Holcomb of Sedalia Dies After Long Life of Business
Daniel I. Holcomb a prominent Sedalia queensware merchant and former alderman died at 55 from acute Bright’s disease after three weeks of illness. A Civil War veteran and Knights of Pythias member, he owned two stores and had resided in Sedalia since 1879. Funeral set for Sunday afternoon with Rev. E J Hunt officiating. His widow is Mrs Cora Rippey. a son Fred W Holcomb of Chicago survives. Holcomb died in his Second Street apartments. The text also reviews The Missouri Girl at the opera house and upcoming performances with prices.
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Daniel I. Holcomb
Bright
Holcomb
Sedalia
Queensware
Missouri
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Main
Second Street
Knights of Pythias
Cora B. Rippey
Fred W Holcomb
Chicago
John Rippey
East Fourteenth
E. J. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Tarkio Missouri Revivals Convert Town to Heaven Bound
Tarkio Mo December reports show 653 residents converted after Chicago evangelists preached day and night. Saloons emptied, gambling destroyed, liquor removed, and all churches united in a bid for judgment day salvation.
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Tarkio
Pettis County Schools First Quarter Report Sixty Two
Pettis County reports the first quarter results for sixty two schools. The document lists attendance figures, enrollment totals, and per school performance notes for the period.
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Pettis County
Debate reunion highlights campaign banter in Washington
General Grosvenor of Ohio and Champ Clark of Missouri met in Washington yesterday after a prior expansion debate. Grosvenor asked if Clark was worn out by speaking. Clark replied that he had not and added he had gained twenty five pounds. The Chicago Record notes the light exchange.
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Ohio
Champ Clark
Missouri
Washington
Clark
Chicago
Missouri Cotton Emigration Agent Reports Rush to Oklahoma Farms
W. H. Webb of Fort Scott Kansas, emigration agent for the M K T, visited the city on company business. He says line business is rushing and many people are moving south to Oklahoma to settle on farms, predicting a big shift in the next few years.
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W. H. Webb
Fort Scott
Kas
Missouri Landowners Poised to Grow More Cotton
The speaker claims the soil suits cotton best and predicts Missouri landowners will increase cotton acreage. He asserts they could raise cotton in the bottom lands and sees no reason not to.
My Friend From Arkansas Delights Women Audiences
Readers discuss devotion to beauty and marriage, contrasting attention and insult for women. A reflection on social expectations and a note that women enjoy seeing a quality theatrical comedy like My Friend From Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Carthage Official's Election Cost Just 45 Cents
William G. Willoughby newly elected to office at Carthage spent 45 cents on his election. The band received 25 cents of this, while Standard Oil contributed 20 cents for coal oil.
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William G. Willoughby
Carthage
Band
Standard Oil Company
Springfield man honored with granite grave monument
A Springfield man who died recently was so prominent that his family imported a shaft of granite from Vermont quarries to place a monument over his grave.
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Springfield
Vermont
Quail-Calling River Pilot Raises Birds on Farm
William Robbins, longtime Mississippi river steamboat pilot from Hannibal, now tends a quail farm where the birds respond to his calls as if they were chickens.
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William Robbins
Hannibal
Springfield Draws National Curiosity Again
Springfield becomes a national curiosity as reporters tour the town. The telephone company voluntarily improves service during the period of attention.
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Springfield
Farm Sells North of Sedalia to Lawrence County Buyer
The Morris Real Estate Co. sold the W. H. Fuller farm located one and a half miles north of Sedalia to C. H. Krueger of Lawrence County.
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Morris Real Estate Co
W. H. Fuller
Sedalia
C. H. Krueger
Lawrence County
Gartrell Enrolls at Brown's Telegraph School
Charles Gartrell has entered Brown's telegraph school to pursue operator training and learn signaling and Morse code.
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Charles Gartrell
Brown’s
Telegraph School
Sells Divorce Trial Set To Cost Over Thirty Thousand
Columbus Ohio December 14 The Sells divorce trial will cost more than 30000 to Mr Sells regardless of the court decision He must pay all litigation expenses including stenographers fees and his wifes counsel Earlier he offered 35000 to settle for a decree on a trivial charge but his wife refused She demanded 75000 about one third of his fortune and he declined
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Ohio
Sells
Jury fails to reach verdict in Morrison case
The Jessie Morrison jury was discharged after a hung jury of nine for acquittal and three for fourth degree manslaughter. Jessie wept as the panel separated in Kansas City on December 14.
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The
Sentinel
Kansas City
Jessie Morrison
Jessie
Maiden of Wellingford Chooses Death Over Punishment
Pretty Marie Franham, treasurer of the senior class at a Connecticut high school, swallowed poison after fear of punishment for $21 taken from classmates. She told the principal she needed shielding from punishment, but died at home.
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Marie Franham
Wellingford
Conn
Woman Purchases Poison After Troubled Moment
A troubled woman buys an ounce of strychnine on her way home rather than confront her mother, signaling a desperate reaction to personal stress and looming crisis.
Warrensburg merchant seeks state superintendent of insurance
Luther S. Hickman a leading Warrensburg merchant and Democratic party worker has announced his candidacy for the office of state superintendent of insurance. He has served as ex chairman of the Democratic City committee and is a member of the Democratic State Central committee from the Sixth district.
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Luther S. Hickman
Warrensburg
Democratic City Committee
Democratic
Mrs Reavis Is Believed Dying At Clifton City Visit
Misses Nellie and Blanche Merideth of Clifton City Cooper county and Mrs. Kate Davis of Sedalia arrived to visit their sister Mrs. Joe Reavis five miles south of town. She is thought to be dying of rheumatic fever. Warrensburg Star.
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Blanche Merideth
Clifton City
Cooper County
Kate Davis
Sedalia
Joe Reavis
Warrensburg
Burress Accepts Post With The Famous
J W Burress longtime Pettis county police judge has joined The Famous at 115 Ohio Street and welcomes friends to call on him there.
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J. W. Burress
Pettis County
Ohio Street
Hormig in Sedalia for third annual railroad time book
E F Hormig of Litchfield Illinois arrives in Sedalia to prepare his third annual railroad men's time book. He is endorsed by the railroad brotherhood and is noted for fair dealings with the local public.
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E. F. Hormig
Litchfield, Ill
Sedalia
Railroad Brotherhood
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