Police Court Arraigns Several for Late Hours and Intoxication
In police court this morning Bob Clark James Burke and Joe Kelly were arraigned before Police Magistrate Truxel and fined five dollars each for keeping late hours. Tom Sitton Frank Meyer and Tom Bradley also faced fines of five dollars for intoxication. W A Best received a twenty dollar fine for vagrancy. Monroe Hutchison colored was arraigned for disturbing the peace and his hearing was continued to Thursday. Sport McAllister arrested Sunday for disturbing the peace had his hearing set for Thursday morning. he is alleged to have set a vicious dog on a man in his saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trate Truxel
Tom Sitton
Frank Meyer
Tom Bradley
W. A. Best
Monroe Hutchison
Sport McAllister
McAllister
Monocle Trend Hits London Society
A London fad spreads as maid with monocle becomes a novelty for society women. Dowager duchess inspections and new monocle designs aid wearability while Garibaldi and Napoleon influences shape fashion notes. Admirals and colonial secretaries may inspire future tributes.
Dunwich England Sinks Beneath the Sea as City Fades
Dunwich once a major English port with fifty two churches and a bishopric is now vanished. The sea eats the town yearly swallowing harbor ships streets walls and even tombs. Fragments of bone and masonry litter the shore as locals plunder ruins in a grisly yet ongoing decline.
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Glasgow
Bristol
Dunwich
England
Local residents and visitors citybound for business
D B Halcomb traveled to Green Ridge on business. Lizzie Reavis of Lamonte shopped here. W H Agee of Lamonte attended to affairs. W O Terry returned from Lamonte. J A Winfrey made a Jefferson City trip. Sam Fleming of Kansas City attended circuit court. Dr and Mrs H C Mitchell from Lamonte visited Sedalia. Editor J A Williams of the Houstonia Spectator was in town. R W Griffith returned from Lamonte. M Coffing and wife from Lamonte visited. Mrs Ora Brown of Fort Scott stayed with her mother in Sedalia. Dr and Mrs E C Frank returned from Lamonte after a Sunday visit. Miss Madge Smith returned from Inonte to Sedalia. Mrs Clarence Johnson, Mrs J L Taylor, and Miss Beulah Taylor of Green Ridge shopped here. Dr T P McCluney returned to Green Ridge after a Sunday visit. Gordon Norris, Joplin science instructor, visited Sedalia. Mrs Fred Williams hosted Sedalia friends. Mr and Mrs J A Dunford and son John hosted by Misses Bessie and Lillie Brinton. W H Powell and H W Harris left for St. Louis for a bankers convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Agee
Lamonte
W. O. Terry
J. A. Winfrey
Jefferson City
Sam Fleming
Kansas City
H. C. Mitchell
R. W. Griffith
M. Coffing
Ora Brown
Fort Scott
Kansas
G. B. Blair
E. C. Frank
Madge Smith
Inonte
Ella Files
Clarence Johnson
J. L. Taylor
Beulah Taylor
Green Ridge
Charles A. Dunford
John
Bessie
Lillie Brinton
South Lamine Street
W. H. Powell
H. W. Harris
St. Louis
Bankers’ Convention
District Grand Lodge B'nai B'rith Opens Meeting
Indianapolis May 23 The annual meeting of the district grand lodge of B'nai B'rith opened with District President William Ornstein of Cincinnati presiding. He read a message praising the 30000 member Jewish order and its welfare work, urged keeping religion separate from politics, noted 633 new candidates and 275 losses, and announced the Isador Bush lodge charter in St Louis.
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Isador Bush Lodge
St. Louis
Cushion Released as Robbery Charge Is Dismissed
Preliminary hearing for Richard Cushion held this morning resulted in dismissal of the robbery charge by Magistrate Truxel sitting as ex officio justice due to no prosecuting witness being present.
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Richard Cushion
Truxel
Burial of Stephen A. Olmstead at First Baptist
Funeral services for Stephen A. Olmstead were held Sunday at 2:30 PM in the First Baptist church with Rev. J. B. Fuller presiding. The choir performed and Edna Morris sang a solo. Floral tributes covered the casket as many church members, secret organizations, relatives, and friends attended. Burial followed in the city cemetery under the auspices of the A O U W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen A. Olmstead
First Baptist Church
J. B. Fuller
D. D
Edna Morris
Dresden couple welcome son to W C Ewers family
Mr and Mrs W C Ewers of Dresden are the parents of a son born this morning at the home of A L Sterling, father of Mrs Ewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Ewers
Dresden
A. L. Sterling
Penock Returns to Sedalia After Fine Paid
Susan Penock known as Pearl Hazelwood was arrested on Sunday in Sedalia after returning with $100 fine previously set by Magistrate Truxel. She had been under a stay of execution and ban from the city, then paid the fine to city funds.
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Susan Penock
Sedalia
Pearl Hazelwood
Truxel
Jewell Bribe Trial resumes in Kansas City
State Senator Jesse Jewell faces a second trial on charges of soliciting a bribe from baking powder manufacturers. The first jury disagreed, and proceedings began in Kansas City on May 23.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Kansas City
Jesse Jewell
Banker Robert Plant Ends Life In Macon
Robert H. Plant, president of the First National bank and owner of Plant and Son private bank, committed suicide at his Macon home after two months illness. He leaves a widow and nine children. The private bank faced a $844,000 shortage. life insurance exceeds $1,000,000, largely for creditors.
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Macon
Robert H. Plant
First National Bank
Plant & Son
Plant
Plant Banking
National Bank Examiner
First National
Unsightly Yellow Clothes Targeted By Bleach Claim
A fragment notes concern about yellow clothing and a product claim to keep whites bright. It mentions a red cro and a tall blue container, plus a two ounce package sold by grocers for 5 cents.
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AL Grocers
Harlem Doctor Makes House Call In Little Mock Clinic
A Harlem mother overhears two children playing doctor with the younger as patient and the elder as physician. The pretend healer prescribes bread pills and water, jokes about pain, and ends with the grim quip till you die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
New York Press
Lyons Leaves for St. Joseph After Sister's Death
G F Lyon of St. Joseph Missouri returned home today after being called here by the illness and death of his sister Mrs J J Coates. Miss Vic Jones Sadie Cameron and Margaret Devell left this afternoon for Holden to take part in a concert there tonight.
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G. F. Lyon
St. Joseph
J. J. Coates
Vic Jones
Sadie Cameron
Margaret Devell
Holden
Peace disturbers sentenced for five days
James Craig and James McCoyle were fined five days in the county jail by Justice N. H. Rogers this morning on the charge of disturbing the peace.
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James Craig
James McCoyle
N. H. Rogers
American Beauty Rose Bushes on Sale at Ramsey's Racket
Ramsey's Racket advertises American Beauty rose bushes priced at 15 cents each. The sale highlights affordable florals likely attracting gardeners and plant enthusiasts in a local shopping context.
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Ramsey
Silver bars to cool coffee at home
Two business men discussed cooling hot coffee with two small bars of solid silver. One man claimed silver absorbs heat and would cool the drink quickly, a friend had a silversmith make the bars for home use, as recounted by the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia
A Good Secret to Know
A man visits a nose and throat specialist for a cold and asks how long treatment takes. The doctor says three weeks, and the patient wonders how long he would be sick without care. The reply: twenty-one days. Halfway home the man weighs laughter or anger and decides the secret is worth the price.
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Saturday Evening Post
Poem Reflection on Envy and Hidden Suffering
A brief verse attributed to George Birdseye ponders envy and misperceived happiness. It suggests that unseen troubles accompany others' wealth and status, and that true sympathy grows from recognizing others' hidden pains.
Japan Leads in Bacteriology Achievement in Science
The piece notes Japan’s major contributions to bacteriology beyond adopting Western science. It cites Kitasato as discovering the bacillus causing lockjaw and Shiga identifying the responsible bacillus for a dysentery strain, both contributing to lifesaving serums and military health.
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Kitasato
Shiga
Unmarried Philosophers on Marriage in History
The passage recalls Herbert Spencer praising bachelorhood to avoid marital strain and Montaigne likening marriage to a cage. Montaigne also jokes that wisdom would have refused to wed, yet acknowledges that the company of honest women is a sweet commerce.
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Herbert Spencer
Montaigne
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