City gas and electric franchise offer eyed for Sedalia
A big corporation seeks to enter Sedalia with a centralized gas and electric system. The plan would consolidate local lines, extend to Marshall, Miami, Warrensburg, and south, with a $100,000 franchise price proposed. Mayor Babcock and the city council review the offer routed via Capt. Gold and J. M. Offield of Missouri Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIG Corporation
Babcock
Sedalia
Missouri
Marshall
Miami
Warrensburg
Capt. Gold
J. M. Offield
Offield
Brooks' Skeeter Regulator Drives Them Off
A local figure promotes the Skeeter Regulator product with a claim it drives away pests and is sold for 10 cents at Bard's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks’ Skeeter
Bard’s Drug Store
Widow to Receive $1000 After James Hogan’s Death
W C Roe, state deputy for the Tribe of Ben Hur, carries a $1000 check for the widow of James Hogan who was killed in the Missouri Pacific wreck at Berger on July 23. Hogan joined the order four days before his death with a $2 insurance payment. the Tribe plans a new lodge in the Cassidy building with I O O F hall, South Ohio Street, tomorrow night, aiming to start with over eighty members.
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James Hogan
W. C. Roe
Tribe of Ben Hur
I. O. O. F. Hall
Cassidy Building
South Ohio Street
Missouri Pacific
Boonville
H. J. Wallau
Jefferson City
Wallau
S. Porter
Paris
Monroe County
Katy
Nevada Post
Porter
Oats on Boston Common and Pleasant Class Entertainers
Oats are cultivated on a corner of Boston common where grass has refused to grow. Mesdames Charles Hoffman and W Woolery very pleasantly entertain their classes.
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Boston Common
Charles Hoffman
W. Woolery
Young Girls Hold Saturday Party At Mrs Hoffman's Home
A neighborhood party was held Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Hoffman's residence, 720 East Fifth Street, by Sunday school classes for young girls from the East Sedalia Baptist church. The event featured fern and palm decorations, music, games, and refreshments including sandwiches, salads, pickles, coffee, ice cream, and cakes.
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Palms
Train passenger foils fare dodger on Missouri Kansas and Texas
A young woman on the Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train east from Fort Scott used a fictitious name and avoided fare. Officers at Shell City removed her Saturday and found $200 in cash in a stocking. She originated in Pittsburg and claimed a lost ticket scheme while traveling with ample luggage.
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Missouri Kansas and Texas
Fort Scott
Shell City
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Kansas Ciy
D. Hardy
The
Lake City
Lexington
New Silk Paper Tablets Featured at Dow Drug Store
A local notice announces a new line of society stationery in assorted tints with the latest novelties. The store highlights silk paper in tablet form and is located at Dow Drug company on Sec ond and Ohio.
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Dow Drug Company
Second and
Ohio
Woman Bound and Gagged in New Melle Assault
Miss Lydia Stelzer an 18 year old girl was assaulted at her home in New Melle Missouri while her father and brother were in the fields. She was bound and gagged but freed her mouth before discovery. A middle aged slender man in a black coat blue overalls and cap is the suspect described. Sheriff Dierker arrests a Hamburg man matching the description.
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Lydia Stelzer
John Stelzer
Miss Stelzer
Dierker
Hamburg
Temperance group forms in Louisiana Missouri
A mass meeting at the courthouse organized an anti saloon league with Rev. C F J Tate as president and Prof J D Merriweather as secretary. A follow up meeting Monday night aims to establish a permanent group. The league continues the work seen in St Louis and other cities.
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Louisiana, Mo
Court House
C. F. J. Tate
J. D. Merriweather
St. Louis
Sedalia Delegates to Harmony Baptist Association Meeting
The Sedalians listed will attend the Harmony Baptist association meeting at County Line church seven and a half miles northwest of Lamonte on Wednesday September 25 as delegates from Sedalia. Delegates include Rev. C. A. Buchanan Rev. J. M. Plannett George Smith F. M. Licklider Rufus Money Charles Hoffman and wife.
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The
Harmony Baptist Association
County Line Church
Lamonte
C. A. Buchanan
J. M. Plannett
George Smith
F. M. Licklider
Rufus Money
Charles Hoffman
Kansas City-St Louis rail plan eyed for world fair traffic
A Missouri Pacific and Katy joint use proposal could give a 330 mile line from Kansas City to St Louis via Holden to Paola, with MP freight rights Holden to Paola. If it fails, Katy may press its current route for world’s fair business. Texas flyer discussed to move St Louis cars toward Kansas City.
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Kansas City-St. Louis
Kansas City Journal
Katy
Holden
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Paola
Kansas
Colorado
Intermountain
Pacific Coast Territory
Kansas City
Kansas City Junction
Texas
T. J. Fitzgerald
One House of Parliament in Four European Nations
Norway Servia Greece and Bulgaria are the only European nations with a single chamber. The ad promotes Longan's Sedalia Steam Laundry for perfect satisfaction.
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Norway
Servia
Greece
Bulgaria
Longan
Sedalia
Lawn Committee Awards Prizes Dur ing Summer Yard Care
In Versailles Missouri and Sedalia area the lawn committee awarded five prizes to local boys for keeping yards in good condition during a severe drought. George Ware won $5, Lawrence Yeater $4, Grover Brown $3, George Bellas $2, Myers McClure $1 with special commendations for Charles Wolf Oliver Kingsley and Henry Gross.
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Sedalia Board of Education
George Ware
South Grand Avenue
Lawrence Yeater
Grover Brown
South Osage Street
George Bellas
East Tenth Street
Myers McClure
East Broadway
Laborers and railroad workers listed from multiple towns
The list names workers by occupation and hometown including Robert Christopher a section laborer in Greenville H C Johnson crusher laborer Sweeney C L Bowher brakeman Denison James McKinstry baggeman Seda lia W M Baker section laborer Rowlett W Smith section laborer Denison Thomas Dwyer fireman Denison Gus Fischer coal heaver Atoka Archie Hood tie plant laborer Jay Brown section laborer Atoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Smith
Denison
Thomas Dwyer
Gus Fischer
Atoka
Archie Hood
Greenville
The Spot Cash Grocer Announces Stocked Goods Sale
Invoice received as inventory allows supplying three stores. J. M. Cain promotes rapid sale pricing at The Spot Cash Grocer on West Main with both phones 151. Maurice Helms, Katy operator from Hannibal, transferred from Fayette to Vinita this week. Missouri’s G. A. R. members reach 10,965.
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Erator
Katy
Fayette, Mo
Vinita
I. T
Mr. Helms
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City Council
Dea
Missouri Trust Company
Ben Hur
Lish
Ings
Pittsburg
Columbia
New Melle, Mo
New Melle
Charles County
Louisiana
Sedalia Steam Laundry
Baptist
Holden West
J. J. Frey
Trans-Alaskan Railway Company
Florence & Cripple Creek
Santa Fe
Seattle
Wash
F. 5. Granger
Denver
Alaska
Trans-Siberian Railway
Cape Prince of Wales
Behring Strait
Trans-Siberian
St. Petersburg
Russia
Vladivostock
Wichita
Kas
Versailles
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railway
Miller County
Cole Camp
Benton County
Morgan County
Negro
Missouri Pacific Engine No
H. R. Bollinger
Watt Williams
Robb
E. H. Calef
B. E. Broaddus
Katy Hospital
Bunceton
John Knopple
Springfield
Will Scanlan
Wagoner, I. T
W. N. Kerr
Frank Raymond
George McClure
C. Y. Lawrence
Northern Pacific
Lake
Pasco
Crandall
Bates County
Charles Wolf
East Tenth
Oliver Kingsley
Buchanan
Robert Christopher
H. C. Johnson
Crusher Laborer
Sweeney
C. L. Bowher
Brakeman
James McKinstry
Baggeman
W. M. Baker
Rowlett
Jay Brown
J. M. Cain
Spot Cash Grocer
West Main
Maurice Helms
Hannibal
Misouri
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