Sedalia City Council: Finance Committee Resignation Threat
The Sedalia council hears Hansberger threaten to resign at the next meeting over funding of revenue bonds. The mayor is to stay in his office two hours daily. porters on depot platforms to face fines. Street, curb, and sidewalk ordinances are set, plus a 1899 tax levy and utility contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansberger
Dean
Overstreet
Mr Jones
William Beck
Sedalia
Sixth Street
Montgomery Street
Third Street
Saline Street
Engineer
Emmett Streets
Fifteenth
Ingram Avenue
Engineer Street
Gayhart
W H Powell, Jr
Electric Light
Sedalia Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
Auspicious Start To Dewey Victory Celebration
Sedalia residents celebrated patriotic fervor as Janitor Ed Graff and his crew fired the court house cannon to mark Dewey's victory. Rain dampened the scene but enthusiasm grew as the firing continued, echoing the 1776 Fourth and Cervera’s fleet fate at Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Graff
Court House
Dewey
Sedalia
Graf
Little Court House
Santa Fe Extension Rumors Reappear in Missouri Rail News
The Santa Fe extension through central Missouri and Sedalia resurfaces in local railroad chatter. Kansas City Star notes a possible general attorney for the Missouri Kansas and Texas firm, while trial dates shift to October 16 and officials hint the case may be dropped. Hospital arrivals list fevers and injuries among railroad workers. train crews report various incidents as the rail line saga continues.
Three Straight? Sedalia Dominates Jefferson City 14 5
Sedalia’s J M Cannons Grand Centrals won the second game of the series 14 to 5 over Jefferson City’s Golden Eagles. Ruble and Roach pitched for Sedalia. Pickett Oswald and Popp led Jefferson City. The Sedalians outplayed the visitors throughout. The final game was set for Liberty Park with Harrison to pitch for Sedalia and Oswald for Jefferson City.
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Cannon
Grand Centrals
Golden Eagles
Jefferson City
Ruble
Roach
Battery
Sedalians
Pickett
Oswald
Popp
Liberty Park
Harrison
Sedalia
Monthly Meeting of City Hospital Association Held
The regular monthly meeting occurred Monday at the First Christian church study. June bills were approved and Mrs Mary Meneffee was named as house committee chair. Meeting time was changed from 3 pm to 9 am.
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City Hospital Association
First Christian Church
Mary Menefee
Windsor man Jas Mitchell joins celebration with Lee Herman
Jas Mitchell of Windsor participates in a celebration alongside Lee Herman as onlookers cheer the moment.
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Jas Mitchell
Windsor
Lee Herman
Santa Fe plans extension from St Louis toward Kansas City
A St Louis source claims Santa Fe intends to extend from its Union Missouri terminus toward Sedalia and then Kansas City, south of the Missouri River and north of the St Louis San Francisco line, tapping timber coal and mineral lands. The Missouri Kansas Texas case in Dallas was postponed. Katy railroad notices report six day weeks and new shifts. Sedalia families may relocate as freight routes shift between Hannibal Franklin Junction.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
The
Santa Fe
Colorado
Union, Mo
Missouri River
San Francisco
Sentinel
Sedalia
Mitchel
New York
State of
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company of Texas
Fourteenth District of
Dallas
Smith
T. S. Miller
Nevada
Clinton
Lowe
Katy
J C Dey
John
Trinder
Parsons
J E Goodfellow
Franklin Junction
Loare
Hank Wareham
Lexington Branch
Hannibal
Norris
Stewart
McManigal in Jail as Trial Nears in Sedalia Case
A report from Sedalia states J H McManigal, linked to the Sept 25, 1893 killing of Capt. Young, is jailed awaiting November court. His supporters fear relapse but friends from Warrensburg worry he could harm others. witnesses are in proximity to testify. Meanwhile Walter Slagle and Frank Anderson suffer burns from celebratory explosives prompting local attention and a social gathering chronology.
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J H McManigal
Capt
Young
Warrensburg
Sedalia
Williams
Friends
McManigal
Walter Slagle
Frank Anderson
East End
Fourth of July Party at Miss Zimmerman’s West Sixth Home
Miss Julia Cannon and Miss Mary Thompson of St. Louis headlined a Fourth of July gathering hosted by Miss Alice Zimmerman at her West Sixth Street home. Geo West Newton won a history prize, Miss Moore Dawson received a ladies’ ebony candelabrum, and fireworks, dancing, and patriotic songs followed punch service into the night.
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Julia Cannon
Mary Thompson
St. Louis
Alice Zimmerman
West Sixth
Geo West Newton
Sedalia residents and visitors in town for Fourth of July
A string of visits and travels is noted in Sedalia and surrounding towns. Miss Beulah Harris returns from New York as the city’s prominent vocalist resumes local performances. Lee Nicholson sustains a severe arm injury at Sedalia Steam Laundry. Dr W J Ferguson treats him.
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Peter
Ubha
Havana
James A Montgomery
Lexington
Dr Hedger
Lowwood
Autenreath
Nevada
Dora Laystrom
G P Adams
Montain Grove
Emma Hert
California
Fred Ludeman
J L Haxlewood
Joplin
Mayme Lorenz
St. Joseph
Alma
Dollie Friemel
BW Plage
Wheel
Frank Deutchler
Dun & Co
Sedalia
St Louis
Marie Smith
Lamonte
Julia
Maggie Card
Florence Harker
Ossawatomie
Kansas
Ittle Mattie
Ned Goley
Lula Maupin
Warrensburg
J L Enloe
Versailles
Jefferson City
Sedalia’s
Beulah Harris
New York
Miss Harris
Lee Nicholson
W J Ferguson
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Finame Committee
Harged
Pian Haushberzer
J. T Watkins
Park Commissioners
Hugh Muir
Fourth
Enineer
Summit
Aan Myers
Third
Kentucky
Alderman Brown
Ed Graf
T. Charter
News
Missouri
Star
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Company
Tom S. Smith
Reagan
Storey
Messrs
Railroad Company
W H Denver
Joe Gardy
Extra Gang
Marthasville
Frank Schweitzer
Hamburg
J S Montgomery
Ste Mohermmis North Jefferson
L Shasy
Smithville
A J Fitz
J C Wilson
Chickie Chockie
J C Ledwick
Sweeney Crusher
E L Greed
C A Cunningham
L W Locke
J. Fl. Wamgal
Sheriff Williams
Slagle
Edna Crenshaw
Mae Baum
Pansy Fowler
Rose Fowler
Matie Brosing
Ethel Perdue
Moore Dawson
Nina Harris
Carrie Clarke
Flo Antes
Bess Ingram
Don M Clarke
West Newton
Chas Rodes
McGowan
Tom Grimshaw
Pitkin Stanley
Richard Gentry
Chas Gentry
Floyd Tuley
Richard Fowler
Bert Scheer
Albert Zimmerschied
George Barnett
Alger Fast
Harry Heckman
Luther Landis
Henry Harris
McAlister
Flo Glenn
Mary Hughes
Bessie Bowsey
Anna Bell Bowers
Helen Shepard
Nelle Frick
Virginia Gorrell
Eva McNeil
Hopkins
Reed
Pet Matson
H J Faust
Mrs C Hochland
City
Russellville
Jefferson City Tribune
May Curran
Nelle Harris
J. R. Barrett
West Broadway
Janie Neil
Higginsville
Lieut Beck
Garth
Maud
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