World’s Fair and travel figures dominate Sedalia notes
Numerous locals and visitors chase events in St. Louis and at the World’s Fair. Ada cases include Florence Harker’s return from St. Louis, Miss Jennie Whitsel’s World’s Fair trip, and Mr. and Mrs. Mackey’s St. Louis visit, with many others heading to or from the fair and cities like Tipton, Versailles, and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Harker
St. Louis
George K. Mackey
Jennie Whitsel
J. H. Bowron
Warsaw
G. H. Pountain
United States Revenue
California
Maude Mann
Vera Overstreet
Grant Crawford
Jack
Robert Shaw
Lawton
Oklo
Lamonte
Minerva Knott
Rose Knott
Stella Boschart
Bunceton
McCubbin-Gibbons
George Major
Mayview
F. J. Farley
Miss Maude
John T. Loveland
Sedalia
South
Quincy Avenue
George West
Ralston Spa
N. Y
C. E. West
Des Moines
Iowa
G. H. Scruton
C. A. Stretch
Joe Jacobs
Parsons
C. M. Jacobs
John T. Heard
Vincent Terry
Kansas City
City
Henry Harris
Clarence Trigg
Carthage
Harriet Gold
W. D. Steele
Livingston
Windsor
E. F. Yancey
Besse Hall
Edna Morris
Kathryn Cassidy
Agnes Dalby
Jessie Blair
Webb Prugh
Clara
Piqua
Ohio
J. C. McLaughlin
G. W. Rohn
Miss Blanche
Woman’s Will Orders Handkerchief Burial With Snuff
Mrs. Margaret Thompson of London died years ago and in her will she specified that her coffin be filled with handkerchiefs and the finest Scotch snuff. She named six elderly women to bear her pall and required the minister to walk before the coffin while using snuff. Bystanders to receive large portions of snuff every twenty yards and two bushels at the house door for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thompson
London
England
St. James
Westminster
Study of Arithmetic and the Rule of Tens
Sociologists trace human preference for the number ten to the pentadigitate five fingered limb shared by vertebrates. The article argues decimal systems arise from anatomy and evolutionary hints in horses and frogs. Biologists ponder why five became dominant and whether more than five would overwhelm the brain.
A Song of Music and Royal Dreams on Sea Like Tides
A lyric for Ethel Clifford in London Pilot recalls music moving the speaker as the sea. The verse finds longing, time’s battles, and a future where JT may become queen and the speaker yields his royal claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Troy
Babylon
Ethel Clifford
London
Girl Wanted for Steady Work at Monarch Laundry
Job ad seeking a girl for steady work with good wages at Monarch Laundry located at 606 Ohio Street. Applicants urged to apply in person to start immediate employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch Laundry
Ohio Street
Fireworks Sedalia Produce Co Opening Notice
Fireworks display planned by Sedalia Produce Co at Seventh and Ohio streets with details unreadable in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Produce Co
Seventh
King Edward Visits Kaiser in Kiel on Yacht Voyage
King Edward VII of England arrived in Kiel aboard his yacht with four cruisers and six torpedo boats. Admiral Prince Henry welcomed him in Kaiser Wilhelm’s name as both monarchs meet amid talks to urge the Kaiser to press the Czar to mediate in the Far Eastern war on England’s side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiel
King Edward VII
England
Prince Henry
Kaiser William
Two youths arraigned on vagrancy charge in police court
Sam Blue and Ed Saunders, two colored youths, were arraigned before Magistrate Truxel in police court Saturday morning and each fined $25 on the charge of vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Blue
Ed Saunders
Truxel
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Batiste
Cannon
Dorothy Dodds
Sedalia, Missouri
Taylor Transfer Company
Fannie Kingsbaker
Versailles
G. W. Crawford
Sue Harrison
Carrie Frick
Deepwater, Mo
Sam
S. F Ballin
Albuquerque, N. M
Henry Laupheimer
Harriett
Eva Gold
Olive Withers
J. H. Kelly
A. N. Bayne
Tipton
Fred Dauwalter
Commercial Bank
Boonville
W. M. Monroe
Rela
Tives
W. M. Nordyke
Remington
Kentucky
E. H. Calef
Missouri Pacific
H. E. Remington
Wichita
Kas
G. H. Scott
Redlands
Cal
S. K. Bullard
Leverett Bell
N. J. Finney
West Broadway
Stephen Cobb
E. M. Hess
J. H. Kobrock
W. C. Bronaugh
Tion
Walter Brill
Mason
S. E. Marsden
Clarence Brill
C. W. Flower
John Hall
Etta Hall Frey
Colorado
Me Henderson
Hughesville
S. H. Finch
Finch, Mo
Paul
Curtis
Springfield
G&g CO
Sedalia, MO
Panamas
Dee Etna
Sao UN
Carl P. Werner
South Osage St
Gus. Werner
Keuper & Holtzen
S. Flour
Ohio Streets
Edward
Kaiser
Scripps-McRae Press Association
W. Main St
Penn
Union
Kidd Clothing CO
Ohio ST
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