Attitudes on Government, Censuses, and Public Habits
A collection of editorial notes discusses good government through participation, loyalty to monarchies, and criticism of Croker. It questions impeachment logic for officials tied to steel trusts and suggests rural post offices could relay weather and crop data to aid agriculture. It notes the persistence of tipping as a social status symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Agricultural Department
Weather Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Depew Says He Will Quit Talking to Newspaper Men
Chauncey M Depew tells a reporter he is done with newspaper men after claiming misrepresentation. The public note that his third term advocacy for McKinley may have pushed him to withdraw from interviews and confine remarks to after dinner speeches.
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Chauncey M. Depew
McKinley
Labor and Trusts Targeted by Coalition of Groups
A broad alliance of labor unions the Anti-Trust league and allied sympathizers moves to challenge steel and related trusts, aiming to curb concentrated corporate power and press for regulatory action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Trust League
Steel
Rail Holdups, Arrests and Claims Dominate Oklahoma Dispatches
Washington: Attorney General Knox unlikely to pursue many prosecutions amid trust protection signals. Caney rail robbery leads to arrests as six men are detained. Chicago Chronicle notes looming US Britain war claim disputes over South Africa losses and Manila road damage. Coalgate officers arrest Ben Strang linked to Katy train hold up near Caney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Chicago Chronicle
South Africa
Manila
Manila Road
Railroad Work Delayed by Heat and Short Labor
General Manager Russell Harding and General Superintendent H G Clark of the Missouri Pacific Railroad inspected the new line after traveling by boat from Boonville. They found grading nearly done but track laying likely delayed by hot weather and a steel strike in the east that could hinder rail deliveries. sixteen cars arrived last week but few more are expected until the strike resolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Harding
H. G. Clark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jefferson City
Boonville
My Heart Hath a Song Poem Excerpt
A romantic poem by Ethel M. Kelley from Century reflects a lover’s ardor. The speaker’s heart sings of longing and devotion, the night wind carrying the refrain to the beloved and pleading for shelter from wind and rain.
Tragic death of teen near Valley Park on railroad tracks
The body of an unknown about 14 years old was found in Glaize creek bed beneath the Missouri Pacific bridge near Valley Park. He may have been struck by an engine while on the track or on a moving train, his head hitting a bridge brace.
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Glaize Creek
Missouri Pacific
Valley Park
A Wolf's Head Brings Bounty Demand at Court House
For the first time in years a bounty was claimed this morning for a wolf's scalp. Adam Simon of Lake Creek township presented the head to the court house and swore he killed it with a shotgun. The county court had offered a $3 bounty per wolf.
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Adam Simon
Lake Creek Township
Hospital Arrivals Names Many New Workers
Ernest Booker a section laborer Greenville Will Martin extra gang Eufaula Robert Edwards a section laborer W H Seas switchman Denison R L Walker fireman Denison C H Silcox fireman Denison Julian Funts extra gang Hillsboro Ed Gilbert section laborer Taylor W M M Roberts section laborer Dallas Palo Muraida section laborer San Marcos B Tennison crusher laborer Chickie Chockie Sidney Thompson crusher laborer Chickie Chockie John Harvel extra gang Elsmore Thomas Davis extra gang Selma Lawrence Fletcher section laborer Winsboro
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Will Martin
Extra Gang
Eufaula
Robert Edwards
Greenville
Julian Funts
Hillsboro
Ed Gilbert
Taylor
W. MM. Roberts
John Harvel
Elsmore
Thomas Davis
Selma
Lawrence Fletcher
Warsaw trip yields forty two pound monster catfish
Dyson Freeburn returns from Warsaw with a massive Osage catfish weighing forty two pounds. He speared the giant during a fishing outing along the Osage River, marking a notable catch for the season.
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Dyson Freeburn
Warsaw
Osage
Marriage License Issued in Kansas City
Robert O. Henderson and Lagretta Edwards of Sedalia were issued a marriage license in Kansas City on Thursday. Neither name appears in the Sedalia directory.
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Robert O. Henderson
Lagretta Edwards
Sedalia
Kansas City
James Davidson Lays Off as Katy Brakemen A. Antoine’s Family Joy
James Davidson a Katy brakeman loses his job while A Antoine and his wife celebrate the birth of a child. The brief note records exits and a family milestone in the same industry context.
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James Davidson
Katy
A. Antoine
Missouri Pacific and Katy personnel shifts noted
The Parsons Sun reports multiple Missouri Pacific and Katy railroad moves. New york steel rails arrive for the river route. Conductor Adams leads the pay train west. J W McClain visits Marshall. Several workers take leaves or new posts at the Missouri Pacific shops and yards. Dr George E McNeil returns from Europe with Katy hospital ties. Charles Naylor leaves Dallas tea and coffee shop to resume rail work.
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Missouri Pacific
Colorado
J. W. McClain
Marshall
W. A. Scanlan
George E. McNeil
Katy
Europe
Charles Naylor
Dallas
Texas
Merchants Must File Assessments by August 24
All merchants and manufacturers who have not returned their statements to the county assessor by law must file by Saturday evening August 24 or face arrest. Charles D. Brown, County Assessor.
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Charles D. Brown
Mink Kills Forty Chickens Near Sedalia Farm
A mink attacked and killed forty young chickens owned by M. A. Wilson, who lives twelve miles east of Sedalia. The incident occurred on the farm, prompting caution for local poultry.
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M. A. Wilson
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the Sentinel
Sentinel Publishing CO
Sedalia, MO
W. H. Graffis
S. C. Patrick
Publishers and Proprietors
Official Paper OF
Canada
Steel Trust
Knox
Pittsburg
Istetter
H. L. Sewer
Lafayette
Tex
M. A. Hanna
Adamana
Ariz
R. W. Traney
Albuquerque, N. M
A. K. Mixts, Jr
Cu Wa Co
Crann
Sv. Lovie
Washington Times
the Attorney
Carnegie Steel Works
Washington
Cochran
Houck
St. Louis
Walter Stratton
Caney
I. T
Plete
Coalgate, I. T
James Thompson
William Little
Ben Strang
Here
Strang
Ethel M. Kelley
Ernest Booker
W. H. Seas
Denison
R. L. Walker
C. H. Silcox
Palo Muraida
San
B. Tennison
Crusher Laborer
Chickie Chockie
Sidney Thompson
Winsboro
Hail’s
Batiste
A* J. D. Hail Dry Goods Co
East Fifth Street
Phil Simcosky
M. Burnap
Rod Jones
G. S. Hayden
Lexington
A. J. Mayberry
Adams
H. T. Evans
J. W. Faulkner
Parsons Sun
Will Lowe
Ing Brown
Telegraph Institute
Panama
Ed Hill
Rock Island
Athol
Kas
Astoril
Dalia
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