Woman takes $1200, steps with two clerks, leaves wife, kids
Solomon Houk, Joplin contractor, sues in Jasper County Circuit Court to stop his wife from disposing of property. He alleges she already took $1,200, drew $500 from his account, mortgaged their home for $400, and left with their 1 year old daughter Maude. She vanished on a Frisco train toward Pittsburg Kansas with two clerks, while Houk and daughters stay with his wife’s brother. He seeks legal remedy and the return of his child. He values the farm deed in her name and other papers at stake.
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Solomon Houk
Jasper County
Young Smothers
Hannon
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Pittsburg
Kas
California
Houk
Post- Dispatch Today
Silas Beasly
Flossy
Hazel
Sedalia Trust Company Sets Record With Interest Paying Day
The Sedalia Trust Company reports a semi annual interest paying day with over 169000 dollars on deposit from about nine hundred accounts averaging under 1000 dollars. Most depositors are wage earners of moderate means, reflecting firm public confidence and liberal inducements within safe methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Trust Company
Deadly Nelson mine explosion kills twenty two
In Brayton near Nelson Tennessee a blast at the Dayton Coal and Iron Nelson mine kills twenty two miners and injures seven others. Firemen lit blasting fuses after quitting time triggering a massive explosion that tore the mine and nearby shed. Many victims are named with both white and colored workers among the dead. Authorities cite dry coal dust and mine gas as ongoing dangers and note prior fatal incidents at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nelson
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Brayton
Lark Hunter
Joe Harney
Boer delegates prepare meeting on war measures at Utrecht
At The Hague April 1 Boer leaders Kruger Leyds and delegates in Europe plan an April 2 meeting at Utrecht to discuss the war's direction amid Schalk Burger peace moves. Reports note communication delays with De Wet and Steyn. surrender remains unlikely and any peace terms require republic consent and Burgers’ convening. Bert Prince, known in Sedalia as a mandolin player, has a public profile in the area.
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Hague
Kruger
Dr. Leyds
Europe
Utrecht
Schalk-Burger
Great Britain
South Africa
Steyn
Burgers
Lord Kitchener
Bert Prince
Sedalia
Colonel Swords Recalled From White House Waiting
The urbane Colonel Swords, long serving as sergeant-at-arms for the national Republican committee, waited at the White House as events unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tional Republican Committee
The
White House
Old Arkansaw at the Opera House Promises Great Scenic Show
The next attraction at the opera house is Fred Raymond's Old Arkan saw claimed to be the greatest scenic production of the age. The original cast has been retained along with the extravagant scenic effects and the engagement in Cincinnati, Toledo and other Eastern cities this season has fully duplicated the success with which this interesting story of the Southland met with upon its original production. Prices only 25c 35c 50c and Tic.
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Opera House
Fred Raymond
Old Arkansaw
Cincinnati
Toledo
Southland
Beresford to Star The Wrong Mr. Wright at Opera House
The article highlights Beresford’s upcoming appearance Monday April 7 in George H. Broadhurst’s hit farce The Wrong Mr. Wright. Manager J J Coleman has assembled top players to ensure a thoroughly artistic and enjoyable performance described as a continuous laugh.
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Opera House
Beresford
George H. Broadhurst
Mr. Wright
J. J. Coleman
Arizona Theater Engagement Sets Season Tone
Augustus Thomas's Arizona. a frontier army post and cattle ranch tale. played at the Grand opera house in Kansas City to the season's largest business last week. The Wrong Mr Wright company follows with a week at the same venue, drawing good business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Post
Arizona
Grand Opera House
Kansas City
Mr. Wright
Former Police Judge J W Burress Joins Famous Clothing
J W Burress, once city police judge, has taken a post with the Famous clothing store now housed in new quarters at the northeast corner of Ohio and Second streets. He invites friends to visit the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Burress
Ohio and
Second
Bank of Commerce
Judge Burress
Reams and Gentry Tie The Knot In City Ceremony
Charles Reams and Miss Alpha Gentry wed last night at 1600 South Osage street. Rev J M Boon officiated in a simple ceremony attended by close family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reams
Alpha Gentry
South
Osage Street
J. M. Boon
Best work in city at Sedalia Steam Laundry
The notice highlights Sedalia Steam Laundry as the best in the city with contact numbers 154. The compact teaser implies local pride and a customer-facing evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Steam Laundry
Meteoric railroad romance wins Kansas farmer bride
William Arnold of Smith county Kansas met Mrs. Alice Anderson of Trenton Missouri on a Rock Island train on Thursday March 20. He wooed and won her before forty miles of travel separated their homes in a compelling rail romance that breaks all previous records for speed in matchmaking.
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William Arnold
Kansas
Smith County
Smith Center
Kas
Alice Anderson
Trenton
Rock Island
Kansas City
Floods Ebb as Emory River Industries Resume
Report from Harriman Tennessee notes the Emory river flood receding and six of twelve local industries resuming yesterday with remaining plants due by Thursday. Damages total about 75000 dollars, with three houses destroyed and twenty two damaged. City relief fund now six thousand dollars.
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New Orleans
Curran
Mississippi Valley
Illinois Central
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee River
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Murfreesboro
Tullahoma
Longan's Sedalia Steam Laundry Ad Announces Low Prices
The ad promotes quality at the lowest prices with emphasis on value. It highlights Longan's Steam laundry located at 216 Lamine Street in Sedalia as the place to get affordable service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longan
Sedalia
Lamine Street
Worldly goods and wedding mischief in stories
A writer recounts a double wedding where the minister faces plural language and somehow proclaims “one and all, man and wife.” Another anecdote recalls a log cabin ceremony with a brash guest quipping about “Hank's bull terrier” during the dowry line.
Prince and Prince subpoenas set for April 14 trial
Subpoenas for state witnesses in the Charles W Prince and Bert Prince case were issued in Kansas City and handed to Marshal Maxwell for service. The trial begins April 14. Charles W Prince is the father and Bert Prince the brother of Lulu Prince Kennedy who killed her husband Philip H Kennedy in the New Ridge building on January 10 1901. They were indicted as accessories to the crime with Will Prince who was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Prince
Jefferson City
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Bert Prince
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Philip H. Kennedy
New Ridge
Twentieth Anniversary for Rev F O Fannon and Wife
At the First Christian Church the Rev F O Fannon and his wife celebrated twenty years of marriage with a green and white decor theme. Officers and their wives hosted guests, with gifts including twenty-dollar gold pieces and a late forty second birthday payment for the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Fannon
First Christian Church
F. OO. Fannon
Late groom marries maid of honor after bride weds another
Henry Hill, delayed to his own wedding, finds his bride Alice English married to another man. He marries Effie Johnson, the maid of honor, in a quick ceremony as surprised guests look on. Hill explains the mishap and says he is happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Chicago
Henry Hill
Hill
Tage
Alice English
Effie Johnson
Ind
Rhodeses eccentric funeral proposed for Matoppo Hill
Gardner Williams, manager of the De Beers mines, left London for South Africa to attend Cecil Rhodes funeral. A special road will be made to Matoppo Hill where Rhodes will be buried, with a monument by his friends and associates. The gun carriage that bore Long Cecil may be used to convey the body to the burial site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rhodes
Cecil
Kimberly
Matoppos
Weather Outlook Sparse and Fair
The Weather page notes generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with mild temperatures and little chance of precipitation. The forecast emphasizes calm winds and clear skies across the region.
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Brother Jonathan
Jonathan
Sation
Colonel Swords
Tom Carter
Montana
Republican National Committee
Bayton
Alex Taffer
James Franklin
John Harney
Tom Shaver
James Harris
P. J. Travis
George Griffiss
Ben Griffis
Reese Dean
Norris Pierson
Morgan Smith
John Robinson
J. E. Hill
Bryant Smith
Mack Foust
He Eee
James Head
James Riley
Will Presnell
William Scarbrough
Arthur Hughes
George Wafford
Tom Cummings
Henry Gonyon
Fred Lamb
Garfield Avenue
Iowa
Indiana
Mr. Arnold
Lancaster
Lamb
Fred
Arnold
Mr. Lamb
Kruger, Leyds
Helland
Augustus Thomas
Alabama
Iness
Reams-Gentry
Kansas City Journal
Kansas Farmer
Emory
HIS
Lippincott
West
Hank
C. W
Charles W. Prince
Marshal Maxwell
High Hill
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