Company A Elects Officers In Missouri Guard
Major promotion opens room for more advances as Company A of the 6th Missouri elects First Lieutenant Ralph Campbell to captaincy with Captain Ris tine promoted to major. Lieut Boardman and Captain Campbell were found qualified by the examining board at Jefferson Barracks. Sunday all state troops drafted into Federal service. Mayview troops escorted by citizens and a band. Reorganization and housing at Lexington College and Morris hotel. Major Ristine said transport is en route and move expected Wednesday morning. Miss Pinkie McGrew Chinn dies at 9 p m at Sixteenth and Main after illness. Born May 27 1884 in Lexington daughter of Buford A Chinn. Survived by grandmother Mrs Joseph G Chinn and two sisters Mrs George Colburn Harrisonville Mo and Mrs R W Gentry Winfield Kansas. Funeral held Sunday at 2 30 p m. Rev Carl Burkhart and Rev Richard W Wallace officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Missouri
Ralph Campbell
Ristine
Harry Boardman
William Stonestreet
Campbell
Boardman
Jefferson Barracks
Mayview
Lexington College
Morris
Pinkie McGrew Chinn
Miss Chinn
Kansas City
Christian Church
Buford A. Chinn
Lexington
Columbia
Liberty
Joseph G. Chinn
George Colburn
Harrisonville
R. W. Gentry
Winfield
Kansas
Man Held For Kidnapping Arrest Case Bound Over
Jack Riley arrested for attempting to kidnap the three year old daughter of Chas. Seitz. He told Justice Clyde Wright he was drunk and unaware of his actions. Bound over to August term of the criminal court under $3000 bond. Unable to furnish bond, he is bonding with Sheriff Talbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Riley
Chas. Seitz
Justice of the Peace
Clyde Wright
Criminal Court
Talbott
Death of Grandile Page in Kansas City and funeral in Lexington
Grandile Page aged 30 died Tuesday at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City Kansas after several months of treatment. The body was brought to Lexington Wednesday night and laid out at Winkler Undertaking Parlor with funeral services held Thursday at 10:30 AM conducted by Rev. G Garland Riggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandile Page
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kansas City
Kansas
Lexington
Winkler Undertaking Parlor
G. Garland Riggan
Deputy superintendent narrowly escapes auto collision
A K Simpson deputy superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Company had a narrow escape Thursday night around 11 driving his car when another vehicle driven by Ralph Coen collided with him. The running board fenders and body were smashed. Damages likely total about two hundred dollars. The crash occurred at Eleventh and Main streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Simpson
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Anther
Ralph Coen
Eleventh and
Main
Sells Floto Circus Delights Greystone Park Audiences
The Sells Floto Circus performed two shows at Greystone Park with a satisfied crowd. Braden, advance man, impressed guests while dust from the South Street approach drew attention. The band, amid seventeen musicians, played as announcing duties faded behind the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sells-Floto Circus
Greystone Park
Braden
Ringling
South Street
Santa Fe
Intelligencer
Local court pleas in theft and liquor cases
Tuesday in criminal court David Hilton admitted guilt to grand larceny for burglarizing the Pacific depot and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. State v August Anderson pleaded not guilty to selling liquor on Sunday with August 9, 1917, set for trial. Wednesday William Knox and Clifton Parke pleaded guilty to grand larceny and drew two year penitentiary terms. both were paroled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hilton
Pacific
August Anderson
William Knox
Clifton Parke
Talbott
Sedalia
Lexington
John Toner
Justice of the Peace
Clyde Wright
Oklahoma
Sells Floto Circus
Lafayette county men seek exemptions from joining colors
The Lafayette County exemption board reported many dependents risk losing a brother son or father. On Tuesday and Wednesday 215 were examined with 173 deemed fit and 42 unfit. Of the fit 69 wanted no exemption while 104 claimed exemption for various causes listing dozens of names and towns across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County
Semler and Kelly wed in Lexington home ceremony
Mr Harry Semler son of Mrs Robert Semler and Miss Maggie May Kelly daughter of Len Kelly were married Wednesday at 4 pm at the bride's home at Twenty first and Main streets. Both are among Lexington's esteemed young people. Semler is a city mail carrier. They will honeymoon in Kansas City after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Semler
Robert Semler
Maggie May Kelly
Len Kelly
Lexington
Mr. Semler
Kansas City
T C Sawyer Travels to Independence on Tuesday
T C Sawyer went to Independence on Tuesday for business purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Sawyer
Independence
Athletics 5 Buicks 3 in nine inning clash
The Buick Motor Car team of Kansas City visited Lexington Sunday afternoon and lost 5 to 3 to the Athletics in nine innings. Hale pitched well with 14 strikeouts, Forsher allowed six hits and 11 strikeouts. Score by innings shows Athletics taking early lead and holding on for the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick Motor Car
Kansas City
Lexington
Athletics
Hardin
Wells
Stevens
Mason
Hale
Howe
Shoemaker
Mackie
Shinn
Brooks Hale
Forsher
Confederate Veteran James Nevins Dies at 75
Rev. T. M. Cobb went to the Confederate Home this morning to conduct the funeral service for James Nevins who died there Friday afternoon. Nevins, born near Oak Grove, was 75 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Cobb
James Nevens
Mr. Nevins
Oak Grove
Thieves and Robbers Follow Circus
Thieves operated in different parts of town Thursday while T C Sawyer and family were away. Jewelry and small change were taken from the home and a Miss Margaret Davis trunk was rifled in the baggage room. A telephone booth at Pacific depot was broken and cash stolen. A man with women’s clothing was arrested in Seda lia and later jailed for grand larceny. David Hilton pleaded guilty and received two years. Clarence Crouch lost a new Chevrolet at the show grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Sawyer
Pacific Depot
Margaret Davis
Miss Davis
Colorado
Clarence Crouch
Odessa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Major Ristine
Pinkie Chinn
Carl Burkhart
Richard W. Wallace
The
Gus. C. Schmidt
N. Hig
Wm. A. Hinck
Concordia
Abraham Lawson
John B. Jackson
Leslie Harrison
Robert E. Dysart
Dover
Geo. M. Godley
Wellington
Alma
Arthur J. Olden
Lex
C. G. Westerhouse
Theo W. Balke
Corder
Gilbert F. Brownfield
James W. Braxdale
Wolf'f
Samuel K. Downing
Hig
Virgil W. Woodruff
Fred C. Lichte
Joseph Thompson
Emmit Ward
Henry W. Foster
Albert G. Balke
Daniel K. Robertson
Wm. B. Kuchinski
Henry P. Lokai
Waverly
Albert Ross Darrah
Borland
Edward Nichols
Richard Perry
James W. Daggs
James B. Bratton
John H. Bracksick
Napoleon
Jack Grass
Otto Sanders
Fred Fauss
Fritz Heins
Hickory Grove
Thomas H. Huffman
Schoolle
Chas. Hutchigan
Aubrey F. Dee
Ernest P. Vermillion
Higg’lle
August J. Schuette
Higville
John B. Leach
Higginsville
Thornton B. Gordon
Wave
Albert C. Meierer
John W. Kronsbein
School
Frank Wanjeck
John Matthews
Hickory G
Louis Amor
Samuel T. Howe
Arnold J. Borgmann
Well'n
Mike Heidman
Henry H. L. Bosselmann
Con
Fred W. Lock
Semler-Kelly
Hale & Shinn
Buicks
Forsher & McClain
Slusher
Bryant
Henry Hoehn
Lexington-Dover
Sale
Lister
Go-Devil
Walter B. Waddell
Henry Joehn
Vandiver Bros
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