Manning Released After Sedalia Embezzlement Claim
El Paso reports L P Manning, who surrendered over embezzlement allegations, was released as Sedalia officials say he is not wanted there. He claims others are responsible and intends to return soon. An accompanying note mentions a proposed commission to guide judge-like duties. In Boonville, Andrew Robertson, 69, prominent Cooper county farmer, died of heart disease.
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Dillard
Sedalia
Manning
Boonville
Andrew Robertson
Cooper County
Albert G. Woodruff
Newark
Essex County
Annentian
Missouri Appropriation Bill for Eleemosynary and Penal Institutions
The Missouri house passed the eleemosynary and penal appropriation bill listing allocations for Fulton asylum No 1 and No 2 St Joseph Nevada the St Louis indigent insane Fulton deaf and dumb school Boys Reform School Chillicothe Industrial Home for Girls Higginsville Federal Home St James Marshall Farmington State Hospital and Missouri Penitentiary with caps on debt and a $85 000 mileage and per diem appropriation for legislators.
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Jefferson City
Fulton
St. Joseph
Nevada
St. Louis
Deaf and Dumb
Missouri School For the Blind
Reform School For Boys
Boonville
Industrial Home
Chillicothe
Higginsville
St. James
Marshall
State Hospital For
Farmington
Missouri Penitentiary
G A R At Nevada Rates For State Encampment
The Western Passenger association sets reduced fares for G A R department encampment in Nevada Missouri on May 16 and 17 1901. Open one third round trip from Missouri points with local one way to Nevada at 1 50 or less. 2.00 round trip from Missouri points with local rate above 1 50. One round trip rate from other Missouri points. Excursion tickets sold May 15 16 to return by May 20 1901.
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Western Passenger Association
Nevada
Missouri
Misouri
Bothwell Bill Beaten In Missouri House Vote
Jefferson City Feb 2 The Bothwell bill to create a statute commission to revise Missouri statutes faced final passage in the state house but was defeated. The measure failed to secure approval after debate and a decisive vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Bothwell
Randwine
Tragedy in Centralia as Riley McKinzie Kills Hawkins
Riley McKinzie of Centralia shot and killed John Hawkins of Sturgeon at the Wahbash station after a dispute over a small amount of money. The incident occurred in Centralia, Missouri, on February 20.
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Centralia
Riley McKinzie
John Hawkins
Sturgeon, Mo
Wabash Station
Wife of Ex Sheriff Mudd Dead in Butler Missouri
Mrs E C Mudd wife of ex Sheriff Mudd died suddenly Tuesday at her home a few miles north of Butler Missouri. The obituary notes her husband and location with no further details.
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Mudd
Butler, Mo
E. C. Mudd
Sedalia Singer Delights St Louis Social Event
Miss Marian Elvira Jones of Sedalia entertains 400 guests at a reception hosted by Mrs. Theodore Shelton and Mrs. Elizabeth Skinner at the Shelton residence. Jones, a contralto with Paris and London training, performed arias from Sigurd and works by Bemberg and White, while attendees wore ornate gowns and a string orchestra played.
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St. Louis
Skinner
Duke
Miss Jones
Anne Gentry Skinner
Marie Ward
Jones
Paris
London
West End
the Republic
Oglesby Wins $15000 in Pettis County Suit Against Missouri Pacific
The Pettis county circuit court awarded Henry R. Oglesby a $15,000 verdict against Missouri Pacific in a long running personal damages suit stemming from a 1892 wreck that left him with severe injuries and the loss of a leg. The case, tried in Sedalia after venues across multiple counties, has repeatedly moved through Missouri courts before this final award. Oglesby, once a Missouri Pacific brakeman, has pursued the claim through Bates, Johnson, Vernon, and Pettis counties and the Missouri Supreme Court. The attorneys for both sides and docket entries are noted.
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Pettis County
Henry R. Oglesby
Missouri Pacific
William Courtney
Charles Rissler
G. M. Babcock
J. F. Carter
D. W. Sims
W. N. Rodecker
D. L. Porter
William Ricks
William Kosted
C. C. Crear
Jay Decker
Thomas Par
Missouri
Oglesby
Sentinel
Independence
Little Blue
Warrensburg
Bates County
Johnson County
Johnson
Bates
Vernon
Pettis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Sedalia
Longan
Col. R. T. Baily
Harrisonville
John Cashman
W. D. Steele
O. L. Houts
Sangree & Lamm
C. E. Yeater
Reub
Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific Plans River Route Extension to Jefferson City
Jefferson City officials report Missouri Pacific will build a River route extension from Boonville to Jefferson City. The railroad agrees to a divisional point with shops and tracks, in return for a $15,000 bonus and $5,000 in property, with completion within a year.
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St. Louis
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Boonville
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson
Lyington
Fire damages Dempsey store in Sedalia blaze
A fire at the Dempsey building at 112 West Second Street in Sedalia was discovered at 2 45 AM. Firemen prevented a major blaze near stored powder with water through the ceiling. The second floor held Rickman herbs and medicines and the stock suffered damage. insurance covers 3500 and 2000 on buildings.
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J. B. Rickman
Sedalia
Dempsey
W. H. van Wagner
Ed J. Evans
Joy Hoff- Man
van Wagner
Two 50-Year Men Go Up
Three Kansas City prisoners were taken through Sedalia Monday night to the penitentiary. They were John R. Haines, fifty years, for murder, Thomas Westlake, fifty years, for murder, and J. W. Phillips, two years, for cow stealing. Westlake formerly lived in Sedalia.
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Kansas City
Sedalia
John R. Haines
Thomas Westlake
J. W. Phillips
Westlake
Former Sedalian Highlighted by Cleveland Press
The Jefferson City Press reports on a former Sedalian, D Gwilana haa, drawing attention from a Cleveland publication for his achievements and activities.
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Jefferson City
Gwilana
Hospital Arrivals
J. G. Smith fireman Denison T. S. McDowell Smithville John Weaver section laborer Reams D. B. Young section laborer Holi day Thomas Tool section foreman Leeton E. J. Murphy switchman Dallas.
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J. G. Smith
Denison
T. S. McDowell
Smithville
John Weaver
Reams
D. B. Young
Thomas Tool
Leeton
Train Delay Slows Katy Passenger No. 2
Missouri Pacific switchman Frank O Connel laid off as Katy passenger train No. 2, due at 8 25, arrived an hour and twenty five minutes late this morning.
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Frank O’connel
Missouri Pacific
Katy
George Washington Tacky Sociable at Bunger Home
Mr and Mrs Fred Bunger host a George Washington Tacky Sociable at 1105 South Ohio Street next Friday evening February 22. They will serve a swell supper and a good time.
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George Washington
Fred Bunger
South Ohio Street
Pension Roll Includes Negro Nurses for Confederate War Service
The Mississippi pension law promised no race distinction and lists negroes who served as nurses or in other roles with the Confederate army as eligible for pensions if wounded, alongside white beneficiaries.
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Mississippi
The Heart of Chicago Coming to Local Stage
Amusements note that The Heart of Chicago will be shown here on Wednesday February 20. The brief item confirms an upcoming theatrical screening in town.
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Chicago
Little Folks Masquerade at Pioneer Hall
Children in gay and grotesque costumes filled Pioneer hall for a miniature mask ball. Uncle Sam and Hogan's Alley Girl outfits reveal a boy in disguise during masking time. The program lists participants and their roles, with music by Miss Brown and Mr. Rudolph Ramlow.
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Pioneer Hall
Sam
Hogan’s Alley
Miss Brown
Rudolph Ramlow
Sedalia Water Safe Despite Local Contaminant Reports
The Sentinel reports no city water impurity issue. Doctors cited local conditions in northwest Sedalia, not the city supply, which remains strictly safe.
Indiana Bill in Demand for Saloon Smashing
Senator Barlow introduces a bill to legalize saloon smashing in Indiana and reports hundreds of letters from Kansas Nebraska Illinois and other Western states praising the idea and requesting copies for their legislatures. He vows to push the measure to passage.
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Low
Indiana
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Barlow
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Bothwell Bill
Miss Marian Elvira Jones
Metropolis
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Gaallie Lumber Co
Oliver York
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S. L. Lipscomb Et al
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Mexico
C. A. Sullens
Cleveland
Sullens
James Sullens
Mary Sullens
Bass
Prudential Company
Boonville Extension
Boon
Ville, Mo
W. Speed
Er Wear, Jr
D. W. Jones
Mr. Harding
St. Louis Republic
Wr. Doddridge
Doddridge
Misouri, Kansas & Texas
Bad Blaze
B. Dempsey
West Second Street
A. B. Dempsey
Mr. Rickman
H. W
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Ladies’ Musical Club
Fannie Steele
D. S. Campbell's
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St. Patrick’s Eve
Court of Honor
Masonic Temple
Coon Hollow
Ruary
Sullens Brothers
E. J. Murphy
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Clemens Fisher
Emmett and
Louise Schmid
Mr. and
Jack Pratt
Emily Schmid
Lord
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Henry Clausius
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Augusta Clausius
Carl Urban
Lilian Klink
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Butterfly
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