Mail Delays and Fire Delay St. Louis Fast Mail
The fast mail 25 minutes late at Sedalia due to a large St. Louis fire flooding the tunnel. Water halted eastbound trains, blocking Missouri Pacific cars from reaching Union Station. Over thirty engines fought the blaze. the mail from the east was left behind. A Missouri Pacific special with 400 soldiers paused in Sedalia for an hour. Hospital arrivals include Sparks, Nash, Mercer, Smith, Johnson, and Woody among others.
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Fast Mail
Sedalia
St. Louis
Union Station
Missouri Pacific
Philippines
Capital Stock Increased at Paris Medicine Co of St Louis
Paris Tennessee held its annual meeting for the Paris Medicine Company of St Louis. Stock was raised to 100000. E W Grove re elected president with A H Duncan as VP and F L Seeley as secretary treasurer. Seeley operates the St Louis office at 2624 Pine street. The firm reports record last year and growing world demand for Laxative Bromo Quinine and Bromo Quinine Tablets made in Paris Tennessee.
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Pany
E. W. Grove
A. H. Duncan
F. L. Seeley
Mr. Seeley
St. Louis
Pine Street
Paris
Tenn
Baby Adopted by Choctaw Railroad After Abandoned Find
A infant found on a Choctaw line car east of El Reno was left in a basket with clothing and milk. A note asked for care, the conductor took the child to the next station, then orders to keep and raise the baby were received. The child is now in a Wichita hospital.
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Baby
el Reno
Wichita
Travel rush to Oklahoma as homesteaders face deadline
J. C. Finch, traveling passenger agent of the Katy, reports heavy travel into Oklahoma. Those who drew homesteads in the August drawing must be on their places by the 6th of next month to hold rights. Many seek abandoned farms after fearing forfeiture and not many places will be left.
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Oklahoma
Cars to be placed on Missouri Pacific trains
Mr J W Mae Clain city passenger and ticket agent reports official notice that cafe cars are now being constructed for Missouri Pacific trains Numbers 1 and 2. The item notes ongoing preparations for the new cars.
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Clain
Owens Held Without Bond In Versailles Murder Case
The preliminary trial of Henry Owens charged with the murder of James Lawrence at Versailles was held yesterday afternoon. Owens was remanded for trial without bail and returned to Pettis county jail this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff J. B. Lumpee.
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Henry Owens
James Lawrence
Versailles
Owens
Pettis County
J. B. Lumpee
DeBold Heads to Cuba Island Excursion from New Orleans
Frank DeBold departs today at noon for St. Louis to join a party and travel to the Island of Cuba. He will leave New Orleans Saturday and be gone about fifteen days from the city.
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Frank DeBold
St. Louis
Cuba
New Orleans
Local Names Listed in Unclear Public Notice
A fragment lists individuals including J. C. McLaughlin and Alice L. Miner of Sedalia, Will Aldridge of Postal and Effie Sprinkle of Thornleigh, with George A. Miller and Lulu Elizabeth Steele also named. The context and action remain unreadable in the fragment.
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Will Aldridge
Postal
Effie Sprinkle
Thornleigh
George A. Miller
Lulu Elizabeth
Funeral of German Wolf Arrives From Cleveland
The remains of German Wolf arrived via the Missouri Pacific from Cleveland Ohio this morning and the funeral was held this afternoon from McLaughlin's undertaking establishment.
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German Wolf
Weather Forecast Warns of Snow Tonight and Thursday
Snow is expected tonight with possible heavy falls and Thursday may be partly cloudy. Weather officials urge caution for travel as the storm moves through the area.
Singular Explosion Reported This Morning
A singular accident disrupted early hours at an unspecified location in Clinton Township. Fire crews responded to an explosion reported this morning with limited details available on injuries or causes.
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Clinton Tribune
Explosion Damages Kitchen as Fire Burns in Home
The home of Chas Wright, while Mrs Wright prepared breakfast, suffered a backwater ice explosion behind the cooking stove during a brisk fire. Mrs Wright escaped with facial scratches as the blast shattered kitchen windows.
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Chas. Wright
A Hopeful Brother Poem by Frank L Stanton
A hopeful speaker recalls weathering wind and sea with faith. He envisions a rosy dawn and a light rose blooming for him, acknowledging darkness but thanking God as he sows and reaps. The verse closes with the poet Frank L Stanton attributing the lines to himself.
Select Twelve entertains with progressive euchre
Mrs J Waldman of 320 West Fourth street hosted The Select Twelve a ladies club. The gathering featured progressive euchre with Mrs Henry Witt taking first prize and Mrs Herman Klinik the consolation prize. Elegant refreshments followed.
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J. Waldman
Henry Witt
Herman Klinik
Elks Lodge Social Tonight With Prizes
The Elks lodge hosts a ladies social at their hall this evening featuring a progressive euchre party. Six prizes will be awarded to both ladies and gentlemen, with the hall refitted in green and pink and twelve matrons serving chafing dish refreshments. About two hundred city society people are expected.
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Elks’ Hall
Boston Doctor Claims Priority in Important Discovery
Dr. Augustin Thompson of Boston says he discovered that life energy can prolong human life to 150 years or more by transmitting a sustaining force into the body. He claims to have practiced the theory for months and disputes Professor Loeb on electricity as life, arguing electricity alone cannot extend life and that his imperceptible current mimics food digestion.
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Boston
Mass
Augustin Thompson
Jacques Loeb
Thompson
Loeb
The
Docto
Archer
New York
City News Briefs from Florence and Sedalia
Antone Ehlers of Florence Morgan county is in the city on business. Douglass Ogan at 1500 South Harrison is reported critically ill. Mrs W W Woolery is ill at 1511 East Fifth. L S Norton returns from East Liverpool and Burbank Ohio after visiting his father whom he hadn’t seen in sixteen years. J H Churchill takes a position on the road and in the house for Queen City Implement company. Churchill’s wide experience spans Sedalia and surrounding areas.
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East Liverpool
Burbank
Ohio
J. H. Churchill
Queen City Implement Company
Mr. Churchill
Sedalia
Sur
Rounding country makes him a valuable man for this job
Manager A Wally is to be congratulated on securing his services. Mr Churchill invites friends to see him. Annie Davis colored thirty days for petit larceny and Thos Tracey colored five days for disturbing the peace were released from jail today. Voters of school district No 30 petition for a new district in Flat Creek Prairie and Sedalia townships three miles south of the city.
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Tive
United States
Annie Davis
Thos. Tracey
Flat Creek
Prairie
Sedalia
German M. E. ladies host monthly tea at Cord Brandt home
The ladies of the German M. E. church will hold their regular monthly tea at Cord Brandt's residence at 516 West Fourth on Thursday January 30 from 3 to 10 p m.
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M. E. Church
Cord Brandt
West Fourth
Two Children Die of Whooping Cough in Concordia
Mrs Martha C Leaking of South Kentucky street reports a message from her nephew Fred Kueck of Concordia stating his two young children died of whooping cough. One child died Monday and the other Tuesday.
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Martha C. Leaking
South Kentucky Street
Fred Kueck
Concordia
Red Men Meet with New Members Adopted in Blizzard Night
The Se dalia Red Men held a council by fire during a blizzard. Bruce Barnett, homeless, was adopted, along with Noah Rogers and George Brent, in a ceremony led by the new drill team under Y G Freeman. Barnett spoke to the gathering, followed by a feast and informal talks.
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Sedalia
Bruce Barnett
Noah Rogers
George Brent
Y. G. Freeman
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Lacka- Waxen Creek
Europe
Columbus, O
W. M. Sparks
Denison
Tom Nash
Extra Gang
Ravenna
Joseph Mercer
Andrew Smith
Lehigh
J. W. Johnson
South
Links and
A. R. Woody
Idaho
E. H. Calef
Kansas City
Annual Meeting of
Paris Medicine Co
Paris, Tenn
Medicine Company of
St. Louis Republic
Rush
J. C. Finch
Katy
Lawton
Parsons Sun
Finch
J. W. Mae
IRV
Fe Seoauiaz
J. C. McLaughlin and
Alice L
Miner, Sedalia
Cleve
Lamny Mfg. Co
Sedalia Woolen Mills
J. A. Lamy Manufacturing Co., Proprietors
FOS
Sedalia, Mo
Cannon
Grand Central
J. A. Lamy Manufacturing Co
J. A. Lamy
Foamin
Sweet Rose
Dawn
Frank L. Stanton
Select
Fourth Street
the Elks
Lodge of Elks
City News
Antone Ehlers
Florence
Morgan
Douglass Ogan
South Harrison
W. W. Woolery
East Fifth Street
Mr. L. S. Norton
E.E. McClellan
Ohio St
Goodwin Pub. Co
Osage Street
Wally
Him
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