Will purporting to be Gen. Clay's leaves Whitehall park to U S
Dora Brock announces a will dated March 28 1901 leaving Whitehall with 800 acres as a federal park and 660 acres of coal and farm lands for park maintenance. She names executors and provides for bonds to her and old employees, with memoirs to be published by the Society of American Authors. Provisions include future income to her two children Cassius and Marceline Brock.
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Lexington
Dora Clay Brock
Cassius M. Clay
Richmond
Gen. Clay
Whitehall
Willeays
Dora Clay
Dora Brock
Dora
Society of American Authors
Cassius
Marceline Brock
Tramp Shot at in Jefferson City Court Fight
A tramp picked up by police faced Recorder John Somers on insulting two young ladies. Tom Canty, their brother, pleaded for clemency, then fired twice at the tramp. Canty was fined five dollars. the tramp paid one dollar and departed the city.
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Jefferson City
John Somers
Tom Canty
Canty
Somera
Kansas Cloudbursts Flood Salina Valley Areas
A cloud burst between 1 and 2 am drenched western Kansas from near Linsborg to Ellsworth, flooding lowlands and valleys. Water rose one to two feet above May flood levels in Carneria, Brookville, and Bavaria, with twelve miles of Union Pacific track washed off near Brookville. Crews aided to crib the track as trains detoured, and crops suffered as wheat tumbled downstream. Water levels began to fall but remained high in places.
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Salina
Kas
Linsborg
Ellworth
Carneria
Brookville
Bavaria
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Ellaworth
Arcola
Ellsworth
Missouri to Offer Stock Breeding and Veterinary Courses
The University of Missouri will offer thorough courses in stock breeding and the history and development of livestock breeds next year. Programs include stock judging, feeding and breeding experiments, and emphasis on animal health and disease prevention with basic surgical practice for interested boys entering stock trade.
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University of Missouri
Carrie Nation Aid Sues City Over Park Speech Incident
William Law, coal operator of Scranton, hires an attorney to sue Mayor Connell and the city for police interference with Carrie Nation at Nay Aug park last week. Nation, arrested four times, was to attend a hearing on the fourth arrest after arriving from Lancaster. Anger mounted over authorities’ actions.
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Scranton
William Law
Connell
Carrie Nation
Nay Aug Park
Law
Nation
Mountain View to Move Townsite in Oklahoma
The town of Mountain View Oklahoma will relocate one and a half miles to an Indian allotment recently bought for town needs. The move shifts the town from Washita to Kiowa county with about 1500 residents. Only four lots may be sold for saloons. all other deeds ban alcohol for five years, or revert ownership.
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Mountain View
Washita
Kiowa County
Confederates Gather in Columbia for State Reunion
Columbia Herald reports a reunion of former Confederate soldiers in Columbia on September 24 25 and 26. The piece lauds the veterans as brave and principled, notes dwindling numbers due to death, and honors Missouri units under leaders like Price Shelby Cockrell and others. It calls for a generous welcome from ExConfederates and all residents to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Herald
Columbia
New South
Boone County
Missouri
Pap
Price
Joe Shelby
Frank Cockrell
Lost Cause
Filipinos Are Dangerous In Philippine Conflict Says Visitor
W C Deering of Chicago, arriving on the Tacoma, tells a local paper insurgents in the Philippines are organized and drilling. He warns filibusters land arms on coasts and patrols are viewed as a force. Deserters from U S army and European soldiers join rebel service.
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Victoria
Britisholumbilia
W. C. Deering
Chicago
Orient
Tacoma
United States
Philippine Islands
United States Army
Three Missionaries Murdered by Chinese Insurgents
Victoria B C Aug 3 The Tacoma reports from Yokohama that three Roman Catholic missionaries were killed by Chinese insurgents at Pingla in Shansi province. The surviving foreign missionaries and families, escorted by Chinese troops, moved to Heunyang and then boarded for Hankow.
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Victoria
B. C
Tacoma
Yokohama
Jat Pingla
Shansi
Heunyang
Hankow
Pius X Chosen as Pope on Seventh Ballot
Rome August 4 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto patriarch of Venice was chosen pope this morning and took the name Pius X on the seventh ballot of the conclave. Born June 2 1835 at Riese he is 68 years old and has long served in church offices including bishop of Mantua and cardinal and patriarch of Venice. He is regarded as a former candidate of Pope Leo.
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Rome
Guiseppe Sarto
Venice
Pius X
Sarto
Cardinal Sarto
Leo
Father Peraci
Mercedi
Pope
Riese
Province of
Castelfranco
Padua
Tombolo
Salzona
Treviso
Mantua
Pitched Battle Near Brush Hill Ends in Fatality
Aug 2 near Brush Hill eight miles from Cheeotah a battle between farmers and horse thieves left J. W. Brandon dead and Bob Worthan fatally wounded after Worthan fired on the posse. Millard Cuttingham and Buck Davis among the gang. authorities dispatched as locals halted the melee. Brandon escaped arrest and returned home despite the violence.
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Cheeotah
Brush Hill
J. W. Brandon
Ed Baehan
Bob Worthan
Millard Cuttingham
Buck Davis
Brandon
Worthman
Bradon
Converts at revival end liquor sales riot in Monett
In Washburn, Barry County, a month long union revival led by Reverends ATI McCawley and Marion Cox saw two saloon workers, Jobo Black and Jas Mooney, converted. Today they burned their stock of liquor and dumped it in the street before locking the doors, with revivalists aiding.
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Monett
Washburo
Barry County
Ati, McCawley
Marion Cox
Jobo Black
Jas. Mooney
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Big Butler Cash Department Store
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