Nervy Swindler Bails with Eisenmayer Checks in Sedalia
A stranger operated in Sedalia on Saturday using forged Eisenmayer Milling checks with a company stamp to buy goods. He spent 32.59 at William Courtney and 16.25 at the People's store, then left town on a southbound Katy train. The man, small in stature with a dark mustache, has not been caught.
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William Courtney
Sedalia
Eisenmayer Milling Company
People’s Store
Will Peyton
Courtney
Mr. Courtney
Katy
Stuttering Programs in German Schools Attract Notice
Berlin reports beginning instruction for stuttering children in several schools. Six specialists in Berlin devote twelve weekly hours. about 1.5 percent of pupils stutter. Two methods tested address vocal drills and nutrition based cures in orphans. In one case, after a two week course, fifty of ninety three were nearly cured.
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Berlin
Municipal Board of Education
Enmity Over Boone County Court House Slab Sparks Vandalism
A storm of local politics ended in a disfiguring act at Columbia’s Boone County Court House when Dr. William Jewell, a leading figure, had sculptor J. J. Eaton’s name chipped from the front slab after a payment dispute. The deep groove across the stone marks the quarrel.
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Boone County
Slab
Boone County Court House
Columbia
L. Richardson
H. Keene
B. McAlester
William Jewell
John Evans
Missouri
Hardin College
Mexico
J. J. Eaton
Eaton
Dr. Jewell
Mr. Eaton
House of Justice
Tammany Loses Power as Seth Low Elected Mayor of New York
The fusion candidate Seth Low won New York City mayoralty by about 30,000, sweeping all boroughs except Queens. State results show Republicans victorious in Albany Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo with Democrats strong in Maryland Virginia Mississippi Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts and Iowa.
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Tammany Hall
Seth Low
Fusion
Queens
New York
New York City
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Utica
Amsterdam
Dunkirk
Troy
Daniel E. Conway
Massachusetts
Boston
Josiah Quincy
W. J. Bryan
Iowa
A. B. Cummins
United States
Nebraska
Samuel H. Sedgwick
Supreme Court
State University
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman
United States Senate
Baltimore
Virginia
Rhode Island
Gregory
Granger
Providence
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Franklin Murphy
Ohio
Nash
Senator Foraker
Franklin County
Columbus
Colonel Kilbourne
Pinkerton Alerts Attorneys to Edwin H Royce Scheme
Local banks and lawyers received notices from the Pinkerton agency about Edwin H Royce also known as George F Tappen operating in several states. Royce posed as a buyer in a split with his brother George H Royce at Pardee Kansas and used forged steps to obtain a $900 cashing at a Topeka bank.
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Pinkerton Detective Agency
Edwin H. Royce
George F. Tappen
Royce
Topeka
George H. Royce
Pardee
Kas
G. H. Royce
Atchison
Inaugural Address Sparked in St Louis Continuity of War
The Boonville Advertiser reports ex Governor Lon Wy. Stephens remarks on an ongoing “unholy war” against democratic state officials from 1871 to the present. He frames the conflict as political strife tied to past administrations and current governance.
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ST. Louis
Lon WY. Stephens
Boonville
Boonville Reform School Board Meeting Attended
Dr. Overstreet attended a board meeting at the Boonville reform school yesterday. The note urges sending bundles to Sedalia Steam Laundry to receive value for money.
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Dr. Overstreet
The
Boonville Reform School
Sedalia Steam Laundry
Sedville Gray Debuts in Stationery by Dow Drug
A new Sedville Gray stationery line is introduced by Dow Drug Company, expanding its product range. The move signals a broader diversification into writing supplies alongside existing health and pharmaceutical offerings.
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Sedville Gray
Stationery -Dow Drug Company
Grandmother at Twenty-Nine Sets Northwest Record
Mrs. James P. Carleton of Iowa Falls Iowa claims the distinction of being the youngest grandmother in the Northwest at twenty-nine. She hopes to become a great grandmother by forty-five. The Carletons were married in Ohio eighteen years ago when she was eleven.
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James P. Carleton
Iowa Falls
Northwest
Mrs. Carleton
Ohio
Kitchen girl mourns loss of $590 in Kansas City
Sallie Williams, a Baltimore hotel kitchen girl, loses $590 in Kansas City. She grieves the missing money and faces an incident that remains unclear in the report.
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Sallie Williams
Baltimore
Kansas City
Social gathering planned by Rev Boone and M E Church South
Rev Boone and the congregation of the M E Church South organize a large social for the entire membership on the evening of November 21 as a lead in to the revival starting Sunday November 24.
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Boone
M. E. Church
South
Longan's Laundering Advertises City Best Blankets
Blankets laundered at Longan's boast best in the city with dedicated service and contact number 154 for inquiries.
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Longan’s
Break Up of Penny Counterfeit Ring Runs Across Cities
Secret service agents bust a New York penny counterfeit gang active for five years, flooding Chinese quarters with fake coins. A Chinese laundryman and two Lerner sisters trigger arrests as investigators trace shipments to Boston Baltimore and New Harmony Maryland. Werner and Usher confess after arrest.
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Secret Service
New York
Immigration Bureau
Fannie Lerner
Rose Lerner
Rose
Fannie
Boston
Cambridge Street
Weiner
Israel Usher
Usher
Lerner
Baltimore
Werner
Bridgeport
New Harmony
Annapolis
Wilkie
Sedalia Fanciers Poultry Association Plans December Show
Sedalia club held a meeting Tuesday night electing officers L. A. Osborne president J. B. Hoswell superintendent of the show to be held in December with date announced later. An executive committee was named and E. R. Blair chosen solicitor for the catalogue. Season tickets will be issued. Venue pending.
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Sedalia Fanciers’ Poultry Association
L. A. Osborne
E. E. Codding
W. H. Ritchey
W. J. Roley
E. R. Blair
L. H. Archias
J. B. Hoswell
I O O F Meeting Initiates Three Candidates at Prairie Queen
Prairie Queen lodge No. 25 of the I O O F held a meeting last night. Three candidates were initiated: H. A. Moore, J. W. A skreen, and Prof. G. M. Lyons.
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Prairie Queen Lodge No. 25
H. A. Moore
J. W. Askreen
G. M. Lyons
Western Union Officials Inspect Missouri Pacific Route
A party of Western Union Telegraph officials passed through on Missouri Pacific passenger train No 5 in a private car Electric. Colonel R C Clowri M C Bristol J J Cook W Hammond and two secretaries joined Local Manager F E Gibbons during a short stop to discuss improvements. The local office is considered the finest in the West.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Missouri Pacific
R. C. Clowri
Chicago
M. C. Bristol
Cook
St. Louis
Imported guaranteed toothbrush sells for 25c
Dow Drug company offers an imported toothbrush at 25 cents with a guarantee. If the bristles come out, a new brush is provided free of charge.
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Dow Drug
Slayton Woman's Symphony at Wood's Opera House Tonight
The Slayton Woman's Symphony Orchestra appears tonight at Wood's Opera House with an all female chorus and versatile wind and string players. The Hecker quartet joins as vocal and instrumental soloists. Tickets are 25 50 and 75 cents.
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Slayton Woman's Symphony Orchestra
Wood's Opera House
Hecker
The Lyman Twins at November Opera House in Merry Chase
The Lyman Twin Brothers present a Twentieth Century production A Merry Chase at the opera house Friday November 8. A vaudeville company of top singers and dancers joins the show with a bargain counter tariff 25 35 50 and 75 cents no higher.
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Lyman Twin Brothers
Opera House
Rhodimer Case Up In Criminal Court
C B Rhodimer faces charges of receiving stolen brass, allegedly taken by boys from the Missouri Pacific. The case was called in criminal court this morning and is being heard by a jury.
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Rhodimer
C. B. Rhodimer
Criminal Court
Missouri Pacific
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