Iron Mountain Route To California Tickets On Sale
Advertisement notes daily sales in March and April for Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars between St Louis Los Angeles and San Francisco. Seek particulars from any company agent. Also includes a humorous, incomplete quote about a foreman to an eastern ranch owner and a joking line about an Irish chief.
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Iron Mountain
Pullman
St Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Townsend
GP & TL
Nyagentof
H.C Townsend
St. Louis
Missouri Doings Church Arrives Heavily Shackled
William E Jure, self confessed killer of Mr and Mrs Henry W Yeater of Warrenton Mo, arrives in St Louis guarded by Sheriff George Polsten and J B R Garber. Prosecution plans deter escape. Church held at St Louis jail awaiting trial. The transfer follows safety concerns and local hostility in Warrenton.
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St. Louis
William E.jure
Henry W. Yeater
Warrenton
Philadeljhia
George Polsten
J. BR. C Garber
Warren County
J. E. Younsef Warrentoun
Sarmie Tritty
Union Station
Central District
Claude Ball
Montgomery City
Church
Alsiv
Polsten
Four Courts
Young
Desmond
James L. Dawson
St. Lows
Chureh
Strerik Polsten
Garber
Koreh
Dawson
George Collins
Union
Bill” Rudolph
Doctor Jesse Denies Illinois University Interest
In Columbia Missouri Doctor RH Jesse president of Missouri University says he has heard nothing about leaving to become president of the University of Illinois and does not think his name is under consideration. Walter Williams chairman of the Board of Curators says he knows nothing of any discussion and doubts any proposition was made.
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Columbia
Jesse
Missouri University
University of Illinois
University of Ilingis
North Central States
Walter Williams
Curators
George Wallace
Board of Aldermen of
New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
State treasury March balances report in Missouri
Funds in the Missouri State Treasury show balance on hand March 1 of 1904 at 2,541,969.00, receipts for March 292,607.96, disbursements 297,702.84, leaving March 21 balance of 2,930,874.18. Secretary of State Sam H Cook lists taxes and fees received and paid into the Treasury for March totaling 14,275.05, including notarial commissions 865, domestic corporation tax 10,745, foreign corporation tax 25, miscellaneous fees 692.05, land department fees 29, recording railroad contracts 571.00, and bank inspection fees 72.50.
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Jefferson City
R. PL Williams
Sam HH. Cook
State
Treasury
Missouri River revetment amendment offered by Clark
Representative Clark of Missouri tried to add a $200,000 revetment and hardwork item to a civil appropriation bill from the river mouth to Boonville. He later said the amendment was not intended to pass and was proposed as new legislation not eligible for an appropriation.
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Washington
Clark
Missouri
Missouri River
Boonville
Sedalia M O R J Ross Dies After Illness At 51
Sedalia Missouri R J Ross a master mam contractor with K T R R died Saturday at his home after a long illness. He served the company since 1885 and was aged 51 years.
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Sedalia
R. J. Ross
R. R. Consructor
Washington firm wins Joplin public building heating contract
The Iowa Manufacturing Company of Oskaloosa Iowa has been awarded the contract to furnish steam heating apparatus for the public building at Joplin Missouri. The total allowance is 3041 dollars.
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Washington
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Oskaloosa
Joplin
Juvenile Court Clears Boy of Murder Charge
A Negro boy, Reynolds, aged 15, was acquitted in the Missouri State case in St Louis Juvenile Court for the murder of 14 year old white boy Plarr Koehler. The February 22 death followed a rice fight near Avenue Bridge on Pap Street when a shot was fired from under the bridge striking Koehler in the head. Reynolds was arrested after being missing until detectives Cummings and Greeley found him.
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St. Louis
Koehlers
Koehler
Avenue Bridge
Papi Street
Reynolds
Cummings and
Greeley
Savants Choose Officers At Uoimobia Meeting
The Western Philosophical Association elected officers: Doctor AL Thess Hill president, Professor S C Timiman vice president, Professor Arthur Lovejoy secretary treasurer. The meeting discussed philosophical and peech logical questions and readings on The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer. Executive Board members are H W Stewart and Frank Shaft. In Columbia Missouri the Stephens College board elected Prof J F Penture president and Prof W B Peeler business manager after Dr Sam Frank Taylor resigned. Taylor leaves after ten years to pastor in St Louis.
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Western Philoasophical Association
AL Thess Hill
University of Missouri
S.C. Timiman
University of Nebraska
Arthur ©. Lovejoy
Washington University
Herbert Spencer
Columbia, Moos
Stephens Female College of Columbia
J FL Penture
Sam Frank Taylor
Penture
W. B. Peeler
Baptist Churches of Missouri
Taylor
Lafayette Park
St Louis signs garbage bills and signs disposal pact
Major Wells signed the garbage bills Wednesday and the City Comptroller took charge of Excelsior Hauling and Transfer Co. under Street Commissioner Varretman Kecan. One bill allows garbage disposal by St Thonis Sanitary Co. until November 14. Another enables a 15 year disposal contract with the same firm outside city limits at contract end.
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St. Louis
Major Wells
Excelsior Hauling and Transfer Company
Varretman Kecan
St. Thonis Sanitary Company
Independent farmers and local telephone union formed
In Mexico Missouri a meeting of telephones men of Amlain County appointed a committee to seek delegates from each independent telephone company to attend a state meeting. The aim is to form an independent union of all farmers lines and local lines among the surrounding towns, especially in Audrain County. Officers elected include H. Tinkers as president, C. R. Lupton as vice president, Mrs. Mattie Bryaty as secretary, and Charles Shotup as treasurer.
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Mexico
Amlain County
Sturmlay
Agvil
Stroaller
Audrain County
Tinkers
R. Lupton
Missourians Nominate Midshipmen to Annapolis Academy
Washington Missouri Rep Heaton announces nominations for US Naval Academy mids. Cadets Erastus Bunce of Vernon County and Frank Dearinger of Lawrence County named as first alternates. Harry Shepherd of Newton County and Rey Ferguson of Barry County named as second alternates for both cadets.
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Annapolis Academy
Washington
Representative Heaton
Missouri
United States Military Academy
Arnapolis
Erastus
B. Bunce
Vernon County
Frank J. Dearinger
Lawrence County
Harry Edward Shepherd
Newton County
Rey Ferguson
Barry Eiuntiy
Mine 21 strike settled as 200 workers return to work
The strike at mine No. 21 affecting about 200 men ended amicably and the workers went back to their jobs on Monday morning. The stoppage was caused by the company miscalculating entrymen's yardage, prompting the walkout.
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Tiieh Bill
Burglars Loot Store Safe In Farber Heist
Burglars broke into W. T. Keighley & Co store in Farber Saturday night, blew open the safe and took 50 dollars in cash and about 32 000 dollars in notes. The notes and papers were found Sunday morning half a mile from town. No crew is identified.
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Farber
W. T. Keighley & Cro
Bank of Edina Authorized as Private Bank
Jefferson City Missouri Secretary of State Sam B Cook grants authority for the Bank of Edina capitalized at twenty thousand dollars to operate as a private bank after application by R M Biggerstaff.
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Jefferson City
Sam B. Cook
Bank of
Edina
R. M. Biggerstaff
Bank of East Sedalia Incorporation Report
Sedalia Missouri reports the Bank of East Sedalia was incorporated last week with a paid-up capital stock of $100,000. Directors named are John D Crawford W S Powell Charles Hofman James H Devie and W J Letts.
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Sedalia
Bank of East
Former Missouri Attorney General H B Johnson Dies
Denver mourns as H. B. Johnson, former Missouri attorney general, dies last week in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The Denver native served as state AG in prior years.
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Denver
Colo
H. B. Johnson
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
River stagnates at 29.2 feet in Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau Missouri reports the Mississippi River paused at noon Thursday with a gauge of 29.2 feet. Weather cleared around midday and turned warmer. by Thursday night rain intensified.
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Cape Girardeau
Kahoka Farmer Allan Fore Dies Near Wayland
Kahoka Missouri Allan Fore a farmer living near Wayland Clark County died last week by his own hand using carbolic acid authorities said cause believed to be health issues during the past year Fore was years old.
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Kahoka
Allan Fore
Wayland
Clark County
Kirksville Presbytery Favors Union Meeting
The Kirksville Presbytery gathering at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kirksville Mo ended Friday after sessions Thursday and Friday. Participants strongly favored uniting the two Presbyterian churches in the city through the merger plan.
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Kirkseville
Kirksville
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Vernon County voters reject courthouse expansion plan
In Vernon County Nevada Missouri last week voters expressed opposition by more than 600 to an appropriation of 75000 dollars to erect a new courthouse. The measure failed to pass.
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Nevada
Vernon County
Severe hailstorm damages fruit trees in Chamois
A powerful rain Thursday afternoon with hail and strong winds struck Chamois Missouri damaging many fruit trees, the section reported. No injuries were noted and the event interrupted outdoor activities briefly.
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Chamois
Reach the Spot Kidney Cure Ad Promises Relief
A 1890s appliance-style ad extols Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and backache, citing a Erie, Pennsylvania user Bierbach who swore by the remedy after two years of pain and rheumatic-like symptoms. It touts a free trial and nationwide mail order, priced 30 cents per box. The page also includes brief notes on cable laying in North Africa, Patagonia timber and minerals, clothing whitening, and various other ads.
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Dean
Has. Bierbach
Chestnut St
Erie
Duan
Mr. Bierbach
United States
Foster Milburn
Buffalo
N. Y
Meaning of Horse Power and Court of Women
The text explains horse power as the force to lift a dead weight of 34000 pounds one foot per minute and gives a formula using piston area steam pressure and travel to compute horsepower. It also describes a proposed French Court of Justice run by women to handle cases women know best, reducing male judges' involvement and expert testimony in certain duress cases.
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France
Postum Help Claims Bright Health Turnaround in Columbus Woman
A Columbus woman credits Postum with ending years of stomach trouble from coffee and medicines. She stopped tea and coffee six months ago, began Postum, and reports improved appetite, no pains, and renewed energy. She says her family now prefers Postum over coffee and praises its health benefits. The ad invites readers to look for the famous booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Columbus
Fay
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Wellville
Defiance Starch Co offers trips for trade mark collectors
The Defiance Starch Co will award 25 round trip tickets to the St Louis Exposition. Five winners in each state Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri who mail the largest number of trade marks from a 10 cent 16 ounce Defiance cold water starch. Mail to Omaha Neb by September 1904. Tickets sent by registered mail September 9. Starch for sale at all dealers.
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Defiance Starch Co
St. Louis Exposition
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missori
Defiance
Omaha
Nebr
Pallbearers Dressed in White for Young Widow Funeral
Mrs. Gertrude Drennen, wife of a Kansas City liveryman, died recently at 23. In accordance with her wish six girl friends served as pallbearers, dressed in white, creating a striking funeral scene that drew a large crowd to the cemetery. She had been married less than a year.
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Gertrude Drennen
Kansas City
fragmentary note on laundry service request
A garbled plea mentions spill cleanup and clothing items, asking for vests and other garments to be sent to the Laundry Blue Co at 14 Michigan Stretch. The text is unclear but references a spill and delivery of items for cleaning.
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Greer
The
Laundry Blue Co
Micidjan
Old topics and new notes in a 1902 miscellany
A collage of brief items covers medical history of appendicitis from M. Lannelongue to Egyptian mummies, a shoe remedy ad for Allen’s Foot-Ease, Library gifts in the United States totaling nearly ten million dollars in eleven months, and Brazil’s balata tree discovered by James Bouty. Additional items praise Defiance Starch, recount a Montclair sermon, and honor Admiral De Ternay with a Newport monument cornerstone.
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GGS
United States
Andrew Carmerie
Canada
Newfoundland
Cuba
Great Britain
French Colonies Prosper On West Coast Of Africa
The French colonies on the west coast of Africa are growing in importance and attracting strong government attention. In 1900 the United States exported 857266 worth of goods to these colonies and received products valued at 601165 in return. Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with Putnam Faceless Dyes.
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Africa
United States
Putnam
BYU Grandson Appointed General Superintendent of Utah Railway
Brigham Young's grandson is named general superintendent of a Utah railway. The London Express notes that if all Die brothers sisters and aunts travel with passes shareholders face poor dividend prospects due to travel costs and favoritism.
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Brigham Young
Utah
London Express
Notable Quack Remedies and Cold Cures Parade in Ad Mix
A jumbled OCR collage lists various patent medicines and cures, including EHali's vatarrh Care, Hall's Pills for constipation, Redtress Ball Blue, and a garlic juice inhalation remedy. It also mentions Mrs. Carter Harrison, Tolstoy possibly moving to Bucharest, Carmen Sylva inviting an author, and Europe’s highest post office at Gornergrat. The passage blends ads, notices, and literary notes without a coherent narrative.
St Louis to California via the Inon Mountain Route
The notice outlines travel or transport particulars from a New York agent of the company, with H. C. Town sending, and G. P. T. Agent in St. Louis referenced, relating to the San Francisco route.
Rain delays Missouri court as jurors seek shelter
In a Missouri trial a heavy shower interrupted proceedings as jurors, mostly farmers, paused to verify the rain outside. The judge noted the interruption and allowed a brief recess so the jury could confirm the weather before resuming, reflecting rural patience and attention to outside conditions.
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Missouri
Not Always Proof of Insanity Se King and the Single Binder
A fragmentary item notes a woman described as insane for limited speech and a contrasting line about Se King and a cigar brand. The unclear text mentions prices and factory references, with garbled attribution to a "Single Binder" and dealer costs.
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Sanne Thore Tintin
Ewis
Leavin. Iff
Egyptian Relic Gift for Cornell University
An Egyptian well-curb weighing about a ton and a half has been donated to Cornell University by Ambassador White. The curb measures two and a half feet in diameter and height, with six-inch thick sides, and shows wear on its inner surface from long use.
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Cornell
Cornell University
Ambassador White
Opposed to Army and Navy Maneuvers
The universal peace union opposes army and navy maneuvers and alike. It argues that while it is wise to avoid fights, it is equally wise to give a good account of yourself if drawn into one. It stresses effectiveness of forces when necessary.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised In Spring Health Boost
Lowndes Mo April 4 Mrs H C Harty says years of spring illness and backache eased after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She reports marked energy gain and credits the pills for improvement. The item notes many testimonials praising the medicine as a top spring tonic. Also mentions nitrogen crystals, seed offerings, and various brief health notes from the era.
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Lowndes
H. C. Harty
Keid
Dodd
Mrs. Harty
A venerable pastor cured by Peruna
An old age catarrh cure claim describes Rev. N. Parker of Otica New York regaining hearing and relief from rheumatic pains after Peruna. Bishop T H Lomax endorses Peruna for catarrhal complaints. The ad urges readers to write for Dr Hartman’s advice and a book on catarrh.
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Peruna
N. Parker
Otica
N. Y
T. H. Lomax
D. D
Bishop 2d Dist
Charlotte
N. C
Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Chio
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