Local Personal News From City and Surroundings
Charles Canning and family return home from visits to Kansas City and Topeka. Mrs. Walter Dow of Wagonmound New Mexico visits her parents east of Hughesville. Various residents attend errands, visits, and social events. a number of locals travel to Kansas City, Fort Scott, Warrensburg, and other nearby towns. A church organ dedication and a baccalaureate sermon are noted with accompanying social and business visits across the community.
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E. W. Arey
St. Louis
State Association of Congregational Churches
Ernest Beyeler
Kansas City
Ernest
John Kuhn
van Noy
Depot
Missouri Day Reflections On Charleston Exposition Travel
A Livingston county Democrat lampoons Missouri Day plans for the Charleston Exposition. He objects to official special sleepers for elites while urging ordinary Democrats to stay home, citing mule rides and barefoot traditions, yet wishing a safe journey for all attendees.
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Livingston County
Charleston
Lathrop
Author’s Adirondack mishap sparks bark manuscript tale
Percie W. Hart, novelist of The Abracadabra Affair, crafts a short story on birch bark in a remote Adirondack camp. With paper scarce and a single pencil, he writes for hours, then firewood consumes his bark sheets, leaving only virgin sheets and a pile of scribbled bark string.
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Adirondacks
Percie W. Hart
Lipincott’s
Civilization
Bargains Continue for Coming Week at Ohio Street
Last week's bargains will be continued for the coming week as long as they last. Don’t miss this opportunity. Carl A. Guenther, 310 Ohio Street.
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Carl A. Guenther
Ohio Street
Sedalia printers complain over Bock beer at Goose Hole outing
A Sedalia fishing party at Goose Hole on Flat Creek found three kegs of beer labeled pale were actually Bock beer. The men, none liking Bock, blame Henry Cue for the prank.
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Sedalia
Goose Hole
Flat Creek
Henry
Monument Sale Ahead for Decoration Day at Heynens
Heynens on North Ohio Street announces a big monument sale planned for Decoration Day. Local shoppers can expect a selection of commemorative stones and memorial pieces with special discounts during the event.
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Heynen’s
North Ohio Street
Allison enters fast free-for-all pace at Missouri State Fair
Albert Allison clocked 2 10 in a trial by Andrew Allison son out of Isis, owned by J S Hackley of Moberly Missouri. The entry targets a 2 04 or faster pace and could set Missouri speed records if all goes well.
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Albert Allison
Andrew Allison
Isis
J. S. Hackley
Moberly
Missouri
Funeral for John Connors Held at Sacred Heart
The funeral of John Connors who died of heart trouble at his home twelve miles south of the city was held yesterday afternoon at Sacred Heart church. The services were led by Rev Father Nieberg.
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John Connors
Sacred Heart Church
Father Nieberg
Pallbearers Named for Funeral Service
The pallbearers for the funeral are Mike McGinley John Cunningham John O'Brien Mike Clif ford Pat Curran and Malache O'Brien.
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Mike McGinley
John
Irish Churchyards Look of Timeworn Quiet
The piece notes aged Irish churchyards with ivy walls and crumbling stone. Headstones show worn epitaphs, moss clings to surfaces, many stones lean, and mounds crowd the uneven ground. Despite tender memories, the living rarely embellish these silent graves.
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Donohue
Artificial Marble Made by Accelerated Natural Process
The London Builder notes manufacturers produce marble by a natural-like process in weeks. Soft limestone is permeated with coloring matters that sink in rather than surface color. The finished veneer polishes to beauty and costs about one third of natural marble.
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Nature
London
Sponges Set Out in Florida Wet beds for market sponge growth
In Florida and other suitable waters beds of sponges are being prepared, with marketable sponges grown from small cuttings like vegetables. The practice mirrors agricultural methods, enabling production from plantable fragments.
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Florida
Invention Cash Register Makes Millionaire Idea
A Philadelphia Press quip notes a businessman's boast about a machine that could make him a millionaire if kept running, revealing the joke as a cash register. The line highlights how routine devices spark grand visions in business talk.
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Philadelphia Presse
Railroad Worker Injured. Leg Amputated After Yard Accident
Samuel C. Gregg, a Katy brake man, was run over in Parsons yards Friday night and lost his left leg between knee and thigh. He was moved to hospital yesterday. due to quarantine at Sedalia Katy hospital, he was admitted to Missouri Pacific hospital in Kansas City. Gregg’s condition remains serious but improving given the circumstances.
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Parsons Yards
Gregg
Katy
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Parsons Sun
Links and pins steady work train used for widening road
The S. W. and S. W. work train was put on Sunday to distribute steel rails for road widening. A new shipment is expected soon. Bartlett, Missouri Pacific master mechanic, passed through on the Missouri Pacific. Otha Amick, Katy fireman, fell ill on his run at Nevada and was replaced by Fireman Ruby. Arthur Rogers, Katy fireman, returned to work after a two week quarantine. Engineer Ed Manchester and Frank Yunker of the Katy reported for duty.
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S. W
Bartlett
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Otha Amick
Katy
Nevada
Ruby
Ed Manchester
Frank Yunker
The
Girl Burned to Death Near Marshall
Sadie Ehrst daughter of Wm Ehrst aged about nine burned to death at the old Chrisman place four miles northwest of Marshall Friday at noon. She was playing in a field where her brother burned cornstalks and her dress caught fire.
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Sadie
Wm. Ehrst
Chrisman Place
Marshall
Frank Stockton Dead
Francis Richard Stockton the novelist died suddenly in Washington on Sunday from a brain hemorrhage causing paralysis.
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Washington
Francis Richard Stockton
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