Thursday, August 13, 1885 We are in receipt of the first number of The Messenger, a 7 column folio, published at Clarksburg in this county, by Will C. Thornton. The Messenger has started on its …
Thursday, August 6, 1885 We understand that a “first-class Democratic paper is to be started soon.” The gentleman proposing this scheme hasn’t learned yet that Tipton …
Thursday, July 30, 1885 Tuesday afternoon the mercury went up to its usual mark – 100º in the shade – when all of a sudden it began to rain, and we were blessed with a cool, …
Thursday, July 23, 1885 A special purse of $60 will be given on the first day of the Central Missouri District Fair, for horses that have never trotted for money, and that have been owned …
Thursday, July 16, 1885 Don’t sit idly by and think because you have all you want, or have accumulated enough of this world’s good things, that all your fellow citizens are in the …
Thursday, July 9, 1885 The Fourth of July has come and gone and Tipton has reason to feel proud of the part she played in the gala day. The various societies, I.O.G.T., American L. of H., …
Thursday, July 2, 1885 The day is fast vanishing in which people can say: “Anybody can teach our schools.” Young children follow almost too easily the direction of the teacher. Her …
Thursday, June 25, 1885 (Geo. H. Townsley, editor) With this issue we have been at the helm of the Times one year. We h ave endeavored to give to the people of Tipton and vicinity a paper worthy …
Thursday, June 18, 1885 The California Democrat of last week eulogises the prospects of a railroad to that place from Columbia, via California and Versailles – prospects that are as devoid …
Thursday, June 11, 1885 At a special meeting of the Council held Tuesday night it was decided to place the street lamps in position. Last night Tipton was again illuminated. Good. Thursday, …
Thursday, June 4, 1885 Our friend Phifer seems to be the only one in California who is making an effort to get the new railroad to that city. Of course, we have no ax to grind; neither have we …
Thursday, May 28, 1885 Don. Walker Wear of St. Louis, an old-time Cooper county boy, has received the appointment of superintendent of the Yellowstone Park. The consideration is $2,000 per …
Thursday, May 21, 1885 A man by the name of Odlum, the proprietor of a swimming school at Washington, D.C., in order to advertise his school, jumped from the East River bridge, between New York …
Thursday, May 14, 1885 The highways and byways are alive with tramps – men without money, work or any permanent place of abode, depending upon the mite which is extended to them by the …
Thursday, May 7, 1885 The entertainment given by the children of the public school Tuesday night was a very creditable affair. The entertainment consisted of songs, instrumental music, …
Thursday, April 30, 1885 We have a large number of subscribers who get their mail at the Tipton postoffice, and whose subscription is now past due. Please come and settle up, as we need the …
Thursday, April 23, 1885 The house bill by which aliens cannot hold real estate except by inheritance has been adopted by the senate. Will this include present holders? or, must they necessarily …
Thursday, April 16, 1885 We heard a young lady of Tipton remark, incidentally, the other day, that any young man wanting a wife could easily get one by buying a lot, building a neat little house …
Thursday, April 9, 1885 The national debt, less the cash in the treasury April 1 st , 1885, was $1,502,579,184. What will you do with it, and when can this debt be liquidated under the present …
Thursday, April 2, 1885 The railroad company now claims the vacant lots between Moniteau street and the depot, and the city will have to seek another location for the site of the proposed public …