Brakeman White's Peculiar Loan Case Shocks Sedalia
Missouri Pacific brakeman White left Sedalia after paying a $19.75 loan to fellow brakeman Charles Pool. Pool reported missing cash from his trousers and trunk prior, with White admitting thefts and claiming reforms. White, once at the Capital Tea manager’s trunk, confessed to rummaging many containers and hinted at reform school past. expulsion from the brotherhood is anticipated. Local rail workers and incidents list numerous names from Denison to Waco and Greenville.
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White
Here
Kansas City
Charles Pool
Mr. Pool
Pool
Jennie Whistler
South Lamine Street
Fourth
Sedalia
Otis Wright
Capital Tea Company
Reform School
Order
Moberly
Railroads Move Toward Retrenchment in Northwest
Railroads including Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington plan consolidations to cut costs in rentals and salaries. Big shifts expected on Hill Morrods but Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington unlikely to change much. Missouri Pacific and Katy line staff face layoffs and repairs as crews adjust operations.
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Community of Interests
Union
Southern Pacific
Ae Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Northwest
Ylington
Hill
Yue
Train wreck at Elmer injures fireman Leroy Liggitt
A Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed after hitting an open switch at Elmer six miles east of Hutchinson. Engineer jumped clear while fireman Leroy Liggitt of Eldorado was crushed and rescued from the wreckage. he was hospitalized in Wichita. No other injuries reported, but passengers were shaken.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Elmer
Here
Leroy Liggett
Eldorado
Wichita
Prominent Worker Here for Local Union Affairs
George A. Reese, president and agent of district lodge No. 5, 1. A. of M., for the Missouri Pacific, St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway system, arrived this afternoon from the East to conduct union business in the city.
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George A. Reese
District Lodge No. 5
1. A
Warrensburg night operator transferred to Sedalia
R. E. Long, longtime night operator at Warrensburg, has been moved to Sedalia where he will take a day job with a monthly salary increase of 15 dollars.
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R. E. Long
Warrensburg
Sedalia
Hundred Men Sought by Missouri Pacific Yardmaster
Yardmaster H D Hunter of the Missouri Pacific seeks a hundred workers. Fifty white men to Myrick and fifty Black workers to Lamine are ordered.
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H. D. Hunter
Missouri Pacific
Myrick
Lamine
Judge James Cooney Defends Finances Over Farm Purchase
The judge explains his earnings from Congress and a $22,000 sale of the Smith farm in Saline County. He notes $22,000 received through salary and mileage, with $16,586.76 spent on campaign and personal costs, leaving $5,414.24 saved. He asserts no personal estate from such expenses. He details farm holdings and prior land sales, defending the $22,000 purchase as private ambition not funded by congressional pay.
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Congress
Bryan
Wood and Huston Bank
Saline County
Wood and Huston Bank Statement Notice
I invite him to the Wood and Huston bank of Marshall where I recently filed a statement for a purpose that led me to make as good a showing as my conscience would permit. Brooks' Skeeter Regulator drives them off. 10c at Bard's Drug Store.
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Wood and Huston Bank
Marshall
Brooks’ Skeeter
Bard’s Drug Store
Brooks
Will Wed in October Charles M Barde to Marry Floy Gaines
An Oklahoma City paper reports Charles M. Barde former local newspaper reporter will wed Floy Gaines on October 19. Barde is son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Barde of the city and recently left a local paper for the Oklahoma City Oklahoman. Gaines is known in Sedalia and lives in Oklahoma City.
Cain Bros Spot Cash Grocers Ad Encourages Cash Buyers
Money buyers urged to visit Cain Bros The Spot Cash Grocers at 144 West Main early each morning to learn what B B B P means. The ad notes both phones 151 for contact.
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Cain Bros
Sorosis Shoes Heading for J. D. Hail's Sale
The Sorosis women’s shoe, priced at 3.50, will go on sale Thursday at J. D. Hail’s. Stock arriving, temporary balcony quarters opened, and the brand claims higher value than rivals. Mail customers await the new department as a fine stationery line and silk paper are also promoted.
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J. D. Hail’s
John B Marriott Dies in New York Typhoid Fever
John B Marriott age 28 son of C C Marchot superintendent of the county farm Versailles Mo died in Lockport New York Sunday of typhoid fever He was a member of Versailles lodge Knights of Pythias and affiliated with the YMCA During residence there his wife had died eighteen months earlier His body rests beside her at West Shelby New York
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Versailles
John B. Marriott
C. C. Marchot
Lockport
N. Y
Versailles Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Y.M.C. A
West Shelby
Gossip and Secrets Splashed in Brooklyn Life
Dialogue shows Ella and Stella trading secrets with Ella insisting not to tell Stella about a shared secret. Stella calls Ella a mean person as the confessions swirl amid Brooklyn Life chatter.
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Ella
Bella
Stella
Brooklyn
Westward rise of a railroad man since 1869
In 1869 Governor Orman of Colorado, then a poor boy, followed Horace Greeley’s advice and went west to work on the railroad. He steadily advanced, working as a laborer and later rising in the industry, and has been connected with it for thirty years.
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Orman
Colorado
Horace Greeley
Sedalia Steam Laundry Ad Promises Value for Money
Local ad urges customers to send their bundle to Sedalia Steam Laundry and receive value for the money spent. It emphasizes quality service and practical pricing.
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Sedalia Steam Laundry
Well Lighted City and Buffalo Power Costs
The Buffalo water system cost 9,000,000 dollars and 250,000 dollars a year is spent by that city for electricity. New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Pittsburg are the only cities which spend more than Buffalo for electric light.
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Buffalo
New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Barber E H Shaw Claims Plot to Run Him Out of Business
E H Shaw of Sedalia asserts a plot by barbers to force him from his Union Regulator shop at 111 South Osage. He describes threats, alleged deception at a state board meeting, and warns of big actions if he is blocked from licensing and operation. He says he pays better wages than any union shop in town.
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South
Osage Street
Shaw
Sedalia
Barbers’ Union
Barbers Union
Nancy Hanks
State Board
Mr. Shaw
Chares
E. H. Shaw
Setinel
Officials on inspection tour visit Katy line executives in city
Vice President A. A. Allen and General Manager Mike Sweeney of the Katy accompanied by several road officials were in the city last night. They arrived about 7 PM and left this morning on the High line for Paola Kansas to continue an inspection tour.
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Eral
Mike Sweeney
Katy
Paola
Kas
Longan's Sedalia Steam Laundry Ad
An old time advertisement urges patrons to use Longan's Sedalia Steam Laundry for perfect satisfaction and reliable garment care in Sedalia.
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Longan
Sedalia
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Katy Hospital
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Ty Farm
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Cooney
Oklahoma City
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Merly
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