Wentworth Beats Missouri Military Academy 8 to 6
Wentworth baseball team defeats Missouri Military Academy 8 to 6 in Mexico, reversing an earlier April 19 loss. Amos and Murphy lead Wentworth with 3 hits each, Goff weakens for Mo., Lexington squad totals 19 hits to Mo. 7, Collins exits after fifth. Also notes a Miss Annie Wood Eggleston recital and local notices.
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Wentworth
Mexico
Missouri Military Academy
Missouri
Goff
Murphy
George
Collins
Lexington Boys
Amos
Warren
Lovell
Old Men's Club Spring Meeting at Concordia
The Old Men's Club plans its spring gathering at Concordia on Saturday June 2 1916. Four members have died since the last meeting E D Emerson L D Phillips William A Redd and Charles L Simpson. Three committees report memorials on the deaths of William T Bell and Jabez B Shotwell with named correspondents. memorials to be prepared and mailed to the secretary in Lexington.
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Old Men’s Club
Old Men's Club
Concordia
E. D. Emerson
L. D. Phillips
William A. Redd
Charles L. Simpson
William T. Bell
Charles A. Graham
Jabez B. Shotwell
Joseph H. Christy
John ©. Cobb
Lexington
Thomas M. Cobb
Frank Bowman
Republicans Endorse County Ticket At Higginsville Convention
The convention endorsed Judge John S. Klinkenberg for Representative Julius Maring for Judge Baern District George Schawe for Western District Joe Talbott and Butler Thon for Sheriff Lige Downs for Treasurer F Brockman for Assessor Dr F Schreiman for Coroner Sam Walton for Constable Lexington Township Judge Henry Lamm for Governor Cal Thomas Akins for U S Senator and F Blackmus for Congress addressed the gathering Dr B T Payne seeks the coroner nomination noting his credentials and primary on August 1 1916 He urges support and cites his medical standing and service to the county.
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Higginsville
John S. Klinkenberg
Julius Maring
Baern
George Schawe
Joe Talbott
Butler Thon
Lige Downs
F. Brockman
F. Schreiman
Sam Walton
Lexington
Henry Lamm
Cal
Thomas Akins
F. Blackmus
Howard County
Congress
Ussery and Martin Tie The Knot In City Ceremony
Meredith Ussery and Katherine A. Martin were married Wednesday at 6:30 AM at the Catholic parsonage with Rev. George B. Curry officiating. Afterward the couple departed by morning train for Kansas City for their honeymoon. Schrader, arrested for intoxication in Higginsville, paid a $12.95 fine before being sent to Lexington for a brief stay.
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Meredith Ussery
Katherine A. Martin
George B. Curry
Kansas City
Dork Schrader
Higginsville
J. B. Ragland
Schrader
Lexington
Kelly
Miss Nell Warren Visits Sprague Resident Here
Miss Nell Warren of Sprague Missouri arrived on Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. Emma Young, sharing a brief acquaintance and hospitality in town.
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Nell Warren
Sprague, Mo
Emma Young
Questionable Ump Decisions Helped Dairies Down Athletics
The Hix Club of the Missouri Dairys of Kansas City defeated the Athletics 4 to 3 in a closely fought game. Errors and close calls favored the visitors, with Lexington misplays and a late home run by Mackie shaping the outcome. Carmichael and McVey pitched well for the locals, but miscues and missed hits doomed the home team as Kansas City held on for the win. Also note: June Teachers' Examination scheduled in Odessa High School building, June 2 and 8, 1916, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with subject order listed.
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Hix
Missouri Dairys
Kansas City
Athletics
Lexington
Stevens
Mackie
Carmichael
Bailey
Lineback
McVey
Rogers
Lexington Carmichael
Shinn
Odessa
U. S
H. T. Phillips
County Supt. of
Births and social notes from May 1916 records
Mr and Mrs B R Young announce a girl born Saturday May 20 1916. Mr and Mrs Warren Sherman announce a daughter born Tuesday May 23 1916. Mr and Mrs J R Wright announce a daughter born Saturday May 20 1916. Rev R N Allen attended the Lexington District M B Church South conference in Buckner Tuesday evening. Buford Gordon spent Sunday in Kansas City.
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B. R. Young
Mrs. Warren Sherman
Mrs. J. R. Wright
R. N. Allen
Buckner
Lexington District
M. B. Church
South
Buford Gordon
Kansas City
Death of Mrs Owen Gaffin in Clinton Missouri
Mrs Owen Gaffin died Friday evening at 7 40 at her home 2022 Franklin Street after a long illness of heart trouble She was born in Clinton Mo December 17 1869 maiden name Catherine Bowles She married Mr Gaffin here July 15 1887 Survived by husband a daughter Mrs Arthur Bour her mother Mrs R A White Clinton Mo three brothers S H Boyles Lexington A P Boyles Brockfield Mo and C A Boyles Loveland Calif two sisters Mrs Cheasie Williams Kansas City and Mrs Harry Duankle Lime Col Funeral service by Rev R N Allen held at her home Sunday at 2 20 PM Also noted Frank Salmon of Waverly claiming to be Prophet No 47 adjudged insane was taken to St Joseph Tuesday by Charles Kinkead He had tried to stop Billy Sundays Revival in Kansas City </S>
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Owen Gaffin
Franklin Street
Mrs. Gaffin
Clinton, Mo
Catherine Bowles
Gaffin
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Arthur Bour
Lexingston
A. P. Boyles
Brokfield
C. A. Boyles
Loveland
Calif
Cheasie Williams
Kansas City
Harry Duankle
Lime
Col
R. N. Allen
Frank Salmon
Waverly
St. Joseph
Charles Kinkead
Salmon
Billy Sunday
Atkinson to Speak Friday at Court House
John M. Atkinson, Democratic candidate for governor, will address voters at the court house Friday night, June 2, at 8 o'clock. Raymond Payne visited Malta Bend on Tuesday for a brief trip.
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John M. Atkinson
Court House
Raymond Payne
Malta
Automobile Wreck Near Boonville Injures Six
A party from Boonville including Mr and Mrs J W Rozarth Dr and Mrs Christopher Doerrie and their son were wrecked Saturday night on the rock road east of town after driving through a mud hole filled with old rails. The right front wheel broke but no one was seriously hurt. they were taken to Lexington by Leroy Slusher and planned to visit Kansas City to hear Billy Sunday.
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Boonville
J. W. Rozarth
Christopher Doerrie
Rock Road
Town
Leroy Slusher
Lexington
Hudson
Kansas City
Billy
Jersey heifers killed at Groves farm pasture
M. C. McFadin reports two valuable Jersey heifers shot in the Groves farm wood pasture. He condemns the act as the work of a fool or criminal and warns that anyone found with a gun or trailing a dog in the pasture will be prosecuted to the limit, with $200 loss noted.
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M. C. McFadin
Mr. McFadin
Cauthens Travel for Weekend Missouri Visit
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cauthen departed Saturday for Sedalia and Clifton City, Missouri for a brief visit. Dr. C. T. Ryland traveled to Kansas City on Wednesday to attend to professional business.
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J. T. Cauthen
Sedalia
Clifton City
C. T. Ryland
Kansas City
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W. B. Douglass
Independence
Annie Wood Eggleston
Central College Conservatory
Murrell Auditorium
Eggleston
Mary Malone
Todhunter
Richard Field
St. Louis
Collins Goff
Morill Murphy
Ib Mayfield Turner Plosser
Fulbright
Byers
Amos Browning
Furr Brown Ashurst
Brickfield
Payne
Goudey
Rafi Ball
the Birth of
Morn
Leoni
Gounod
Changon Provencale Dell 'Aqua Aie
Malone
Avcomniste
Miss Todhunter
Lambert Lumber Company
John J. Price
B. T. Payne
Ump
Clyde Wright
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