Elopement of Local School Children Shocks Smithton
Mabel Combs aged 15 and Charles Taylor aged 18 eloped after attending a Rev Bitter lecture at the Smithton M E church. They walked nine miles to Sedalia in cold weather and were not heard from since taking a 1:50 train toward Kansas City. The girl's father David Combs has returned from Joplin to aid in the search. Baron Gregory is said to be involved and the father threatened severe action.
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Smithton
Mabel Combs
David Combs
Charles Taylor
James Taylor
Smith
Wymore
Neb
Cupid
Rev
Bitter
M. E
Sedalia
Kansas City
Joplin
Gregory
Jail Statistics for 1899 Porto Dcal Report
Sheriff Williams presents 1899 jail figures to the State Board of Charities. Total confined 678 with 221 colored and 457 white prisoners. 10 were under fifteen. eight percent female. twelve sent to penitentiary. eighty five percent sent to jail. Women housed separately from men.
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A. F. Rogers
Boonville
State Board of Charities and Corrections
General Assembly
Williams
Federal court session draws Sedalian lawyers and witnesses
Many Sedalians traveled to Jefferson City for a federal court session. Attorneys and witnesses listed include A. L. Shortridge, Eugene Couey, Bart S. Jackson, Tom Gresham, Ed Wells, Louie Geisch, Henry Blatt erman, and J. F. M. Counce. Trials of Polly Driskell Chas Glazebrook and Chas Couch for liquor selling without licenses to be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
U. S. Court
A. L. Shortridge
Eugene Couey
Bart S. Jackson
Tom Gresham
Ed Wells
Louie Geischen
Henry Blatterman
J. F. M. Counce
Polly Driskell
Chas. Glazebrook
Chas
Couch
Recipients of Reciprocity and Puerto Rico Policy Debate
Special correspondence from Washington notes Senators Aldrich and Platt depart for Cuba to probe Puerto Rico relief. discussion argues a Spanish reciprocity deal under Harrison best for Puerto Rico, while current tariff and gold standard debates mock international bimetallism. The piece critiques Republican policy ahead of a presidential campaign and previews continued debate.
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Porto Rico
Spain
Harrison
Sugar Trust
Great Britain
Trinidad
United States
Congress
Representative Overstreet
Indiana
Mr. Overstreet
Williams
Illinois
Death claims aged couple and others in local deaths
A series of deaths reports in the city include Joseph Moore aged 79 at 212 East Third from general debility after his wife’s passing seven weeks earlier. Also Mrs. Sarah Shane 65 dies of consumption at 903 West Tenth, Mrs. Chas Shoemaker 23 dies of puerperal fever at 1016 East Seventh, and infant of 5S Hilligan dies at 300 East Howard. Burial services held or planned locally with pallbearers named.
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Chas. Shoemaker
East Seventh
Missouri Pacific
Rev. Cook
Sarah Shane
Wm. Boland
West Tenth
Sacred Heart Church
Deckers
Three Cole Sisters Wed Again in St Louis Harpist Bride
Linda Cole and her sister, both noted harpists, married in St Louis last week. Their father Adam N. Schuster, a prominent St Joseph merchant, has six marriages in the family with their elder sister Linda now 34. The Willards are traveling man from Chicago and the couple left for Hot Springs on honeymoon.
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Hingston
Miss Schuster
Chicago
Judson Cole
Mr. Cole
Cole
California
St.Louis
St. Joseph
Schuster
Forest Park Boulevard
Mrs. Cole
Calhoun Man Takes Overdose in Desperate Act
E F Minnish a prominent Calhoun businessman attempted suicide Thursday night by morphine overdose. Doctors hold some hope for recovery though he remains in precarious condition. Financial troubles are said to have caused the rash act. Hingston, Kansas City wholesale merchant’s son, had a tenor voice and his wife, a skilled harpist vocalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Minnish
Calhoun
Hingston
Kansas City
Bente Seeks Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Nomination
In this issue the Sentinel announces H. K. Bente as a candidate for Pettis County prosecuting attorney subject to Democratic Party decision. Known as Judge Bente, he is a Sedalia lawyer with deep local ties, education from Ann Arbor, and wide legal practice.
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The
Sentinel
H. K. Bente
Pettis County
Bente
Sedalia
Otterville
Ann Arbor
Ten Accessions Last Night At Sedalia Revival
Ten accessions were reported at the East Broadway church as Rev. J S Myers led nightly services. A packed crowd filled the auditorium with many turned away. The revival, with appeals for a Jubilee, spurs afternoon sessions and a push to raise funds for a building.
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Mr. Myers
Myers
Mianne Means Business and New Road Plea
Subscriptions for the North and South road near Sedalia reach $15,000 after a Miami mass meeting. Col. Strang receives thanks for long effort to provide a railroad to Missouri. The Sedalia paper lists railroad personnel, incidents, arrivals, and a dog on a train caper, plus layoffs and hires near Missouri Pacific and KATY lines.
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North and South Road
Miami
Col
Strang
Missouri
Sportsmen's Gossip on Future Field Trial in Paris Mo
L S Eddins reports broad interest in the upcoming field trial set for November 27 at Paris Missouri. Prospects look bright as gentlemen import fine dogs for the Derby and A Albaugh the renowned handler who recently broke his leg is expected to return soon.
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L. S. Eddins
Paris
Farmington
A. Albaugh
Albaugh
Sedalia Sports
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PORTO
Dcal
Sheriff Williams
State Board of Charities
Ben Harrison
the Sentinel
Washington, D. C
Sen
Ators Aldrich and
Platt
Cuba
Joseph Moore
Mrs
Hilligan
East Third
Pennsylvania
Warrensburg
Robert E
Kokomo
Ind
James H
Emma
Lizzie
Haley Babbitt
East Lynne
M. E. Church
J. S. Butler
Walker Blandon
E. E. Johnson
George Fletcher
Morris Harter
George Arnold
George Kahrs
East Howard
Ville, Mich
Linda
Her Sister
Feir Harpist
Bride
St. Louis
Charley H. Willard
Hot Springs
Mr. Charlies H. Willard
Man
Post-Dis
Patch
Adam N. Schus
Ter
Adam N. Schuster
Ada
James Hingston
H. K. Bente For
Prosecuting Attorney
Church
Rev. J. S. Myers
Tor
Cook
Ministers’ Alliance
Fifth Street M. E
Topeka
East Sedalia Baptist Church
Fuller
Bitler
C. E. Northway
Titus
Springfield
Ohio
J. B. Toomay
Second Congregational Church
Col. Strang
Inci
Will Lafferty
Lexington
Wim. Bothe
Denison
J. Tinner
Extra Gang
Bells
R. L. Hunter
Nevada
J. Blake
Franklin Junc
Tion
Henry Coil
Hamburg
Ed Jones
McAles
J. D. Long
H. J. Sheets
Parsons
Mike Roads
Honey Springs
Richard Crenshaw
Tom King
J. E. Sells
Carlisle
Arthur Turner
Thos. G. Cannon
Cannon
Union Avenue
Hickory Street
Supt. Davis
A. Wilson
Katy
Nichols
W. E. Miller
C. L. Shugart
T. Greenstreet
Jerry Shay
James Calder
Vancouver
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