Missouri Legislature Opens With Pay Debate and New Officers
The 70 day Missouri legislative session begins at noon January 6 with pay set at 5 dollars per day for both houses, dropping to 1 dollar after the period. Adjournment expected around March 18. Senate and House install officials including Carter M. Buford as President pro tem and James P. Boyd as Speaker. Notable candidates for state offices emerge, and banks in Lexington hold annual director elections across four banks including Traders, Commercial, Savings, and Morrison-Wentworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Senate
House
James P. Boyd
Paris
James F. Fullbright
Ripley County
Rev
Madison County
T. J.roney
Webb City
R. L. Marrs
Carthage
Ben Holmes
Rolla
Reading
R. H.mcclanahan
Green City
W.C. Morgan
Marble Hill
Frank Bowman
Lexington
J. J. Kyle
Houx
B. C. Hyde
Belore
John M. Atkinson
Kelly Pool
John P. Gordon
James H. Hall
Platte County
Hall
Dale Wilson
Corder
Traders—Board of Directors
W. G. McCausland
Jackson Bradley
John Chamberlain
E. N. Hopkins
Thomas Walton
Lee J. Slusher
B. R. Ireland
J. G. Crenshaw
David A. Slusher
M. D. Wilson
Commercial—Board of Directors
E. M. Taubman
Wm. H., Chiles
F. A. Hoefer
Mrs Mary J Hunter Dies At 78 In Missouri City
Mrs Mary J Hunter died Friday evening at 5 45 at the home of her son Judge J J Harding 131 Southwest Boulevard from heart failure She was born October 19 1886 in Jefferson County Tennessee aged 78 years 2 months 18 days She is survived by son J J Harding Harrisonville Mo brother J H Casper Richmond Mo and sister Mrs Melinda Akers Richmond Mo Funeral was held Sunday at 1 30 PM from the home Rev R N Allen conducted the services
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Mary J. Hunter
J. J. Harding
Southwest Boulevard
Hunter
Jefferson County
Tennessee
J. H. Casper
Harrisonville
Melinda Akers
Death of Miss Kate Chadwick in Warrensburg Missouri
Word comes of the death of Miss Kate Chadwick at her sister Mrs. J P Cheatham’s home in Warrensburg Missouri on Monday January 4 She died very suddenly after being ill only an hour She was daughter of H B Chadwick a former Lexington merchant before the war
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Kate Chadwick
J. P. Cheatham
Warrensburg
Miss Chadwick
H. 8. Chadwick
Lexington
Machpelah Mortality Report for 1914 Summary
Machpelah records total interments 89 with infants higher than several years past. The oldest buried was a 92 year old female. Eleven died in their eighties and fourteen in their seventies. Average age is 41. Interments in the community beyond the cemetery total 53 per local undertaker. T. J. Greene, Supt.
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T. J. Greene
Card of Thanks and Local Notices
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy shown in sorrows. Walter Walker and family sign. Leslie and Billie Wilson returned to St Marys Academy in St Marys Kansas after holidays, with GC L Wilson accompanying them to Kansas City. Grace Lockhart visited Kansas City briefly. C H Wilcoxon went to Kansas City for a day on business.
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Walter Walker & Family
Leslie
Billie Wilson
St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary's
Kansas
GC. L. Wilson
Kansas City
Grace Lockhart
C. H. Wilcoxon
Missionary Sunday and Lafayette County road report
On Sunday morning Mr. Bert Wilson of Kansas City will preach. The afternoon features the Every Member Canvas under the Men and Religion Forward Movement to enlist support for church benevolence. Evening sermon titled The Christian Program A Mans Job. Also included is a Lafayette County annual road report detailing miles of roads bridges culverts and spending for the year with notes on tractors drags and district reforms.
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Bert Wilson
Kansas City
Wilson
Christian Church
Lafayette
Lexington
New Field Secretary for Central College
G. W. Hall of St. Louis is appointed Field Secretary for Central College for Women to replace Rev. F. E. Gordon who resigned to join the Redpath Lyceum Bureau in Kansas City. Hall plans statewide campaigning with Dr. Williams to advance the college endowment goal of $200,000.
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G. W. Hall
St. Louis
Central College For Women
F.E. Gordon
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Kansas City
Hall
Lexington
Williams
Red Men Install Officers At Public Ceremony
Friday night the Improved Order of Red Men installed their newly elected officers. Judge Thomas A. Walker and Thomas Wedge delivered addresses. New officers include Prophet Fred Bumgarner Sachem Lewis Galle Senior Sagamore D M Shanks Junior Sagamore Pierre EB Mavel C of R W B Douglass C of W T J Collins K of W Zach Thomas G of F W Haydon G of W Tom Biggs 1st Sapam John Simms 2nd Sapam T C Hayden.
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Thomas A. Walker
Thomas Wedge
Prophet
Fred Bumgarner
Sachem
Lewis Galle
Sagamore
D. M. Shanks
Pierre EB. Mavel
W. B. Douglass
T. J. Collins
Zach Thomas
Farm House Destroyed Near Lexington
Fire destroyed the farm house of John Hogan eight miles south of Lexington on a Saturday night along with all household goods. Insurance covered with Grady Sydnor and Noyes.
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John Hogan
Lexington
Graddy, Sydnor & Noyes
I'll Show Em Durn Em Stop Paper Editor Tale
A speaker recalls stopping a newspaper after years of support. He explains the editor outsmarted him and he vowed to halt the paper rather than be insulted. He pursued the editor, paid him seven years, and ceased publication as punishment for the editor's cunning.
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Tam
Dunnin
Death of Robert A. Austin in Willow Springs Mo
Word came Wednesday of the death of Robert A. Austin at his Willow Springs home on Tuesday January 12. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. William Shacklett of this city. Burial was in Nevada yesterday.
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Robert A. Austin
Willow Springs
Austin
William Shacklett
Nevada
Dr J J Greer Visits Kansas City on Wednesday Morning
Dr J J Greer traveled to Kansas City on Wednesday morning for a professional visit. The trip aimed at inspecting facilities and meeting local colleagues to discuss ongoing projects.
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J. J. Greer
Kansas City
Miss Adelaide Higgins Returns Home After Visit
Miss Adelaide Higgins returned Monday evening to her Higginsville home after visiting relatives here.
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Adelaide Higgins
Higginsville
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Jeff
Carter M. Buford
Reynolds County
A. R. Liverett
Jefferson City
W. A. Norman
Al‘ton
John Collins
Roy H. Cherry
Macon
John Dimmitt
Banks
Machpelah
The
County Court
Lafayette County
Macadam Road
Eae Een Ieeas
Monroe
Jackson County
Aullville
Central College
Sys
Farache
Westerman & Rankin Druggists
Main St
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