VANDALIA LINE Adds Multiple Daily Train Services
New train service from St. Louis Union Station lists local No 8 to Indianapolis, Keystone Express to New York with sleepers and diner, New York Limited to Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio and Virginia Express to Virginia points, and other advent schedules. Westbound service is increased. St Louis gains a spacious Limited with no coaches or mail cars. Ticket office at Seventh and Olive Streets.
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St. Louis Union Station
Indianapolis
Keystone Express
New York
Roanoke
New York Limited
Merchants’ Bridge
Bath
Ohio and
Virginia Express
Columbus
Pittsburg
Cleve
St. Louis
Seventh
Olive Streets
Arnold Creditors Get Two Per Cent
Official notice from W. D. Coles referee in bankruptcy states a two per cent dividend will be paid on all approved claims against E. J. Arnold & Co turf investment firm which failed with three million dollars in liabilities and 75,000 in assets. You would hardly believe how many expressions of deught we hear from users of McAllister Springs Water. ARLINGTON PHARMACY.
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St. Louis
W. D. Coles
E. J. Arnold & Co
Turf
McAllister Springs
Arlington Pharmacy
Personal News Snapshots From Local City
Boonville resident J F Rutherford is in the city on business. J B Elliott returned from Bunceton. J Martin Love made a Tipton trip. W F Yankee of Lamonte did business here. Mrs DC Edwards of Kansas City visits relatives. Jim Farris of Kansas City Junction visited today. J D Bohling left for Warrensburg on legal business. W F Hansberger departed for a St Joseph business trip. Mrs J M Lane returned from Kansas and Nebraska. Matt Coffing and wife of Lamonte shopped here. Harriet Gold left for Carthage relatives. L F Ritchie headed to Washington Missouri on business. M Planck returned from farm near Mount Vernon. L D Norris of Lamonte visited his son Thomas. Blanche Secott of Lamonte shopped today. George W Harlan and J H Dunn of Otterville transacted business here.
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J. Martin Love
Tipton
W. F. Yankee
Lamonte
DC. &. Edwards
Kansas City
Jim Farris
Kansas City Junction
J. D. Bohling
Warrensburg
W. F. Hansberger
St. Joseph
J. M. Lane
Kansas
Nebraska
Matt Coffing
Harriet Gold
Carthage
L. F. Ritchie
Washington
J. M. Planck
Mount Vernon
George Shaw
Kansas City Paper House
Jefferson City
J. R. Baldwin
Bill Bailey
F. E. Gibbons
Western Union
Carl Barnett
Scudder-Gale Grocer Company
St. Louis
Katy
J. E. Clarke
Crouch & Son
Purdy
Fort Scott
Kas
Holden
Notable Visitors and Local Business in Cooper County
A parade of residents and visitors stops in Otterville and surrounding towns with calls on friends and relatives. The Boonville case looms as jurors in Cooper County express strong opinions about Fred Schutts, amid a derailed Katy Flyer and a high-profile trial underway.
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Boonville
William Troegle
Spendiff
Cooper County Criminal Court
Katy
M. W. Burnap
Cooper County
Schutts
Katy Flyer
North Bound
Wm. Troegle
Parsons, Kas
Franklin Junction
Troegel
Sedalians
Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as constitutional remedy
Advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment. It promises to cure with internal doses, offers $100 for failures, and lists selling by druggists at 75 cents plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Robbery attack on St. Joseph family leaves aging man near death
In St. Joseph Missouri three masked robbers beat Mr and Mrs Lilliger and their son Joseph Jr two miles north of town then locked them in the basement. Joseph Jr 72 a wealthy man was tortured to reveal a supposed stash of wealth all in a bank. He remains critical while his wife and son survive injuries but are recovering as physicians fear for his death.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Joseph Lilliger
Joseph Lilliger, Jr
St. Joseph
Busy Time in Police Court
Police rounded up drunks and late hour violators last night filling the city jail. Laborers from Missouri Pacific shops were fined five dollars and costs each by Magistrate Truxel, to serve after inability to pay. Names include Fred Johnson Ed Miller J Davis John Manning Chas Jones and Dickahson.
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Missouri Pacific
Truxel
Rock
Fred Johnson
Ed Miller
J. Davis
John Manning
Chas. Jones
Dick Ahson
George Fox
Alber Fohnson
Jyice
R. Richards
Lewis Éo
Dick Cushion
George Gam
Gam
The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A village blacksmith stands under a chestnut tree described as a strong, proud man who earns his keep and faces the world without owing anyone. The poem follows his daily toil from dawn to night, his family, faith, and loss, and ends with a moral about forging fortunes at life’s forge.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Drowned Woman Falls Into Cistern in Kansas City
Mrs Alice Fields invalid wife of George Fields employed by Barber Asphalt died after drowning in the cistern at their home Sunday. She attempted to hang vegetables in the cistern when she became dizzy and toppled headfirst into five or six feet of water. Dr W Eugene Kirk attended but she lived only minutes.
Machinists threaten strike in Chicago over wage rise
Five thousand machinists voted to strike starting Wednesday, threatening 5,000 additional workers in related crafts to idle unless the Chicago Metal Trades Association grants a wage increase.
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Chicago
Machinists’ Union
Chicago Metal Trades’ Association
loan on Sedalia real estate offered by trust company
A $50,000 loan on Sedalia real estate is offered with the Sedalia Trust Company as the lending institution. The notice emphasizes secured real estate collateral and identity of the lending firm.
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Sedalia Real Estate
Sedalia Trust Company
Wall Street Underwriting Tops 600 Million in Five Months
A New York report shows between January 1 and May 14, 1904 securities underwriting exceeded 600 million dollars, averaging about 4.45 million daily. Major rail groups and industries led the total, with loans including a large New York city loan and a Japanese loan totaling 111 million. The figure underscores strong U.S. capacity to fund industrial and railroad ventures.
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New York City
Wall Street
United States
Tragic Double Filicide Suicide Stuns Bellingham
A. Thorstermson, former policeman, killed his infant child in its cradle and then shot himself in a Bellingham home. He left an unsigned note accusing the child’s mother of harsh treatment and claiming fear for the child’s fate after his death.
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Bellingham
Wash
A. Thorstermson
Thorstermson
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Tonic Ad
Spring tonic claim promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to drive out impurities revitalize the system and renew strength. Offered at 35 cents in tea or tablet form by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
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Hollister
W. E. Bard Drug Co
McAllister Springs Water Product Delivery at Home
Arlington Pharmacy Agents advertise McAllister Springs Water delivered to homes at $1.50 per case.
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McAllister Springs
Arlington Pharmacy
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Taylor Transfer Company
J. F. Rutherford
J. B. Elliott
Bunceton
D. H. Norris
Thomas Norris
Blanche’ Secott
George W. Harlan
J. H. Dunn
Otterville
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H. E. Fleming
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G. A. Widder
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Pilot Grove
H. W. Harris
Cooper
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St. Joe
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Paradise
George Fields
Kansas City, Mo
Alice Fields
George
B. H. Jouxson
Dowell
Tex
Gro. W. Crocewett
L. B. Price Mercame Tile Co
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Cisne Ave
S. Lowe
U.S
Securities Aggre
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Ligenfritz Bldg
Queen City Phone
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