State fair opens Sunday plans draw clergy protest
Missouri ministers protest a Sunday opening of the state fair despite officials saying no amusements will run that day. Secretary Rippey explains gates may be kept open for examining exhibits and to cover expenses with nominal admission. The fair board meets tomorrow to decide routine business.
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Chillicothe
St. Louis Republic
Missouri
Sedalia
J. R. Rippey
State Fair Board
Fair Board
Ministerial Alliance
Wholesale suits against officers decision effects 400000 miners
The United Mine Workers press ahead with a strike after rejecting a wage settlement and urging restoration of the 1903 scale. Miners across central fields face potential walkouts as operators adjourned talks and prepare for possible plant closings.
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John Mitchell
Winder
Moral Saloon Man Dead
Pittsburg reporter notes Frank Merkel aged 52 died at his home. Known for running his saloon as a church-like congregation, he had operated in the trade for about 25 years with no recorded license objections.
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Pittsburg
Frank Merkel
Merkel’s Saloon: A Lifetime of Prohibitive Tradition
The article recalls Merkel who ran a saloon viewed as a necessary evil with strict rules. He admitted no drunken patrons, refused service to intoxicated customers, and closed on holidays. His rigid policy attracted the city’s best patrons, and he left a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars, survived by his wife.
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Merkel
Coal Strike Impasse Reaches Joint Conference
The Joint Scale Committee fails to agree on terms and refers the coal dispute to a joint conference for resolution.
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Joint Conference
Trunk Mystery Solved In Stockton Death Case
The body of Albert N. McVicar was found in a trunk at the Southern Pacific depot in Stockton. Emma Ledoux, who claimed to be his wife, was arrested after fleeing Stockton. Ledoux said McVicar drank, Miller gave carbolic acid, and Miller and another man allegedly placed the body in the trunk and sent it to the depot.
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San Francisco
Cal
Albert N. McVicar
Southern Pacific
Stockton
McVicar
Emma Ledoux
Antioch
Contra Costa County
Ledoux
Joe Miller
Miller
Sedalia Lodge Members to Attend Kansas City Instruction
Members of Sedalia local Mayflower lodge No. 41 L A to the B of R T will attend the grand lodge school of instruction in Kansas City March 29 30. The party includes Mrs Ida Miller mistress Mrs G W Anderson past mistress Mrs John Isenberg secretary and others with grand lodge officers passing through Sedalia en route to the meeting Mrs Roy Watterson grand mistress from Danville NL and vice presidents Cassie Clark Fort Wayne and Augusta Statzer Erie Pa are noted among the visitors.
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Sedalia
Mayflower
L. A
B. of R. T
Grand Lodge
Kansas City
Ida Miller
G. W. Anderson
John Isenberg
Anna Phelan
Bessie Nevitt
Hagerman Says Federal Control Trust
Hagerman asserts federal control over a trust matters are under federal supervision and policy guidance.
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Hagerman
Standard Oil Faces Reorganization Amid Missouri Suit
Missouri Attorney General Herbert Hadley says evidence from the oyster suit could bar Standard Oil from twenty five states while the company appears to begin a reorganization taking over Republic Oil and Waters-Pierce. Legal observers note internal dissension and possible dissolution of the trust may follow.
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Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
New York
Herbert Hadley
Republic Oil Company
Nebraska
Indiana
Waters-Pierce
Republic of Waters-Pierce
John D. Archbold
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Archbold
Broadway
Carnegie
Steel Trust
Standard Oil Letters Tie Waters-Pierce and Republic to Control
In a Missouri oyster suit the Standard Oil company presented correspondence to show it held stock and directed the Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil firms. Witness H M Tilford denied attending a 26 Broadway meeting where Waters-Pierce reorganization for Texas business was decided.
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Oyster Suit
Waters-Pierce and
Republic Companies
Scripps-McRat Fress Association
New York
Mare
Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce
Republic Oil
Hagerman
Standard
Hadley
H. M. Tilford
Messrs. Rogers
H. Clay
Rockwell May Be Pardoned for Bravery at Prison
William Rockwell an one armed convict who aided to save Guard James Woods at the Missouri state prison may receive executive clemency for his conduct during the Monday assault. The prisoner Rockwell was jailed in 1904 for kidnapping Myrtle Cole and is praised for facing a frenzied attacker with a knife, striking the assailant and aiding another convict.
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William Rockwell
Sonny” Anderson
James Wood
State Prison
Rockwell
Myrtle Cole
Sentinel
St. Louis Republic
Jefferson City
Sheridan
Folk
Dallas Boyer
Omcer Wood
Anderson
Governor Dockery
William Sheridan
St. Louis
Woods
Macon
James W. Woods
Fred Strube
Alice Henninger
Havana
Ill
Strube
Billy Atkins
Gold Brick
Hoppe Slosson 18.1 Balk-Line Title Match In New York
The world championship billiards match between Willie Hoppe and George Slosson is set for the Grand Central Palace New York with 500 points at 18 inch balk line. Hoppe, the favorite, seeks to prove his youth against Slosson a veteran in superb form. Bets run high as tickets are sold out and both players train intensely for the decisive showdown.
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New York
Willie Hoppe
George Slosson
Grand Central Palace
Forty-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Paris
Maurice Vigneaux
Hoppe
Slosson
Vigneaux
France
Siosson
Chief of Police Elected by Large Vote to Be Buried Here
He was elected chief of police by a large vote and will be buried here tomorrow with a Woodmen of the World ceremony. The obituary notes the community honors his service and the local fraternal order will oversee the rites.
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Woodmen
Missionary Circle Hosts Evening at Farris Studio
The Young Women's Circle of the Co. W. E. M. of the First Christian church enjoyed a social evening at the Farris studio hosted by Miss Susie Farris. Mrs. Orville Barnett read a paper on Missionary Work in China, with Miss Dora Carter and Miss Mayme Wilson contributing to the discussion. Refreshments and musical selections followed the business session.
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First Christian Church
Susie Farris
Farris
China
Orville Barnett
Dora Carter
Mayme Wilson
J. D. Livngston
Prof. Farris
Remarkable 113 Year Life Ends in Arden West Virginia
Samuels Streets of Arden dies at 113 after a cold turned to pneumonia. Born March 13, 1793, in the family log house he never left, he leaves thirteen children, thirteen grandchildren, 113 great grandchildren and many great great grandchildren. A War of 1812 veteran he voted for Roosevelt and Dawson. His wife died about 14 months earlier aged 108. He was a United Brethren member for 75 years.
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Arden
W. Va
Samuels Streets
Mr. Streets
Roosevelt
William M. O. Dawson
West Virginia
Mr. Street
United Brethren Church
California Missouri meeting backs interurban line survey
At the California Missouri gathering of the Missouri interurban committee money was pledged for a preliminary survey. Ten towns touched by the line were represented and right of way secured. E W Moore was elected treasurer. A Jefferson City April 2 bid opening will select the survey contractor. Sedalia speakers touted the Strang car and urged its use.
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Missouri Interurban Electric Railway
California
Court House
J. W. Mellor
E. W. Moore
Bunceton
Jefferson City
Sedalia
W. C. Finke
W. B. Kerns
C. W. Thomas
Henry Fricke, Jr
Prairie Home
General Committee
J. H. Baker
Strang
Des Moines Man Seeks Renunciation of Citizenship
Otto Heggen of Des Moines Iowa asked President Roosevelt to annul his naturalization papers claiming the Constitution is not read as at the time of his application. He asserts there is no statute for renouncing citizenship.
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Washington
Otto Heggen
Des Moiens
Iowa
Roosevelt
The
United States
Day team runs away overturns wagon at hardware store
A team of horses attached to a transfer wagon owned by E N Harrison became frightened while unloading goods at the Sligenfritz hardware store. The wagon overturned after hitting a pole near H V Leist’s saloon. James Brown, a porter at the nearby saloon, halted the runaway in the alley on Ohio street. No major damage aside from broken pumps.
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E. N. Harrison
Sligenfritz
H. V. Leist
James Brown
Ohio Street
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State Fair ‘Board
Scripns-McRae Press Association
Indianapolis
Ituminous
Philadelphia
Mmers
Carrried
Navy
George A
William B
Smith
Common Pleas Court
King & King
Court of Claims
William C. Gibson
Depot
L. of A
R. T
Standard Oil CO
Scripps-Mcine Presa Association
Frank Hager
Man
Pany
Mr. Hagerman
Attorney Hadley
James Woods
New York City
Inary Survey
Scripps-McRae Press Association
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