Date for Street Fair Set
Sedalia plans a city street fair from September 4 to 9 with public meetings and speeches by Capt. E. W. Stevens Hon J H Bothwell W D Steele George L Faulhaber and others. Town leaders urge immediate preparation to make the event a statewide success amid strong community interest. The report also mentions a separate incident at a depot involving a father and the child’s mother.
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Court House
Sedalia
J H Bothwell
W D Steele
George L Faulhaber
Faulhaber
America
Germany
E. W. Stevens
Association
Sedalia Enterprises
Scholarships Offered by New York University for Rail Line Residents
Six years of excellent instruction at a leading New York institution are available through two Helen Gould endowments for Western scholars. Applicants must reside along Missouri Pacific lines. August 1 is deadline. Examinations the following week. preference to a son of a railroad employee in close decisions. Both genders eligible for pedagogy school.
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J .W McClain
Missouri Pacific
New York University
New York City
Helen Gould
New York University School of
Iron Mountain
Secalian
School of
Handsome Store Planned for Messerly Building
Sidney 2 Clark and attorney Col Lyon of New York City are in the city to oversee property interests in the Messerly building at Second and Osage. They expect extensive improvements including a new southeast entrance, tile flooring, and large Osage street show windows, aiming to make it one of the handsomest business houses in the city.
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Sidney 2 Clark
Col Lyon
New York City
Messerly
Second and
Osage
Osage Street
Oscar Kaiser Reported Dangerously Ill After Rescue
Oscar Kaiser the youngest son of Mr and Mrs John Kaiser is reported dangerously ill at Brown Springs after rescuing Roscoe Parmerlee from drowning at the lake last Sunday. Parmerlee then fell ill with a fever resembling spinal meningitis, and Kaiser's illness follows a similar course.
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Oscar Kaiser
John Kaiser
Young Kaiser
Roscoe Parmerlee
Brown Springs
Young Parmerlee
Blees military college to open near Macon Missouri
Col. W Blees plans a major new military academy in Macon Missouri with a $250000 project, 27 Mauser rifles, twenty cavalry horses, 75 by 166 foot gymnasium, basement rifle range, and top instructors. Sedalia considered hosting the college but Blees chose Macon after local urging. Public anticipation suggests enrollment may exceed capacity before opening in September.
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Clements
Blees
Macon
Blees College
Mississippi
Walker Sues Tolstoys Agent Over Expurgated Tale
New York July 13. John Brisbane Walker editor of Cosmopolitan plans a $100000 suit against Count Tolstoi for breach of contract over The Awakening novel. Walker alleges expurgation delays and Russia England America publication split. Tolstoi cables protest and Walker withdraws the story. Colonel Blees gifts two five ton Columbiad guns and two pyramids of shells to a new military academy at Macon Missouri.
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New York
John Brisbane Walker
Cosmopolitan
J B Quigley
J H Bothwell
Germany
Macon
Washington
Alger
Bleest Military Academy
Presidio
San Francisco
Blees
Akins
Joy
Hitchcock
Key
Paul R Reynolds
Count Tolstoi
Walker
Reynolds
Russia
England
America
Tolstoi
Missouri Pacific Excursion to Kansas City Next Sunday
Large interest builds for the Missouri Pacific price excursion next Sunday with Sedalia and Kansas City departures. Fare from Sedalia is 2 dollars, from Lamonte and Knob Noster 1.50, trains run with ample seating, park amusements and free entertainment in Kansas City.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Sedalia
Missouri
Jefferson City
Lamonte
Knob Noster
Detroit
Fairmount
Boyles Brings Forepaugh Sells Show To Sedalia Aug 24
Col John E Boyles representing Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros circuses arrives in Sedalia and launches heavy local advertising. He guarantees the biggest attraction to visit the region, identical to the Madison Square Garden production praised in New York this spring.
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J E Boyles
John E Boyles
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Bros
Sedalia
Colonel Boyles
Madison Square Garden
New York
Railroading quirks on the Sedalia line amuse riders
The Sedalia Electric line has seen odd railroading lately with cars meeting between switches. Passengers are then treated to a lively back and forth between conductor and motorman over who should back up.
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Sedalia
Scene at Missouri Pacific depot unsettles Otterville family
The divorced wife of Addison Adams of Otterville created an affecting scene last night at the Missouri Pacific depot, drawing local attention and concern from bystanders. Police or witnesses were mentioned as responding to the disturbance.
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Missouri Pacific
Addison Adams
Otterville
Local Wheat Yields Top Twenty Bushels An Acre Near Sedalia
Jerome Castle thrashes 930 bushels off Chas. Dyer’s farm north of Sedalia and 1600 on his own farm, averaging 21 bushels per acre. Neighbor Mr Curran harvests 300 bushels from 20 acres of Servant Harke land.
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Jerome Castle
Chas
Dyers
Sedalia
Mr. Curran
Hospital Arrivals and a Rehearing Request
A list of hospital arrivals includes Reese Brewster from Hillsboro with fever Sam Cross from Forrest er with abscess left hip JM Moore readmitted Rich Davis from Waco with headache WF Whaley from Holland Texas with a wrenched back James Ryan from Piers Mo with double conjunctivitis R S Smith from Chickie Chockie with abscess left forearm Judge Williams from Fort Worth with lumbago J K Bryant brakeman from St Louis with fever The Katy railroad seeks a rehearing of a rail case.
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Reese Brewster
Hillsboro
Sam Cross
Extra Gang
Forrester
JM Moore
Rich Davis
Waco
WF Whaley
Holland
Texas
James Ryan
Piers
R S Smith
Chickie Chockie
Judge Williams
Fort Worth
J K Bryant
St Louis
WPERA House Contract Lets For Dugan Improvements
Several thousand dollars will fund extensive Wood’s opera house renovations with completion set for September 1. George Dugan won the bid after multiple proposals from Chicago and other cities. The remodel aims to place the venue among the finest ground floor opera houses, with Dr Woods arranging a winter lineup of attractions.
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Wood
George Dugan
Chicago
Dugan
the Sentinel
Sedalia
Freight Train Wreck Delays Traffic After Drawhead Failure
South McAlester Oklahoma Territory July 13 Katy freight wrecked at Lohetta yesterday. Three cars of machinery toppled from the track delaying traffic for several hours. No injuries reported. Boonville bridge case moves toward rehearing in supreme court with action at Banes court session.
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Boonville
Supreme Court
Bane
South McAlester
I. T
Katy
Lohetta
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W. D. Steele, Geo. L
Faulhaber & Others
Lewis
Adams
Leftwich
Mrs Ross
Man
Macon, MO
Col
W Blees
Eaty
Wall Street
Goulds
Southwestern Railway
Texas and Pacific
Wabash
Charles Games
Jim Newbill
Katy Porter
T E Maguire
Clinton
Jake Blount
McAlester Springs
Henry Jackson
Parsons
Clay Townsend
Nevada
Clay
Harke
Katy Railroad
Wpera
Fay
Ginke
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