Looks Dark for Kennedy in Macomb Hold-Up Case
Hartville Mo June 16 evidence tying John Kennedy to the Macomb hold-up grows stronger with 27 witnesses identifying him as passing as Wright Davis or Curtis. Police say Kennedy was partly shaved muddy, wearing a worn overcoat when arrested in Kansas City barber shop. Kennedy stated to Detective Sanderson he had been in Taras.
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Hartville
John Kennedy
Macomb
Kennedy
Wright
Davis
Curtis
Fegley
James O'Malley
Kansas City
Tom Hanks
O’ Malley
Charles Sanderson
Sanderson
H. D. Routzong
Ava
Taras
Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf Railway Seeks Cash in Court
A petition filed by Receiver Withers and Fordyce in U S circuit court details the debts and resources of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway. It seeks immediate funds to restore credit and improve operation, asking for 814,769 at once and an estimated 3,711,581 to put the road in first class condition.
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Kansas City
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railway
Withers and
Fordyce
United States Circuit Court
Government sues to cancel Missouri Kansas Texas grant
The government sues to cancel an original grant of 1800 farm tracts to the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad between Junction City and Parsons alleging fraud. Current owners of the farms are named as defendants in the Kansas case filed June 16 in Leavenworth.
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Junction City
Parsons
Johnson to Act as Arbitrator in Mine Strike
Topeka Kan June 16 Lee Johnson secretary of the State Society of Labor left today for Pittsburg Kan where he goes to act as an arbitrator between the mine owners and the miners who are now on a strike. The position which Mr Johnson occupies under the new law creating his department under a new name assigns him such work as this.
Old Kansas Wheat on Hand and National Ag News
Kansas reports from 54 counties show March 1 wheat in farmers hands up 2 120 646 bushels to 125 percent year over year while corn drops exceed 10 million bushels or nearly 37 percent. The President and Mrs McKinley plan a two week Holyoke trip to attend Mount Holyoke College commencement. Grace McKinley among graduates. Goddard case appeal set. Cole county court overrules motion for new trial with 90 days for exceptions. Post offices established at Ono Israel Brown. Landmark George S McKee. Labelle Leonidas A Walton. Perth William Denny. Indian Territory Baptist ministers elect L L Smith president Lucien Robertson secretary. Charles Thomas Ellsworth Kans Eva Newkirk Sedalia.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Washington
McKinley
Holyoke
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Grace McKinley
Goddard
Jefferson City
Cole County Circuit Court
Shackleford
Supreme Court
Ono
Osage County
Israel Brown
Landmark
Howard County
George S. McKee
Labelle
Wood County
Leonidas A. Walton
Perth
Logan County
William Denny
Fraternity outlines future growth at Kansas City conclave
The sixth annual Phi Lambda Epsilon meeting opened in Kansas City with delegates from Missouri academies and high schools. President C F Lamkin reviewed the order’s history and announced plans to place two members in the field and establish chapters in San Francisco Helena Mont Chicago Milwaukee and New York City within the next year.
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Phi Lambda Epsilon Fraternity
Coates
Kansas City
Missouri
C. F. Lamkin
Clinton Alumni Association
Clinton
San Francisco
Deteut
Helena
Mont
Chicago
Milwaukee
New York City
Forethought and Frugality Heralded in Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols planning and prudent living, arguing bad management keeps people poor and forethought saves money. It urges keeping Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to avoid costly doctor bills and the misfortune of a horse’s illness. For sale by all druggists.
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Indapo
Hindouo Remedy CO
Chicago
A. T. Fleischmann Drug Company
Fourth and
Ohio Streets
Sedalia
Max Owen Promoted To Head Metro Insurance Office
Max Owen of this city is placed in charge of the Metropolitan Insurance office at Mexico, succeeding J. W. Lucas who is assigned to the new Marshall office.
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Max Owen
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Mexico
J. W. Lucas
Marshall
Eagle Eye Salve sells at 25 cents through dealers
An old notice markets Netherland Eagle Eye Salve for eye conditions such as styes and granulated lids. It claims keen sight and clear vision as benefits and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 25 cents.
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Netherland
Sedalia Ad Highlights Loans and Local Goods
Money to loan from 1000 dollars upward on estate security at six percent interest with partial payments allowed. Also property trade for 140 acres in Pettis county and various local goods and services advertised including laundry, drugs, peaches, Cascarets, and ice cream soda at local shops.
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John H. Bothwell
Sedalia National Bank
Pettis County
E. Third Street
Crescent Hotel Opens in Eureka Springs Arkansas
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 23 in the Ozark mountains with mild bracing climate and wild scenery. It advertises unequaled medicinal waters and cheap excursion rates with Pullman sleepers from Kansas City. Send for the illustrated pamphlet to Bryan Snyder Frisco line St Louis Mo.
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Crescent Hotel
Eurekia Springs
Ark
Heart of Ozark Mountains
Kansas City
Bryan Snyder
Frisco Line
St. Louis
Time for all things DeWitt's Early Risers medicine ad
An advertisement urges taking DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation biliousness and indigestion. It claims quick delivery by Servant Harker Drug Co with ice cream soda 5c and promotes Fleischmanns products. The snippet mentions Salve and brand names Scalda Burne Tel 14.
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DeWitt
Servant-Harker Drug Co
Grain-O Beverages Promised Healthful Coffee Alternative
A reader endorses Grain-O made from pure grains as a coffee substitute. After a week of use coffee is abandoned and Grain-O is praised for nourishment and suitability for children. Available in 15e and 25e packages from grocers with preparation directions.
New Railway Improvements Transform Northern Pacific Route
The past two years brought major upgrades to track bed bridges tunnels and more on the Northern Pacific Railway. Substantial funds were spent in 1898 and earlier to widen the roadbed replace wooden bridges with steel, lower grades, and equip with brick lined tunnels. Modern locomotives haul heavy trans continental trains at up to seventy five miles per hour with luxury Pullman cars a through service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Send six cents for Wonderland 99 to General Passenger Agent Charles S Fee St Paul Minn.
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Sneba
Empire
Pullman
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Northwest
Charless
FEE
Minn
Wonderland
Eagle Eye Salvo Promises Quick Eye Alllevation
An advertisement touts Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salvo for weak vision sore eyes and styes, claiming rapid cure sped by custantee distribution through druggists. The copy ends with a stray price note and a garbled ice cream soda reference.
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West Main
H. Bothwell, Pres’t
WM. Courtney
Vice Fros't
Blair
L. F. Yancey
D H. Evans
H W. Meuschke
Charles E. Musick
J. Boilowel
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H 5
D. F. Brown
Henry Aoe
R. Blair
J. . Murphy
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Bishop Remedy
Etd Vaillen
Servart’s Pharmae
Francisco, Cal
A. Vitnes
A. P. Bennett
A.S. Bennett
Drs. Bennett & Bennett
Homeopathic Physicians and Scoves & Kent
Ory Avenue
S. KE x
Rohes
Delaware Street
U.S. A
Baptist Ministers’ Union of the
Indian Territory
Muscogee
Rev
L. L. Smith
Lucien Robertson
Charles Thomas
Ellsworth, Kans
Eva Newkirk
Aiet Drug Co
Fleischmann’s Pharmacy
Ott’s
Fraternity
Ture
J. W. Washington
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India Kid
Alamo
Bowman & Dorn’s
Candy Palace
Fleischmann’s
Harker Drug Co
Lemonaces
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New Century Caligraph
United Typewriter
North Eighth ST
M. ‘T. Slane
West Third Street
Sedalia, Mo
Nervita Medical CO
Clinton & Jackson Sts
Chicaco
Ill
Otis W. Smith
Aug. T. Fleischmann
Chichester
Druzgist
Hee
Partic Aials
Madtaon Square
Philada
E. T. B. Cigar
Witca Tiaste
Pe Diles
Scalda
Burne
AjNew Railway
Sutherlands Eagle Eagle
H.aann’s
Flanmecks
F. Taylor Cain
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