Local residents and visitors frequent the Huckins hotel
Mrs. Lillian A. Herrington of St. Louis and EF A. Scott of Coleman's Rural World are guests at the Huckins. Various engineers, examiners, and business people from Missouri and Iowa travel through Sedalia. A Santa Fe railroad exam board visits Missouri Pacific staff, and a traffic agreement routes more trains onto Santa Fe tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian A. Herrington
St. Louis
Joe Herrington
Huckins
EF. A. Scott
Coleman
The
W. H. Chiles
Lexington
S. T. Dysart
Novelty Stove Manufacturing Co
Lincoln
G. S. Woodward
Marcelline
G. O. Proctor
H. Fogarty
Fort Madison
Santa Fe Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Meat Dealers Protest as Prices Split with Kansas City
Sedalia meat dealers outrage over the meat trust edges as Kansas City sees price cuts while Sedalia raises costs. Reporters note railroads and five packing houses forming a combine to freeze out smaller rivals and control markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sedalia
Chicago
Wedding Attendance Delays Return for Family Visit
A daughter is removed to her parents home to attend her sister Lyda Rhodes wedding to Charles Benford tomorrow at seven o'clock. Mr Carter and son Hiram John Amos and Clarence Alcorn head to Hawe Creek for a week outing. J W Jaxwell Texas division head passes through in his special car en route to St Louis. Sallie Cline leaves Central Business College for a week at Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McKim
Knox County
James Nesbitt
Wxnob Noster
Nesbitt
Sedalia
W.H. Harris
St. Louis
G. W. Barnett
Jefferson City
C B. Rhodes
Miss Lyda
Charles Benford
Mr. Carter
Hiram
John Amos
Clarence Alcorn
Hawe Creek
J. W. Jaxwell
Texas Division
Denison
Florence Nightingale
Henry M. Stanley
Gen
Grant
Appomattox
Boston
Ensign F. T. Evans
Evans
Ilinois
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company
Coulter
Emery College
Oxford
United States Botanical Gardens
Philippine Islands
Manila
A. Wendlinger
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Montague
Lawrence Alma- Tadema
R. A
Alma-Tadema
St. John’s Wood
Lawrence
Birthright Saved by Stranger in Gas Bill Standoff
An elderly man steps into traffic on a Chicago street but is saved when a stranger pulls him back. The grateful rescuer, a gas company secretary, offers a cash reward, but the saved man refuses to relinquish a privilege he believes Americans deserve, despite the lifesaving act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Sherman
Stratford
N. H
E. Harr Drug Company
Chicago Chronicle
Mod
Ornamentation of Cars in Modern Passenger Trains
A survey of travel car design notes a shift from ornate carvings to plain polished wood to ease cleaning and dust control. It cites changes in upper berths, improved space for passengers, and comments from industry and notable figures about historic decorations and recent simplifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Pullman
Wagner
Monument Sale For Decoration Day At Heynens
A local sale offers monuments and markers for Decoration Day at Heynes store on North Ohio street. Shipments and pricing details are to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heynen’s
North Ohio Street
Red Cross Ball Blue declares bright whiteness
An advertisement promotes a 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bleach for whitening clothes at 5 cents.
Railroads report machinists contract and personnel moves
Watt Williams and Arthur Geisenhower return from St Louis after securing a machinists contract viewed as satisfactory by the union. Holcomb McCalla join Missouri Pacific shops in Parsons. Eddie Rosson relocates to Lexington with family. W H McCarty resigns Katy shops post to become a Katy brakeman at Parsons. New steel arrives and work begins to widen the line to standard gauge down to Mora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rosson
Missouri Pacific
Lexington
W. H. McCarty
Katy
Parsons
Mora
Taxes Well Paid in 1901 City Levy
The Sentinel reports at city hall today that 1901 taxes have been better paid than in years past. In preparing the delinquent tax book, twenty two fewer pages are needed than last year, and the aggregate tax collection is expected to show a creditable total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Storm Ravages Benton County Causing Major Damage
A severe rain storm struck Benton county last night bringing tornado like violence. Property damage is extensive and described as the worst in years. Local authorities assess the damage and begin initial cleanup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton County
Books and Writers Move in Literary World
Secretary Cortelyou and Judge Day plan a comprehensive life of William McKinley. Wallace Budge will publish a complete prehistoric Egypt history. Laurens signs The Apotheosis of Colbert. Mrs. Alice Meynell tours California lecturing on literature. Ben Hur play edition in London rekindles interest. 27 editions in England. Zola books burned in Melbourne as indecent literature. court rules acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortelyou
Judge Day
William McKinley
Wallace Budge
British Museum
Egypt
M. Jean Paul Laurens
Paris
Colbert
Louis XIV
Alice Meynell
California
London
Gen. Wallace
England
M. Zola
Melbourne
Supreme Court
Port Melbourne
Custom House Yard
Almanac of Crime Highlights Monthly Crime Peaks
Foreign criminologist summarizes seasonal crime peaks. Murder rises in August January and June. infanticide in February and May. poisoning peaks in May with September idle. Threats of death common in August. forgery busy in April October December and quarter starts and year ends. theft highest in December and January.
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Stein Bloch and Co., and Hart, Shaffner
Marx
Wilson Bros
City
Eeterin
Iowa
Kaiser Hotel
Peter Creech
Aberdeen
Wash
L. S. Eddins
Pleasant Hill
Laura Morey
Warrensburg
Paul Curtis
Deer
J. B. Roe
Doc Lambrith
H. L. Rambo
Fast Mail
Western Union Telegraph Company
Webb City
Frank Goodman
Frank Redman
M. L. Bailey
D. C. McDonald
Oakland
Cal
Anna Carmondy
Moberly
Patrick Doble
Peter Brandt
Demand
Henry Wesle
Liddil Brandt
Concordia
Myr
Tle Swearingen
Lota Bluhm
Smithton
Mary Demand
Joseph Meyer
Mayme Meyer
Aurorala
Patrick
Doble and Family
Cecil Lange
Mattie Zoll
Mexico
Leo Huckins
Boonville
E. A. Robertson
George R. Smith College
South
Port, Indiana
J. H. Bothwell
J. B. Quigley
Prof. Bailey
Carl Warner
Jessie Twist
Thomas P. Diggs
Globe-Democrat
A. L. Wisker
Elko
Nevada
W. J. Chambliss An
Ecretary
Sam B. Cook
J. S. Rogers
J. G. White
Cole Camp
Otto Matuscuka
St. Paul’s Church
Flat River
N. L. Nelson
Hannibal
George Longan
Ous
Meat Trust
Kansas
Sam
F. Lanois
Bushnell, Il
H. L Sewer
Lafayette, Tex
J. H. McCasey
Rush, Ark
R. T. Pratr
Gallatin, Ark
J. M
Corning
Ark
Lark Ave
Mas
M. A. Hanna
Adamana
Aris
Watt Williams and
Arthur Geisen
Benton
Almanac OF Crime
Collecting and Credit Reporting Association of
Misouri
Bulletin
Collecting and Credit Reporting Association of Missouri
McGarren’s
Main and Osage
Laminett
Ohio St
Lly
Territory
Oklahoma
Texas Points
Dallas
Ashville
N. C
Jackson
Miss
Springfield
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
San Francisco
Monarch Laundry
Charles van Antwerp
Collection Agency
C. E. West
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