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TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS-BOTH DESTROYED BY FIRE
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Photo Louned by Mr. Major Built by JJoseph Megraw in 1-39 THE OLD COURTHOUSE
T HIS HANDSOME old building, was destroyed hy fire in 1886. A peculiar incident is connected with this fire. The clock was striking five at the very time that the tower fell in, thus the old clock rung its own death knell.
Photo Luaned by THE OLD BANK BUILDING
Dr Corpret
T HIS BUILDING was constructed in 1839 at a cost of $25,000. It was built pf brick, with two solid stone pillars in the front and in the back, mak- ing it the most substantial structure in town. Until 1866 the building was occupied by a branch of the Bank of Missouri. In that year the bank was closed and the building purchased by Adam Hendrix and used for his private bank, which he at once established and conducted until bis death, in 1876. In the history of Fayette mention was made of this bank being robbed of $25,000 during the war. When the building was burned in May, 189%, it was then be- ing used as a residence by Dr. O. H. P. Corprew. The fire was started by an explosion of giant powder in Tolson's hardware store. This was one of the old historic buildings of the town and its loss is greatly regretted.
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FAYETTE'S CONGRESSMEN-TWO OF OUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST MEN
HON. J. F. SHAFROTH
C CONGRESSMAN JNO. F. SHAFROTH was born in Fayette, June 9, 1854. After attending Central College he gradu- ated from the law depart- ment of the University of Michigan, in 1875, and was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1876. His law prac- tice was continued in Fayette until 1879 when he moved to Denver, Col- orado, where he soon gained recognition and served as city attorney from 1887 to 1891. He was elected a member of Con - gress from the first Colo- rado district in 1895, hav - ing become a member of the Silver Republican party. He was married to Miss Virginia Morrison of Fayette, October 26, 1881. Mr. Shafroth was repre- sentative from Colorado when on Feb'y 15, 1904, he made a resignation from Congress which will al-
C CONGRESSMAN WIL- LARD D. VANDI- VER was born in Harding county, West Virginia, March 30, 1854. In 1858 he came with his parents to Missour and was edu- cated at Central College. leaving the institution in 1877. He was married to Miss Alice L. Headiee, in June, 1880. Mr. Vandiver began his successful teaching career in Belle- rue Institute, where he was professor of Natural Science for three years and then president from 1880 to 1889. He hecame connected with the State Normal School at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, im- mediately upon leaving Bellevue Institute, teach- ing io the Science depart- ment for four years and then acting as president until 1897, when he was elected member of Con- HON. W. D. VANDIVER Photo Loaned by R+r. L. H. Vanditer gress from the 14th Mis- souri district. He served five successive terms in Congress. In Decem- her, 1903, the State Democratic Central Committee of Missouri elected Mr. Vandiver as manager of the Folk campaign and, thus, he hecame the leader in a movement of national interest and of national importance. The election of Mr. Folk in the face of so much opposition shows that Mr. Vandiver played his part well. He now holds the office of Insurance Commissioner of Missouri, having been appointed on April 1, 1905.
Photo Loaned by Mixs Carolyn Bradley ways he memorable in American politics. His nohle action is well known, not only in Fayette but throughout the entire land. Fayette is proud of such a son. A dispatch from Washington at that time stated, "The manly and earnest words of the Colorado member fairly took the breath of the house as he proceeded to put the first case on record in that body where a member gave up his seat, acknowledging that his election had been tainted by fraud." Mr. Shafroth is now practicing law in Denver.
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THE MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS RAILROAD
I T HAS been a good many years since a former General history of the most stupendous strides of human progress Passenger Agent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railway got out an advertisement showing an elephant making a request that his trunk be checked to Deni- son. as an announcement that the MI .. K. & T. Railway had been extended to the gateway of Texas.
Since that time, the Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas Railway has grown from year to year, until it is now a system of over three thousand miles, covering Missouri. Kansas, Indian Territory. Ok- tahoma and Texas. It is one of the foremost lines in the state of Mis- souri, traversing the state in several directions, and reaching what are con- sidered the best agricultural counties in this great commonwealth. The Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas Railway is almost a home institution of Fayette. it being our steel highway to and from the outside world. The broad and liberal policy of the railway company has done much and is doing much every day to develop the territory along its lines, and in this development, Fayette has shared with other towns. In a system Photo by such as this, stretching from St. Louis and Hannibal to Galveston and San AD- tonio, is embraced a territory capaple of sustaining a popu- Jation more than double that of the present day. The whole
J. H. LOONEY Grinaby
The Popular "Katy" Agent at Fayette
can be read in moving pictures from the car windows. A thousand industries, soil of various degrees of fertility. a wonderful produce of plants and crops, oil, gas, and minerals are to be found, peopled by eager. push- ing, wide-awake citizen- who believe in the future of their state or their ter- ritory, giving encouragement of every kind to the location of enterprises and industries and to the getting of more and better facilities.
Of such a country and of such pro- gress. Fayette is part and parcel. and with the aid and assistance of the rail- way company, and with active and energetic work on the part of our own citizens there is no reason why Fayette should not share in the prosperity which the up-building of such a territory is bound to bring to pass.
HISTORICAL: The smoke of the Civil War bad scarcely cleared away when the people of Howard county hegan agitating the question of building a railroad. In the "Advertiser" of April, 1867, notice was given fur a grand mass meeting of the citizens. This memorable gath - ering, held in the courthouse, Juhe 3, 1867, was the beginning of a movement which culminated in the building of the "Missouri, Kansas and Texas" railroad. In January, 1868, the people of the county voted to subscribe $250,000 to the "Tebo and Neosho" railroad company. The company built its road through Fayette in 1873. Later the railroad took the name of the "Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas." At the same time that the county subscribed $250,000 to the "Tebo and Neosho ('ompany" an equal amount was subscribed to the "Louisiana and Missouri River Company," but the road was never completed.
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THE M., K. & T. DEPOT
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PHONE NO. 130
H. & S. LOEB & COMPANY-DRY GOODS The Best Clothes for Men, Women and Children
FAYETTE, NO.
INTERIOR VIEW OF STORE
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Photo by DR. C. W. WATTS Girigaby
D R. WATTS was a student in Central College from 1858 to 1862. He is presi- dent of the Board of United States Examin- ing Surgeons: Secretary and Treasurer of the Howard County Medical Society, and Vice-President, for Missouri, of the Jeffer- son Medical College Alumniof Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. Offire over Bell Brothers. 'Phones, Home No. 182: office, No. 252.
Photo by PROF. R. H. JONES Grigel y
P ROFESSOR JONES was lately re-elect- ed School Commissioner of Howard conoty, having been in the office since 19.1. Professor Jones was born and reared in Howard county. His education was received at the Salisbury Academy and at the State Normal Schoolat Warrensburg. He has had a successful cireer as an instructor, both in rural and city schools.
Photo by W. A. DUDGEON Grigsby
M R. DUDOEON was born in Howard county, March 30, 1840. He entered the drug husiness in Fayette io 1864 and since that time he has been behind the counter. Io 1872 he was married to Miss Mary P Patrick. In 1882 he was elected county treasurer. For the most part his life has been uneventful; he has always been a liberal citizen and an honest man.
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DR. C. H. LEE AND HIS FAMOUS PACK OF FOX HOUNDS
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Photo by THE OLD COTTONWOOD Wright
A T THE time of the famous Anderson raid in Fayette, during the war, two of Anderson's men were killed near this tree by Lieutenant Joseph M. Street who, with a company of fifteen men, was ambushed in the timber near-by. The tree stands in the ra- vine north of town. In addition to the tradition connected with it the tree is of interest by reason of its immense size, its tall straight shaft, and its apparent great age.
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Photo by OLD FASHIONED STONE CHIMNEY Grigsby
Photo by BIRTHPLACE OF BISHOP TALBOT Grigsby
Bishop Ethelhert Talbot was born in this house, October 9, 1818. Mrs. Margaret Unruh has been living here since 1856. The honse stands across the street from Centenary Chapel.
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DR. U. S. WRIGHT, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
D R. WRIGHT was born in Fayette, February 1. 1847, His father. Leland Wright. came to Missouri from Virginia with his mother's brother. Major D'riel Sebree. Dr. Wright attended Central College. but the outbreak of the Civil War prevented him from graduating. During the war he clerked in a drug store in Warsaw, Illinois. In 1865 be returned to Mis- souri and after engaging in the drug business in Glasgow and Salisbury he com- pleted a course in the St. Louis Medical College, now the medical department of Washington University, and, in 1571, began his career in Fayette Since that time he has remained here. building up a large practice and making many friends. In 1873 he was married to Miss Carrie Shafroth, of Fayette. She died in 1889. leaving five children. The oldest child. Dr. U. S. Wright. Jr., is now practicing medicine with his father in Fayette. Miss Annie L. Wright has been teaching in the Fayette public schools for seven years. Miss Nannie Lou Wright, after completing her musical education under Miss Mary Wood Chase. of Chicago, bas accepted a position as instructor of music in Howard-Payne College. John L. Wright. a graduate of the Fayette high school. is now attending Pritchett Col- lege at Glasgow. Miss Carrie S. Wright is now attending the Fayette high school. Dr. Wright was again married to Miss Willie Swinney. They have three sons. Politically, Dr. Wright is a Democrat and has served several times on the Central Committee of the county and was elected Coroner for one term. He has been a member of the Fayette Board of Education for fourteen years, with two years yet to serve. Dr. Wright is a deacon in the Baptist church and is offi- Photo by DR. U. S. WRIGHT Meredith cially connected with the following lodges: Masonic, Ex-High Priest and present Eminent Commander of Temple Commandery, No. 35: Knights of Pythias. Past Chancellor of Fayette lodge, No. 239; 1. O. O. F., Past Noble Grand of Fayette lodge, No. 10. Dr. Wright has been a leading member of the Missouri State Medical Association, and, atter holding nearly all of the minor offices he was elect - ed president in 1891. He has been president of both the Moberly District Medical Society and the Howard County Medi- cal Society, and has been a delegate to National Tuberculosis Conventions on several occasions.
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DR. L. M. ROBISON, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
G GRADUATE of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri. Consultation and examination free. Office hours, 8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 5 p. m. Office up stairs in New Century Block.
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Mrs. Robison has now been practicing in Fayette a little over one year and during that time she has demonstrated her ability as a physician and has aroused an interest in the new science, of which she is an ardent and accomplished student. In a town with the conservatism of Fayette it is always difficult to introduce new methods and to establish new precedents. Mrs. Robison has been unusually suc- cessful in overcoming the difficulties of the situation. She has succeeded in build- ing up a large practice and in making a large number of friends who have great confidence in her ability and in the profession which she represents. Some of the best families both in town and in the surrounding country are among her patrons. Very frequently farmers bring their families from a great distance to take advan- tage of her skilled treatments. She makes engagements through the mail with those at a distance. Several notable cases which have been given up as incurable by others have been brought to her and treated with success. This has been es- pecially true in cases of spinal trouble and similar ailments of children.
The virtue and commonsense of Osteopathy will appeal to almost any one who will take the trouble to make even a slight investigation of its methods and teachings. The principles upon which the science is based are simple and easily understood : they are far from being occult, as in the case of so many other meth- ods of healing. Technically : "Osteopathy is a system of treating disease, with- out drugs, by the use of the hands to adjust all parts of the human mechanism to Photo by Grigsby DR. ROBISON perfect mechanical relations. It is that science which finds in disturbed mechani- cal relations of the anatomical parts of the body the cause of disease, and which is employed to cure disease by applying technical knowledge and high manual skill to the correction of all disturbed relations occurring in the mechanical ar- rangement of the body. It is the science founded upon the principles of anatomy and physiology." Advanced thougth in view of the failures and blunders of the past has prepared sensible people to accept the methods of Osteopathy.
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THE FAYETTE POLICE FORCE Photo by Grigsby Luther Tolson, Deputy and H. C. Reed, City Marshal
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THE HOTEL HOWARD
Photo by Meredith
NOW UNDER the management of Mr. E. A. Lawrence. This is one of the oldest buildings in town. It was originally built about 1830 and has since been remodeled and enlarged. Shortly before the war the building was used as a residenee by Weston L. Birch, a Fayette merchant, and afterwards ehanged back to a hotel.
Photo by OSCAR WHITE Meredith
Born in Howard county, January 31, 1823. Lives on his farm five miles southwest of Fayette, where he has lived since 1846.
Poto lowrey C. E. GIVENS by Mr. Gerenx
Born in Howard county, May 8, 1823. Since 1868 he has been living on his farm two miles north of Fayette.
IRA C. DARBY
Photo Couned by Miss timbie Darby
Born in Maryland, November 8, 1818, and enme to Missouri in 1812. Since 1848 he has lived on his farm, five miles south of Fayette.
Photo by SAM MORRIS Meredith
Born in Kentucky, June 7, 1813; came to Howard county, Missouri, in 1819, Has been living in Fayette since 1888. Mr. Morris is the oldest man in town, age ninety-two years.
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VIEWS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTE From the Cupola of Science Hall, Central College
LOOKING SOUTH, ACROSS THE CAMPUS Photo by Grigsby
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LOOKING SOUTHWEST
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LOOKING NORTH ACROSS ATHLETIC GROUNDS Photo by Grigsby
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LOOKING NORTHWEST, ALONG GLASGOW ROAD Photo by Grigsby
Photo by Grigshy
LOOKING SOUTHEAST
ROBERT M. BAGBY, LAWYER
M R. BAGBY was born in Trenton, Mis- souri, November 8, 1860. At the close of the t'ivil War his parents moved to Roanoke, Howard county. After attending the puh- lic schools of his home town, he completed a course in the law depart- ment of the Missouri State University in 1882. He was married, in 1885, to Miss Lizzie Viley, the onty daughter of Judge J. W. Viley, of Roanoke. After practicing in Roanoke for several years he went to Kiowa county, Kansas, where he was successful in the practice of his pro- fession and was elected prosecuting attorney of the county on the Demo- cratic ticket, in the face of strong Republican op- position. At the expira- tion of his term of office Photo by R. M. BAGBY Girigaby he returned to Missouri, and in 1891, located at Armstrong. In 1900 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Howard county on the Democratic ticket and was re-elected in 1902. He filled the office with credit and honor Mr. Bagby has been living in l'ayette for four years. He has built up a very successful law practice and now holds the office of City Attorney of Fayette.
JASPER THOMPSON. LAWYER
MR. THOMPSON was born in Howard county and since
he was admitted to the bar has been practicing law in his home county, He worked on his father's farm until he was nineteen year old. At that age he came to Fayette and entered C'entral College, working to pay his way through, as so many worthy men have done in the past years. After leaving college, in 199, he accepted a position in Mr. L. S. Prosser's dry goods store. where he remained for nine years. during which time he read law privately and studied under Mr. O. S. Barton. Mr. Thompson left the store in January. 1NOS, and was admitted to the bar in July of the same year. Since that time he has practiced continuously in Fayette. not changing once from the office, located over Halley's fur- niture store, in which he began his career Shortly after being admitted to the bar Mr. Thompson was appointed Ju- tice of the Peace, to till a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. R. P. Talbot. At the expiration of the term he was nominated for the same office by the Democratic primary and elected. He was re-elected in 1902 and holds the office at this time. While having a general law practice. he makes a specialty of collections, both home and foreign. Mr. Thompson is a self-made lawyer who has been unusually successful. He started in life as a poor boy, worked his way through college and so employed the spare moments in a clerkship of nine years that he became well-read in law. His private study was thorough and systematic and he was admitted to the bar in less than a year after giving up his position. He has deserved his sheets.
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JOHN EWING
M R. EWING'S father came to Howard county from Ken- tucky, in 1818, and took up gov- ernment land on the Bonne Femme Creek, south of Fayette. The land now belongs to Mr. Jno. Stapleton. Mr. John Ewing was horn on this farm on the 16th of October, 1826. His whole life has been spent iu Fayette and be is intimately connected with the history of the town, for be eagerly watched its development through many years and aided in its pro- gress. In his younger days he was an active business man and interested himself in the public affairs of his native town and county. While the infirmities of old age have robbed him of his old-time vigor, be has lost none of his interest in the life about him and in the people and the town which he has known and loved from bis youth. Mr. Ewing MR. JOHN EWING Photo Loaned by Mr. Ewing possesses a remarkably accurate memory and bis mind is stored with a wealth of local stories traditions, and recollections of the men of other days. In the preparation of "Picturesque Fayette" his aid has been invaluable. When, in our search, we have failed elsewhere we have gone to bim for the coveted information and were able to obtain it. Our visits bave been frequent and untimely but we have always been welcomed and always found him kind and patient in listening to many ques- tions concerning events which long ago took place and of men and things which most people bave forgotten, but which linger with him in vivid recollection.
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Photo by THE OLO COVERED BRIDGE Wright
Across Boune Femme creek. This beautiful stream rons a winding course, southward from Fayette and flows into the Missouri river.
Photo by Miss THE COUNTRY LANE
Leona Tindall
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THE HOWARD-PAYNE COLLEGE MANDOLIN CLUB Picture Taken by Grigsby, Who Makes a Specialty of all Kinds of Groups
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Interior Views of Mr. Grigsby's Home, Which He Offers as an Example of His Success In Taking Indoor Pictures. Mr. Grigsby's Artistic Picture Taking Has Added Much to the Success of "Picturesque Fayette."
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THE NEW YORK RACKET STORE J. B. WEST. Proprietor
BELL BROTHERS .- HARDWARE M. P. and W. C. BELE
R EV. W. F. BELL came to Fayette from Macon county in 1\\0. He built the Bell Block in 1884 and his sons established the firm of Bell Brothers in ISSS. The firm has been very successful and at present carries a large
M R. WEST has been in business in Fayette four years. Hi- store is located in the center of the New Opera House block. This is the only racket store in Fay- ette, and when you have failed to get what you want at all the other stores in town you will generally find it at the stock. The store handles a full line of hardware. tinware. "New York " store. A business of this kind is of great machinery, agricultural implements, road wagons, spring convenience to a town. A store of this character necessari- wagons, buggies, stoves, lamps, cutlery, hot water and steam fitting -. The main store room, located in the Bell Block on the west side of the square. contains a large stock of hardware, stoves, tinware, ammunition, and garden seeds. In the large buggy repository. upstairs, there is generally something like one hundred and twenty-five jobs on hand. The standard makes of vehicles, such as Moon Brothers and Studebaker Brothers. are handled. This is a popular place to buy all kinds of standard rigs at reasonable prices. The ly carries a varied line of goods and it is impossible in this space to make mention of the entire stock. However, men- tion may be made of the millinery department, which is complete in itself. All the latest styles and designs of ladies' and children's head-wear may be found in the assortment. A large and well-selected stock is kept on hand and several expert trimmers are employed to assist in the department. The new line of spring hats is especially fine and a large trade is now being accommodated. The designs are up-to-date large ware room is well-stocked with a large variety of and the prices are reasonable. City buyers are pleased and farming and agricultural implements. Such standard makes as lohn Deer. Oliver, and Sattlery are always in stock. This is a desirable place for farmers to buy their imple- ments for the reason that there is always a large stock on hands to inspect and select from and in this way they are saved the delay of ordering from the factory. as they are compelled to do in the case of hardware companies with small capital. Bell Brother- have been very successful in meeting competition in Fayette in the hardware busi- ness. Since the establishment of the firm. seventeen year- ago, several different hardware stores have opened up at dif- ferent times but without seriously affecting their business. people from the country generally find just what they want and at city price. The Saturday afternoon crowd- show where the ladies from the country are buying their new hats. The well-selected stock of hardware attracts the at- tention of the farmers and while their wives are buying hats and notions at satisfactory prices they are able to purchase those small convenient tools and implements which make work on the farm easier and much more satisfactory. In the tinware line Mr. West offers a good assortment. The dry goods and notion departments are always well-stocked and offer some interesting bargains.
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THE CITY CEMETERY
"THE LEAVES OF THE OAK AND THE WILLOW SHALL FADE, BE SCATTERED AROUND AND TOGETHER BE LAID;
AND THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, AND THE LOW AND THE HIGH. SHALL MOULDER TO DUST AND TOGETHER SHALL LIE."
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MRS. J. F. SMITH Fashionable Dressmaker
MRS. J. F. Smith and her husband. residents of Fay- ette, were both born and reared in Howard county. Mrs. Smith is a daughter of the late John F. Hackley. She makes a specialty of tailor-made skirtsand isalways up-to-date and bas the latest designs, She solicit- your, patronage : satisfaction guaranteed.
Photo Loaned OLD HOME OF SAM MAJOR, SR. by Mr. Major Was built in 1831 and torn down in 1884 to make room for the Bell block. During the War the public money was buried in the cellar
THE LADIES' EXCHANGE
LINDER the management of Mrs. C. E. Her-man and her daugh-
ter. Miss Annie Her-man. This enterprise, established in Fayette one year ago, has received the endorsement and patronage of many of the best citizens. It is conducted on a strictly co-opera- tive plan and gives mutual benefit- to all parties concerned and for this reason it should be of especial interest to the women of the town : it is their own home business concern. Mr -. Her-man and her daughter receive consignments from all of the surrounding town and country and, at the present time, about seventy-five ladies have taken membership in the organization and are enjoy- ing the many benefits and bargains offered by the exchange. The term- are as follows:
Yearly membership fee. $1 00.
To outsiders an entrance fee of five percent on value is charged. The managers to receive twenty per cent on all sales made.
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