Dalhoff Firm Wins Big Missouri Pacific Contracts
Mr. Dalhoff has completed many contracts for the Missouri Pacific and has six new contracts ahead. His company did the grading for the Iron Mountain shops at Barring Cross and recently finished forty miles of grading on the White River railroad between Carthage and Aurora. The Dalhoff company ranks among the nation's largest firms.
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Dalhoff
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Barring Cross
White River
Carth
Work Begun On Gould System General Shops Project
General Manager Harding visits Sedalia to inspect the 125 acre site for Gould System general shops. Dalhoff Construction to grade and build with 250 teams and two steam shovels ready. work to start immediately with completion targeted by March 10, 1905.
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Harding
Henry Dalhoff
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dalhoff
Dalhoff Construction Company
Little RE
Bathune
Dalhoff Company
Sentinel
J. H. Buck
Lagoon Break At World’s Fair Damages Grounds
A lagoon bank ruptured at the World’s Fair grounds causing torrents of water to flood the area in front of the Mines and Metallurgy building. The landscape was torn away and extensive damage reported as hundreds worked through the night to close the breach, with the break secured early this morning.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
St. Louis
Japs Advance As Russian Front Reports Breaks In Lines
Japanese forces push toward Liao Yang as Port Arthur is reported land secure near, while Kuropatkin outlines new front plan. Imperial ukase declares six provinces mobilized and cotton contraband order issued. Rumors claim Vladivostok link severed. Rurik fate unknown. Three hundred Russian captives arrive in Tokyo.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Alexieff
Vladivostok
Rurik
Kuroki
Krea
Thousand Book Binders Strike After Shop Contract Refusal
About a thousand book binders in sixty Chicago shops struck today after employers refused renewal of the closed shop contract. The walkout followed the request to discontinue the open shop and involved members of the Chicago Typothetae.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Chicago Typothetae
Bailey appoints R L King as eighth district judge
Topeka Kansas May 10 Governor Bailey appointed R L King of Marion county to be judge of the eighth judicial district succeeding Judge Rickerson who resigned to become a federal judge in the Indian Territory.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Topeka
Kas
Bailey
R. L. King
Marion County
Eighth Judicial District
Rickerson
Indian Territory
Death by pig pen dispute ends in murder arrest
Sam Harvey, a 32 year old Sedalia carriage driver, died after Henry Garret struck him with a pair of pliers during a dispute over a pig pen in a pasture east of Harvey's home near Broadway and Center streets. Garret, a Missouri and Kansas Telephone company employee, was jailed after police found a double barreled shotgun in his bed. An inquest was ordered. Coroner McCluney conducted an autopsy showing death from rupture of the temporal artery. The case is set for further legal action as Garret awaits the coroner’s findings.
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Sam Harvey
Broadway
Center Streets
Henry Garret
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Garret
Harvey
Claus Grother
Harvey Brothers
Bob Harvey
Sam
Bob
Garrett
Will Boullt
William Boullt
Mr. Garret
Boullt
Truxel
Sentinel
McCluney
Green Ridge
H. B. Cole
Shirk
Court House
J. A. Amick
Robert Ramsey
W. L. Walker
Ed Lyons
R. N. Morrow
S. A. Rosse
Sedalia
Syracuse
Woodmen of the World
W. T. Harvey
James
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Mel
Robert
Hugh
Adams Express wreck kills two on New Haven line
Port Chester New York May 10 engineers Patrick Keenan and John Howe died when an Adams Express train plunged fifty feet into the Byrum river on the New York Hartford line. Several crew members were injured as the engine and two cars derailed after a too rapid crossing of a switch. The train carried about half a million dollars in bullion and an attempted holdup was suspected.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Port Chester
N. Y
Patrick Keenan
John Howe
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Byrum River
School Board selects speaker for baccalaureate sermon
The school board met at the high school and voted to invite Rev. Carey V. Northrop of East Sedalia Baptist Church to give the baccalaureate sermon at a downtown church to be chosen later. They canvassed May 3 election results and declared the tax increase carried. A May 23 meeting was set to elect next year's teachers.
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Theigh School
Carey V. Northrop
East Sedalia Baptist Church
Tailored Dresses Sparkle In Fresh Bandbox Style
Describes dresses as pristine and crisp with voile and etamine fabrics in black and brown. Notes braid trims, pouched sleeves, lace accents, soft taffeta girdles, and drop taffeta linings as key features.
Three Kinds of Long Coats Cravenette to $25
Cravenette coats priced from $10 to $25 and pongee at $25 plus black taffeta from $22.50 to $25. The coats reach the hem of the gown and cover the gown when traveling. Cravenette offers protection against showers or heavy rain. Many long garments sold, likely due to the World’s Fair.
Fine Millinery Sells Hats Marked Down
A millinery shop advertises hats priced sharply lower after extensive handling. Caps offered at 2.50 from 5, 5, and 6 dollars, reflecting deep discounts to clear stock from a busy period.
Sunday School Teachers Institute at First Baptist
The Sunday school teachers institute convened at 9 30 this morning at the First Baptist church with Devotional by Rev Dudley M Clagett. Rev B F Martin spoke on The Teachers Meeting and Rev H E Tralle on The Home Department. Rev J M Rudy discussed The Child and the Church. Rev A D Johnston closed with Music and the Sunday School. Meeting adjourned to 2 30 this afternoon.
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B. F. Martin
H. E. Tralle
J. M. Rudy
First Christian Church
A. D. Johnston
Sale Set-Aside Sought in Royal Tribe Case
A circuit court petition by S. G. Miller and others against Cosmopolitan Insurance of Illinois and the Royal Tribe of Joseph seeks to set aside the sale of the Royal Tribe organization and its assets to Cosmopolitan and the sale of the Royal Tribe building to Harvey Dow. The filing alleges illegality under state law and the insurer charter, requests a receiver, declaration of vacant Supreme Lodge offices, and nullification of the deed to the Harvey Dow property.
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Circuit Court
S. G. Miller Et al
Cosmopolitan Insurance Company of Illinois
Royal Tribe of Joseph
Cosmopolitan Insurance Company
Harvey D. Dow
Royal Tribe Organization
Cosmopolitan Insurance Association
Illinois
Supreme Lodge
Royal Tribe
Harvey Dow
Cannon Reports Splendid Time at St Louis World’s Fair
Mr. Newton Cannon of the Cannon Dry Goods Co returns from St Louis as a delegate to the T P A convention. He praises royal hospitality, notes the World’s Fair is magnificent yet unfinished with sixty days needed to complete. He cites twelve miles of freight cars yet to unload and says hotel rates are not extortionate. Sedalia gets recognition with Harry Hawkins named to the national convention and Cannon chairing the state hotel committee.
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Mr. Cannon
St. Louis
Sedalia
Harry Hawkins
Charles Kelk
Revival at East Seda lia Baptist church fires crowd
Large audience attended last night’s revival led by Dr. Stephens A. Northrop. His message This Is My Friend presented the World’s Great Friend in a tender, heart searching appeal. Tonight is decision night with services at 7 45 and tomorrow at 3 30.
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East Sedalia Baptist Church
Stephens A. Northrop
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Aurora
The
Russell Harding
Mr. Dalhoff
William Cotter
E. A. Gould
Henry Rohner
E. Fisher and
R. Hitt
New York
W. J. McKee
W. H. Bush
J. F. Simms
J. L. Babcock
Pleasant Hill
Carthage
Missouri Pacific Railway
Czar
Peng Tank
Cheng
Port Arthur
Mukden
Peah Tang Cheng
Liao Yang
Tokio
Henry Garrett
Brow
New York State
C. V. Northrop
East Sedalia
J. D. Hail Dry Goods Company
Teachers’ Institute
Tute
First Baptist Church
Rev
Dudley M. Cla
T. P. A. Convention
Mr. Newton Cannon
the Cannon
Tally-ho
Cannon
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