Tens Ticket Is Named In Sedalia Joint Convention
A Sedalia joint Republican Democratic convention nominates city officials for spring election 1902. Shortridge chosen city attorney and Waddell collector. several councilmen and a school director later endorsed. party committees and credentials debated. votes split across wards with wards two and four confirming Waddell.
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Shortridge
Waddell
F. Mon
Sedalia
Pettis County
Central South
Mr. Dow
J. W. Truxel
Ed Andler
H. W. Menschke
John A. Ready
P. G. Stafford
J. H. Bothwell
Henry Lamm
House
State fair board plans eight hundred trees and hires staff
The State fair board adjourned after choosing Dean H J Waters of Columbia Mo as head of the agricultural department and Col Harriman of Bunceton as starting judge. George W Williams of Humansville was named bee department head. Eight hundred trees were ordered for the grounds with California and elm varieties favored. The engineer will prepare the race track and the next meeting is scheduled for April.
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Agricultural
Col
R. L. Harriman
Bunceton
George W. Williams
Humansville
Bee
Bill Nye Hospital Anecdotes Restored From His Witty Farewell
The excerpt recalls Bills Nye humorous hospital reflections filled with medical jargon and playful self mockery. He describes analyses temperature and pulse while joking about nicotine poisons glanders and a mix up with a horse named Nancy Hianks. Nye muses on returning home and living upright, ending with a tongue in cheek farewell to the world.
Postmaster Knippenberg Serves 52 Years in Femme Osage
Herman H. Knippenberg of Femme Osage Mo the oldest postmaster in the nation nearing fifty two years in office since his August 9 1850 appointment under Millard Fillmore He was born in Germany in 1824 came to America in 1834 and moved to Femme Osage in 1837 remaining there except six years in St Louis for schooling and work He has long operated a general store and remained a leading merchant in St Charles county maintaining continuous business since 1845 He began as a Whig and followed the party into the Republican ranks post Civil War era.
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Femme Osage
St. Louis
Planters
St. Charles County
Knippenberger
Millard Fillmore
Taylor
Fillmore
White House
Why Indians Fall Educationally and the Pike References Recalled
The piece argues that Indian children are removed to boarding schools with government aid and transformed into modern learners, then return to impoverished tribal life and fail due to lack of earned education. It cites Pike expeditions and Nehemgar/Yungar nomenclature as historical notes, concluding with local context from Columbia, Missouri.
Sedalia baseball team signs deaf players for 1910 season
Manager Roe strengthens his lineup by signing Carl Hunt former Salina catcher and two other deaf teammates Paul Curtis pitcher and Frank L Burson outfielder. Don Vandine seeks a return but Roe rejects any breachy players as unfit for the squad.
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Sedalia
Roe
Carl Hunt
Salina
Kas
Paul Curtis
Frank L. Burson
Don Vandine
Vandine
Mr. Roe
Married at Springfield Missouri Couple Tied in Ceremony
In Springfield Missouri on a Wednesday morning Grace Morgan, sister of Mrs G H Scruton of Sedalia, wed Louis R Hinton a prominent wholesale druggist. Rev W O Anderson conducted the ceremony with many society people present. Mrs Scruton and her son Junior attended from Sedalia.
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Springfield
Grace Morgan
G. H. Scruton
Louis R. Hinton
W. O. Anderson
Ne Hem Gar meaning debated by Sedalia club
In a letter from Col Switzler the Sedalia Sentinel discusses Zebulon Montgomery Pike and his 1805 expedition to the Mississippi headwaters and the 1806 Missouri River journey as context for the Nehemgar term raised at a local literary meeting.
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Nehemgar Literary Club
Z. M
Zebulon Montgomery) Pike
Lamberton
New Jersey
York
Toronto
Canada
Mississippi
Missouri River
Upper
No Fire Insurance Rate Increase for Sedalia Says Sentinel
The Sentinel reports Sedalia will not see higher fire insurance rates. Sedalia is described as a low risk city, unlike Joplin and St. Louis, with insurers paying out a small fraction of premiums in losses and Sedalia viewed as highly desirable to insurers.
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Sedalia
Joplin
St. Louis
Missouri
Longan's Sedalia Steam Laundry Brings Laundry In by Snow
Snowfall swamps Sedalia causing visitors to seek warmth as Longan's Steam Laundry reports heavier demand for wash and dry services. The text notes housekeeping updates and potential weather-related delays at the shop.
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Longan
Sedalia
Hunting for Hawkins at the opera house tonight
Guy F. Steely presents the new comic play Hunting for Hawkins tonight at the opera house. The farce centers on mistaken identity as a young artist impersonates a poet to win a woman, triggering a nationwide hunt as his wife and others pursue him amid a string of humorous situations.
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Guy F. Steely
Hunting For
Hawkins
Jones
Mexico
Ko-Na-Mo Burlap Wall Paper Ad Sedalia St stores
Ko Na Mo burlap wallpaper offered in many shades praised for room harmony. Should be hung by an experienced paper hanger with price about 7.50 per room. Eight yards of border included. wall border and ceiling price 25 cents per roll. Dexter's Book Store 109 East Second street Sedalia.
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Dexter’s Book Store
East Second Street
Sedalia
Violet perfume by Veolay from Dow Drug Co
Parisian perfumer Violet famed as Veolay provides a violet extract regarded as the finest on the market. Available now at Dow Drug Co with full in store availability.
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Dow Drug Co
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