Bids for Mail Contracts In Missouri Public Service
The post office department invites bids for carrying U S mails in Missouri on nonrail routes from July 1 1908 to June 30 1904. Bids due December 2 1902 with awards February 2 1908. New rules require bidders to personally supervise contracts to improve star route service and curb subcontracting abuses. The notice criticizes past practices and notes broader financial warnings about banks and markets. J F A
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Post Office Department
United States
Missouri
Hud nut line of perfumes offered in Sedalia
The Hud nut line of perfumes, claimed as the finest quality, is promoted by W. E. Bard Drug Co. in Sedalia.
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Sedalia
W. E. Bard Drug Co
City Council Special Session Tonight
A special session of the City Council is scheduled for tonight to address city matters and urgent issues.
Sedalia Banks Exhibit Shows City Wealth In 1902
The Sept 15 1902 banking statement for Sedalia lists resources of 2 140 787.74 and deposits of 1 391 100.66 highlighting nearly one and a half million dollars in local bank funds. The text notes the money available in central Missouri banks and references New York bankers and Wall Street speculation.
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Missouri
United States Treasury
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Sedalia
Missouri City
Wall
Col Fountain Touched on Train Between Jefferson City and Sedalia
Names of passengers touched on the Missouri Pacific train between Jefferson City and Sedalia last Saturday night include Japer Gray Jamestown with 3 to 5 dollars Sam Crum near Kliever 15 Col Geo H Pountain revenue collector 15 Eli Birdsong California silver watch Chas Brant McGirk 6 The preliminary hearing for Elmer Butts charged with picking pockets of S G Crum and others of California Missouri is set in Justice Winston's court at Jefferson City for Thursday October 2.
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Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City
Sedalia
Japer Gray
Jamestown
Sam Crum
Near Kliever
Col. Geo. H. Pountain
Eli Birdsong
California
Silver Watch
Chas. Brant
McGirk
Elmer Butts
S. G. Crum
Held up claim at Sweet Springs springs stalls
An Illinois man named Morgan visiting Sweet Springs Missouri says he was held up and robbed between 3 and 4 pm Sunday. Authorities doubt the tale with two colored men and a white man named in the report.
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The
Sentinel
Sweet Springs
Morgan
Illinois
Sponges at Dow's A Painful Accident
George A Venable a bookkeeper for McGrew Milling Co and brother of J Venable day clerk at the H Budkins had two fingers mashed between two cars at Lexington on Saturday in a painful accident at Dow s.
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George A. Venable
McGrew Milling Co
Lexington
J. (. Venable
The
Huckins
Clinton Socials Honor Mrs. Lewis Beck and Miss Roxie Thompson
Mr and Mrs T J Bolton entertained about thirty five guests last night at their East Jefferson street home in Clinton in honor of Mrs. Lewis Beck of Sedalia and Miss Roxie Thompson of Liberty. The pleasant evening included light refreshments and agreeable conversation.
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Clinton
T. J. Bolton
East Jefferson Street
Lewis Beck
Sedalia
Roxie Thompson
Liberty
Clinton Democrat
New Saleslady Hired at Cannon's Dry Goods
Miss Daisy Barbee of Lamonte has joined the millinery department as a saleslady at Cannon's dry goods company.
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Daisy Barbee of
Lamonte
Cannon’s Dry Goods Company
Allen to lead Joplin 1903 baseball team
The Joplin Globe reports Allen will be hired as manager for 1903 with full control over signing and handling players. He gained success with Sedalia and Kansas City in prior seasons, and local owners promise him a thorough trial to build a strong team for next year.
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Joplin
Springfield
Queen City
Allen
Sedalia
Fort Scott
Globe
Dow’s Bell Clothing Set for Third Fall Opening
The Bell clothing store marks its third annual fall opening with a sale event tomorrow night from 8 to 11 80. The timing is two weeks later than initially planned due to unspecified delays.
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BELLS
Bell Clothing
Col J West Goodwin Invited to Veiled Prophet Ball
Col J West Goodwin received an invitation to the Veiled Prophet's Ball and Carnival to be held in St. Louis next month. The invitations are described as unique and beautiful and the colonel will likely attend.
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Col. J. West Goodwin
St. Louis
Coloniel
Missouri University enrolls students from 36 states and five countries
Missouri University in Columbia reports S06 entering students from 36 states and five countries, with 736 affiliated with a church or showing a preference. Christian, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Catholic, and other faiths are represented. External enrollment exceeds local figures, and eighteen new professors join a strengthened faculty.
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Columbia
Christian
Presbyterian
Methodist
Baptist
Episcopal
Methodist Southern
Catholic
Cumberland Presbyterian
Jewish
Congregational
Lutheran
Unitarian
Church of Christ
Salvation Army
United Brethren
Christian Scientist
Latter Day Saints
China
Japan
Canada
Porto Rico
Was the Teacher Drugged in Clifton City
A Clifton City principal was found limp and staggering after alighting the northbound Katy local. He was carried from the waiting room and feared to have been drugged, possibly in Sedalia where he spent Sunday. Assistant principal Miss Maria Griffin of Smithton may take over the job.
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Clifton City
Clifton
Sedalia
Maria Griffin
Smithton
Pie Social Planned by Trinity Church Ladies Aid
Perley J. Gheen, about 55, of 131 St. Louis street Sedalia, and his family were set to move to Clifton this week. The Ladies Aid Society of Trinity English church will host a pumpkin pie social tomorrow afternoon and evening at Mr and Mrs Geo Brill 315 East Eleventh street.
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Perley J. Gheen
St. Louis
Sedalia
Clifton
Ladies Aid Society
Trinity English Church
Temperance sermons marked by riot at city pulpit
Pulpits preached temperance on Sunday but Rev. E. E. Barclay provoked a scene firing verbal shots at the Sentinel. He was labeled a gambler and drinker, drawing ire from police chief Love and Prosecutor Cashman, yet all involved remained able for duty next morning.
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E. E. Barclay
Bare
the Sentinel
Barclay
Sentinel
Police
Love
Elmer
Cashman
Herald Sold in Sweet Springs to B H Dickson
Sweet Springs Herald in Missouri was sold today by T A Dodge to B H Dickson. The new manager assumes control immediately while Dodge plans to relocate.
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Sweet Springs Herald
Sweet Springs
T. A. Dodge
B. H. Dickson
Mr. Dodge
Weather Forecast: Showers Tonight and Cooler Tuesday
The region will see showers and cooler temperatures tonight. Tuesday is expected to be fair with a gradual drying trend. The west portion may experience rain and the east portion colder conditions.
Mrs Lu Killian Elected Trustee at Convention
Mrs Lu Killian arrived home from Chattanooga Tennessee where she attended the Ladies Auxiliary convention and was elected one of the trustees for the organization.
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Lu Killian
Chattanooga Tenn
the Ladies’ Auxilliary of the
B. of L. E
Deacons and Elders Ordained in Missouri AME Conference
W I LL close tonight. S S Pitcher E Thomas W L Fisher and E W Clemens were ordained deacons in the Missouri conference AME church. Revs A O D Steal and L Bean were ordained elders by Bishop C T Shaffer assisted by several pastors. The ordination sermon was by Rev H B Parks of New York City. The closing sermon was by Rev H T Johnson of Philadelphia. Conference to close tonight.
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S.S. Pitcher
E. Thomas
W. L Fisher
E. W. Clemens
Missouri
African Methodists Episcopal Church
A. O. D. Steal
L. Bean
C. T. Shaffer
Kansas City, Illins
D. P. Roberts
O. J. W. Scott
B. W. Stewart
L. H. Harris
J. C. Caldwell
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Nees Base
Col. Fountain
Dow's
Candy Palace
Dow’s
Albert Kahn
Missouri University
Bard
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