Railroad News Ben Miller Accepts Grand Trunk Post
Ben Miller the Missouri Pacific dispatcher and his family left Sunday for Belleville Ontario to take a dispatcher role on the Grand Trunk line under Supt Brounlee. His wife remains at home with the stricken mother. Southeastern roads offer half rates for railway employees applying after approval by the road’s general passenger agent.
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Ben Miller
Missouri Pacific
Belleville
Ont
Grand Trunk Line
Mr. Miller
Supt. Brounlee
Southeastern Roads
Relapse in Mrs Townsend Brings Concern to Missouri Pacific Friends
The friends of H. C. Townsend, general passenger agent of the Missouri Pacific, mourn a relapse in Mrs Townsend now in extreme critical condition. She has been in Trueburg, Me, under summer treatment, with prior reports of improvement contradicted by a telegram received yesterday. Mr Townsend and his youngest child remain at her side.
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H. C. Townsend
Missouri Pacvffic
Conductor Billy Ott Returns From Midland Assignment
Conductor Billy Ott of the Katy line returned Saturday night from Midland Texas after completing his assignment.
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Billy Ott
The
Katy
Midland
Tex
Six Mile Road District petition to resubmit road law
A petition by 169 qualified voters of Special Road District No. 8 seeks resubmission of the Six Mile District road law to Pettis County Missouri voters. The county court ordered the proposition for adoption submitted at the general election on November 4 1902. Voters favoring continuation should vote for adoption. opponents vote against adoption of the road law.
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Six Mile Road District
Pettis County
Missouri
Six Mile Road
Prison Terms for Theft of Brass Stationery Engine Parts
John Jakeman and Dave Brown were sentenced in police court this morning to ten and sixty days respectively for stealing brass parts from a stationary engine owned by Graham and Barnard, who operate the mines.
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John Jakeman
Dave Brown
Graham and
Barnard
Missouri Library Association to Convene in Sedalia
The Missouri Library Association will meet Thursday and Friday in Sedalia in the library art room. Visitors are expected from St. Louis Kansas City Warrensburg Columbia St. Joseph and other cities. F M Crunden head librarian of the St. Louis Public Library will speak Friday evening. He spoke at Sedalia library dedication last summer.
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Missouri Library Association
Sedalia
St. Louis
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Columbia
St. Joseph
F. M. Crunden
Lotus Club to Host Six Dances This Fall and Winter
The Lotus club announces six dances through fall and winter. Dates are Halloween October 31 Thanksgiving November 27 Christmas Eve December 24 January 29 February 23 and April 14 just after Lent.
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Lotus Club
Hallowe’en
Death at Smithton Typhoid Claims 11 Year Old
Anna Pulliam, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A Pulliam of Smithton Missouri, died at home Sunday morning from typhoid fever. Funeral services set for 10 a m Tuesday.
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Smithton
Anna
J. A. Pulliam
Yeater To Address Voters At Green Ridge Wednesday
Hon Charles E Yeater will speak to voters at Green Ridge Wednesday with plans to discuss local issues and next steps. An audience is expected at the town hall to hear the message.
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Green Ridge
Charles E. Yeater
Range bred horses proven strong farm workers on range
Range bred horses prove ideal for farm tasks weighing about 1,500 pounds with prompt action on the binder plow and market loads. Draft bred range horses offer cheaper, sturdy work stock, though very slow heavy pulls can be troublesome. The article endorses crossing range mares with strong boned draft stallions to yield 1,100 to 1,250 pound foals suited to grain states farms.
Eclipse Restored Voice At Treasury Messenger Claims Moon Eclipse Cured Him
Washington October 20 How ard Merriman an aged colored messenger at the treasury department press room asserts that the eclipse of the moon Thursday night restored his voice and tells of the cure with great enthusiasm. For months Merriman has been barely able to be heard. Upon greeting the captain of the watch he spoke loudly baffling expectations. He said after the eclipse passed his voice began to improve and attributed it to the lunar phenomenon.
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Washington
Howard Merriman
Treasury Department Press Room
Merriman
Watch
Catalpa Demonstrated as Fine Paper Making Material
Recent experiments indicate the catalpa tree can yield quality pulp for paper production. Researchers report favorable fiber properties suggesting practical use in industrial papermaking.
Sedalia Camp M W A meeting notice
Sedalia Camp No 5570 M W A will meet in K of P hall on East Fifth Street Wednesday evening October 22 for regular business and a short social session. All Modern Woodmen are cordially invited. SAM W JAMES V C EK E CODDING Clerk.
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Sedalia Camp
K. of
P.hall
East Fifth Street
Sam W. James
EK. E. Codding
Great Strike Leader Mitchell Passes 55 Years Old
President Mitchell, longtime head of the United Mine Workers Union, is described as a monumental strike leader. Married with four children, he has led the union since age 28 after losing his parents in youth and fending for himself since age ten.
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Mitchell
Nut
United Mine Workers’ Union
No Other Family Life Like This In St Paul Tale Of Twins
In St Paul Minnesota on October 20 Jas Weir of Boone Iowa is father to eleven pairs of twins. The family includes a boy and a girl with each birth and the two eldest daughters married twin brothers. Within twelve hours both daughters bore twins a boy and a girl. All Weir children remain in good health.
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St. Paul, Minn
Jas Weir
Boone County
Iowa
Wei
Marri
Weir
Rural free delivery routes expand in Missouri
The Rural Free Delivery system in Missouri now runs 45 routes with six more workers sending out new mail fields. Average route length spans about 21.5 miles to 1.5 miles and the monthly cost reaches approximately 270000 dollars.
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Missouri
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