Depositors of Defunct Bank Plan Next Steps
Depositors of the First National Bank met at Judge Shirk’s office to consider selling California lands held as bank assets. A December 21 meeting was set to finalize resolutions to the comptroller of the treasury, with a circular to donors from Receiver Deweese explaining the situation and seeking input.
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First National Bank
Judge Shirk
California
W. J. Ferguson
Comptroller of the Treasury
Comptroller
E. E. Galbreath
Ripley
Ohio
D. H. Smith
Dr. Ferguson
C. E. Ilgenfritz
George J. Dodd
Sedalia
P. L. Deweese
Sunday School Laurels in Missouri Highlight Scout Williams
Walter Williams editor of the Columbia Herald runs a large Missouri Sunday school class. He started with seven scholars and now has 150, entertaining 140 in his Columbia home. The Sentinel notes Judge J. N. Dalby leads with 239 in the First Christian Sunday school.
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The
Kansas City Journal
Walter Williams
Columbia Herald
Missouri
Omar Gray
Columbia
Williams
State University
the Journal
Sentinel
Sedalia
J. N. Dalby
Bright Little Folks
Seeing with Clearer Vision at First M. E. Church
Rev. Brown publisher of the Ram's Horn spoke on The Spectacle Business at the First M. E. church despite bad weather. He urged onlookers to see the beauty of nature and human works, offering light humor and practical advice for managing marriages.
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M. E
Brown
Ram’s Horn
Bitler
Rev. Brown
Conversationist and lecturer Mr Brown noted
Mr Brown was praised as an entertaining conversationist and a capable lecturer, with readers enjoying his engaging discourse and informative style during the event.
Tragic Accidental Death By Pitchfork in Missouri
J E Vogle of Pope St Clair county accidentally killed his five year old daughter in El Dorado Springs Missouri while loading hay. A pitchfork prong pierced the child's eye and penetrated the brain as she hid in a hay stack. she died soon after. The accident has deeply distressed the family.
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el Dorado Springs
J. E. Vogle
Pope
St. Clair County
Vogle
City Council Fixes Site for Carnegie Library Building
At the Oklahoma City council meeting the site for the Andrew Carnegie Public Library was settled. A Carnegie letter authorized committees to contact R. A. Frank of the Carnegie Building in Pittsburg for the $25,000 donation. Construction will start at once.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Andrew Carnegie Public Library
Carnegie
R. A. Frank
Pittsburg
Green Ridge Controversy Over Lizzie Kidd Whipping Arrest
Green Ridge residents debate Lizzie Kidd’s arrest for whipping a boy. One faction circulates a petition to raise her pay for her reported thoroughness, while the opposing side circulates a counter petition seeking her removal.
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Green Ridge
Lizzie Kidd
Anti-Saloon League to Launch Sedalia Crusade Sunday
Prominent speakers of the Anti-Saloon League will visit Sedalia on Sunday December 17 to start a crusade against liquor. City ministers expect to join forces to sustain the effort until drinking alcoholic beverages is abhorrent to every Sedalian.
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Anti-Saloon League
Sedalia
Cars Entirely of Steel under Missouri Pacific Project
A sample steel car built for the Missouri Pacific at Granite City steel works signals extensive coal traffic use. Local railroad news notes injuries, layoffs, personnel changes, and improvements including Denis Denison, H R Hunt, John Haas, and other rail workers. Harrison Ark citizens pledge $25,000 cash and right of way to Eureka Springs railroad.
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Harrison, Ark
Eureka Springs
Harrison
Death of Tarry Hathaway Bayes in Sedalia
Death of Tarry Hathaway Bayes at 36 from consumption at his home 204 West Main. A prominent New York family member and bookmaker, he left wealth to Mrs Hathaway, with unclear marriage status. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm from Keck Ramsey. interment Sedalia. News notes include local society items and a theater cast list.
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Harry Hathaway Bayes
West Main
Hathaway
Bayes
New York
Keck & Ramsey
Sedalia
Katy's steel car plans expand coal service push
The Katy railroad presses a steel sample, awaiting approval to mass build similar cars for coal operations. Coal traffic has grown heavy, with orders prioritizing coal over other freight. Employees overhaul old stock cars for quick redeployment to coal, depot, switch, and terminal areas.
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The
Katy
Transportation Department
Local Work Gang Aches With Illness Report
G A Benson conductor Denis on wrenched back. Mack Payne extra gang Fin ley J T bronchitis. Dan McNeal section laborer Troy Texas intermittent fever. Ed Taylor extra gang Smithville intermittent fever.
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G. A. Benson
Denison
Mack Payne
Extra Gang
Finley
J. T
Dan McNeal
Troy
Texas
Ed Taylor
Smithville
Trains Casualties and Lawsuit Involving Katy Lines
Taylor Texas saw a fatality as Chas A Johnson a Katy brakeman was killed Friday. Denison porter Walker Johnson sues the Katy for $20000 alleging damages in a separate action. Missouri Pacific Brakeman Divers rests from work while Katy Conductor M DeHaven lays off at the north end.
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Dallas
Hudson Ditton
Katy
South End
Louis Beck
Warsaw
M N Slater
J M Babcock
Springfield
Missouri Pacific
H R Hunt
St Joseph
Denison
Ft. Worth
Will Hain
Dan Grow
C. W. Mann
Mr. Hain
Frank Arrowsmith
M . DeHaven
North End
Chas. A. Johnson
Taylor
Texas
Walker Johnson
Death of W D Barnes Father of Rev Barnes at 76
W D Barnes father of Rev Barnes pastor of the Methodist church in Jefferson City died Sunday at his Blackwater Missouri home at age 76.
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W.D. Barnes
Rev. Barnes
Methodist Church
Jefferson City
Blackwater
Holiday Trade Selections Attract Shoppers To The Window
Christmas month planning highlighted by displays and holiday pricing. Dolls from five cents to a dollar forty five and dressed dolls 25 cents to three dollars entice buyers. Toys like engines trains and carts, plus brooch pins rings purses and belts fill the stock. Silk items and white aprons offer low prices while millinery and feather boas are reduced to clear.
Boston Store Sedalia Offers Wide Variety of Apparel
Sedalia Missouri shoppers can preview hundreds of garments including puffs tecks ties mufflers white shirts night shirts suspenders and more at the Boston Store located at 506 Ohio Street.
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Boston
Ohio St
Sedalia
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First
National Bank
Troller
Deweese
Farmer
Dexter
American Steel Works
Granite City
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Tarry Hathaway Bayes
Knights Templar
Shirk
Lexington
Combs
Hickman
North Side
Wright
Smithton
Sedalia Lodge No
A PM Gross
Byron Goin
Coie
Z. F. Bailey
Myrick
John Pickford
Wyoming
Burlington
Pickford
H. L. Peck
Boonville
A. C. Minor
M. K. & T. Railroad
Paris
Magic City
Mr Minor
H. Roemer & Co
Marc Anthony
Cohen Coal Co
Tealing Ilver
Big Sisters
BOW & Meyer
Sedalia Candy Co
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