Rose Gable Tragedy Ends in Hanging of Jasper Downes
Uncle Amos leads a bloodhound chase through Rose Gable to track a killer after Mrs Dennison is found murdered. The hunt ends with Jasper Downes captured and convicted for the crime, amid village shock and questions about motive and loyalty.
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Amos
Mrs. Dennison
Rose Gable
Lucy
Uncle Amos
Agan
Rose Gale
Jasper Downes
Homer Gough
Jasper
Oak Point School closes with graduates and prizes
Charles Rages presided over a successful Oak Point term ending Friday. Three graduates Grace Eckles Stephene Scott Ada Weathers received diplomas amid a school picnic. Valedictorian Stephene Scott spoke well and various pupils gave talks and performances.
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Charles Rages
Oak Point
Grace Eckles
Stephene Scott
Ada Weathers
Deafness Cure Claims by Constitutional Remedies
Public notice asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and chloride catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward for uncured cases, offering free circulars and listing Toledo, O based F. J. Cheney & Co. and drugstore sales at 75 cents.
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Hall
Business Partner Wanted for Theatrical Venture Opportunity
An ad seeks a business manager with years of experience for a theatrical proposition promising 50 percent profit from the start. Investors with capital are asked to contact Theo Edwards in Pettis County realty matters, with $1,000 or more at low rates and favorable terms. Farm loans offered at 5 percent with partial payment options. J. H. Bothwell, attorney, Sedalia National Bank Building.
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Theo
Edwards
City
Pettis County Realty
J. H. Bothwell
Sedalia National Bank
Yellow Clothes Keep Them White with Ball Blue
An advertisement urges customers to use Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten yellow fabrics. The note claims a large two ounce package sells for five cents and is carried by all grocers.
Russian railways chief bans office visits by women clerks
In Vladivostok the inspector general of Russian railways issues a proclamation to female government employees forbidding visits to male superiors. Women must submit all queries in writing and await written replies. The chief warns laywomen against interaction, promising demoralization penalties for disobedience and stressing the service needs the click of typewriters over swish of petticoats.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
His Majesty’s
German Emperor Pays Fifty Marks to American Blacksmith
In Athens Iowa on June 23 Joseph Waggoner a local blacksmith received 50 marks from Emperor William I of Germany for a pair of gold stirrups he forged after a new model. He had patented the stirrups and urged adoption by the German cavalry but the emperor said the army already had a satisfactory stirrup and advised sending the bill. Waggoner sent the bill only recently.
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Athens
Joseph Waggoner
William
Germany
Waggoner
William I
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John T. Heard
Wm. H. Powell
Chas. C. Evans
Sec’y. and
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H. W. Menschke
John W. Murphy
L. P. Andrews
Jno. Montgomery, Jr
J. A. Hill
B. L. Arbecam
W. Ft. Hutchinson
Joan D. Crawford
W.H. Powell
Grant Crawford
Ass’t
Citizens’ National Bank
Sedalia
Missouri
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J. D. Crawford
Geo. R. Shively
W. T. Hutchinson
J. H. Doyle
J.H. Bothwell
R. Blair
Caner
W. O. Terry
Cshier
E. F. Yancey
W. H .Evans
H- W. Menschke
Martin Renkin Col
M. G. Clark
D. F. Brown
Henry Lamm
E- R. Blair
H.W. Harris
Pres
A. P. Morey
W. A. Latimer
R. F. Harris
Third National Bank
Capital
J. N. Dalby
J. G. Cox
Henry W. Harris
D. H. Smith
J A. Mertz
Charles H. McAnich
Samual C. Gold
James T. Montgomery
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Aem
Rene
Marjory
Marjorie
Ssephene Scott
Vale
Dictorian
Dovie Scott
Lena Shelley
Gillman Scott
Albert Ramseyer
Minnie Shelley
Charley
Benedicton
Dr. Ferguson
la Monte
Teeter
Prof
Rages
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Ness
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Kodol
B. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
W. E. Bard Drug Ca
Astorta
Crescent Tent
K.co. T. M
W. S. Shepard
A. L. Allen
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Fred M. Gearhart
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