Local Briefs Sparse Visits Across Kansas City Area
A string of brief notes records multiple residents and visitors traveling to or from Kansas City, Denver, Pleasant Hill, Sedalia, and other nearby towns. Names include Dr. Glark Hyde, Mrs. Oscar Andreen, Miss Florence Hall, and many others in the region. An unrelated incident notes a miner’s wagon incident on West Maton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glark Hyde
Kansas City
Albert Young
Mary Ridings
Adelaide Hill
Jean Ardinger
Kittie Fulkerson
Mayview
Ike P. Taylor, Jr
Alma
D. P Groves
Obas
Teubner
Glasgow
Hugh Patterson
Sweet Springs
Geo, Sebane
Denver
Col
Geo, McDonald
Warrensburg
Frame
Oscar Andreen
Higginsville
E. B. Guerre
Mari Belle Busey
Ernest Fugert
Julius Winkler
Ike Gratz
Florence Hall
Pleasant Hill
M. J.o'malley
Walter
Waddell
S Dalia
Reuben Folks
West Maton Street
Myrick Station
St Louis
St. Louis
Local notes and visits across Eggieston and Higginsville
Eggieston and Ewley's grocery store discusses a shooting incident involving Marshal Price and an animal. Several residents return from visits in Higginsville and Kansas City. Dr. Palmore visits college progress, and various absences are noted. A watermelon party on Washington Avenue and a liquor loss settlement are mentioned alongside a criminal arrest in Concordia. The Missouri Pacific Railway questions Depot changes and schedule shifts receive a cautious update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eggieston & Ewley’s
Marshal Price
Mary Winsor
Leroy Farmer
Higginsville
Notice of Mandatory School Attendance Law and Penalties
Public notice approved April 11 1908 outlines requirements for children age 8 to 16 to attend day school at least half the term. Courts may excuse for lack of clothing mental or physical inability distance or labor needs. Penalties include fines up to 25 dollars or ten days imprisonment for parents, 60 dollars for employers, and school boards must post the law ten days before opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Perry Davis Painkiller Ad from Cold Weather Era
When joints ache or muscles stiff from cold or rheumatism the ad promises relief for slips strains and bruises. It urges keeping Perry Davis Painkiller handy and using it freely to "take out the soreness and fix you right in a jiffy."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Packers Profits Debate and Alfalfa Inoculation Notes
A fragmented 1903 report discusses packers profits, claims of extensive influence in commerce, and questions about profitability. It also covers Missouri alfalfa seed inoculation, soil bacteria needs, broadcast sowing, and winter survival, with a note from Geo. B. Eira and a clinic ad for Herbine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igi
Qhires
Edward Roussel
America
Garfield
Nusaés
United States
Kansas
Missouri
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington, D. C
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Healing
The advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel salve as a scar free healer that draws out inflammation soothes and cools burns and bruises. It claims rapid relief and cautions against counterfeits sold by Cren shaw & Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Crenshaw & Young
Good Seed Necessary in Agricultural Letter
Weekly agricultural note urges thorough soil preparation and seed sowing window from August 16 to September 20, stressing moisture levels and seeding weed-free seed. Advises precision in timing to ensure seed viability and crop health.
Queen of Roumasia Promotes Simple Life Sermon
A royal lady, the Queen of Roumasia, preaches the simple life urging contentment with marsh fruit, bread, and vegetables for daily fare. She criticizes costly toilets for women and blames both men and women for current lavish living, highlighting female extravagance as driving husbands to sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumasia
Digestive health ad and local notices from Waverly 1905
An old advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming digestion improves health and cures stomach troubles. local owners Mr and Mrs J J Hill receive fine White Wyandotte chickens from John Folkerton of Rogers Arkansas. Obituary notes Mrs Eliza A Evans aged 54 wife of Gen OC Evans dies of stomach cancer in Higginsville on August 15 1905 with a newborn girl reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crenshaw & Young
Waverly
Sod
J. J. Hill
John Folkerton
Rogers
Arkansas
Higginsville
Eliza A. Evans
OC Evans
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Ayer
Lan
A. W. Maneon
Boulder
Ayers
Carrie Loomis
Sedalia
Lillian Hall
Richard Field
Independence
Boro
Leavenworth
Randall Crawford
Carrie Klee
Ethel Kenney
Clarence Kenney
Minonle Wilson
Ed, Davis
Mra
T. L. Marshall
Grace and
Minnie
Mr. Talbot Simpson
Aultville
Little
Fermarsd Ovlt
Ic. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Newton Potter
Sun
Gay Milreine
Mrs. B. Frederick
Leela Grace Harrison
Mattie
Susie Kinkead
W HB. Palmore
Bertha Berryhill
J.T. Bogte
Courtney Hamile Thornton
E. &. Campbell
Vera Mae
N. G. Tompkin
South Haven
Mich
W A. Hinesley
Lawrence
Kas
W. F. Hinesley
Wisconsin
W. H. Dotson
Garnett
Mrs Dotson
Miss Margaret
Bergenhouse
Thad Corder
H. K. Bimber
M. T. Slasher
Tabo Creek
Jobo Reinhard
Washington Avenue
Welsh
Commercial Union Insurance Co
HL. Sipauer
L. A. Fiene
Concordia
William Stickerman
Stickerman
Alvin Brockman
Brockman
A. W. Sullivan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Geo. B. Eira
G. L. Caldwell
Agt
M. E
Checotah
Ind
Ter
Pierce
Sea
Ghathar
Ont
Canada
Gallen
Flerco
Sonssipeikon
Gorn
Sod Mra. Sohierbaum
Colorado
Santa Fe
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado Flyer
California
Geo. W. Hagenbuch
The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. CO
Main Street
Kansas City, MO
Missouri Pacific By. Co
S River Division
Jefferson City
Vis
Chicago & Alton
B’y
S. A. Vermillion
A. W.sandring
E. B. Vaughan
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