Across the Prairie An Unfolding Texas Travel Log
In Fort Worth Texas on September 24 the Evening Sentinel from Sedalia Missouri presents J M Byler’s travelogue recounting a trip from Sedalia to Fort Worth via Kansas City and Newton. He describes plains travel to Stanton and a ranch visit of about 1500 acres with hospitable locals and vivid prairie scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Daury Evening Sentinel
Sedalia
Missouri
Texas
Dannel
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
Newton
Kas
Plains
Stanton
Pettis
Llotel Slagel
Ohio
Robert G. John
City
Prank Flanagan
Judge Johnson
Mountain scenes and a biennial meeting amid Texas plains
The article describes Palo Pinto county landscapes including orchards and irrigation, notes cattle water habits, and reports a Texas engineers committee meeting held biennially to compile reports. It lists laborers and incidents at Chickie Chockie and Franklin Junction, and ends with a grieving husband Townsend whose wife vanished, leaving a note indicating she would be understood to have left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Pinto County
Texas
Plains
Through the Texas Rail Trip Eyes a Distant Ranch Visit
The narrator recalls a 6:30 pm start from an unnamed ranch to Midland on the T and P railroad, reaching at 11:30 pm, noting minimal creek crossings, flat terrain, and mesquite grass with little brush. The scenery evokes a park-like landscape planted by a cross eyed old Virginia darkey, as described in vivid colloquial tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Jefferson City
Missouri
Midland
Virginia Darkey
Grievance Committee Sessions Stir Rumors on MissourI Pacific
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers panel in St Louis debates possible disciplinary action amid talk the axe may fall on overlooked transgressions. Rumors point to stricter sobriety rules and broader enforcement across Missouri lines, with discharges expected rather than targeting engineers alone. Local laborer J Wl Dellbeck appears in incomplete note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Globe- Democrat
Laclede Hotel
W. Cadle
Sedalia
J. Quiedd
Kansas City
George Read
C. J. Ruhland
Ossawatamie
Kas
John Laybourne
H. Grover
Washington
Kan
T. W. Benedict
Atchison
George Berke
de Soto
A. H. Page
Nevada
J. E. Powers
van Buren
Ark
A. M. Machim
A. M. de Guire
Little Rock
A. Platt
Carondelet
Mike May
St. Louis
Joe Thompson
el Dorado
Missouri
Desperate missing wife case shocks Katy yard engineer
Clay Townsend, a Katy switching crew engineer, is heartbroken as his wife Mrs. Townsend left a week ago with her sister Miss Ferguson. No one knows her whereabouts. trunks were taken to the Missouri Pacific depot for a west bound train. Mrs. Townsend’s mother in Pilot Grove reports no word since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Townsend
Miss Ferguson
Clay Townsend
Katy
Clay
Burkenbile
Pilot Grove
Dewey Reaches Sandy Hook for Huge New York Reception
Dewey arrived at Sandy Hook at 6 50 this morning and preparations for his public reception Thursday are described as massive. The city braces for what is called the greatest ovation ever accorded an American, with five million visitors already in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dewey
Sandy Hook
New York Bay
Bowman May Go to Colorado in Laundry Firm Change
Negotiations near completion position Will Cloney to gain Bowman interest in Bowman & Dorn laundry. Dorn & Cloney will run the Sedalia laundry with Cloney relocating from Kansas City to Sedalia and Bowman likely moving to Denver after a western trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Colorado
Will Cloney
Sedalia
John W. Bowman
Bowman & Dorn
Dorn & Cloney
Cloney
Kansas City
Third Street
Denver
Colo
High School Football Association Names Assistant Manager
The High School Football Association elected Prof Bailey as assistant manager and Prof Wilson assured support from the faculty. A second team was appointed to practice with the squad, with Ed Smith chosen as captain. Practice sessions are set for Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
High School Football Association
Prof. Bailey
Prof. Wilson
Ed Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missourt
the Banner State
J.M. Byler
Iron Mountain Limes
Joe Nelson
Chickie Chockie
Jim Brown
Extra Gang
John McDonald
Chili
T. H. Gudgill
Denison
Ed Douglass
John Roberts
Case
Ss. H. Davis
Franklin Junction
A. M. Gove
J. Harmen
Franklin
Beeith
Joe Smith
America
Sion
Dents
J. WL. Dellbeck
Chickie Chockie Crusher
Admiral Dewey
Sentinel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!