Wreck on Grand Trunk Kills Many at Wanstead
A passenger express and a freight train collided at Wanstead on the Sarnia line due to operator error. Thirty people died and eighteen were injured as the trains crashed, with the smoker car wrecked and most passengers trapped. A list includes Alex Stewart, Petrolia. J Gillies, Sarnia Tunnel. J Jeffrey, London. and others, with burial plans for a Concordia girl and remains to Port Huron and Petrolia.
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Publishers’ Press Assn
London
Ontario
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wansteed
Sarnia
Pacific Express No
Wanstead
Alex Stewart
Petrolia
A. Ricketts
Sarnia Tunnel
J. Gillies
Trotter
Lawrence
Walford
F. S. Freeman
Oil Springs
Hensal
John Jeffrey
Clement Pedley
Port Huron
Gay Debenier
L la Crosse
Wash
Penwarden
Vpenwarden
J. H. Brock
Brucefield
O. B. Burwell
Port Hurer
Domestic’s Sudden Illness Ends in Death at 23
Martha Moorman aged 23 a house servant at Dr. E F Yancey’s home died suddenly at 5 45 last night. She had Thanksgiving day headaches and again on Saturday morning with severe head pains. The cause of death is not known and Dr Yancey had prescribed for her.
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Hughesville
Evans
Yancey
Concordia
Martha Moorman
E. F. Yancey
Kansas City
Porter Brown
Plant Commission Company of
St. Louis
Mr. Brown
Roy Palmer
Finis Nicholas
Charles Diffendaffer
George Smith
Milo Blair
Dawes Commission
Muskogee
I. T
Christmas Music Special at Local Churches
Special Christmas music events announced at First Baptist Corner Sixth and Lamine streets include multiple anthems readings and solos led by Pastor J B Puller with soprano Mrs E F Yancey and organist Mrs Sallie Potter Sneed. Services continue at Calvary German M E and First Christian Church with sermons at 11 a m and 7 30 p m and choir music.
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First Baptist Church
Corner Sixth and
Lamine Streets
J. B. Puller
L A.m. Voluntary
Whiting
Bartlett
MaeFarlane
Neidlinger
E. F. Yancey
Calvary Church
Quartette
Moerschel Brewing Expands Capacity With Four New Vats
Moerschel Brewing company adds four storage vats to enlarge capacity. Work is by Pstol Cooperage of St. Louis. Owner Moerschel notes rapid business growth over the past year. This brings total new vats to seven at the brewery in the last year.
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Moerschel
First M. E. Church Sunday services highlighted
Regular services announced for the First M. E. Church with morning speaker Dr. B. W. Baker from Wesleyan college Cameron Mo. He visits E. E. Johnston before heading to St. Louis for a State Teachers meeting. Evening sermon by Rev. S. S. Martin titled Signs of the Time.
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M. E. Church
B. W. Baker
Wesleyan College
Cameron
Hills Business College and Local Employment Notes
Boonville visitors praise Hills Business College graduates while Kansas City and St. Louis employers report strong placement. Students from Boonville and a Missouri Pacific transport crowd fill the campus news with salary rises and job success.
Fire destroys Standard Rock Candy plants in Brooklyn
A major blaze tonight completely destroyed the Standard Rock Candy company's Brooklyn factories. The fire caused an estimated loss of 1.0 million dollars. Firefighters battled the flames through the night with no immediate reports of injuries.
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Publishers’ Press Assn
New York
Standard Rock Candy Company
Brooklyn
Loco strikes trolley in Baltimore killing one passenger
A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive hit a trolley at Ridgely street crossing near Camden station. One male trolley passenger was killed, the motorman injured fatally, and four other passengers badly hurt.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ridgely Street
Camden Station
Lincoln Cash Find Refuels Burlington Robbery Probe
Lincoln police recovered more than $2000 in paper currency, reviving efforts to catch the Burlington express train robbers near Lincoln ten weeks earlier. The discovery supports hope that the remaining $30,000 in plunder may be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Missouri’s 1902 crop sets new record across the state
The Great Southwest reports Missouri has set a new crop record for 1902. The article notes prime land along the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad corridor and promotes low rate excursions on the first and third Tuesdays each month. James Barker, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent in St. Louis, offers full particulars.
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A. Creagan
Katy Brakenan
Smithton
F. J.reagan
Creagan
M. W. Cadle
Kansas City
E. G. Irwin
the Pacific
St. Louis
G. A. Gallie
Dave Daley
Hughesville
George Wilhite
Pacific
Centretown
Ed Bender
Jim Callahan
Pacific Boiler Maker
August Tieman
L. E. Bacon
Pacific Boiler Shops
John Lackey
Benton County
E. H. Calef
W. H. Bush
Missouri Pacific
Frank Bayliss
Katy
Monroe
Rock Island
Peters
Windsor
Jim Hunter
Sugert
Missouri
James Barker
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt
Liberty Belles to Open at Opera House Monday Night
The Liberty Belles a new musical comedy by Harry B Smith will be staged by Prank Hennessys company at the opera house Monday evening December 29 The show features a pink pajama girl and twenty one young women in night robes in Act I with a dormitory setting and an ensemble of songs and acts Cast includes Gertrude Millington Nevada Herron Rita Knight Marie Twohey Maybelle Adams Percy Leach Harry Stuart J A Marlowe Harry Lyons and others.
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Liberty Belles
Harry B. Smith
Opera House
Prank Hennessy
Gertrude Millington
Nevada Herron
Rita Knight
Marie Twohey
Maybe
Card of Thanks for John B. Cross
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness, help, and sympathy shown after the death of our husband, son, and brother John B. Cross. Signed by Mrs. Joan B. Cross, Mrs. Mary A. Cross, Mrs. Ella Massa, and Mrs. S. F. Rogers.
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John B. Cross
Joan B. Cross
Mary A. Cross
Ella Massa
S. FL Rogers
Plan to add two Missouri Kansas and Texas trains between Parsons and Denison
A reliable source says MK&T Railway may add two local daylight trains between Parsons Kansas and Denison Texas to relieve overcrowded flyers. The new service would carry mail and express, stop at all stations, and improve connections to handle Indian Territory travel aided by Cherokee Choctaw and Chickasaw land offices opening.
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Vinita
I. T
Kansas City Journal
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Parsons Bas
Denison
Texas
Indian Territory
Hospital Arrivals in Texas Names A Jackry Mose Femel
Hospital arrivals list two individuals in extra gang units, A Jackry from Jefferson Texas and Mose Femel from Casin Texas, noting their origin towns and assignment regions.
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A. Jackry
Extra Gang
Jefferson
Texas
Mose Femel
Casin
Lodge founder visits Sedalia as President Roosevelt is initiated
Joshua Leach, founder of the first lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, is visiting old friends in Sedalia. He previously initiated President Roosevelt into the order and shared the secret work of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Leach
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sedala
Leach
Roosevelt
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F. O. Fannon
Miss Vie Jones
John PD. Crawford
Grant Crawford
Denver
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Crawford Brothers
Ray Shepard
Omaha
Neb
Sedalia
G. L. Shepard
W. FB. Merrill
J. D. Brown
St. Loois
E. A. Gonia
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A.C. Maloney
St. Lous
Continental
Espenschied& Hughes
OM. S. Pyle
Longwood
W. B. Chipley
Capital
Anna van Etten
Toledo
Ohio
Louis Vedder
van Etten
East Sedalia
E. T
Hills Business College
the Great Southwest
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