Water cars may be used as drought deepens in Texas
The M K T faces dry tanks and may haul water for engines and citizens if rain does not come within a week. Railroad officials warn serious water shortages along the line in North Texas affecting supply and operations while plans for a Missouri Pacific new line from Caney Kansas to Coffeyville Oklahoma Texas unfold with surveys next week.
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Texas
Denison Herald
Independence
Kan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Oklahoma
Caney
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Kansas
Coffeyville
Smoke Consumers Cut Smoky Rail Travel West
Rock Island lines test and adopt smoke consuming engines after trials on the Colorado Flyer. Firemen train to operate the hydro carbon burners with Sharp deflecting air tubes for complete combustion. Train movements include a Parsons reentry, Kansas City to St Louis connections, and a Katy wreck with injuries.
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Rock Island
Among the Trains Chief Storekeeper Murray of the Katy
Chief Storekeeper Murray of the Katy is reported to have been in the city for duties connected with railroad operations. The brief item notes his presence without detailing events or arrangements.
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Murray
Katy
Bid for Grand Lodge HQ Stirs Peoria Appeal
No reply has been received to a telephone message sent to Peoria about Sedalia becoming the headquarters for the Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The piece notes Democrats largely favor the policy while Republicans oppose it and says results will show opinions after the election.
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Peoria
Ill
Sedalia
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Porto Rico
Cuba
Vest
West on the Issues Spars With Expansion Debate
Senator West of Missouri, visiting Toronto, comments on McKinley's expansion policy and says the expansion issue will be a leading 1896 style fight. He notes misgivings in the West and South, cites Tammany's July 4 speech, and predicts the Democratic platform will include free coinage and trust opposition with broad national support.
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West
Missouri
Toronto
The
Globe
McKinley
Ocean Grove
Hogg
Democratic Party
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Shackleford Wins Missouri Eighth District Victory
Democratic candidate Dorsey W. Shackleford led in the eighth Missouri district race, overcoming Republican Voshall by about 2,500 votes. Jefferson City returns were tight with Shackleford within three votes of carrying the city. Cooper County backed him by a small margin as support for imperialism and the Chicago platform rose.
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Camden
Maries
Bland
Voshall
Eighth
Missouri
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Stone
Chicago
Jefferson City
Shackleford
Vosholl
Cooper County
Boonville
McKinley
St Louis Traveler Seeks Aid After Long Walk to Sedalia
A colored woman named Anna Smith says she walked from St Louis to Sedalia and planned to continue to Nevada Mo. She endured near starvation and cold after losing her home with the Hanna family. Officer Williams offered shelter and sought donations to help her reach relatives.
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Williams
Missouri Pacific
Anna Smith
St. Louis
Sedalia
Nevada
Hanna
Otterville
W C T U to Hold Meeting and Elect Officers
The W C T U scheduled its regular meeting Friday at 3 p m in the First M E Church with officer elections for the ensuing year. Miss Lilly Fisher and her brother Julius left for Cape Girardeau Missouri to attend the normal this winter and finish her course.
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M. E
Lilly Fisher
Julius
Cape Girardeau, Mo
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