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Newspaper
Moberly Evening Democrat
Location
Moberly, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
2
A busy column from Moberly notes St Louis real estate fervor funded by insurance money, urging patience and charity. It mocks high bids, cites Missouri Telegraph on virtue, and discusses Equitable Assurance scandal coverage, Tribune opinions, and a Massachusetts three-drunks law as a curious liberty.
Public notice announces Colmbia preacher Rev Winders will assist the East Side Christian church pastor for a series of meetings starting June 26. He is a forceful speaker, with ten years as pastor of Columbia First Christian Church and strong choir testimony of many conversions. Watch for announcements and prayers next week.
Rakeman Frank Lee trips to St Louis for pleasure while switchman John Bailey sits off due to his wife’s illness. J W Mercan joins western division as brakeman. Henry Valelly moves from switch engine to road service. C L McGuire and wife visit Coatesville Mo on business. Katy builds sixty foot mail cars for enhanced service on passenger trains. Katy refuses to stop at St Paul despite state order. board efforts may test new railroad law.
Wabash brakeman Lee, stabbed by a hobo on a freight train between St Charles and Moberly, visited Mexico Monday to identify the attacker from county jail inmates but found no match and returned to Moberly. A railway survey for the Columbia and Chicago railroad starts June 25 at Clark Switch Randolph county to connect Columbia with the Chicago and Alton and Wabash lines. This will open coal field access between Columbia and Clark.
Union Pacific plans a railway telephone system across its lines to aid operation and emergencies. It will supplement the telegraph, equip trains with on board telephones, and allow instant messages via wire connections along the network. Experimental use has lasted two years, with relays extending range beyond short distances.
In W H Vans court this morning Dr J W Shrader sued W Re Dune, a brakeman, for professional fees. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for the amount sued. Circuit Clerk Lily and Constable Pleningleis are described in quirky local lore as preparing for an impulsive morning squirrel chasing expedition.
Madison resident Bud Ash is identified as a bust of friends in Moberly today. O Head made a business trip to Higbee. Mrs. Oscar Burtis, north of town, is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes of Union Avenue visit relatives in Jacksonville. Hayden Stephens of Buicketon Mo visits Moberly guest of a South Williams Street lady. Yom Ireelin, visiting his brother on the east side, left for Denver for work. Mrs. St S Jennings, visiting her daughter Mrs. O B Slackwell, leaves for Mexico for months with sister Mrs Vandeventer. A joke on two Moberly girls who cooked a big supper for their sweethearts from Middle Grove yesterday. fellows did not come. Lizzie Terrill and sister Lelah depart for Excelsior Springs to drink waters. Rev R F Campbell and wife host Fourth Street M B church choir reception at parsonage tomorrow night. QO S Hannah and wife of Lexington Ky to visit brother Wilbur and relatives Friday. brothers to meet after ten years.
A bustling festival promise with mammoth tented attractions and free acts shown twice daily. It touts a top military band and high salaried acts on tour, with a menagerie and sensational stunts. Visitors are urged to see the Animal Queen Sniia with the Pyramid Lions, Marvelous Marsh, Demona and more along the Parker Pike.
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