Dividing Public Offices Rumor Sparks Missouri Debate
State press reports ex Governor Stone Secretary of State Sam Cook and Mayor Reed met with M C Wetmore at a Taney county preserve to “fix up” a plan for state offices. The letter warns against boss politics and urges voters to resist such power plays. A Princeton anecdote concludes the piece with a sharp jab.
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Covernor Stone
Sam Cook
Reed
M. C. Wetmore
Taney County
Cook
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Direct Steamship Service to Manila Inaugurated
The Pacific Steamship Lines announce direct sailings from San Francisco to Manila in connection with the Chicago & North-Western Railway daily trans continental service. Monthly departures with a 28 day voyage. ships are among the finest in the Pacific. This marks rapid growth in American Far East trade and tourism via the western route.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Trans-Continental
Chicago
San Francisco
Manila
Nagasaki
Hong Kong
Pacific
Far East
Europe
New York
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
American
New Express
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local treatment and endorses constitutional remedies. It explains deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting Gall’s Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Gall
Crescent tent adds two new K O T M members
At a Crescent tent No. 4 meeting two new members J. C. McCormack and I. O. Phelps were initiated. The rest of the evening featured card games.
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Crescent Tent No. 4
J. C. McCormack
I. O. Phelps
Twenty Five Years Ago in Sedalia
Sedalia Bazoo notes from December 10 1877 recounts Col D K Ray and party from the Osage Division of the M E T, Col Jaynes and A A Talmage heading east on a Pacific special, visits from John Arthur and Mrs John T Sloane aiding a tramp, cattle escapes, a boy burned by powder, and a fashion note on slippers with fancy design ideas.
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Sedalia Bazoo
Col
D. KE. Ray
Osage
Col. Jaynes
A. A. Talmage
John Arthur
Warsaw
Bazoo
F. H. Mack
Emma Leland
Farnham
McMurty & Spencer
East Sedalia
William Murphy
John T. Sloane
Heavy snow begins in Nevada as temperature drops
The first heavy snow storm of the season began falling in Nevada Missouri this morning and continued at noon. The mercury dropped 18 degrees since midnight.
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Scripps-McRae Press Assn
Nevada
Mercury
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Endorsed by Governor Atkinson
A vintage advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for all foods digestive woes. It claims to rebuild tissues, purify the body, and strengthen the stomach, with a testimonial from Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia praising its effectiveness.
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G. W. Atkinson
W. Va
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Stop Paying Rent Town Lots Offer by James Barker
Classified advertisement from James Barker promotes townsite investment with cheap home building and ground-floor profits. It invites readers to write for full particulars at 518 Wainwright Building, St Louis, Missouri, to learn about town lots and self employment opportunities.
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James Barker
M., K. and T. Railway
Wainwright Building
St. Louis
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Walter J. Brill
Bell
Abe
Mail
By Mail
J. R. Baldwin
Sentinel
Sedalia, Mo
Sedalia and
Pettis County
Princeton
Pacific Steamship Lines
Philippines
Hong Shxkong
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mass
Siti
B. Kuppenheimer & CO
EE. Johnston
Ohio St
Wood
Peck
Bes
Lewis Morrison
DOE
Goethe
Faust
Nuremberg
Jorn Steel
Stanley Coal Company
J.C. Warren
East Fifteenth Street
Secalia, Mo
E Berta, Texas
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