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VOLUME X
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rrom Thunday natllvMonday tlie MBtBBl-Moi'KBB «liaaten«Ba wa* gtraa in Flora on the Hn. Bllla lot«|«>B IMSu* ftt the hearts leacna tbr
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The attendanee was fine and serer¬ al times tber^ were not anongh seats tor the p^ple. The prosraip was tha heat of any Chautauqua erar held la Flora. The "Shaphard of tha Hqia", the Syrian lady. Dr. Forkell's laetafa, the Horrifwn eompany were amoBK the headllfeirs. althoos-h eaeh days illi|frap> was rary good.
Miss ^tedman's woric as Junior aaparintendent was fine. The masic- ad i^rade downtown Thursday after- BBon ^was a dandy. Tbe pageant on Monday night, at the tent, in which 1S6 boys and girla participated, was immense. The manager stated this was the la'rgakt crowd of yougg peo¬ pta they had anywhere they had beaa.
Mrs. Berge, the platform manager, waaVuite popnlar with the chautsu- «Ba crowds, and always received an ofVr^^li'B appearing oa the plat- torwBw /
So tar there has beea no arrange- BMBts mada for a ehantanqua next yaar.
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FINAIi   SUMMONS
y Aftar an iilnesa of three yesrs, the pBH month of which he was confined to bts bed, Ira W. Bunch died at bin ^ home tn Bart St. I^iuis' on Thursday momtng. He had been sutterinR- from paralysis and cancerous growth. Beside his widow, two sons, Ar¬ thur and Wiiliam, surrive.
He was well Known here, having .. been in railroad service In this city tor a number of years. Aboiit thirty years ago he went to Bast St. Louis, where be took up bis residency. '''.^ . Btttlal will take place at East St. Lonis.
Mr. Bunch was a brother of R. B. Bnneh' and Mra. Lou Handley and a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. A. Mann, «t this city.
RO RAIIi STRIKB..AaBEEMBNT'
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Wednesday railroad ownera and brotherhood chiefs held a meeting ia Maw Tork, trying to reach an agree¬ meat on the shopmen's strfke, but the eaatem roads refused to agree to give'tbe strikers seniority privUeges and the eastern owners withdrew frSm the conference. Some western roads may get togeth«|' with the men, bnt things don't look good for an agreement soon \o end tbe stcfke.
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