Mayor Reed Wins Hard Fought Kansas City Victory
In a three year campaign Mayor Jas A Reed challenged the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. and forced concessions. The agreement requires 8 percent of receipts to taxation, at least 100000 yearly to the city, 6 million dollars in immediate improvements, paving near tracks, universal transfers, and faster service replacing the 4 cent fare.
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KansAs City
Mdm
World
Jas. A. Reed
Metropolitan Street Railway Co
Reed
Gage
Council
Metropolitan
Corporation Council
Street Railway Company
Paints and coatings offered by Bard Ding Co
Paints of every description, quality the highest, prices reasonable. W. E. Bard Ding Co.
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W. E. Bard Ding Co
Funeral of Mrs. Conner
Funeral services for Mrs. Conner were held with pallbearers and interment planned. Local clergy officiated, and mourners gathered at the family plot for rites.
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Conner
Mary English Conner Rites Held at Sacred Heart Church
Mary English Conner died at Camp Branch on Wednesday afternoon. Her funeral was held this morning at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Fr. Neiberge officiating. Burial followed in the Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers included Timothy O'Brien Dan Sweeney Pat Donohue John Poinsignon M O'Brien and M Meixin levy.
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Mary English Conner
Trouble on the Park Streetcar Tracks at Forest Park
Car No 11 of the street railway jumped the track near the Forest Park bridge tearing up rails. About 175 passengers were carried to the park for Mrs Jarlews Wax Works and Coon Town Celebration. all walked half a mile to reach another car after the delay. Conductor Luther Brent and Motorman Faust were in charge. Separately, Sam Ross on Car No 10 faced three Northeast Sedalia men who refused fare, drew knives, and fled before police could arrest them.
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Street
Forest Park
Faust
Luther Brent
Jarlews
Sam Ross
Sedalia
Themen
Ross
Named the delegates for national prison association congress
Governor Dockery appointed Superintendent L. D. Drake of the Boonville reform school as a delegate to the National Prison Association congress in Philadelphia September 13 to 17. Fourteen delegates are named with one woman, Mrs. L. A. Debolt of Chillicothe Missouri, on the list.
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L. DD. Drake
State Reform School
Boonville
Dockery
National Prison Association
Philadelphia
L. A. Debolt
Chillicothe
Points of Excellence in Thomas Printing Co.
The piece extols the care in judgment ink selection and assembly at Thomas Printing Co. The ad highlights thorough workmanship and tasteful printing resulting from meticulous handling of every job.
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Thomas Printing Coo
East Second St
Q. C
No. 149
Three Days Celebration for Lone Jack Fight
People of Cole Camp plan a three day celebration from August 14 to 16 to mark the Lone Jack battle of August 16. Speakers include Capt. P. H. Coney of Topeka and Dr. I. T. Bronson of Sedalia, commander of the G A R, delivering addresses.
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Cole Camp
P. H. Coney
Topeka
I. T. Bronson
Sedalia
Sedalia Man Seeks Business Location in Carthage Visit
W. F. Tabler of Sedalia visits the Campbell family on South Garrison avenue and expresses strong interest in establishing a business location in Carthage during his stay, per Joplin Globe.
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W. F. Tabler
Sedalia
George W. Campbell
South Garrison Avenue
Carthage
Joplin Globe
Hud nut line of perfumes offered in Sedalia
The W E Bard Drug Company announces the celebrated Hud nut line of perfumes, claimed as the finest quality ever offered in Sedalia. The notice markets a premium fragrance lineup for local shoppers.
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Sedalia
W.E. Bard Drug Company
General John Black named Grand Army commander candidate
Ex pension official and former Cleveland era pensions commissioner General John Black of Illinois is announced as a candidate for commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has led Illinois departments, served in Indiana units, was wounded, and holds a pension. Other contenders include John McElroy Maine Roby and Stewart. Whitman’s wife seeks news on his condition after his unexplained absence.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John
Black
Department of Tllinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Indiana
Lew Wallace
Thirty-seventh Tlinois
Cleveland
Department of Ilinois
John McElroy
Department of the Potomac
Roby
Maine
Stewart
Pennsylvania
EMALIAUR AT A DANCE DISCLOSES SMALLPOX OUTBREAK
In St. Paul Minnesota R E Banks was found to have smallpox after dancing with numerous young women at a Saturday event. Lodgers in his boarding house were vaccinated and quarantined. The health office vaccinated the women and notified them they had danced with a smallpox carrier.
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St. Paul, Minn
Aug
R. E. Banks
Warsaw Excursion Planned by M B Church South
The M B church south of Sedalia organizes a Sunday school excursion to Warsaw next week. The event urges Warsaw residents to dress up and welcome the visitors.
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M. BE
Sedalia
Warsaw
Warsaw Times
Mind Restored Engineer Returns Home
Peter Whitman a Wabash locomotive engineer from Indiana arrived here three days ago unsettled but has fully recovered and left for his home today marking a complete mental restoration per local reports
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Peter Whitman
Wabash
Indiana
Work Begins on Kiks Vaudeville Site for State Fair Week
Preparations start tomorrow for the Kiks vaudeville shows to be staged on East Fourth Street beside the Sentinel office. The open lots are cleared and fenced as last year, with carpenters to erect structures and an electrical fountain planned as a special feature.
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East Fourth Street
Sentinel Office
Eiks
Our Probate Judge Should Be Re-elected Says Citizen
An interested citizen urges re election of Hon O F Parsons as probate judge. The letter lauds his integrity efficiency and knowledge of county cases arguing a further term would reduce costs and maintain lawful fair justice despite his affliction.
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O. FE. Parsons
Captain refuses to prosecute horse theft case
Capt. E. W. Stevens declined Thursday to prosecute A. J. Murphy who stole his horse two years ago and was released. Murphy’s home is listed as California, Missouri.
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E. W. Stevens
A. J. Murphy
Murphy
California
Giants Win Series After Gripping Game Three
Sedalia fell short in the third game as the Giants clinched the best of three with a 3 to 2 victory. The contest featured a fiercely matched pitching duel and timely hitting from both clubs.
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Giants
Giants Fall To Fort Scott In Slugfest At League Park
A hard foucit battle ends with Fort Scott defeating the Giants after a sixth inning error and a successful double steal. Cravens and Lawson pitched well, each allowing five hits and five strikeouts, with the game remaining scoreless through five innings before Sedalia's side faltered in the seventh.
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League Park
Fort Scott
Cravens
Giants
Lawson
Goldbugs
Houston
White
McDis
Huston
Poorman
Rohn
Ebright
McDill
Schranz
Thompson
Sedalia
Barrett
Drummy
Green
Moore
Ury
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Joplin
Pepep
Jefferson City
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