Al G Field Greater Minstrels Organization Details
The group lists performers including Faust Family Australian acrobats seven members Everhart German Jongleur Welby Pearl Keys and Master Carroll American novelty dancers Kingsbury Grove English musical team Hyde and Fairman dancing masters Nondescript trio athletic high kickers Doc Quigley John W Norton Thomas Crockett contra tenor Reese Prosser first tenor Harry Sheldon robust tenor E F Snell second tenor George P Marshall John W Norton baritone Paul La Lond basso plus a boy choir and George Hassell male soprano. A 20 member brass band led by Burt H Cutler and a 12 musician orchestra under Joseph W Norton will provide music.
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al G. Field Greater Minstrels
Faust
Everhart
Welby Pearl Keys
Master Carroll
Kingsbury and
Grove
Hyde and Fairman
Dancing Masters
Athletic High Kickers
Doc Quigley
Momus
John W .Norton
Thomas Crockett
Reese Prosser
Harry Sheldon
E F Snell
George P. Marshall
John W. Norton
Paul LaLond
George Hassell
al G. Field
Tommy Donnelly
Harry Shunk
Jake Welby
Burt H. Cutler
Joseph W. Norton
Two Married Men at Vanity Fair Prices
The comedy farce Two Married Men by Geo. R. Edeson is slated for Saturday night with bright witty lines and well drawn characters. Audience will laugh through three acts. Ticket prices are 25 35 and 50 cents lower than usual.
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Geo. R. Edeson
Vanity Fair
Cures a Cold in One Day Claim From Doctor La Verne
An ad for Dr. D. L. La Verne's Grip Tab asserts it cures la grippe and colds in one day and relieves headache. It notes the tab does not affect the head like quinine and is priced at 25 cents. Sold by Aug T Fleischmann's Pharmacy at Fourth and Ohio streets in Sedalia Missouri.
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D. L. la Verne
T. Fleischmann
Fourth
Ohio Streets
Sedalia
Stevens & Stevens Carriages for Balls and Opera Events
Stevens and Stevens offer clean carriages heated by Lehman heaters with no tobacco fumes. Priced at 1 dollar per couple, they are kept for balls parties and operas at 207 209 Osage Street. telephone 167. Missouri Pacific stores 125 coal cars about 4,000 tons in local sheds. Katy plans to start filling sheds this week.
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Stevens & Stevens
Lehman’s
Osage Street
Missouri Pacific
Katy
Mrs William F Rice Dies at 35 in City Home
Mrs William F Rice, aged about 35, died this morning at 11 30 of consumption at the family home on Sixteenth and Montgomery. She leaves a husband and five children. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Wm. F. Rice
William F. Rice
Sixteenth and
Montgomery
Monumental Bargains at Sedalia Yard Sale
Two carloads of granite monuments received for quick sale in Sedalia. Genuine bargains on markers and monuments offered to buyers seeking affordable headstones and yard stones.
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Sedalia
Messenger Stout Killed in Switching Accident at Tipton
A Missouri express messenger, Stout of St. Louis, was fatally injured when his head was caught in a sliding door during a switching move at Tipton. A fellow passenger, Stone, was also hurt but not seriously. Conductor Tom Butts oversaw the train as plans for an electric Colorado line expansion near Creve Coeur Lake unfold.
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Messenger Stout
St. Louis
JC B& L
Tipton
Stout
Stone
Tom Butts
Syndicate led by ex Gov Francis takes control of railroad
The St Louis Kansas City and Colorado railroad is removed from receiver Adiel Sherwood and handed to a Francis syndicate led by ex Gov D R Francis. The transfer occurred December 1 after Judge Adams ordered turnover. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe sold stock and bonds to the Francis group for 2 million dollars, and Francis confirms ownership while plans include electric service linking St Louis Clayton Creve Coeur Lake, with a proposed Kansas City route through Sedalia.
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William D. Clayton
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Wabash Railway
Santa Fe Company
Union
Kansas City
Union Station
Union Avenue
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
Adiel Sherwood
D. R. Francis
Elmer B. Adams
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis,Kansas City and Colorado Railroad Company
Sherwood
W. M. Mitchell
Francis
Franklin County
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Clayton
Creve Coeur Lake
Sedalia
Railway Company Appeals Over Cattle Shipment Case
The Katy railroad appeals in the St Louis circuit court after H A Truskett a cattle dealer sued for 25000 claiming damages for 150 head of cattle shipped from Indian Territory to Chicago. The jury awarded Truskett 893.06 but the railroad challenged the verdict on appeal.
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United States Court For
Indian Territory
Truskett
Notorious Safe Blower Among Five Prisoners Moved to Jefferson City
Sheriff Gibson and Deputy Wood escorted five prisoners from Fayette to the Missouri Pacific and then to Jefferson City penitentiary. Horace Martin alias Jack Moore, famed for jailbreaks, is among them and faces four years unless he escapes. Others are Charles Heath John Simms Frank Edwards and Ben Boggs. Letters dropped at every mailbox during the transfer puzzled officials.
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G. D. Gibson
Steve Wood
Howard County
Fayette
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City
Horace Martin
Jack Moore
United States
Trinidad
Colo
Chas. Heath
John Simms
Frank Edwards
Martin’s
Ben Boggs
Third Street
Sheriff Gibson
Frank Embree
Kansas
Euchre Party Aids Springfield Monument Fund
Emmet McDonald chapter of the D. O. C. held a successful euchre event at the Elks lodge. over $60 was raised for a Springfield monument fund. Twenty two tables hosted players with prizes awarded to Miss Flo Mackey Miss Cormany Mrs Will Ramsey Mrs J R Myers Miss Beulah Harris Mrs Jennie B Fast Messrs Rob Johns Jim Spencer W Reynolds Eugene Giffee and Dr Crow.
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Emmet McDonald
Elks’ Lodge
Springfield
Flo Mackey
Cormany
Will Ramsey
J. R. Myers
Beulah Harris
Jennie B. Fast
Messrs
Rob Johns
Jim Spencer
W. H. Reynolds
Eugene Giffee
Dr. Crow
Capital stock of M., K and T raised after Kansas City & Pacific absorption
The capital stock of the M., K & T. has been increased by 2,500,000 dollars on account of absorbing the Kansas City & Pacific Railway.
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Kansas City & Pacific Railway
Ram’s Horn Creator to Lecture in Sedalia Monday Night
Editor E. P. Brown, former Chicago Ledger editor and creator of Ram’s Horn, will lecture in Sedalia next Monday night on the subject Spectacles. The event offers open doors at 10 cents, with emphasis on engaging public and press professionals.
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Brown
Sedalia
Address by Superintendent on Attendance and Scholarship
Supt. Buchanan spoke at Nevada on Saturday evening before the Southwest Missouri Teachers Association. His topic was the effect of college preparatory work on attendance and scholarship in lower grades.
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Supt
Buchanan
Southwest Missouri Teachers’ Association
Nevada
Cure LaGrippe in Two Days Ad Claims Refund
An old medical quack ad promises cure for la grippe in two days with Laxative Bromo Quiniined Tablets and offers a refund if it fails. It includes Grove's signature on each box and prices 25¢. Also notes Mercantile Rye whisky at 15¢ and local barber shop ads. The school board purchasing committee buys supplementary readers for first through third grades.
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WE Grove
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