Kool Krocks Christmas Kavort Celebrates Lodge Success
Ritchie tent No. 152 K O T M held a Thursday night celebration in its hall to mark the lodge’s rapid rise to nearly one hundred members. County Recorder Lee Looney chaired and Toastmaster. Sheriff Dillard and other officials led toasts after a banquet.
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Kool Krock
Peter Kuhn
Ritchie
Kool Krocks
Lee Looney
Dillard
Ed Lyons
J. K. Tuttle
Louie Ritchie
Attorney Shain
Theodore Creutzel
Looney
Brown Harris
Ritchie Tent
H. B. Shain
T. M. Reed
Kelly
Lee Lovinger
Shortridge
Meyer
Alderman Staton
City Wins Pfuhl Damage Suit Over Death From Sewer
In Sedalia circuit court the city of Sedalia, represented by City Attorney Kelly, won a five thousand dollar verdict against Richard Pfuhl for the death of a child alleged to result from a bad sewer. The docket also shows Wells vs Winzenburg, movant to retax costs. Watson vs Menteer, venue change to defendant in Cooper county, verdict for defendant for eighteen dollars and forty seven cents with six percent interest. English divorce action before a jury. Stafford vs Higdon ejectment settled and dismissed.
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Kelly
Rigdon M. Watson
J. D. Menteer
Cooper County
Hattie English
William English
P. G. Stafford
R. A. Higdon
A Pretty Home Wedding at McGruder Home
A quiet home wedding was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G. McGruder near Wanamaker on Wednesday evening. Leslie A. Coats and Maud McGruder wed with Mark A. McGruder as groomsman and Blanche Kelly as bridesmaid. Rev. Jerrell officiated. Guests shared a wedding supper. cedar and ferns decorated the rooms and a mistletoe arch shaded the couple. The bride wore white organdy with lace, rosettes and a liberty satin sash. bridesmaid carried pink roses. The groom and attendant wore black. Mr. and Mrs. Coats will be at home after January 1, 1902.
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Mary Smith
Jerrell
Lamonte
Mrs. Coats
State Fair Board Chooses Officers and Plans Steel Grand Stand
At a Columbia meeting the State Board of Agriculture elected officers for the year. N. H. Gentry becomes president with J. A. Potts as vice president and J. R. Rippey as secretary. The executive committee approved construction of a twelve thousand dollar steel grand stand for the State Fair.
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N. H. Gentry
J. R. Rippey
Columbia, Mo
State Board of Agriculture
Wilker
F. J. Hess
Howell
Miller County
H. J. Waters
Columbia
Carrington
Board of Agriculture
Sedalia
J. A. Potts
Mexico
Glenwood
C. W. McAninch
Alexander Maitland
Richmond
J. W. Hill
Chillicothe
Rev. Coleman
St. Louis
Sedalia Steam Laundry Ads Offer Better Shirt Care
An advertisement from Sedalia Steam Laundry at 216 Lamine Street promotes laundering services claiming longer life for shirts collars and cuffs through their process. It lists two phone numbers for contact and emphasizes quality care.
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Sedalia
Lamine Street
Christmas Services at Sacred Heart Church
Christmas will be celebrated with multiple masses at Sacred Heart church. Rev Ignatius Ranh will lead high mass and a Nativity sermon at 5 a.m. followed by 8 a.m. low mass and 10 a.m. high mass with sermon and benediction. Sopranos Misses Meyers Allen Mamie Allen Kathryn will render W A Leonard’s Mass in E flat.
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Sacred Heart Church
Ignatius Ranh
W. A. Leonard
Ida A. Meyers
Kittie Allen
Mamie Allen
Kathryn
Notable Parish Soloists and Choir at Christmas Service
A Christmas service featured soloists Cassidy Dollie Friemel Anna Guihen Birdie Vollmer altos Minnie Lors bach Antonio Hugensmidt Hilda Kat zer Rosalie Hugensmidt and organist Miss Josephine Rast. Solos included Et in Carnatus Est sung by Miss Meyers Offertory Adeste Fidelis with Miss Allen and choir. Communion Silent Night performed by Selma and Laura Katzer with a juvenile string orchestra.
Lodge of Select Knights and Ladies Hosts Successful Event
Capt. T. C. Holland, visiting Lamonte, reports the lodge held an installation ceremony, an oyster supper, and a dance at the opera house proving a great success. W. E. Bard Drug Company advertises Coldicure as a leading cough medicine.
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W. E. Bard Drug Company
T. C. Holland
Lamonte
Coldicure Cough Cure Sold at Bard's Drug Store
Bard's Drug Store promotes Coldicure as a pleasant remedy for coughs, marketed to customers seeking an effective over the counter option.
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Bard’s
Christmas Wish List From Sedalia Child
A 9 year old resident of 1500 East Seventh Street Sedalia Missouri asks for gifts for family and friends. The note requests a watch charm for father handkerchiefs for papa and mamma a large doll for sister and many items including dress nuts candy oranges and a Christmas tree. It mentions Noel Shoemaker a 21 month old baby.
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Papa
Mamma
Sister
Hilda Sartonoux
Secretary Gage Resigns from Treasury Department
Washington D C December 20 Secretary Gage of the treasury department today handed in his resignation after a long contemplation. The notice states the step was expected and does not come as a surprise. Longan’s Sedalia Steam Laundry urges customers to call for any laundering needs.
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Washington, D. C
Gage
Treasury Department
Longan
Sedalia Steam Laundry
City to cut water and light costs with new agreement
Sedalia plans to pay about 14 000 yearly for water and light instead of 20 500 under a new deal with the local water and light companies. The agreement funds 25 000 toward bonded indebtedness within months and transfers a matching amount from current debt, saving around 750 annually and aiming to wipe out city debt over time.
Glee Club Minstrels Tonight at High School Auditorium
The Girls Glee club presents a two part minstrel program at the high school auditorium tonight. Part one includes medleys and ballads with titles such as Coon Coon Coon and The Honey Suckle and the Bee, followed by end songs and several old and medley numbers. Part two features Susie's Band Aunt Jemimah's Travels A Cook Wanted and a comedy segment.
Hundreds of Hogs Dying From Severe Weather
In Vienna Missouri on December 20 hogs are dying in large numbers due to severe weather and feed scarcity. At the Placksman place seven miles southwest, about 200 hogs are dying, with reports from across the county noting losses of swine and fowls as farmers cull fattening stock amid feed shortages.
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Vienna
Placksman Place
Bard's Drug Store Seeks Manicure and Toilet Supplies
A brief item notes Bard's Drug Store offering a range of manicure and toilet items. The notice highlights available products and the shop’s focus on personal care needs.
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Bard’s Drug Store
Saloon shooting victim dies as Howard is jailed
J H Gordon of Brookfield Mo died yesterday after being shot Wednesday by J A Howard an insurance agent. Weather prevented driving to Linneus. Howard was moved to Chillicothe for safekeeping and jailed after return. Howard, about 35, from Madisonville Ky, had been drinking heavily before the crime.
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Brookfield
J. H. Gordon
J. A. Howard
Linneus
Howard
Chillicothe
Madisonville
Lost in the Desert at the opera house two nights
The melodrama Lost in the Desert comes to the opera house for two nights and a matinee starting December 20. A pirate-like villain and Arabs spark a dramatic tale aboard a steamer off Africa with a daring rescue and a Mazeppa desert chase.
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Africa
Mazeppa
Blaze Engulfs Six Buildings in New London Center
Fire racks through the heart of New London business district destroying six buildings. Firemen report flames beyond control with thousands of dollars in losses expected as other structures face imminent threat.
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Sentinel
New London
Conn
Bard's Drug Store Sells Full Line of Corn Razors
Bard's drug store offers a full line of corn razors for relief of corns and calluses. The shop emphasizes affordable prices and ready availability for walk in customers seeking foot care products.
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Bard’s
Rabbit Hunt at Lamonte Bags 310 Rabbits for St Louis Poor
Five gunners held the annual Lamonte rabbit hunt on Thursday. They bagged 310 rabbits, shipped to St Louis for distribution to the poor. Participants included Rev. J. W. Ferrell and his son J. W. Ferrell Jr., William Oglesby, John Haverfield, Carl Hoff man, and A. T. Hughes.
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Lamonte
St. Louis
J. W. Ferrell and Son
J. W. Ferrell, Jr
William Oglesby
John Haverfield
Carl Hoffman
A. T. Hughes
A Letter to Santa in Sedalia 1901
A child from Sedalia Mo writes Santa on December 19 1901 asking not to wade in the snow and listing wishes for Christmas including a big doll and a go cart. The brief note reflects a simple holiday request from a young reader.
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Santa
Sedalia, Mo
Santa Claus
Explosion at Black Diamond Mills Kills Ten in Pittsburg
An explosion at the Black Diamond steel mills in Pittsburg on December 20 killed ten workers and injured eleven others. Rescue teams recovered two bodies as the wreckage was searched, with the death toll expected to rise.
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Pittsburg
Black Diamond
Post Office Reentry Rule for Name Changes and Discontinued Entries
Washington December 20 The post master general issues an order altering second class mail rules. A publication changing its name or moving to another post office must reenter the title as a new publication.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Fire at Coleman store on Ohio street narrowly averted
An attempt to thaw pipes with burning rags at the Coleman store on Ohio street around 8 this morning started a fire inside the shop. An alarm was sounded and fire companies rushed to the scene, but the flames had been put out before they arrived. Disastrous fire narrowly avoided.
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Coleman
Ohio Street
Rifles Arrive for Sedalia High School Cadets
Adjutant General Cameron loaned Sedalia High School cadets 50 Springfield rifles, 50 bayonets with scabbards, and 50 belts and cart fittings delivered today for training and drill use.
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Cameron
Sedalia High School
Springfield
Hayes Frozen Feet While Hunting
Pete Hayes suffered severe frostbite to both feet after an outdoor hunting trip on Thursday. The incident left him unable to walk and receiving medical care for exposed extremities.
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Pete Hayes
Cadets to Receive Supplies After Holidays
The note states supplies will be issued to cadets after the holidays while uniforms arrive by then. A separate column lists the gentlemen who signed the bond.
Kaiser Would Cut Off Beer in German Factories
Berlin reports the emperor investigates beer’s impact on worker productivity and accuracy. Moves push to ban beer from factories as operatives already abandon morning and afternoon recesses. An American firm notes 10 percent higher output after prohibiting beer, citing improved activity and time savings.
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Berlin
Baker Suffering Blood Poison After Rat Bite
J W Pur tell, a well known Columbus baker involved in local labor circles, contracted blood poison from a rat bite. He caught the rat with his right hand a week ago and was bitten. the wound swelled his arm by yesterday and his friends fear for his condition.
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Columbus, O
J. W. Purtell
Woman Takes Strychnine in Helena Romance Tragedy
Fannie Huntley aged 18 in Helena Montana ingested strychnine in a jealousy driven act after Clarence Chance son of the local postmaster ignored her. She collapsed but survived with medical help and investigation into motive follows.
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Huntley
Clarence Chance
At Chance
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Koul Krocks Khristmas Kavort
the Maccabees
Fred Hoffman
Lodge
CHT
PFUHL
Richard Pfuhl
George Wells
A. W. Winzenburg
Mr. G. McGruder
State Fair Board
Agriculture Board
Cottage Hotel
Mr. Wilker
Wolf Island
Geo. B. Ellis
Snowdown Willis
East Seventh Street
P. S
Noel Shoemaker
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Lulu
Coon
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Dixie
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Pines
Hannah Lady
Massa
Bumble
Bee
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Sue
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Susie
Aunt Jemimah
A. Cook
Brookfield, Mo
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Kaiser
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