north
east quarter (X) of section twenty-eight
(IS) all In township fifty-two (52) north of
range six (0) west, all lying and being In
tho said County, and State of Missouri;
and I will on Friday the 0th day of Oc
tober A. D., l'M (tt being the 17th day
of the Circuit Court of ald Comity), bn
tween tho hours of nine o'clock In thn
forenoon and live o'clock In the after
noon ot that duy. at the Court housn
door, In the city of Mexico, county of
Audrain aforesaid, aell tho same, or so
much thereof as may bo required at pub
lic vendue, to the highest bidder for
cash In hand (subject to all prior Hens
and judgments), to satisfy said execution
and costs.
PRICE JOHNSON,
Sheriff Audrain County, Mo.
LI011EY TO LOAII
On Rood real estate security at the
lowest prevailing rates of interest
and on the most favorable terms.
Residence property and vacant
lots for sale in Mexico.
FarrrfS'o'f all size's for sale in
drain and adjoining counties.
Au-
If you desire cheap
kansas, see us.
lands in Ar-
LAKENAN & BARNES,
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THE MAN OF THE HOUR!
Or- W. IP. onwe
THE GREAT neuro-ophthalmologist
Who has created a sensation by introducing the new method
of preventing blindness.
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While Mexico has produced mnry noted eye specialists, none have had a more brilliant career than
DR. CON WELL- He has paved Ihe way toward recovery for thousands of his patients. He can do the
same for you.
The Nervous System is the only source of life, the only possible avenue of disease. The Ner
vous ystem is at fault in all diseases.no matter what the ailment, and good health is impossible' if the ner
vous system is not in a normal condition. We Treat The Nervous System (Nature aud I) but not with
drugs, as physicians do. I stop the waste of nerve force with Glasses; bv correcting the errors of refrac
tion in the eyes with Glasses and give NATURE a chance to CURE. Medicine will not stop the leak of
tho nerve supply. How can you expect to build up the nervous system if the waste is not stopped!
I find the cause of Nervousness, J)i..ness, Stomach Troubles, Headaches, .Neuralgia, St. Vitus' Dance, Epilepsy, Crosn
Eyes and liraniilatod Eye Lids and all kindred diseases, which j leld to cur lalionul tn almt iit. I remove tho causo of tho
trouble and muko tho nerve supply normal
WITHOUT MEDICINE, KNIFE OR PAIN.
THESE NEW METHODS aro unknown to the Old School Doctors, Oculists and Opticians. Tho Neuro-Ophthalmologlst
is one who understands the anatomical structure and tho physiological function of the uyn.lhclr defects and their relation to
human Ills, the analysis of the cause and the remedy for their relief. No nllior system is comparable with It. Every known
functional human ill Is amunahlo fo it. This is tlio must remarkable ever discovered. It absoliitly takes off the strain. It
frees tho whole nervous system,
I remove thn cuuseof J!s per cent of functional donm;.?.uiiiits of my patients' by common-sense methods without the uso
of drills or experiments. If you are In had health It will pay yon t Investigate my now method. 1 can toll you whether you
aro s ck or well by measuring your (-yes nnd nerve force Just t lie sumo us 1 would hy looking tit a Ihei moiiieter and tell the
W(ttllH!r II lb It! llOti or CI Mil ,
Dr. Conwell holds three diplomas. He graduated as an Eye KpreliillHt In IHrtt nnd has taken ten courses since In Chicago
ieoli,sTLroBulslttMoCOI'r''8 eyolnNow oik in iti'ji, and is l'irst Vice President of the Jtowle.y Ophthalnialoglcal Col-
&'IIe has the only exclusive Optical Store in Uexivo and has made himself famous here
years of successful practice.
Consultation and Dr. Conwell's Professional Opinion ABSOLUTELY FREE
$5.00 GOLD SPECTACLES FOR $2.00
DR. W. P. CONWELL, (South Side Square)
ly his seven
MEXICO, MO
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