AY. M. G. A. FOR SEDALIA COMMITTEE TAKES UP ORGANIZING
A Sedalia based committee of citizens forms to organize the AY. M. G. A. activities. Local residents join efforts to establish a new chapter and plan community programs.
27 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1905
Page
1
A Sedalia based committee of citizens forms to organize the AY. M. G. A. activities. Local residents join efforts to establish a new chapter and plan community programs.
The twenty ninth annual State Y M C A convention closed with a rousing farewell at the First M E church. A Sedalia committee led by John Montgomery Jr and State Secretary Banks began preliminary steps to organize a Sedalia Y M C A and raise fifty thousand dollars for a building. Rev J M Rudy and ministers allied with the effort supported the plan. About 1 000 men attended a Sunday afternoon gathering at the Sedalia Theater.
Mrs. C. J. Taylor, formerly of Sedana now in Seattle, writes Seattle is the coming town of the Pacific coast with business largely with other nations. She calls the Sentinel a welcome daily caller at her new home.
Revival services begin tonight at Broadway Presbyterian Church corner Broadway and Kentucky. Rev. E. F. Abbott of Boonville will preach every afternoon at 3 o clock and every evening at 7 30. Abbott is described as a man of spiritual power and all are invited. Tonight the sermon topic is The Apostolic Church.
Early morning break in at C. E. Mellor’s saloon 215 West Main involved cutting a rear window pane. The thief, likely frightened off, left money in the cash register and a showcase untouched. a baker’s shop below heard footsteps but saw nothing amiss.
W H Powell resigns from the transit company citing failure to fulfill promises to improve property and to serve the people of Sedalia. He states dissatisfaction with the corporation and distance from its actions.
William H. Powell resigns as director and treasurer of Sedalia Transit after accusing the stret railway crowd of failing to fulfill promises to improve the property and provide adequate accommodations. The move reflects growing unrest amid tensions in Sedalia's transit leadership and a wider alarm over unrest in the army.
Powell quits after accusing the board of directors H S Rumsey L M Rumsey Joseph Clark L P Andrews and G M Moran of Sedalia of failing to fulfill promised improvements. He says the company will not complete planned property upgrades and leaves amid public discontent. In Sevastopol a sailors mutiny and troop revolt heighten government alarm as mutiny spreads from navy units to the army.
Eighteen killed and about thirty injured in a disastrous railroad wreck at Baker's Bridge station Lincoln Massachusetts on the Boston and Maine line. The Montreal express collided with a Marlboro branch local in dense mist, engines and cars damaged and several bodies incinerated.
A brief report records an event today with attendees described as children present and a meal service at noon.
Mr and Mrs Peter Courtney of 720 West Sixth street celebrated their golden wedding with a family reunion at home. Relatives from Holden and Sedalia attended as guests, giving a diamond ring and pin to Mrs Courtney and a gold headed cane plus 75 in gold to Mr Courtney. A daytime feast followed the noon hour.
The warden announces that the penitentiary will be manned with rapid fire guards to ensure security. He asserts the walls will be fortified and able to withstand any breach. Authorities emphasize readiness and deterrence ahead of potential threats.
Gov Folk posts a 300 reward for arrests of any person supplying weapons and explosives used by convicts in last Friday's escape attempt at the state penitentiary. Warden Hall plans Gatling guns for defense as authorities reveal how Vaughn and others gathered arms, with witnesses to the wagon gate blast and two visitors brought into custody.
A blast during excavation opposite the post office hurled rock and mud into the air, killing Andrew Knight and injuring six passersby. Additional bystanders sustained injuries while many office windows shattered.
Washington reports the President removed William Lieb assistant United States treasurer at Philadelphia for civil service violations. Roosevelt's dismissal letter accuses Lieb of evading civil service law hampering the commission and using technicalities to keep relatives on the payroll and other politically driven appointments.
The U S supreme court declined to interfere in Mrs Mary Rogers Vermont woman sentenced to hang for her husband murder. Windsor Vermont reports she was hysterical from the strain and doctors gave sedatives as the hanging is set for December 8 with no gubernatorial reprieve.
The federal supreme court today upheld a Kansas anti trust provision allowing immunity from prosecution to a witness in an anti trust case. Joan Jack a coal operator had refused to testify citing self incrimination despite a promise of safety. The ruling compels him to testify in the suit alleging a coal price fixing combine.
Remains of Mrs. Jennie Craighead of Fort Scott Kansas died from injuries after a runaway accident in DeSoto Missouri. Her funeral was held today at the home of her sister in law Mrs. A F Wimner in Lamonte with many relatives and friends in attendance. Burial followed in Lamonte cemetery.
Showers are forecast tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions. The northern portion will experience warmer temperatures tonight.
J A Stobel aged 72 highly known in the county died Sunday at his Smithton home from heart trouble. The funeral is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon with interment in Smithton cemetery.
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