Love and Osborn In Double Elopement
Ed J. Love and Effie Osborn figure in a double elopement. The report notes their marriage alongside another couple’s discreet wedding event, highlighting a shared escape to wed in secrecy.
20 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1904
Page
1
Ed J. Love and Effie Osborn figure in a double elopement. The report notes their marriage alongside another couple’s discreet wedding event, highlighting a shared escape to wed in secrecy.
In Cherryvale Kansas on December 18 1904 Edward I Love and Effie M Osborn were secretly married by a Methodist minister. The union follows a sensational romance including a September elopement with Frank Osborn and Dicey West, a police detour for abduction charges and later annulment hopes by Ed Love's mother Mrs J D Love who says her son is only 17.
Furniture sale ongoing at 118 East Second Street offering iron beds dressers tables chairs carpets cots toilet sets ranges and more Big bargains invite inquiries and inspection by shoppers seeking value in home furnishings.
A Great Northern fast freight plunged into a ditch near Hinton Iowa, killing the engineer and fireman and fatally injuring a brakeman. Report says a signalman signaled come ahead and then failed to switch the track.
The international commission meeting in Paris to choose a fifth admiral and set procedures, with work to start in January and may be delayed by Russian Christmas holidays. If consensus fails, the Emperor of Austria may name an admiral.
Postmaster General and Mrs Robert Wynne host a large dinner in Washington on December 24. It is their first major affair since he joined the cabinet. Among the guests will be Speaker Cannon.
Bob Veal was arraigned before Police Magistrate Truxel this morning and fined five dollars for intoxication.
A high wind drove the Peck building walls onto the Crocker hotel, trapping fifty guests. The frame hotel burned as rescuers pulled out eight identified bodies and several injured, as firemen fought the rapid blaze.
Adams Express Company suffers a loss of nearly a quarter million dollars in a fire on a Boston and Albany train car. The 11 pm departure from New York bound for Boston carried bank bills and coupon bonds in transit. after the safe was opened in Boston the contents were badly charred and redemption appears unlikely.
Nan Patterson testified she loved Caesar Young and that he funded her, but she could not confirm the amount. She admitted he changed her life, described a dispute at Flannery's saloon, and said she did not shoot him or own a revolver, with cross examination to follow.
In Cleveland on December 26 Mrs Chadwick said she would testify if the doctor approves her, with Referee Remington seeking her jewelry location. Four witnesses in bankruptcy proceedings offered little on missing trunk and valise as her maid Freda Swanstrom and son Emil Hoover described travels and possible diamonds.
New York December 20 Frederick Bond veteran actor who has appeared in major American theaters was brought to trial on a suit by his wife for $50 alimony claiming non support Bond offers to pay $42 but refuses higher.
Berlin dispatch reports Franz von Vecsey the renowned boy violinist arriving from Austria to begin a tour of American cities. He will sail for New York on Saturday after completing his European season and resting at his Austrian home.
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company issued checks for a 10 per share dividend to stockholders on record since November 22. The company has paid 40 a share this year, up from 35 in 1993.
The Hottman murder trial was delayed again as defense lawyer Urfer remains out of the city. Urfer reportedly advised a guilty plea to second degree murder if an opportunity arises and could return only with prosecutor consent for a life sentence.
The forecast states fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with temperatures turning colder in the eastern portion tonight.
A country couple from Iowa and Arkansas meet at Hill's Business College and work together in the same establishment. They marry with support from five bachelors who plan to decorate for Christmas. The piece paints a warm, communal scene in a Sedalia boarding house with rooms, amenities, and housing ads.
Attorneys for the Kansas Gas Protective Association filed quo-warranto proceedings in the Kansas Supreme Court to force the company to justify laying pipes on public right of ways. The petition claims the company is obstructing the roads.
W E and J L Orr held a public sale of livestock and farming implements at their Lamonte area home three miles south and two miles west today. Colonel C J Hieronymus cried the sale with good prices. A large number of Sedalians attended and Lamonte Christian church ladies served lunch for a neat sum.
Lee Redmond assistant clerk to J H Baker of the Missouri Pacific telegraph department was married today at noon in St. Louis to Miss Kate Corbett daughter of Mrs Julia Corbett of North Grand avenue A surprise to friends a message came this afternoon and a reception will be given for the bride and groom who are expected to arrive on No 17 at 7 15 this evening
The New York Times notes the first game of the American Hockey League championship series will start tonight at St. Nicholas rink. Several players who set records with Canadian teams will play for the American teams in the lineups.
Miss Dollie Friemel, formerly critically ill at Ryan, Iowa, has arrived home with her mother. She is convalescing and rapidly improving from her illness.
A Santa Fe company announces it will issue fifty million dollars in improvement bonds in a short time to fund upgrades and expansion. The move signals strong financing activity and confidence in project timelines and regional economic impact.
The Santa Fe railroad plans to issue 50 million dollars in bonds for system improvements and new lines to California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Louisiana. A thousand miles of double track will be laid, with projects from Chicago to Joliet, Florence to Newton, and Joliet to Coal City.
The Sedalia Catholic Benevolent Society elected officers including Spiritual director Rev Father D. Healy and President J. D. Murphy. Sedalia Royal Arcanum also announced officers for the year with Charles E. Costin as Representative and Regent and O P Wilcox as Treasurer among others.
A new candy shop at 116 South Ohio Street invites suggestions for its name. The winning contributor receives a five pound box of chocolates and bon bons. All confections are made under the proprietor supervision by expert workers and guaranteed absolutely pure.
Washington December 20 a meeting is set for freight lines to discuss the Mobile and Ohio route plan to arbitrarily apply aid after January 1 with rate differentials previously disallowed by an arbitrator.
Miss Elizabeth Stevens got an early Christmas gift Saturday from her father Captain E W Stevens a fine trap and a spirited horse in the present.
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