Senator Cockrell Apples Pranks At Senate Lunch
A Missouri senator amused by a page’s tale of apples sent for lunch. The page explains he ate two apples from the secretary without explanation, prompting a lighthearted chase as the senator teased the boy. Also noted are Arthur Jones’s circuit court binding and electric railway permit renewals in Moberly and Huntsville.
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Senator Cockrell
Mindouri
Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Pagey
Wabash Railroad News Amid Layoffs Ills and Earnings
Wabash system notes layoffs for Wabash line workers and repairs as Conductor Walker recovers from illness. Rail officials report freight revenue for year ending December 31, 1909 at 14 1 741,99 and passenger earnings at 6 sg7,day 80, with increases since 1902. An operator, J F I Stout, was fined after embezzling funds. Wabash employee W S Shopson injured by ice during a ball game. A Lincoln W B C ladies group hosted an all night flinch party delaying dinner for husbands waiting at home.
Organizer Goeckeler Leads Moberly Candy Makers Union
Gus C Goeckeler district organizer for District No 5 of the I E CW LA visited Moberly organizing a candy makers group. He secured a promise from the Moberly Hone Milla to label flour and announced plans to supply union crackers to challenge current crackers on the market. A boycott plan was reportedly considered by allied members.
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Gus C. Goeckeler
Louis
Distriet
Ie & CW
Asi
Moberly
Goeekuler
Wire Goes Heer
Keneman
Jake Wn
Commercial Club Elects Officers and Expands Board
The Commercial Club elected officers led by President John C. O Keefe and announced a larger executive committee from twenty to twenty five members. The club also abolished the $5 admission fee with dues set at $5 annually, and Treasurer Max Lowenstein reported a strong financial position with most dues collected and funds on hand.
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Deep Clapp
Clapp
Ina Levy
Willy
Dre Clapp
Glub
John C. O'Keefe
R. TI. Keeley
K. A. Curran
Max Lowenstein
O'Keefe
Malone Pardoned After Appeal by Local Girl in Moberly
Joe Malone a former Moberly resident and Wabash fireman was pardoned from a Jefferson City sentence for manslaughter. He will be released March 23 after a long plea for clemency by a girl who aided his case. Malone, who claimed innocence in the Temple killing, had been serving a ten year term and was the sole supporter of his elderly mother and an invalid brother.
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Joe Malone
Wabash
Jefferson City
Malone
Charles
D. Temple
St. Louis
Miss Morrissey
Indy
Mora
Ai Bullev
Yedra
Barney
Week of Prayer Services At East Side And Central Churches
The week of prayer at East Side and Central Christian churches draws strong attendance and interest. Monday and Tuesday services were at East Side, with tonight and the rest of the week at Central Christian. Jo A. Berry will preside tonight and baptism will be administered to two individuals at the close.
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East Side
Central Christian
Central Christian Church
Jo A. Berry
Ed Kauf sells white leaf cake at 13 cents Saturday
Ed Kauf will sell white leaf cake at a special reduced price of 13 cents next Saturday as a trial order. Kaufman’s pastry foods are said to be superior to any sold in Moberly. Lulu Sorrell leaves for Monroe Georgia via Little Rock after eight months with Moberly relatives. John Thogue returned from Norfolk Virginia with Osie Metcalf, a deserter, and turned him over to naval authorities.
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Ed. Kaufwaat
Kaufman
Moberly
Lulu Sorrell
In. Monroe
Little Rock
John Thogue
Norfolk
Osie Metcalf
Oil Strike Near Nodaway Uncovers Coal Vein Belief
Reported Saturday a prospector near Burlington Junction Nodaway County struck oil, estimated at seventy barrels per hour. A semianthracite coal seam is said to underlie much of Maryville, with Iowa operators asserting the vein underlays the city. An oil and coal company has secured options on more than forty farms. Mrs. Fanny Smith travels to Keytesville to visit relatives.
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Brlington Junction
Nodaway
Maryville
Iowa
Nodaway County
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Young the Jeweler
JS Reed Street
Cockrell
Page
Mixpewrlen
Katy
Arthur Jones
Geo Nelson
J. C. Bounda
Bounds
Sherif Wrank Collings
Huntaville
Railroad News
Caboona
A. OG. Jones
Wam Robinson
Swiltehman Adams Ieback
Impe
Clas W. Walker
St Louis
J FI
Stout
Dalton
Faw
Kansas City
Brunswick
W. S. Shopson
Glapp
Wes
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Robinson’s Book Store
John P. Beuth & CO
Sud
R. A. Radford
Reed Street
AERE
Commercial Club
Dobta Pala
Mansy
Treasury
Gloan, Wieht Store
Week OF Prayer
Ahl
C. E. Zahl_ & Co
Burlington
Junction
Fanny Smith
G.P. McRoberts
Keytesville
Torcha
Ale’ Ab
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