Fatal Affray Over a $3 Debt in Joplin
J M Hazlewood, a former Sedalia painter, is jailed after a fatal shooting in Joplin over a $3 debt owed by Albert Wheaton. Hazlewood fired twice at Wheaton during a dispute at a mine, injuring him fatally. Hazlewood surrendered and owns a lemonade stand. The incident was marked by a community gathering of babies and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelwood
Wheaton
Joplin
Albert Wheaton
J. Lee Hazlewood
Hazlewood
English capitalists to take control of Joplin zinc fields
London reports Anglo-American Zinc and Lead company plans to issue eight million dollars in gold bonds to English underwriters. The bonds, once sealed, would give British investors control over seventy two mines in the Joplin district and most of the zinc and lead properties there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Missouri
Joplin
Anglo-American Zinc and Lead Company
Delaware Corporation
William C. Wakefield
New York
George M. Ballou
Samuel T. Kerr
Archibald McCullagh
John Winfield Scott
Edwin J. Houston
Clement A. Griscom
Baby Party Hosted by Little Dorothy Highleyman
A 3 to 5 pm Monday baby party entertained young children with toys while mothers joined games. Dorothy Highleyman, two, acted as hostess and Mrs. J Frost Waddell led prize guessing with weights of the babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Highleyman
J. Frost Waddell
McCormick Firm Buys 500000 Acres in Lower California
Henry Watson reports McCormick Harvesting Machinery Co has risen a vast Lower California project. The 500000 acre land purchase aims to cultivate heniquen for binder twine, with machinery to process the fiber and ship supplies to factories. McCormick denies any plan to dominate the twine market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Henry Watson
Lower
California
McCormick Machinery Company
Chicago
Heniquen
Yucatan
McCormick Harvesting Machinery Company
United States
Cyrus H. McCormick
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
Mr. McCormick
Sedalia Council Passes Sidewalk and Liberty Park Ordinances
The Sedalia City Council, with Mayor Crawford presiding, approves a sidewalk condemnation ordinance and funds Liberty park from a park fund. The sewerage system work is authorized while monthly park reports are required, and bills from local firms and doctors are paid. Attorney actions involve the Swanson judgment for 700 dollars and a partial payment of 369.75 to attorney Shain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Park
Hastain and
Shain
Council
J. W. Swanson
City of
Sedalia
Mr. Babcock
Mr. Shain
Mr. Swanson
Babcock
Park Board
Hill
Longan's May Collection and City Council Actions
The council adopted a motion to paint all telegraph and telephone poles in use. Reports from the city collector and engine houses 1 and 2 were filed. A $250 sanitary condition claim by William Russell was rejected. Junk dealer licenses discussion was deferred. Water mains and hydrants ordinance referred. hydrant cost cut from 7500 to 5000 and 5 saved per hydrant. Tax grievances referred to finance. Bids for city advertising to be sealed. Smith and Cotton mining holes referred for action as hazards and stench. City Attorney to pursue legal action. Council adjourned at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Russell
Smith and Cotton
Kelly
Monument to slain constable honors fallen Dallas officer
A large crowd gathered in Garland to unveil a monument to Constable Pate Bain killed in Dallas. Eugene Faulkner, of Warrensburg, is under a death sentence for the murder, with W. M. Renner and John Chapman jailed for life. The crime occurred in a saloon back room where Bain was drugged and his clothing set on fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate Bain
Garland
Tex
Dallas
Eugene Faulkner
Warrensburg, Mo
W. M. Renner
John
Bain
Faulkner
Chapman
Fort Worth
Dallas County
Sedalia Board Names 1901 1902 Teachers Rules Rooms Absorbed
Sedalia School Board elected teachers for 1901 1902 in multiple schools led by principalship shifts. New janitors were chosen for each building while plans to absorb two rooms were proposed. The high school principal election was deferred and district restaffing continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alexander
Franklin
A. R. Laird
Southeast
John Halbert
Lincoln
E. L. Calvert
Broadway
George Thomas
Southwest
D. W. Spicer
Summit
Mrs. Baldwin
East
W. H. Stevens
Northeast
S. F. Kelso
Daniel Goetz
Prospect
Kelso
Entertaining House Parties By Mrs Longan and Miss Longan
Mrs George F Longan and her daughter Miss Agnes Scott Longan host a house party this week A reception is planned on Thursday Guests include Mrs Henry R Walker of Pleasant Green Mrs Hugh L McElroy of Kansas City and Mrs H J McGowan of Indianapolis for Mrs Longans party. Agnes Scotts guests feature Miss Ethel Fitzgerald of Dallas Miss Nina Walker of Pleasant Green Miss Aileen Stevens and Walker Longan of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Longan
Agnes Scott Longan
Longan
Henry R. Walker
Pleasant Green
Hugh L. McElroy
Kansas City
H. J. McGowan
Indianapolis
Agnes Scott
Ethel Fitzgerald
Dallas
Texas
Nina Walker
Aileen Stevens
Walker Longan
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J. M. Hazlewood
J. M. Hazelwood
Frank
The
Globe- Democrat
Nora Lennartz
Louise Phipps
Margaret Levens
Jane Murray
Helen Griffith
Rosalie Lamy
Helen Courtney
Adelaide Ott
Mary Waddell
Charlotte Baker
Robert Barnett
William Courtney
Grant Crawford
Robert Cadle
Lee Montgomery
Jane Etta Greiner
Catharine Menefee
Elizabeth Montgomery
Catharine Courtney
Catharine Ware
Mary Mc Roberts
Martha Ott
Latour Oscar Ott
Rank Monroe
Marshall McGugin
David Dodge
Robert Waddell
John Mc
Roberts
Ford
W. E
Bard Drug CO
Wpcorwick
Crawford
Baker
Sedalia Electric Railway Company
Henry Street
Eighteenth Street
Sewerage and Sanitary Committee
Pers
E. B. McClure
Green Ridge
Lamonte
Smithton
Beau Peta Wigueters
K. PS
Warrensburg
Dallas,Tex
Knights of Pythias
Price
W. E. Bard Drug CO
Barbers’ Union
Tiede’s Hall
H. W. Wells
E. F. Derby
C. A. Smith
H. C. Brown
W. F. Park
Guardian
W. W. Cecil
H. A. Schmitt
T. C. Holland
Joseph Paradis
C. V. Witcher
P. ©. Porter
Anna Prentice
W. R. Mitchell
Jessie Swist
Adam Wagner
Joseph Rice
C. E. Harris
J. J. Stein
G. A. Cohen
the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America
S. J. White
S.S. Floyd
August Hoffman
J. B. White
Jacob Johnson
Frank Wetzel
Clarence Cocking
Messrs. Hartman
P. S. Jamerson
Federation of Labor
Ness
Sedalia School Board
Ing
Allie Hunicke
Northeast School
Minnie D. Ray
Carrie L. Slack
Southeast School
Minnie Agnes
Carrie Gold, Jennie Keiser
Cora Lee
Emma D. Bouldin
Mary Dunlap
Mamie C. Wilson
Bessie Shipley
Leda West
Anna L. Wills
Ella A. Cousley
Helen F. Donnelly
Martha M. Letts
F. M. Bailey
S. W. Longan
Irwin Rautenstrauch
Gertrude McKinley
Laura T. McGowan
Eunice C. Cousley
Glenn Woods
John P. Gass
Lida M. Burress
Mary Lura McCluney
Jessie B. Steele
Lillian M. Sharp
Bessie Bowers
Maud Matheney
Tillie Snell
Bessie Cully
Mattie Walker
Ida Woodward
Clara Beile Wilson
Jessie Kennedy
Beatrice Selah
Catharine Hughes
Hattie van Antwerp
Shelton French
Mildred H. Walker
Leonora C. Dillion
Maggie I. Raymond
Charles White
M. Minneola Jackson
Matilda M. Nelson
Mattie L. Teeters
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