News of the Week Condensed From World Items
A rapid roundup covers Roosevelt attacks and expunged records, confirmations of Bacon and Donnelly, Cummins opposition to postal savings, inaugural ball at Pension Building, looming land fraud revelations, agriculture and naval appropriations, Lincoln birthday holiday, and various legal, transport, and labor developments. Prominent figures include Willett, Garfield, Gompers, Mitchell, Morrison, Morgan, and Bristow among others with events across Washington, Topeka, Chicago, Messina, New York, and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
New York
Willett
Roosevelt
Bacon
Senate
Samuel B. Donnelly
Cummins
Iowa
Postal Savings Bank
Congress
Garfield
Department
National Conservation Commission
Abraham Lincoln
Sealby
Republic
Jack Binns
Santa Fe Railway Company
Topeka
Kansas City
Chicago
Florida
Red Cross
St. Petersburg
Russia
Wright
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Andrew Johnson
Gov
Deneen
Illinois
Herman Billik
Mary Vzral
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Chicago Packers
J. Pierpont Morgan
George Washington
Annapolis
Messina
State Department
Christian Rodpartz
Fort Robinson
Neb
Barry
Eighth Infantry
Thomas
Muskogee, Ok
Missouri Happenings Raise Legal and Civic Questions
In Livingston county circuit court Judge Trimble holds a case challenging the public utility enabling act as unconstitutional for rate revision rights and multiple subjects. Missouri offices defend capital requirements for foreign firms, while a Brookfield graduate, Mabel E. Sturtevant, wins the Braun prize and embarks on a global tour. Peaches fear damage from warm weather. Ozark buds face loss. Governor Hadley appoints coal oil inspectors. state seeks wider security for school bonds. Boone Lick road trustees advance Daughters of the American Revolution efforts on the Santa Fe trail expansion.
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Livingston County
Trimble
Chillicothe
People’s Gas and Electric Company
Missouri
Bor
Braun
America
Europe
Mabel E. Sturtevant
Brookfield
Miss Sturtevant
University of Missouri
National Teachers’ and Students’ Association
Burglar Frightened Away at Springfield Home
A burglar fled the residence of Alonzo Swift in Springfield after Mrs. Swift repeatedly slammed a second floor bedroom door. The intruder left without taking anything. A Boy Hunter Was Killed in Marysville. Vovis Sanders, 16, died while rabbit hunting south of Marysville after a misfired shell struck his heart when a box hit the gun hammer from a brush pile. Triplets Born in St Joseph to Akes family. Mr and Mrs Peter Akes of St Joseph welcomed two boys and a girl. father born in Gentry County and mother in Jackson. father 66, mother 34 years younger. Reports Death in Hawaii. Dr R L Johnson of Rolla received word that his son W D Johnson was accidentally killed in Hawaii on Tuesday January 5, 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Swift
Springfield
Vovis Sanders
Marysville
Sanders
St Joseph
Peter A. Akes
St. Joseph
Gentry County
Jackson
Akes
Hawaii
R. L. Johnson
Rolla
Carl S. Smith
Hilo
W. D. Johnson
Missouri Marshal Shot in Quarrel Near Court House
John Guyer, a 70 year old Missouri marshal, was shot by Ira Swetman after a dispute in which the marshal threatened Swetman’s father with a cane. Guyer died the next day. Swetman’s wound was not dangerous after he fired at the marshal and returned the marshal’s shot. Swetman, about 35, acted after the quarrel escalated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Guyer
Ira Swetman
Guyer
Swetman
Missouri River and Cameron Railroad Charter Granted
The secretary of state grants a charter to the Missouri River and Cameron Railroad company an enterprise funded by Kansas City residents. The 35 mile line runs from a Missouri river site in Platte county through Smithville in Clay county to Lathrop in Clinton county with capital stock of 350000. William W. Lewis owns 346 shares and four other shares are held by Charles O French William A Medill Fred M Tigus and U S Grant Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Secretary of State
Missouri River & Cameron Railroad Company
Kansas City
Missouri River
Platte County
Smithville
Clay County
Lathrop
Clinton County
William W. Lewis
Charles O. French
William A. Medill
Fred M. Tigus
U. S. Grant Peabody
Ex-convict shot during department store robbery attempt
Ralph Carson, an ex convict, was shot potentially fatally at Burlington Junction while trying to rob the C. B. Zarn department store. The owner fired five shots from a repeating shotgun, with the final blast hitting Carson as he struggled to force open the front door and flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Carson
Burlington Junction
C. B. Zarn
Carson
Big Creek Drainage Plan Expanded in Henry County
Henry county drainage committee met to deepen and widen Big Creek. An expert engineer advised on the best method. The panel decided to drain 14 miles near Blairstown and leave ten miles further downstream for later work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek
Henry County
Blairstown
Green Suffers Hemorrhage In Jefferson City Deaths And Marriages
John R. Green a supreme court clerk in Jefferson City suffered a severe hemorrhage after a coughing spell at his home. An 81 year old man and a 76 year old woman named in a marriage license near Green Ridge Pettis county. Adjutant General Rumbold presented a brass shell pitcher from St Louis inauguration. Missouri treasurer Cowgill appointed John A Lee of St Louis as treasury bookkeeper. Missouri canners packed almost 11 million tomato cans last year. Springfield society women suffer food poisoning from banquet. no fatalities expected.
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T. O. Critehaged
Frank M. Rum-bold
St. Louis
Missouri
James W. Cowgill
John A. Lee
Pioneer Dies in Montgomery
Daniel McCafferty an 80 year old pioneer and old settler of northeast Missouri died at his Montgomery home recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Daniel McCafferty
Missouri
Wonderberry: Burbank's plant bears berries year round
The Wondersberry, a California invention by Luther Burbank, grows in any soil or climate and bears abundant luscious fruit all season. Seed plants in three months and can fruit all summer in gardens or pots during winter. Inventor John Lewis Childs promotes it worldwide, offering agent incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
Wisard
California
Burbank
John Lewis Childs
Floral Park
N. Y
Childs
America
Fate of a Man Named Dude and Miss Sly
Dialogue heavy snippet shows Mr Dude and Miss Sly in a tense exchange about dominance and submission. The two characters discuss control as Mr Dude contemplates transformation of a shared space. The fragment hints at a power dynamic and impending action.
Home Cough Remedy and Miscellaneous Advertisements
A collage of old advertisements including a pine compound cough syrup recipe using whiskey and glycerine, a satirical Mish dish by The Bellman, laundry starch praise for Defiance Starch, jokes about Jack Clubberly, and various patent medicines such as Pazo Ointment for piles and Allen's Foot Ease. The page blends health tonics, household tips, humor, and product pitches with dated diction and period brand names.
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Congressional
National Live Stock Association
Los Angeles
Cal
White House
Indianapolis
Ind
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
Stephen T. Hood
Fidelity and Casualty Company
J. W. Blanton
Travelers’ Company
Western Passenger Association
Salt Lake City
Christian Endeavor
St. Paul
White Star
Ves
Nantucket
Fife Fetcher Brown
Joplin
Martha's Vineyard
Gresham
Swiss Aero Club
Zurich
Thomas M. Allen
Cassville
Pollock
James M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Democratic National Committee
James Kerr
Panama
United Mine Workers of America
Messrs
Mitchell
Gompers
Morrison
Master Butchers’ Association of
Louisiana
Taft
New Orleans
United States
Kansas
Joseph L. Bristow
E. H. Harriman
Alton
San Francisco
Homer G. Taber
San Diego
Cal, Bank and Trust Company
Lincoln County
Nevada
Coquelin
France
Belmont
Memorial Hospital
Emperor William
Germany
Francis G. Newlands
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Wiliam J. Bryan
Lincoln
William H. Leavitt
Leavitt
Salina
Africa
Augusta
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Charleston
D. C
E. P. Shaw
Cornelius Roach
Northern Central Coal Company
New Haven
Major
Ozark Country
Ozarks
Hadley
Gilbert L. Yost
Macon County
William T. Keith
Mexico
James Cowgill
Boon
Daughters of the American Revoluton
Boon’ Lick Road
Boone Lick Road
Old Franklin
Franklin
Colorado
New Mexico
Springfield Society
Sorosis Club
Dude
Sly
Jack
Maud
Bell
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Horace
Allen
Caesar
Woolford
Dodds Pen
Cae
Edward Seana Cals
So'abottle
Carters TL
Carters
Ittle Iver
Government of Canada
Canada
Western
Dana
Cada
Crawford
Ninth Street
Dr.d.jayne
Andrew Jackson
Jno. F
Practical Business College
Ft. Scott
Schencks Mandrake Pill
J. H. Schenck & Son
Phil
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