Smithton Notes Rich with Thanksgiving and Local Goings On
Smithton notes dated December 4 report visits from Sedalia and Columbia, church services, high school move ins, and a Friday evening social at Mrs. W. B. Myers with a guest list of local youths. Train delays from a broken flat car east of town are noted alongside twenty residents visiting relatives over Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Rev. Foster
Joplin
Ed Wood
Sedalia
F. L. Wright
Carrie Boucher
D. White
Pearl White
Henry Meyer
W. J. Stotts
G. W. Schwabe
Columbia
George Harris
Grace Overstreet
Smithton
Mayme Murie
Clarksburg
W. B. Myers
Vigoral Health Flour Promoted as Best Hard Wheat Product
An advocate touts Sweet Springs Big S Flour and Vigoral Health hard wheat flour as superior and urges customers to try Vigoral Health for light bread. The appeal claims strong Sedalia sales proof and warns against alternative flours tied to merchant profits. For sale by leading dealers.
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Sedalia
Pettis County Stockmen Ship Stock to St Louis Markets
E. B. Gibson W. W. McClure and A. O. Teter were among Pettis county shippers sending cattle to St Louis markets on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Gibson
W. W. McClure
A. O. Teter
Pettis County
St. Louis
Maltby's MCCO Coffee Roasted Daily Sells Fast
J. A. Hamrick markets Maltby's MCCO Coffee advertised as freshly roasted each day. The notice highlights daily roasting and product branding to attract customers seeking fresh coffee.
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J. A. Hamrick
Public auction of estate at Fairview stock farm
Administratrix at Fairview stock farm near Sedalia Missouri announces a public auction of all remaining personal property. Auction will be conducted using five wagons to move and sell items from the estate.
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America
Keen Kutter
St. Louis
Fairview Stock Farm
Sedalia
President Roosevelt Urges Federal Rail Regulation and Corporate Oversight
President Roosevelt’s annual message to Congress argues for federal supervision of interstate railroads and corporations. He presses for an administrative body power to set maximum reasonable rates, end rebates, and curb overcapitalization while warning against sweeping prohibitions and urging careful, constitutional action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Houses
Congress
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Unon
Reforms on Rebates and Railroads in Federal Policy
The text argues for strong federal action to curb freight rebates and illegal rate practices, urging a national standard, public accounting, and independent oversight. It calls for maximum rate limits, government power to pursue civil actions against rebate beneficiaries, and tighter supervision of private car lines and refrigeration charges. It also addresses labor, child and women in industry, insurance reform, and federal inefficiencies in government departments.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
American Seaboard
Congress
Colorado
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
State Department
Bureau of Corporations
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Simmons Hardware Company
U.S. A
Broadway
New York
Smithton Notes
Nelson Miller
Boonville
Inez
Ruby Elison
Couch
The
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Annie Green
Carrie Sneed
Ruby Ellison
Myrtle
Irene Meyers
Nellie Haire
Mollie
Ruth Harris
Winifred Baker
Cara Farner
Laura Kroschen
Lillie Richter
Iane Hewitt
Ruth Hotsenpiler
Ethel Shy
Messrs
Roy Ellison
Rex Wright
Clayton Haire
D. O. Monsees
Howard Peabody
Leo Short
Ernest Knox
Ernest Selken
Chester Collins
Harry Jett
Harry Loveland
Bird Palmer
Grover
William Montgomery
Elmer Albers
Roy Lujin
Administratrix Sale
Ky. Eagle
M. B. Petty
Hieronymus Brothers
Walter Petty
Merce Commission
Panama Canal
Board of Engineers
Dem Wis
Pam O
Lartay
Ladakh
Gus Werner
Second Street
A. J. Campbell
Hoffman Building
South
Ohio Street
Third National Bank
Third Street
Bell Phone
Queen City
Chicago and
Sedalia Dry Cleaning Co
S. Osage
Uying
West Main Street
Oklahoma, Indian Territory
Arkansas
Missouri, Texas
States
A. Ailton
ST. Louis, MO
J. C. Lovrien
T Gen
Kansas City, Mo
Missouri G Kansas Telephone Co
Sedalia, Mo
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