Missouri Happenings Roundup Highlights Local Events
Reports from Missouri cover state labor statistics surveys to assist immigration, oil leases in Macon County, Odd Fellows parade plans in Springfield, new Bible School dean Charles M. Sharpe, and graft inquiries in St. Joseph. Also noted are editor meetings in Fulton, death of St. Joseph merchant Thomas Edwards, Harvard enrollment of Missouri youths, smallpox damages case in Springfield, a stabbing in Sedalia, Leeds bank approval, Carthage waterworks bond funds, a 107-year-old James Harris, Q W Riley’s suicide, Capt William Smith’s bluegrass seed history, railroad surveys Golden City to Stockton, Cassville to Exeter electrification, and rail line extensions toward Eureka Springs and Carthage.
Suesa Railroad Suit for $10000 Damages
Mrs Patsy Hall of Windsor sues the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway for $10000 dam ages claiming the death of her husband James G Hall from injuries in a powder explosion in a M K & T car at Windsor on September 15 1908 Fourteen others were killed in the same blast The Missouri Valley Medical society met in St Joseph with Surgeon General Dr Walter Wyman and J J Boldt as guests of honor Readings were delivered and an excursion to Sulphur Spring Arkansas was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suesa Railroad
Patsy Hall
Windsor
Sedalia
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
James G. Hall
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
St. Joseph
Missouri Valley Medical Society
Walter Wyman
Washington
The
Marine Hospital, Service
J. J. Boldt
New York
Sulphur Spring
Ark
Jury Twist in Rohloff Case and Railroad Verdict
A Burlington railroad injury suit in St. Joseph saw a new trial motion after attorneys alleged juror influence through tears. The verdict awarded 24 000 for a life loss, among the heaviest in years. Also reported are elections and honors from Missouri institutions and notable local obituaries and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaintif
John H. Rohloff
The
Burlington
Railroad
Eastin
St. Joseph
Preventing Paint Troubles and Purity Guides
A short guide advises recognizing paint problems as signs of adulteration and cites repainting as the remedy. It promotes a free painting kit from National Lead Co with the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee, and briefly references health law knowledge and a humorous interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lead Co
Trinity Bldg
New York
Hall's Catarrh Cure Backed By Toledo Firm
An advertisement warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims the preparation contains no mercury and is taken internally to act on mucous surfaces, urging readers to insist on this product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ad Vows for Honest Man and Oil Legends
A collage of old ad quips and slogans from newspapers noting Hamlins Wizard Oil as a family substitute, Brown's Bronchial Troches 29 cents a box, Garfield Tea for health, and Pazo Ointment promising relief for piles within 6 to 14 days. The snippets include jokes about ads, cigars, and shop talk, with sellers urging trust in products and home remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladaya
fragmentary note on teething syrup and ice
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children and a vague phrase about smoothing pain. It also includes stray words like wind coins seas and an odd line about it being what it is cracked up to be if it is ice. The readable facts are very limited and largely unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missouri
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Macon County
E. L. Austin
Guaranty Ol! Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
Recorder of
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of the
Missouri Odd Fellows
Springfield
Odd Fellows
Grand Assembly of
the Rebekahs
Bible School
Charles M. Sharpe
Bible College of Missouri
J. W. Harmon
Bible College
Christian Church
Central Fire Station
Missouri Press Association
Fulton
Thomas Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Harvard
J. M. Butcher
Butcher
J. P. Swaim
West Plains
John Bartlett
Henry E. Snedeker
Leeds
Jackson County
Carthage
Chicago
James Harris
Kentucky
Son
Colorado
Q. W. Riley
Howell’ County
William Smith
Macon
Capt .Smith
Lexington
Capt. Smith
St. Louis
Powhuska and Garden City Railroad
Golden City
Stockton
Cassville
Cassville and Western
Exeter
Frisco
Eureka Springs
Missouri Folk Lore Society
Columbia
Mary A. M. Owen
W. L. Campbell
Kansas City
J. L. Powell
Mary Wadsworth
H.M. Belden
L. D. Ames
Drury
Drury College
Walter Lamb
Cornelia McBride
Frankie White
Lidmila Nervend
Edith Field
McCune
Charities Board
Henry L. McCune
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Jefferson City
Hadley
Nunning
Hiram Montgomery
George Mitchell
Mount Vernon
H. S. Hadley
S. Barto Rimel
Marshall
Rimel
Nodaway County
Hickory County
Asa B. Wilson
E. M. Kerr
New Orleans Picayune
Yale
Brown
John I. Brown & Son
Boston
Masa
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
California
California Fig Syrup Co
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Louisville, Ky
San Francisco
Cal
USA
London
England
New York, N. Y
H.W. Ghove
Red Cross
Woolf
Druj
Dodds Kidney Tea
Andy Seed
Ted
John Deere Plow CO
Bell
Texas
Wels
Orea
Css
Defiance
Sure Hatch
Sure Hatch Incubator Co
Fremont
Neb
Canada
Ottawa
George Kryder
Napoleon
Wisconsin
Salzer
Are of
Tata
Ifms
Cresee
Mapleton
Mapleine
Putnam
N. Y
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