Pettis County’s heaviest taxpayers listed in $1,000+ class
The Sentinel publishes Pettis county tax records showing Longwood township leads with $71,700 in personal assessments of $1,000 or more. Houstonia Blackwater Lamonte Green Ridge Washington Slat Creek Bowling Green follow, Sedalia totals are $98,815 with heaviest taxpayers including Mesdames Smith & Cotton. Full list provides names and amounts across townships.
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Gressional
Longwood Township
Houstonia
Blackwater
Lamonte
Green Ridge
Washington
Slat Creek
Bowling Green
Longwood
Sedalia
Mesdames Smith & Cotton
Sentinel
Pettis County
Heath’s Creek
John Berkeley
J. L. Cartwright
Clement Jones
M. Jopling
M. F. Holman
John Kellerman
G. A. Pettit
George A. Spears
Jason Chanberlain
J. D. Claycomb
J. L. Elgin
L. H. Durley
B. W. Gorrell
Greer Bros
W S Allison Wade Appointed Custodian of Grounds
At the state fair executive board meeting on Thursday evening W S Allison the noted horseman and lover of fine stock was named custodian of the grounds He will start work immediately on the grounds drives and fences The steel amphitheater contract was not let pending additional bids due next meeting at 5 oclock next Wednesday evening
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State Fair Executive Board
W. S. Allison
City Collector Report Details April Receipts and Allocations
City Collector Sheerin reports April totals of 5197.52 from taxes penalties licenses and cemetery sales with 2829.91 for general expenses 1399.04 coupon and interest 457.12 sinking fund 331.11 public library 92.84 public sewer 37.5 cemetery 50 and 50 for cemetery. Also notes Bard's Drug Store refrigerator paint and a May 1 marriage in Warsaw between Bennett of Green’s Ridge and Miss Sallie Yeager.
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Sheerin
May Corn Spikes to 58 Cents Amid Speculation and Local News
Markets rally as May corn hits 58 cents on the Chicago Board of Trade. Phillips predicts 65 cents may come, while stock futures wobble and a rain forecast hints at price shifts. Sedalia news covers pensions, a typhoid attack, local moves, court cases, hypnotism acts, and a governor’s visit en route to San Francisco.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips
Corn King
New York
Missouri Pacific
Nash
Ohio
Sedalia
San Francisco
Farlow to Succeed Eddy Led Christian Scientists
Alfred Farlow of Kansas City is said to be chosen to head the Christian Scientists after Mrs Mary Baker Eddy. In Sedalia, Farlow lectured and is well known locally. Charles Adams released after sixty days for cow theft and Charles Hearn freed after eleven days for petit larceny were discharged from the county jail today.
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Alfred Farlow
Kansas City
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Scientists
Sedalia
Charles Adams
Charles Hearn
Funeral pallbearers at Mrs Depp’s service named
Messrs. H. W. Harris J. M. Offield W. S. Baker J. W. Houx John Yeater and Barney Scott acted as pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Depp held Thursday afternoon.
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Messrs
H. W. Harris
J. M. Offield
W.S. Baker
J. W. Houx
John Yeater
Barney Scott
Depp
Bertchie Family Returns Home After Refitting
Conductor Bertchie and family move back from St. Louis to their corner Third and Quincy residence, which has been handsomely refitted, restoring their happy domestic life.
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Bertchie
St. Louis
Corner Third and
Quincy
Reverend A A Boyd at Jeffer
The Rev A A Boyd attended a community event at Jeffer on the church schedule. He spoke to attendees and discussed upcoming charity efforts and local outreach programs.
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A. A. Boyd
Jeffer
Sedalia Native Lena Gross Dies in Atchison
Miss Lena Gross daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Gross died at her Atchison Kansas home at 5 30 P M Thursday evening from consumption She was twenty two and had lived in Sedalia most of her life until last fall A milliner by trade she worked in Fulton and Princeton Missouri and at her Atchison home Remains to be brought to Sedalia this afternoon and taken to Mrs Fred Rinkles home 310 West Tenth
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Sedalia
Atchison
Kas
Fulton
Princeton
Fred Rinkle
West Tenth
Mail handling in Sedalia doubles trips for Katy trains
The Sedalia mail operation has grown so large that Theodore Taylor, the carrier between the union depot and the post office, reports a volume higher than ever. Two trips are now needed to move mail from the fast mail to the Katy morning trains, whereas one trip sufficed in the past.
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Sedalia
Theodore Taylor
Union
Post Office
Katy
Postmaster Pront Case Clarified Over Frost Indictment
Odessa Ledger explains the Frost embezzlement accusation. He charged box rents to himself to balance books before remitting funds and quickly retrieved the cash from the bank before the inspector’s arrival. The grand jury indicted on a technicality, while the community defends Frost’s integrity and notes John T. Wagoner as his successor. Window screen paint at Bard's Drug.
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Tleman
Odessa
Frost
Post Office
Federal Grand Jury
C. L. Frost
John T. Wagoner
Odessa Ledger
Dow Drug to unveil novel soda and ice cream device
On Saturday May 4 the Dow Drug Company at Ohio and Second streets will debut a new soda and ice cream apparatus from the American Soda Fountain Company. Prof J L Goodner will demonstrate dispensing feats including a Cherry Bounce throw and the C I Shake. Every tenth drink will be free at opening with large anticipated crowds.
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Dow Drug Company
Ohio
Second Streets
Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
J. L. Goodner
American Soda Fountain Company
C. I
Goodner
Delmonico
Young Fern Stoker Ill In Kansas City Congestion of Lungs
Fern daughter of Mr and Mrs J W Stoker former East Fourth street resident is reported very sick at home in Kansas City due to congestion of the lungs. Send your shirt waist to Longans.
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Fern
J. W. Stoker
East Fourth Street
Kansas City
Mayor’s Man Named to Police Force
Captain William Mason is retained on the police force as the mayor’s designated choice. The mayor may appoint one personal pick and has named Mason as that preferred officer.
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William Mason
Mason
Schoolchildren Enjoy Forest Park Outing
Several young school children enjoyed an outing at Forest Park Thursday afternoon after the dismissal of school.
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Forest Park
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McAninch Bros
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J. W. McClure
Kate Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery
C. W. Sellers
W. E. Taylor
Ryland Wasson
Houstonia Township
F. W. Benning
Ed H. Berry
T. H. Callis
James Comfort
J. H. Downs
E. B. Gibson
John T. Harris
F. C. Hayman
W. S. Dixon
T. H. Hurt
D. E. Longan
J. L. McCurdy
B. F. Stephens
John Teeter
Mr. H. Tuck
T. T. Viets
J. H. Ferguson
L. A. Grubb
C. T. McConnell
Henry Weber
Blackwater Township
Wm. Binkley
Brown’ Bros
B. F. Prigmore
W. H. Rissler
Shanks & Son
J. G. Senior
J. R .Smith
E. L. Spurgeon
M. P. Tuck
Lamonte Township
J. R. Allen
W. E
Wm. Shurneman
E. E. Thompson
J. R. Wade
A. F. Wimer
Davis Woodward
J. C. Allen
J. S. Fleming
H. M. Harmon
L. C. Littlefield
J. M. O'Bannon
Sarah E. Reavis
Robert Thompson
W. D. Wade
Dresden Township
Samuel Adams
D. F. Brown
Fred Fitcher
Edward Mayer
C. M. Rissler
J. R. Shacklett
J. C. Wilburn
J. T. DeJarnette
J. W. Dickman
Cedar Township
N. H. Gentry
McCurdy Bros
C. C. Shepherd
I. N. Sprecher
D. H. Smith
Bowling Green Township
W. T. Chilton
M. M. Corum
Bard’s Drug Store
W. S. Allison Wade
Longan’s
Bennett-Yeager
Warsaw
W. W. DeJarnett
Mr. Bennett
Greens Ridge
iMss
Sallie Yeager
Son City
James Bridges
Thornleigh
Board of Education
John Donohue
Cartwright
Beaman
Augustain Club
Tiede’s Hall
Sam Johns
E. A. Wood
Joe Waddell
The
Sedalia National Bank
Lamy
Harry Boullt
the Bell
Margaret W. Robinson
A. L. Goodwin
Bohling
John Spickert
Cross Timbers
Charley Spickert
City
Luther Porter
Brandt
North Grand Avenue
Porter
Joe van Noy
Evansville
Ind
Lees
Wood
Lee
Hub Clothing
Ohio Street
Love
Jersey City
N. J
Hayward
Anna Kerr
Jessie Charron
J. B. Gallie
Hannibal
Lena Gross
Pires
Charles Gross
Postmaster Pront
Prof. C
Longan
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