Football victim Robert Brown dies from injuries
Robert Brown succumbed to injuries suffered last Saturday in a football incident. Officials say the case remains under investigation as the community grieves the loss.
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28 Nov 1905
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Sedalia Evening Sentinel in Sedalia, Missouri
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1905
Page
1
End of Life After School Football Injury in Sedalia
The first Sedalia football fatality occurred Monday night when Robert Brown died from a spinal injury suffered last Saturday in a game between school elevens. He was 16 and died after a paralyzed decline despite medical efforts. A charity appeal from Capt. and Mrs. Archie Carter requests aid for the family, with donations of clothing or money to ease winter suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Robert Brown
Charles Brown
East Eighteenth Street
W. S. Shirk
W. G. Cowan
West Main Street
Archie Carter
St Joseph City Dads Exceed Powers Says Governor Folk
Governor Folk claims the St Joseph city council exceeded its authority last night amid a heated dispute over local decisions. The statement targets the council for actions beyond granted powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folk
ST. Joseph City
Will Enforce Sunday Law Against Local Ordinance
Governor Folk asserted that state dramshop law on Sunday closures will be enforced in St. Joseph as long as it remains a valid state statute. He warned city actions cannot nullify state law and police will uphold the law until the supreme court rules otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Jefferson City
City Council
St. Joseph
Folk
Supreme Court
The City s Poor and Salvation Army Help Effort
A brief report describes Captain and Mrs. Carter of the Salvation Army in the city aiding the needy. The officers aim to connect those lacking with sources of help, noting a widow and two children living in dire conditions without basic comforts. The piece invokes the saying of Jesus about aiding the poor to underscore the relief work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Salvation Army
Jesus
Nelson Charged With Assault After School Fight
Sewood Nelson is arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill after striking Elmer Schenk with a broken end of a ball bat during a Lamonte Central High School room altercation. Principal G H Reavis intervened. Schenk received medical attention from Dr. J P Walker. Nelson, son of Alderman Merritt Nelson, was suspended and may face a nominal fine to settle the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamonte Central High School
Sewood Nelson
Elmer Schenk
G. H. Reavis
Nelson
Schenk
J. P. Walker
Milo Bobbitt
Nelson Boy
Merritt Nelson
Young Schenki
Convict Ryan Confesses Role in Jefferson City Mutiny
George Ryan, one of four convicts who seized arms to storm the Jefferson City penitentiary, gave a full confession to Warden Matt Nall. He identified H. E. Spencer as the supplier of revolvers and nitro glycerin. the explosives were to blow the Missouri Pacific bridge and aid escape. Spencer was dismissed November 9 and sought by authorities with a $300 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
H. E. Spencer
Ryan
Joplin
Carthage
Spencer
Missouri
Harry Vaughn
Young
Bruner
Misouri Pacific
Moreau River
Vaughn
Blake
Raymond
Jefferson City
State Board of Prison
Penitentiary
Matt Hail
Hall
James Houchin
William F. Giesche
W. M. Claggett
Fossil
Runaways Impress Sedalia Audience At New Theatre
The Runaways delighted a small Sedalia crowd last night in the new theatre with beautiful scenery and costumes. George Evans topped the bill as the season’s best comedian, supported by Charley Cox and W. T. Bowman in a refined, funny performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Evans
Sedalia
New Sedalia Theatre
Sedelia
Charley Cox
W. T. Bowman
Man Arrested in Missouri Prison Break Firearm Supply
St Joseph police say Hezekiah Rasco, ex convict aged 26, supplied the weapons used by Missouris Jefferson City penitentiary mutineers in the murder of two guards. Rasco confessed after capture near St Joseph and is jailed awaiting trial. Governor Folk and Chief of Police Frans involved. Rasco previously served eight years for murder and denied knowledge of the case. He was born in Nodaway county and had a prior lynch threat after confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Missovuri
Jefferson City
Hezekiah Rasco
Rasco
Folk
Frans
Kansas City
Nodaway County
Mary Baumie
Lawson Proxy Battle Reaches Western Rail Lines
Kansas City Nov 28 The fight of Thomas W Lawson to seize control of New York Life Mutual and Metropolitan through proxies spreads to the west. Harriman orders on Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Harriman lines caution employees against aiding Lawson with proxies. Insurance influence linked to railroads and insurers may mobilize to keep control. Similar proxy efforts bloom in Texas Louisiana Oregon California Idaho and rising in Missouri Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Thomas W. Lawson
New York Life
Mutual
Metropolitan
West
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Lawson
Union Pacific
Harriman
Railroad
Harrimathis
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
California
Idaho
Missouri
Kansas
Installation of New Gas Lighting in Sedalia Stores
E. E. Johnston the clothier installs Economy Gas Lighting system in his store. The portable miniature gasoline stove lights mimic gas jets and offer low cost illumination. Johnston plans ten lights while Wm. Hailer adds twelve lights to his restaurant and saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Johnston
Sedalia
Mr. Johnston
Wm. Hailer
Man and wife jailed for vagrancy and disturbance
William Craig and his wife appeared before Justice N H Rogers this morning and were each sentenced to twenty days in the county jail. Craig was convicted of vagrancy and his wife of disturbing the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Craig
Court of Justice
N. H. Rogers
Craig
Bank and post office robberies blamed on ex convict Spencer
Fort Scott Kansas November 28 a warrant charging bank robbery is in county hands against ex convict Spencer accused of furnishing revolvers ammunition and explosives used in the Jefferson City penitentiary mutiny. Officials suspect him in robberies of banks at Bronson Fulton and Metz and post offices at Bronaugh Moundville and Bidon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Tiny. Spencer
Bronson
Fulton and
Metz
Bronaugh
Moundville
Bidon
Thanksgiving at Calvary services announced
The Calvary church schedules a Thanksgiving Day service with communion at 9 a.m. a choral service and sermon at 7:39 a.m. and offerings to St Luke's Hospital Kansas City and the Parish hall building fund. Rev C R Stearns of Boonville assists and Prof Rudolph Lundberg to sing the offertory The Last Chor by Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Rudolph Lundberg
Sullivan
C. R. Stearns
Boonville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Edmund A. Neville
Thanksgiving Day Services at Cumberland and Second Congregational
Thanksgiving services will be held Thursday morning at 10 30 a m in the Cumberland Presbyterian church and in the Second Congregational church. Sedalia residents are invited to attend either service to unite in giving thanks for the year’s blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Second Congregational Church
Sedalia
Weather outlook for Southwest turns to rain then snow
The Weather Bureau foresees rain turning to snow and a sharp temperature drop in the Southwest within the next twenty four hours. The forecast emphasizes unsettled storm conditions and cooling air across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Indiana Mob Fatal Incident In Indiana Wooded Suspect
John Scott, a Black man, who yesterday mortally injured Jim Waltz, a railroad gang foreman, was surrounded by a crowd in woods near West Baden today and struck by passersby. The incident occurred in Bloomington, Indiana, with reporting by Sertons McRae Press Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sertons-McRae Press Association
Bloomington
Ind
Navy
John Scott
Jim Waltz
West Baden
Rogers Apprehended in Missouri Suit Service
In New York on November 28, process servers for the Missouri case against Standard Oil obtained a subpoena for Henry H. Rogers. He accepted the fee with a smile, pocketed the paper, and joked it would cover lunch and car fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Fress Association
New York
Panama Canal Lock Decision Report
The president today indicated a firm decision on the Panama Canal issue. Officials stated the move shapes policy and potential future actions regarding the canal and international trade.
Roosevelt backs Panama lock canal project at thirty foot level
President Roosevelt approves a Panama Canal lock design favored by five American engineers. They estimate a ten year construction period with a cost of 165 million dollars, supported by the canal commission Chief Engineer Stevens and Secretary Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Canal Commission
Stevens
Taft
Want Street Paved on Massachusetts Avenue
Property owners on Massachusetts avenue between Sixth and Thirteenth streets push a petition to pave the street. A 24 foot width was rejected by all signers who demand a 30 foot width. Residents favor brick paving and early work if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Avenue
siQing
Mutineers Control Entire Sevastopol Fleet
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the Russian fleet at Sevastopol is under the command of two revolutionary admirals and threatens to shell the town. The claim comes amid unrest in Russia and rapid naval mutinies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Sebastopol
Saek Town
Scripps-McRae Press Association
London
Sevastopol
New Freight Rate Accord Lowers Orange Shipment Cost
San Francisco November 28. A new agreement between the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads sets a rate of one dollar per hundredweight to Europe for oranges, versus one dollar twenty five cents per hundred to destinations outside California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Scripps-McRae Press Association
San Francisco
Cal
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
California
Subterranean Volcano Emerges in Texas Oil Field
A new subterranean volcano broke forth in the Himble Oil field near Houston. A crater about 100 feet across formed at the Tenderfoot well swallowing the derrick and machinery. An eruption lofted earth, mud and rock while driller Tony Stevens escaped. Loss estimated at $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Houston
Texas
Himble
Tenderfoot
Tony Stevens
Carrie Knopple Sues for Divorce Over Non-Support
Carrie Knopple through attorneys Shain and Barnett files for divorce from Fred Knopple alleging non-support. Married May 14 1905 at Clinton, separated November 16 last. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Carrie Hollenbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Knopple
Messrs Shain & Barnett
Fred
Clinton
Carrie Hollenbeck
Arkansas post office robbed at Piggott
Robbers blew open the Piggott Arkansas post office safe and wrecked the building last night. They destroyed or removed government money and property, with authorities in active pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Piggott
Arkansa
Case Continuance in Sunday Closing Law Charge
Justice D Kinsey continued the LID case of C E Meller charged with violating the Sunday closing law until December 5 due to the absence of a state witness from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Kinsey
C. E. Meller
Also Mentioned on This Page
KI. Ngil
City
Lamonte Lad
Convict
Jefferson
Jefferson City, Mo
Matt
Nall
George Ryan
Lee
Bates County
St. Joe
Tom Lawson
Fort Scott
Kan
Calvary
Union Thanksgiving
Clagett
Lesher
Second Congregational
Indiana
Rogers
High Standard Oil
Panama CA
American Consulting Engineers
Massachu
Setts Avenue
Sixth
Thir
Arkansas
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