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The Stanberry Owl. Vol. 4. Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri, Tuesday, November 17, 1903 No. 42 Concerning Our People, Business and Progress of County and Town.

-We are having a touch of winter. -Subscribe for Tun OWL and you will feel better. -Bring us your job work and we will treat you nicely. Josephine Roth, of Brungwick, is visiting with Mrs. Stine.

Jno. F. Montgomery recently returned from the South. -F. J.

Hawkins transacted business in McCurry Friday. S. D. Gromer visited in Pattonsburg last week. -Judge Dalby was over from Albany Saturday.

-Chester Wilson was up from Darlington Saturday. Chester Fee and Earle Graham came over from Albany Saturday. -Wm. Bumgarner, of near Alanthus, visited W. A.

Cure a and family Sunday. Fred Hinkley, Will MeCoy, Hub Lindley, Henry Grunn and Pet McCoy. played for a dance at Parnell last week. -John Bennett, Stock Commissioner, of St. Joe, was in Stanberry last week on business.

-Mrs. Ed McIntyre and children returned from Shenandoah, Iowa, last Friday. -J. H. McCarty left yester day morning for Daviess, Grundy and Mercer counties on business.

1-Jas. Johnston from Stanton, was down visiting Jno. F. Montgomery and wife last week, -J. H.

McCracken and Son, W. J. returned to their home at Stanton, Saturday evening. Mrs. Rev.

Gillies left yesterday for Carthage, where she will visit several weeks. -W. W. Smith and his little sister, Lois, Sundayed in Stanberry with their sisters, Vina and Lowren. -H.

H. Hussey returned yes-. terday from South Dakota where he had been visiting several weeks. -Eld. J.

H. Coffey, the well known Christian minister passed through Stanberry yesterday on his way home from Clearmont, where he was holding meeting. -Rev. J. E.

Davis will address the Men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday at 3:30 p.

m. All men invited. There will be special music. -The Ministerial Alliance met at the Y. M.

C. A. rooms Monday morning at 10 o'clock. It was decided to make the time of meeting 3 p. m.

each Monday. -G. H. Galvin, chief train dispatcher, recently spent a week in Chicago and visited all the offices and works of the Great Wabash system. Ile returned last Thursday.

-Don't forget that the Ladies of the Christian Church will serve Thanksgiving dinner and supper on Thanksgiving day. -David Jennings and wife, of Maryville, stopped off a few days last week and visited with S. L. Smith and wife. Mr.

Jennings went to Albany to visit his son. -A. N. Vance, Ex-county judge, of near New Castle, visited his son, who is attending the Normal and is now sick with the measels. -Thanksgiving services will be held this year in the M.

E. Church and Eld. J. E. Davis will preach the sermon.

News of the Week -Green Quinn went to Plattsburg to visit for a few days. -Bert Cook returned to St. Joseph Monday. Mrs. Redman went to Albany Monday to visit friends.

Judge Hazen went to Albany Monday. -W. L. Gray came up from Nevada last Friday evening to visit with his son, Prof. George Gray and family.

-Mrs. M. E. Margason went to King City Monday to meet her mother, Mrs. M.

J. Carroll, who returned Monday night. -George Reddinger, who has been employed in Ira Dixson's barber shop for the past. two years, left Sunday for Albany, where he has secured a position. -S.

H. Powers -was down from Clarinda, last week. Mr. Powers states that they started to work last week having the building completed and every thing in working order. Geo.

Coffey was in town last week. He has sold out his barber shop at Clyde to Houlihan Arnold. He will return to Kansas City where he is one of the instructors in the Kansas City Barber College. -It might be thought that Mose Garner is raising the devil, but he is not but is raising houses that need raising. He is a marked success at the business, Give him a trial.

-Subject next Sunday morning at the Christian Church will be 'The Sabbath or Lord's Day, Which?" Sunday night, "Christ fulfilling the Law." These sermons are preached by request and to these services all are specially invited. -Betz and Smith sold Grand Opera a $425. Ellington Piano. They were in competion with St. Louis, Kansas City and St.

Joseph, and our neighbors won the plum over all competitors. The Opera House will have a piano of which they will be proud. -Stanberry is rapidly becoming modernized. We have over one dozen houses that are heated by steam and furnished with every convenience. The Mechanie's Bank building, a three story structure has steam heat, electric lights, hot and cold water on every floor.

The street commissioner did some valuable work last week south of the railroad, opening up a water way from a stagnant pool of water just south of the track and west of High street to the Wild Cat and elevating the center of the wagon road to the bridge. -The residence of R. H. Alexander on the corner of Sixth and Maple Streets is being substantially improved. Mose Garner is raising the house and Lou Valin has the contract for the brick work.

The new foundation will add much to the utility and attractiveness of the property. -The troubles between N. J. Nicholson and: S. P.

Phillips were settled by arbitration last Friday John Hammond, John Gage and W. R. Cook arbitrators, allowing Philips for building the barn stubble field 25c per acre; corn stalk field $1.00 per acre; possession from Dec. to March $56.00. Entertained.

Mrs. Dr. Brooks entertained the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church at her home last Thursday. About 25 were present and delicious refreshments were served in courses. Wm.

Mulholland living on Grand River 13, mile northeast of Mt. Pleasant brought to this office yesterday five ears of yellow corn of astounding length and weight. The ears measure from inches to 14 inches in length and their aggregate weight is six pounds and four ounces. This exhibit takes the cake so far; but what may we look for next? Mr. Mulholland has 35 acres of this variety of corn, the estimated yield of which is 60 or 65 bushels per acre.

Married. What Next? One of the social events of the season was the marriage of Miss Maude Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baker, of South St. Arthur Randolph, of Kansas City.

The home was decorated with pink and white carnations. Miss May Baker sister of the bride was maid of honor. Mr. Charles Lawson acted as best man. The bride is well and favorably known in Stanberry, her parents having lived in Stanberry several years ago.

Alive with Mice. This section of country is alive with mice. It is so in the fields and gardens, barns, granaries and dwelling houses, everywhere they are infesting pantries, nesting in straw ticks and even galloping over the faces of helpless babes in their cribs. No place escapes their ravages. They have come to be an unmitigated curse.

How to account for their multiplication we know not. It would seem that the excessively wet weather of the past two summers would not be favorable to the propogation of mice outdoors. Then it is possible that the high waters have driven these pests from the lowlands to the highlands. At any rate they have come to be an intolerable nuisance, and the wise thing to do is for every householder by every available means to destroy them. Horrible Tragedy.

The most shocking tragedy ever enacted in Gallatin took place on the night of the eleventh instant when Elmer Venable shot Mrs. Ida Astor and about 14 hours afterwards, on being found in his room by the officers, shot himself. The woman expired about 7:30 o'clock the next morning and her murderer about 1 p. m. the same day.

Venable lost his wife about three years ago, and during the interval he and the Astor woman had been lovers and companions. The woman, Miss Ida Cook, went to Kansas City a few weeks ago and married a man by the name of Astor. She returned to Gallatin to visit her mother who was keeping house for Venable and his two children, and there the two met, and when the woman started to a neighbors, the man in a fit of insane jealously, followed, and shot her to death while with uplifted hands she implored mercy. -Dice Allen sold their harness department to Frank Perry, of Maryville, who has leased the room recently occupied by Channell Burroughs. Mr.

Perry is well known here, having run a harness shop here for several years. Tin Wedding, Last Saturday, Nov. 14th, was the tenth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. A.

R. Willett. Ten years of mutual love and helpfulness had then been vouched safe to them, and their many friends in this city and surrounding country took advantage of the circumstance and planned a suitable celebration. Every article from a tin mouse trap to a complete set of range tinware was contributed. The following persons were at the Baptist parsonage last Saturday night and participited in the celebration.

It was a complete surpise to Mr. and Mrs. Willeit: Messrs Cecil Moore, Chas. Burnley, Bucklew, Ed Lewis, Earnest Garrett, Henry Wa'z, Joe Wyatt. Ed Newcomb, Robt Alexander, Clark Allen, Chas.

Allen, B. M. Ross, Thos. Ross. Clarence Ross, C.

A. Rateliffe, Geo. Temple. Chas. Temple, I.

F. Harlan, I. J. Holt, Clyde Hawking, Thos. Hawkins, Lester Hawkins R.

B. Coffey, A. I. Cox. Fred Cox.

Mesdames Jake Monger, John Norman, Geo. Burnley, Jas. Brown, Bucklew, Brick Davidson, Ed Lewis, Win. Flowers, Ed Newcomb. G.

G. Furr, Robt, Larrison. Clark Allen and children, Alexander, Chas. Allen, R. M.

Ross, Thos. Ross, J. A. Ross. C.

A. Ratelitle. Geo. Temple, I. F.

Harlan, Sam Hathaway, Thos. B. Coffey, Geo. Cox, A. I.

Cox. Misses Florence Monger, Grace Burnley, Lillian Bucklew, Lucy Norman, Eunice Norman. Minnie Norman, Jean Norman, Frankie Norman, Pearl Edson, Genevive Sanford, Ollie Garrett, lester Garrett, L. Allen, Florence Allen, Bertha Alexander, Gladis Alien, Corine Allen, Ollie Ross. Margaret Ross, Katie Tilger, Mable and Geogie Cox, Goldie Coffey, Daisy Houston, Pearl and Dot Haulman, Celia and Roma Hawkins, Mamie Holt.

Grand Opera. Those who buy two tickets at $2.50 each for the opening night, Nov. 26th. will get one free. Manitau.

Manitau is a beautiful and picturesque town in a sequestered little valley in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The scenery around is remarkably wild, historic and romantic. In olden times the Indians worshipped their Manitau's or spirits and the place of worship is now called by the fantastic name of the "Garden of the God's." In the immediate vicinity are justly celebrated Cheyenne Canons. A short visit to Manitau suggested these few lines. The President's Name, Just how to pronounce the name of our president is a matter that puzzles a great many people.

His name has given rise to a greater variety of pronunciation than that of any statesman who has ever occupied the front rank. The English people shied at "D' Israeli' when they first saw it in print, and Americans when they first saw "Thiers" were given pause. Bonaparte changed the spelling of his name, and there are some purists who excite amusement by still spelling it "Buonaparte" and pronouncing it accordingly. But for a man of world-wide fame, as the president of the United States must necessarily be in these days, there has never before been a case like that of "Roosevelt" to puzzle mankind. Even 'Goethe' and were not so mystifying.

Elswhere than in New York and in Holland and South Africa, where Dutch names are common, the greatest variations, of the president's name are to be met with. People in England are at sea about it. On the continent almost every man has his own opinion on the subject. Here are a few of the vagaries: Ruzy- veld, Roose-vell, Rose-velt, Rosen-vell, Rosen-velt, Ruza-felt, Rosa-felt, Rosen-felt, Rooze-velt, Ruzy-felt, Rossa-felt, Ruzy-velt, Ruze-felt. -St.

Louis Post-Dispatch. An Enjoyable Time. The J. U. G.

club was very pleasantly entertained at the home of Miss Josephine Kyger, on last Thursday evening. The early part of the evening was spent in playing games and musical entertainment after which dainty refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses Lora and Ethel Shoemaker Laura Kizer, Birdie Beesinger, Grace Axtell, Katherine Ettz, Daisy Houston, Madge and Norma Crickette, Messrs Morrison, Sebeifelbusch. Cobb: Crosswhite, Crickette, House, Temple, MeCool and Rager, of MeFall. Nocturnal Conflagration, Last Tuesday night between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock the largest barn of Henry Welch on the old Boner farm about 11-2 miles south of town, in some inexplicable way, took fire and burned like tinder.

The building and contents, in the presence of a few helpless by-standers, were soon consumed, two buggies, 300 bushel of corn, 300 bushel of oats and 40 tons of hay. There was $800 insurance on the barn and contents. The Wild Cat. Get ready for winter, hoping to stir up your pure minds by way of rememberance. Mrs.

Armstrong and daughter, of Stanberry, visited at Mr. McCarty's one day last week. W. Albany, Charley Moore, of Washington Center, and Misses Vina and Lowren Smith, of Stanberry, were guests at Albert Lippincott's one day last week. Mr.

Dakan took possession last week of the Miller farm which he purchased about two months ago and Alva Miller moved onto the forty acres owned by his father. Mrs. Jim Smith and Bessie Dixson, of Stanberry, were guests of Mrs. Bid Smith Thursday. Dan Allen is doing some carpenter work for Will Cooper.

Abe Moore made a trip to Graham Sunday. Joshua Lippincott stopped over Sunday night with his brother, Albert, on his way home from South Dakota where he has been sojourning this summer. He says the corn up there looks like pop corn by the side of Missouri corn and it is all the way from knee high to waist high. John McCarty started the first of the week on business to Mercer Co. Howell Items.

Mr. "Duch" Yale and wife of Tarkio, are visiting F. M. Welch and other relatives at this writing. Mrs.

Duffy has been on the sick list for a few days. Little Laura Summa had the misfortune of cutting her leg with an ax one day last week. Charley Evans is reported quite low with lung trouble at the home of his father. Quite a large crowd attended church at the Howell Sunday night. Some corn is being cribbed in this vicinity this week.

Mrs. Floyd Gillespie and Mre. Jane Hankins visited at W. W. Gillespie's Thursday.

The little baby of Charley Hines died November 10 and was buried at the Carmack graveyard Wednesday. Will and Frank Welch, from near New Castle, are visiting with their sister from Tarkio, at the home of her father, F. M. Welch. George Hankins bought the farm known as the Elihu Yale farm; the price paid was $65 per acre.

The aid society of the Presbyterian church met at T. S. Gillespie's Thursday. Theo. Gillespie is still on the sick list.

Mrs. Moore was called to Del.ver one day last week to see her mother who is quite sick. J. R. Smith, wife and daughters, Esther and Lois, of Albany, attended meeting at the Howell school house last Sabbath.

AUTUMN LEAVES. Engart Items. There was some snow fell on Thureday morning. George Brown and family visited with John Brown's last Sunday. Henry Poff and Cy Combest went to Stanberry Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Popplewell moved back to their home on the farm near Darlington Wednesday. Mrs. Wm.

Nelson visited at Cy Combest's Wednesday. Wilbur Powers, of near Powell, was in Enyart Friday. Milford Poff and wife went to trade with the Alanthus merchants Monday. There is some corn being gathered though it is still very immature. Mrs.

Henry Poff returned home from St. Joseph and Easton Thursday after an absence of nearly two weeks. Jim Powers and his sister, Maggie, have recently returned from North Dakota. E. Y.

Whorton went to Stanberry Thursday. William Poff and wife visited with Cy Combest's Thursday. W. C. Island City Items.

Gathering corn is the order of the day. Some of the farmers begin to feel discouraged on account of the price of hogs, mules and cattle going down. Rev. Lewis elosed his meetings here last Friday night. There were six additions.

There were three baptized last Friday evening. Bro. Lewis preached some very interesting sermons, and everybody was well pleased. Will Sheridan is still in Kansas City under the doctor's care. He had an operation performed one day last week.

He is getting along as well as could be expected. His wife i is there with him. Freeman Gillett moved on to the Bill O'Neal farm last week. Mr. Hardy, who has been working for George Walton for the past four years, has hired to Marion Clemens and went to work last Monday.

There is quite a demand for men to shuck corn now. Morris Talmage has moved on to the farm that his brother had rented this year. Lute O'Neal, of Stanberry, is talking of moving back on his farm near Island City. W. H.

H. Cook Book free, with recipes by Mrs. Rorer. See advertisement in this issue. me "PANIC," the liveliest of card games, a take off on Wall Street Stock Exchange.

We also have Pit, another fun and noise from start to finish game; also Trix Flinch, Mythology, and many other games at GEHRING'S THE LEADER ALL NEW THINGS.