Recovery and Confidence in American Recovery
The piece argues Americans need renewed confidence and a touch of old-time cockiness to spur recovery. It cites William O Neill noting America's competitive labor, leadership, and high living standards, and warns against attributing success to resources alone. It emphasizes government, organization, and ambition as core strengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O’neil
General Tire and Rubber Company
Europe
America
Mr. O'Neil
Golden Gate
O’neil
Romania
United States
Brazil
Wife Hurls Defi appears increasingly in the news
A rising trend shows Defi related incidents attracting attention as injuries accumulate, with experts noting a public safety focus. The piece also highlights traditional tools like rolling pins still causing harm in domestic settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defi
Democracy Wears Down With Limited House Seats
A commentary notes strain on democratic processes amid a small number of House seats and concerns over post offices as the system faces wear. The piece underscores institutional bottlenecks and public service delays.
Slacks Case Tests Arkansas School Attire Rules
Arkansas Attorney General Wick Holt weighs whether school superintendents and boards of education may bar girls from wearing masculine attire, including overalls, when cold weather is present. The issue stirs Bluff City residents and moves toward possible court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wick Holt
Arkansas
Bluff City
Ark
Holt
Boards of Education
Supreme Court
Jack Holt
Little Rock, Ark
Streamlined Bad Boys Shake Up Classroom Behavior
Dr. Mandel Sherman cites 1000 problem children at the University of Chicago as unusual mutism and selective talking replace tacks on chairs. Deafness and yawning mask avoidance of realities while discreet youngsters avoid many misbehaviors, though neglect to place tacks remains a concern for educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandel Sherman
University of Chicago
National Educational Association
Quotable Lines From Readers on Varied Topics
A 95 year old special district court justice in North Brookfield resigns with a remark about stopping work. Remarks touch on school suspensions for girls in overalls, a Boston man seeking jail instead of a suspended sentence, a Broadway actress explaining bruises from stage work, and a London debate involving Unity Mitford and a vice admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Emerson Barnes
North Brookfield
Mass
E. O. B. S. Osborne
London
Unity Mitford
Hitler
Fifth annual Sedalia Poultry Show delayed by cold snap
The Sedalia Poultry Club opened its fifth annual show at 118 East Second Street after a cold snap delayed arrivals. Club officers include President E. E. Codding and Superintendent R. W. Tyree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Poultry Club
East Second Street
E. E. Codding
Clyde Patterson
W. H. Ritchey
Louis Osborne
S. W. Coleman
J. R. Berry
Mr. Ritchey
R. W. Tyree
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah C Collier Pioneer of Pettis County
Mrs. Sarah C Collier 85 longtime Pettis County resident died 9 15 am Saturday at her daughter Mrs R F Sellers home 20712 West Third Street after nearly three years illness She was born October 24 1853 on a farm northeast of Sedalia and married K L Collier October 28 1875 They lived near Hughesville Sedalia and had three children S A Collier Mrs Sellers and Mrs J B Ellison She also leaves a sister Mollie McFarland a brother Leslie Scott five grandchildren and several relatives Funeral at the M E Church South with Rev J C English and church choir Burial beside her husband in Crown Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah C. Collier
Pettis County
R. F. Sellers
West Third Street
Collier
Sedalia
K. L. Collier
Lafayette
Ind
Hughesville
Sellers
S. A. Collier
North Park Avenue
J. B. Ellison
Beaman
Mollie McFarland
Leslie Scott
Barbara Jean Collier
Kenneth Anderson
Clay Ellison
Marcell Ellison
M. E. Church
South
J. C. English
L. C. Redmond
E. P. Berry
Charles Bente
Robert Swearingen
Charles Swope
W. A. Claycomb
Crown Hill Cemetery
Mary Hanrahan Dies in Sedalia After Stroke
Sedalia resident Miss Mary Hanrahan died Saturday at her sister’s home following a stroke on June 13. She had lived in Sedalia since moving from Dresden 25 years ago and is survived by two sisters Mrs. Mulcahey and Mrs. English and a brother James Hanrahan, all of Sedalia. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church at 9 am with Rev. Father Christian Daniel. pallbearers listed. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. Body rests at McLaughlin's Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hanrahan
Sedalia
F. T. Mulcahey
Mulcahey
Moniteau Avenue
Miss Hanrahan
Youngstown
Ohio
Dresden
Camp Branch
J. J. English
James Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Sacred Heart Church
Father Christian Daniel
Ed Behen
Pat Sullivan
Joe Moffitt
John McGraw
Leo Meyers
Frank Koeper
Calvary Cemetery
McLaughlin’s Chapel
Death of W Walter Stotts Pioneer Linotype Operator
W Walter Stotts son of late William H and Mildred B Hinton Stotts born February 15 1877 near Hughesville died in Ocean Side California from a heart attack while building a home He served in the Spanish American War and had been a linotype operator for the Kansas City Star Drover's Telegram and Evening Herald Express He was a Masonic member and attended a Christian church He is survived by his widow Anna M Stotts four sons and three sisters through Pettis County Missouri communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley
Aldrich
Oklahoma
Pettis County
The
Baptist Church
Nellie Hensley
Mabel Blake
Amarillo
Texas
Fleeta Mullins
Sedalia
Mary Shaffer
Twitty
Carrie Pittser
Opal Hensley
Ina Hensley
Roy C. Hensley
Manford
Okla
Henry E. Hensley
Bristow
John M. Hensley
Kas
James Hensley
W. Walter Stotts
William Harvey
Mildred B. Hinton Stotts
Hughesville
Oceanside
California
Warrensburg
Kansas City Star
Telegram
Stotts
Stereotypers
Kansas City
Allied Printing Trades Council
Ivanhoe Lodge No
Royal Arch Chapter
Commandry
Ararat Shrine of
Los Angeles
Evening Herald Express
Inglewood
Theodore Roosevelt
Christian Church
Anna M. Stotts
William H. Lindell L
W. Walter, Jr
Robert H. Stotts
George M. Rudy
Redwood City
Lulu M. Schwabe
Columbia
Edward H. Schaefer
Funeral of James W. Hensley
Funeral services for James W. Hensley aged 68 who died at his home southeast of Sedalia will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The inurnment location and attending clergy are to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hensley
James W. Hensley
Sedalia
Funeral services for W. J. Redding at St Patrick's Church
Funeral services for W J Redding of DuPage Illinois who died at St Marys hospital in East St Louis will be held here Monday at 9 am at St Patrick's church with Rev Father W J McGrane officiating. Redding a former Sedalia resident was a Missouri Pacific engineer. The body arrives in Sedalia at 1 25 this afternoon and will be taken to McLaughlin's chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Redding
Dupe, Il
St. Mary’s Hospital
East St. Louis
St. Patrick’s Church
W. J. McGrane
Redding
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
McLaughlin's Chapel
Mrs Nora Ault Dies at 60 in Independence Mo
Mrs Nora Ault sixty year old sister of Edward Burchell of this city died at her home 210 West Mill street Independence Missouri. She leaves three daughters Mildred Maness Anna Gowin and Rena Fizer twelve grandchildren and a great grandchild a brother Burchell of Sedalia and three sisters Georgia Hutton Florence Fenner and Bessie Sandefford. Funeral services at 1 Sunday afternoon at George C Carson funeral home Independence with interment at Woodlawn cemetery Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Ault
Edward Burchell
West Mill Street
Independence
Sedalia
Ault
Mildred Maness
Anna Gowin
Rena Fizer
Sugar Creek
Georgia Hutton
Florence Fenner
Grand Pass
Bessie Sandef
Reverend Dowler Dies Near Warrensburg After Illness
Reverend T. A. Dowler pastor of Centerview and Houts Chapel Methodist churches died at home near Warrensburg after a heart attack and pneumonia. Survived by his widow and six children. Funeral at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Warrensburg Monday at 2:30 p.m. with Reverend M. M. Wolf officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Dowler
Centerview
Houts Chapel
Warrensburg
Sedalia
Dowler
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
M. M. Wolf
Wolf
Two Die in Auto and Truck Crash Near Winston
A car carrying 60 Catholic Sodality youths from Brookfield collided with a truck on U S Highway 69 near Winston. Dead are Tom Melvin 71 and William Water 16. Injured include Eugene Riley 15 and Elihu Thompson with a crushed elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Brookfield
Catholic Sodality Society of the Immaculate Conception
Conception
Father Flannigan
Nebraska
Tom Melvin
Burlington Railroad
William Water
Eugene Riley
Elihu Thompson
Altamont
St. Joseph Hospital
Allen Thompson
Edward Robinson
James Robinson
Leroy Robinson
Bernard McGrail
Gerald Goecke
Bernard Vardeman
Cameron
Parents Welcome Son To McCabe Home
Mr and Mrs James McCabe of 326 North Quincy Avenue are parents of a son born Saturday morning November 26 at their home. Mr McCabe is an electrician apprentice at the Missouri Pacific shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCabe
North
Quincy Avenue
McCabe
Missouri Pacific
Miles Carpenter and Curtis Reinheart Two Sedalia Characters
A Sedalia reader recalls Miles Carpenter a 77 year old black man with a celebrated laugh and a checkered past from Warsaw to Sedalia. He contrasts him with Curtis Reinheart a longtime Missouri Pacific porter and war veteran, noting their divergent life paths and long town memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Warsaw
Calaboose
Clinton
Sedalia
Main Street
Missouri Pacific
Dan Banks
Third Street
Topeka
Deep River
Miles Carpenter
Curtis Reinheart
Curtis
J. H. Bothwell
Damme
Villian
Reverend Harold Cooper To Make Four Month Tour Abroad
Miss Elizabeth Landmann will host Mrs. Harold Cooper of Jonesboro Ind as Christmas guest. Rev. Harold Cooper former Sedalia pastor sails December 10 for four months abroad with Rev. and Mrs. Harold Neel. They tour Honolulu Japan China Manila India Egypt Palestine England returning April 1 on the Queen Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Landmann
South
Ohio Avenue
Harold Cooper
Jonesboro
Ind
Sedalia
Cooper
First Congregational Charch
Harold Neel
Honolulu
Japan
China
Manila
India
Egypt
Palestine
England
Divorce Action Filed Between Frances Sands Fry and Walker Fry
A divorce petition was filed in the circuit court Saturday by Frances Sands Fry against Walker Fry. The couple married June 2, 1936. General indignities are alleged. Attorney for the plaintiff is Henry C. Salveter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Frances Sands Fry
Walker Fry
Henry C. Salveter
Lake View Hotel at La Monte Destroyed by Blaze
Fire swept the Lake View Hotel in La Monte Missouri around 9 am destroying the two story twenty two room frame structure. Volunteers saved first floor furnishings and several residents salvaged belongings as insurance coverage was limited to about five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeview
la Monte
Lake View
H. T. Bass
Missouri Pacific
la Monte Lumber Co
R. E. de Haven
George Mahin
Mahin
Floyd Rader
California
Rader
Alfred Caywood
A. E. Dixon
J. W. Ferrell
Henry Mahin
Bert Means
C. B. Parsons
Parsons
Blanche Sexton
Ella Files
Sally Fisher
Zern Rathburn
Coal Fire Smolders in Sedalia Public Library Basement
Smoke filled the Sedalia Public Library reading room after coal in a basement coal pit ignited and smoldered. Staff detected gas fumes Friday confusing them with furnace issue, but Saturday the coal pile was found burning and firefighters soaked it with water for over four hours to extinguish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Public Library
West Third Street
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Streamlined Bad Boys
Thomas Lucas
Boston
Yale
Dorothy Fox
al Leftwich
Heath’s Creek
Elmer Lower
Longwood
J. H. Ferguson
Houstonia
J. D. Fisher
Blackwater
Henry Fleming
LaMonte
E. H. Farris
Nathan Norton
Cedar
S. R. Landis
Bowling Green
John C. Terpening
Smithton
Charles O’bannon
Prairie
George D. Calvert
Elk Fork
James Farr
Bethlehem Baptist Church
J. R. Sumners
Leo Smasal
Lester Cramer
Claude Leiter
Bill Arveaux
Frank Smasal
Ted Welliver
Lake View Hotel
Cullen Cain
Porter
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
North Sea
Scottish
Norway
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