Sedalia Street Fair A Big Hit With Ice Water And Night Attractions
Crowds pour in as Sedalia’s First Street Fair thrives with a flower parade and late events. Visitors arrive by train and are cared for with free ice water and seating, while attractions like the Zoyarows trapeze act and a globe ascent draw large crowds. Notable acts include Miss Tardo and Alice the hairy girl, adding to the festival’s novelty and local pride. continuous coverage notes the event’s broad appeal and plans for future years.
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Sedalia
Miss Tardo
Alice
Minneapolis
City of
W. C. Overstree
Stage Crash at Street Fair Injures Several
A crowded street fair stage collapsed near the court house square around 5 40 pm injuring several bystanders. A piano was ruined and spectators from Fourth Street to the Missouri Trust building witnessed the mishap. Mrs Sarah Wallace and Walter Rohner are among the injured but no serious harm is expected.
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Court House Square
Missouri Trust
Sarah Wallace
West
Walter Rohner
Wade Wilfong Turned Loose In Court Dispute
Wade Wilfong faced removal after disobeying orders and causing a disturbance. Officer Williams intervened to calm the scene, prompting further trouble as he attempted to arrest Wilfong. Officers Allen and Wentzleman were summoned but could not complete the proceedings.
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Bright Star
Williams
Allen and
Wentzleman
McGee
Wade
Allen
Kingdom Come
Burress
John Henry Summers
Walter Gibson
Walter Williams
Kinsey
Mary Cooper
Go’stock
Details of the Brushy Creek collision near the city
Reported head end wreck on Missouri Pacific between yard tracks near Brushy Creek leaves blame undetermined. Conductor Blythe and Engineer Callahan of No. 131 face questions after two sections mis-timed. delays caused heavy merchandise loss and engines sent to scrap. Hospital arrivals noted.
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Missouri Pacific
Brushy Creek
Blythe
Callahan
No. 131
Wreck at Fourth Street parade injures several and damages piano
A large crowd at the Fourth Street parade caused accidents and property damage. Several people suffered injuries including a sprained ankle and ribs while a piano from the John N. Taylor music house was damaged beyond repair. Authorities handled disturbances and a man named Wade faced disturbing the peace charges. The Katy railroad investigation and wreck crew were dispatched to the downed trains with engines from Lamonte and Sedalia assisting.
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Sedalia
Lamonte
Streetcar Crowds Raise Safety Alarm in Dense Parade
In the uptown stretch up to 30 there were no southbound streetcars with more than four passengers. The one with four carried the local manager, his wife, and two friends. Officials say the streetcar run through a thickly crowded area disrupts the crowd and endangers safety.
Smallpox panic disputed in Pilot Grove edition
The Pilot Grove Enterprise released a special edition denying smallpox in town and mocking alarm. The paper notes that many confuse heat pimples and rashes with smallpox and urges readers to seek verification.
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Pilot Grove Enterprise
Enterprise
Rail Disaster Delays Trains and Injures Worker
After delays blocked main routes until morning, No. 3 passengers swatted mosquitoes by Brushy banks as trains rerouted via Lexington Branch. Blacksmith Frank Alcroft suffered severe leg injury from a falling rail during track clearance.
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Lexington
No. 3
Frank Alcroft
HRS Rickman Regains Custody of Daughter in Court Order
Mrs Henry Rickman of Sedalia-Moberly area obtained custody of her two year old daughter after divorce from her husband who abducted the child. Detective Joe Turner helped retrieve the child from the grandmother’s home on South Grand Avenue and Mrs Rickman departed with the girl on the train, fearing loss of custody.
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Henry Rickman
Moberly
Joe Turner
Rickman
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