Society Girl Shot and Killed in Auto Near Kansas City
Kansas City authorities pursue a man described by fiancé Howard R. Winter after Miss Florence Barton 24 daughter of Kimber L Barton president of McElwain Barton Shoe Company is shot and killed along a lonely road. Winter wounded in the left arm. A description: about 30, brown suit greasy cap with creased visor. three men fled in a motor car. The couple were to be married soon. The incident followed by other regional legal items and notices across Missouri.
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Kansas City
Florence Barton
Howard R. Winter
Here
Winter
Bhighty-Fifth Street
Hickman Mills Road
Miss Barton
Kimber L. Barton
McElwain-Barton Shoe Company
Raytown
W. W. Hobbs
Elizabeth Elliott Weds Chester Stephenson in Warrensburg
Announcement from Odessa Missouri confirms the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Elliott a former physical training instructor at Central Missouri State Teachers College Warrensburg and Chester Stephenson of New York. Elliott taught at Warrensburg College for three years. Westminster College in Fulton reports a $500000 campaign advancing well per President Reed after a canvass in Moberly with campaign manager John Paul Jones.
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Odessa
Elizabeth Elliott
Central Missouri State Teachers’ College
Warrensburg
Chester Stephenson
New York
Elliott
Warrensburg College
Westminster College
Fulton
RE BE. Reed
Moberly
John Paul Jones
Randolph County
Poor Apple Harvest in Cooper County
In Boonville Missouri Cooper County apple crop is harvested and judged better than many northern counties but still far from a half crop. Estimated yield may not exceed one fifth of a full crop.
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Boonville
Cooper County
Missouri
Wabash Hospital Head Named
Mexico's Dr. J F Harrison elected president of the Wabash Railway Surgical Association at a recent meeting in Buffalo New York with Harrison serving as mayor of Mexico Missouri.
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Wabash Hospital
Mexico
J. F. Harrison
Wabash Railway Surgical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Missouri Merchant A. W. McKenzie Dies in Sedalia
Sedalia Missouri A W McKenzie a Bedalia merchant died from heart disease He was born Leroy New York December 18 1855 and lived in Sedalia 36 years He served four terms on the school board and was a city council member His wife had died years earlier Ninety eight Converts at Revival in Des Arc Oscar Taylor and son closed the biggest revival there with 98 converts
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Missouri
Sedalia
A. W. McKenzie
Bedalia
Leroy
N. Y
Des Arc
Oscar Taylor and Son
Obey Co
Pilot Knob
Five Minute Chats About Our Presidents Garfield
James Abram Garfield born in Orange Ohio in 1831. He served in the Ohio Senate beginning 1860 and rose from colonel to major general in the Civil War. Garfield was in Congress from 1863 to 1880, then elected to the United States Senate and nominated for president in 1880 by the Republican Convention in Chicago and won the election.
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James Abram Garfield
Orange
Ohio
Oiram
United
States Senate
Chicago
Ames
Abram Garfield
Garfield
St. Louis
Grant
Bond Forfeiture Remitted In Missouri
Governor Gardner remitted a $200 bond forfeiture for Joseph Levin of St. Louis on Prosecuting Attorney Sidener’s recommendation. Carey Curtis was arrested on abandoning his wife and child, held on $200 bond with Levin as security. Levin spent $300 locating Curtis in Chicago after Curtis left St. Louis.
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Jefferson City
Gardner
Joseph Levin
St. Louis
Sidener
Carey Curtis
Levin
Curtis
Chicago
Marshall Speaks at Sedalia Skydome Rally
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall addressed several hundred men and women at the Skydome in Sedalia Missouri. Republicans attended and applauded as Marshall spoke for over an hour amid a cold wind.
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Marshall
Sedalia
Thomas R. Marshall
Skydome
Parole Granted for Harry Briscoe Convicted in 1913 Murder
The State parole board granted a parole to Harry Briscoe a Black man who was convicted in Lafayette county in August 1913 of second degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. The parole was recommended by the State prison board several prison officials the trial judge and the prosecuting attorney.
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Kansas City
Hunt
Moore
St. Louis
Jaiil
Jefferson City
Gardner
Harry Briscoe
Lafayette County
State Prison Board
School Head's Daughter to Wed in Columbia
Mr and Mrs R H Gray announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Frances Gray to Milton Duval of Clarksville Tennessee Miss Gray is niece of J T Mitchell former Missouri bank commissioner now a member of the board of managers of the Missouri School for Deaf at Fulton and a local resident in Columbia Missouri.
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Columbia
R. H. Gray
Frances Gray
Milton Duval
Clarskville
Tenn
Republic Mayor Declares War on Gamblers
Republic Missouri Mayor E M Winter announces a crackdown on gambling. He says reports indicate widespread gambling in Republic and orders police to identify and arrest those involved.
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Republic
E. M. Winter
Frost Hits Pettis County Gardens Hard
A heavy frost in Pettis County damages truck gardens in low lands. Temperatures fell to 37 degrees with light ice noted in Sedalia Missouri.
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Sedalia
Pettis County
Farmer Named Hospital Supervisor in St. Joseph
Fulton Missouri report: Charles Nicolson, a farmer north of the city, has gone to St. Joseph to serve as farm supervisor of the St. Joseph State Hospital.
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Fulton, Mo
Charles
Nicolson
St. Joseph
St. Joseph State Hospital
Butler Newspaper Sold to New Republican Editor
Butler Missouri The Republican Press edited by Sam W. Davis has been sold to E Pattee former editor of the Amsterdam Enterprise who will convert it into a Republican paper.
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Butler
Republican Press
Sam W. Davis
E. Pattee
Amsterdam Enterprise
Fayette Woman Lay Dies at 92 in Missouri
Fayette Missouri Mrs Charlotte Lay aged 92 died at her daughter Mrs C F Marshall in Warrensburg after living on a county farm for 70 years. She was mother to Charles and William Lay stockmen in the area. Kansas City Missouri James H Sherman construction engineer died here credited with inventing hollow metal tile flooring for fireproof buildings.
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Fayette
Charlotte Lay
C. F. Marshall
Warrensburg
Charles
William Lay
Kansas City
James H. Sherman
Garfield and the 1880 Republican Convention Trail
A historical account of James A. Garfield’s path to the 1880 Republican nomination, the Stalwart versus Half-Breed clash led by Conkling and Blaine, Garfield’s interim role and fielding of New York offices, and the Guiteau shooting that ended his brief presidency. The piece notes Garfield’s log cabin origins, political alliances, and the impact of factional politics on his short tenure.
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James A. Garfield
Senate
New York City
Conkling
Pratt
Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Washington
Elberon ‘N.,. J
Guiteau
Appomattox
James G. Blaine
Maine
Chicago
Rossoe Conkling
Ohio
Blaine
John Sherman
Congress
Ohioan
New Yorker
Sherman
806
Grant
White House
Sary
Wisconsin Px
It Runs Wild Weather Jab Sparks Local Talk
A humorous dialogue questions weather forecasts and vacations. The exchange ponders who watches the skies when the weather man rests, hinting at public curiosity about consistent meteorological service.
Cuticura Talcum Ad Promotes Scented Powder
An advertisement extols Cuticura Talcum as part of the Cuticura Trio with soap and ointment. It markets the scented face skin baby and dusting powder as essential toiletries and notes its wide availability.
That Legacy Helped Some
A Chicago News anecdote shows a chairman urging self reliance to end poverty. A member cites one man who arrived in Chicago with $5 and today is worth $40,000, attributing success to ability energy health ethics and an inheritance of $39,995 from an uncle.
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Chicago
Chicago News
Sparing Her Feelings in Vaudeville Row
A vaudeville manager refuses to alter a bill to suit a prima donna. He orders the star to remain in her dressing room until show time, joking she may be following a trained chimpanzee or a troupe of dancing seals on stage.
A Short Drive
A short dialogue scene shows Uncle Bill Bottletop dismissing moonshine as folly. The speaker jokes about moonshine driving a man crazy while noting it has little driving to do.
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Uncle Bill Bottletop
Pape's Diapepsin Relief Ad Promises Fast Stomach Comfort
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quickest relief for indigestion gases heartburn and stomach distress. A few tablets provide immediate relief and restore appetite with a large case costing 60 cents at the drug store. Millions helped annually.
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Pape
Ady
Altar Shrine Found in Aztec Pueblo Ruin
The American Museum of Natural History excavating the Aztec Pueblo at Aztec New Mexico reports a likely holiest shrine room. The plastered white walls feature red borders and a frieze of triangles. Ceiling beams bear palm rub marks and ropes hang for sacred objects, with a carved serpent unlike known designs.
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American Museum of Natural History
Pueblo
Aztec
N. M
Popular Mechanics Magazine
The House Divided Marriage Clash
A wry note on a political couple as a Republican husband and a Democrat wife spark imagined family strife. The quip suggests lasting friction from their divergent party loyalties in a humorous 19th or early 20th century social setting.
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Shtot
Gallatin
Hugh Y. Tarwater
Wesley L. Robertson
Daviess County
Arch B. Davis
Tar- Water
St. Joseph, Mo
Missouri Bankers
Springfield
Missouri Bankers’ Association
Stuart
First National Bank of St. Louis
Kew Springfield Country Club
Colonial Hotel
Douglass County
Ava
Laclede
Webster
Treasury
State Public Service Commission
Jasper County
Presbyterian
Aurora
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Missouri Gas and Electric Service Company
State Public Services Commission
Chicawa
Lucretia Rudolph
Volun
Teers
Oidlic Samuels
Gentaur Gompany
Castoria
Ames A. Garfield
Capitol
John Hay
Thomas C
Platt
Albany
Massachusetts
Williams College
James
Lucretia R. Garfield
New Mexico
Pastum Cereal Co.,Inc
Battle Creek,Mich
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