Sedalia Council Debates Electric Railway Charter
A moody council meeting July 1899 considers canceling the Sedalia Electric Railway lighting contract. Attorney Cashman argues the city cannot forfeit the charter without due notice, noting tacit acceptance of service over 16 years. Hansberger letters critique legal limits, urging written notices before any charter action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Myers
Jones
Starr
Ethridge
Hansberger
Overstreet
Offeer
Porter
Sedalia Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
W. I. Hansberger
Cashman
Electric Railway, Light & Power Company
Reading
Dean
John Cashman
Sepana
Electric Railway Company
Sedalia City Actions Include Street Openings and Cemetery Expansion
City council agendas show bids opened for a cemetery barn and a $200 contract to Moss & Winters, with three acres added to the cemetery and sewer-lane road projects ordered. Officials discuss street openings, meter controls, delinquent taxes, and highway routing through Southeast Sedalia. The article also covers political controversy over party nominations and a feud ending in a confrontation between neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
W. F. Hannsperger
Mr. Ethridge
Moss & Winters
Pat Grace
van B. Wisker
McClure Addition
Porter
Second Street
Main Street
Alderman Jones
Wilkerson Street
Dean
Fourteenth Street
Jones
Ethridge
Missouri Democrat Favors Uniform Primary System
A Missouri Democrat argues against universal primaries and for a uniform system selecting delegates. He cites constitutional representative government, warns against ostracism like ancient Athens, and urges county conventions held on the same day with uninstructed delegates. He presents himself as not seeking office.
Feud Ends with Fatal Assault Near Blairstown
The Clinton Democrat outlines a feud between farmers Robert Wall and John Huff. Huff allegedly fired at Wall last summer. Wall later shot Huff, who died in the road. A coroner from Holden was summoned to examine the scene. Also noted is the Blairstown junior class forming the Junior Literary Society with Ed Smith as president and Mary Russell as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Huff
Mr. Hubbard
Mr. Wall
Wall
Huff
Clinton Democrat
Blairstown
Robert Wall
John Huff
Warrensburg
Holden
Junior Literary Society
Ed Smith
Reuben Gentry
Mary Russell
Maude Hunicke
Howard Bradley
Stirlen Gallie
Boonville Reform School Tragedy Claims Three
A vegetable cellar collapse at the Boonville Reform School killed Lieutenant Charles Kaiser and inmates Ledger and Mullen. Superintendent L D Drake survived serious injuries as the arches failed and soil and debris dropped into the cellar area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rible
Reform School
L. D. Drake
Chas. Kaiser
Boonville
Ledger and
Mullen
Prospecting shaft shows good indications near McLaughlin property
Miners at J. C. McLaughlin's Prospect Pettis claim have sunk 25 feet and found about 400 pounds of lead in the next two feet. The shaft, funded by a backer who profited last year, will continue as long as expenses are met, with a likely rich development ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McLaughlin
Prospect and
Pettis
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Sheerin
Missouri
Dewey
Gridley
Says T. Shackleford
State Tribune
United States
Athens
Plutarch
Aristides
Bulger
The
Bob Wall
Superintendent Drake
Kaiser
Ledgerwoods
Mul
len—Vegetable Cellar
Sentinel
Boonville, Mo
McLaughlin
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