Young Sedalian Edgar Cole Dies in France at 29
Edgar Cole a prominent Sedalia Missouri Pacific engineer and former youngest MP driver of a 63 mile locomotive run to Jefferson City to fight the capitol fire died in a French army hospital November 13 after contracting pneumonia in service. He served since August 8 and arrived overseas October 11. He is survived by his wife Grace Chamberlain, his mother Mrs Lula Cole of Tipton, and his father William Cole of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cole
Kansas City
Coley
Sedalia
Masonic Lodge
Tipton
B. P. O. Elks
Sturges Courtiney Nuptials Set for Sedalia Couple
Miss Georgia Sturges and Ennis H Courtney plan to wed on Wednesday at noon at the Sturges home on South Grand avenue in Sedalia. Rev W B Chancellor will officiate. The bride wears a blue silvertone journey gown as families unite in Pettis county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis County
Georgia Jurges
Sedalia
State University
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Courtney
Ed McLaughlin
T. J. Sturges
War Mothers in Appeal for Peace Conference Representation
Mrs. John R. Mitchell, executive secretary of the War Mothers of America, telegraphed President Wilson from Evansville Indiana urging that war mothers have representatives at the upcoming peace conference. She said the petition reflects the widespread interest of soldiers’ families in land sea and air service and requests a war mother of America be appointed to the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
John R. Mitchell
War Mothers of America
Woodrow Wilson
Two Flyers Hurt In Airplane Crash Near Jefferson City
Lieut Robert W. McClain a Washington D C pilot and Serjt W Turner of Bandalia Ill mechanic were injured when their plane fell on a farm west of Jefferson City Missouri Sunday. McClain suffered fractures of leg and arm and head cuts and is in serious condition at St Marys hospital. Turner sustained facial and knee cuts with non serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. McClain
Jefferson City
Washington, D. C
Serst
W. Turner
Bandalia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Seret. Turner
Marriage Licenses Granted in Sedalia
Homer Hancock and Evelyn R Roe of Sedalia obtained marriage licenses. The record lists both applicants as a couple seeking license in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Hancock
Evelyn R Roe
Sedalia
Big Bertha Secrets Sought by American Army Occupation
The American Army reports that heavy German guns including Big Bertha have been shipped inland for safekeeping on flat cars. Interrogated German officers claim ignorance of the cannons current location while parts of large gun emplacements are also said to be moving.
Real Estate Deeds Filed in Monroe County Week Ending Nov 26 1918
County records show transfers filed in the Recorder's office during the week ending November 26 1918. Deeds involve multiple parties and properties, reflecting ongoing property movements in Monroe County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Sedalia Red Cross Packs 593 Parcels for Soldiers
Five hundred ninety three parcels and eighty three gift boxes for friendless soldiers were prepared by Sedalia Red Cross volunteers led by Mrs. E F Yancey in the Stanley Hatton building. The effort ran daily 10 AM to 5 30 PM and concluded Saturday night, honoring soldiers in active duty and a recent victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Leach
Red Cross
Fifth Street
Ohio Avenue
Stanley-Hatton
Democra
E. F. Yancey
Sedatia
Yancey
George Bichsel
Charles H
Tribute to service flag ceremony and obits sale notices
Sunday service at the O R C hall on East Fifth featured a patriotic flag with eleven stars and a red triangle honoring Mrs J W Mc Adams and service members. The event included prayers, an address by Rev Hummell, and songs led by Mrs Waddell and Ella Kuhn accompanied by Roy Jenkins. Property transfers follow with numerous Sedalia area deeds listed. News notes: Ori zaba carried 500 newspaper correspondents to Versailles to cover the peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. C. Hall
East Fifth Street
J. W. McAdams
Auxiliay
America
Richard Waddell
B. P. Hummell
East Sedalia Baptist Church
Waddell
John Carlisle
Herbert Adams
Harold Downs
Bert Lawrence
Roscoe Elton
Leslie Elton
Earl Tadlock
George Greenwald
Fred Wrightman
Willard Norris
Raymond Middleton
Morris McElroy
M. L. de Haven
Hoboken
N. J
United States
Brest
Versailles
Wilson
Farm for Sale or Rent in Sedalia Missouri
270 acre stock farm on rock road offered for sale or rent with flexible terms. Contact Bell at 2438 in Sedalia Missouri for details and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Road
Call Bell
Sedalia
Election of officers at East Broadway Church Sunday school
Sunday school held an election of officers for the coming year at East Broadway Christian church. The lineup includes Superintendent Mrs. E Williamson Assistant Superintendent R F Trueman Secretary Grace Chadwick Assistant Secretary Mayme Shipley Treasurer Ruby King Pianist Florence Morseman and Chorister Beulah Hodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side Sunday School
East Broadway Christian Church
R. F Trueman
Grace Chadwick
Mayme Shipley
Ruby King
Florence Morseman
Dr. Thomas A. Smith Dead Houstonia Physician 66
Funeral services set for Sunday at Houstonia Christian Church for Dr. Thomas A. Smith age 66 a longtime Houstonia physician after a lingering illness. He died at home Friday leaving widow and children Edwin Henrietta Tom Allen and others. Burial in Houstonia Cemetery. He was born in Harrisburg Kentucky in 1852 and moved with his parents to the state. He practiced in Houstonia for decades and was active in the community and church with a deep devotion to family and neighbors. Reverend Phil Starke to conduct services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houstonia
Thomas A. Smith
Dr. Smith
Harrisburg
J. D. Smith
Louisvile
Ocie Berry
Hayman Higgins
Edwin
Henrietta
Tom Allen Smith
Joe Lamy Wounded in Battle in France
Joe Lamy son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Lamy is in a base hospital No 25 in France from wounds received in battle just before the armistice. A letter dated November 10 describes bullet wounds in his left ankle from a machine gun and a shattered right leg between the knee and ankle. He was a member of the 350th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lamy
Ernest Lamy
No. 25
France
J. A. Lamy
Joe
350Th Infantry
Frances Clark Marries William Roetter at Brighton Ill
Mr and Mrs F A Clark of East Broadway announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Frances Clark to Mr William Roetter at Brighton Illinois. The bride has worked as a shells inspector at Brighton since June and both she and the groom have served in government munition work. They will reside in Alton Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A Clark
East Broadway
Brightor
Frances Clark
William Roetter
Roetier
Alton
Brighton
Plot to restore imperial Germany uncovered in Berlin
Amsterdam dispatch reports a plot to reinstall Emperor William, led by Field Marshal Von Mackensen General Boehm and General Von Arnim. The scheme unraveled after a secret service overheard a phone call, with many arrests across Berlin and other cities and efforts to seize members of the current government. The plan allegedly involved taking the former emperor’s wife to Amerongen, Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Berlin
Amsterdam
The
Express
Amerongen
Jlolland
Feeding the Soldier A Vast Army Food Program Revealed
Treasury and American Geographies Society release figures on army consumption with three million soldiers and nearly 500 million pounds of fresh beef monthly. The subsistence division coordinates 23 essential staples under Food Administration control to stabilize prices and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Quackenbusch
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Navy
Allied
United States Food Administration
Food Purchasing Board
Federal Trades Commission
Marine Corps
Washington
BOON
Decca
F. B. Elk
Oolong
Elk
Y. H
Japan
Bolshevists Enter Norwegian Legation in Petrograd
Copenhagen dispatch says Bolshevists entered the Norwegian legation in Petrograd and confiscated Swiss documents. Norway protests without result and Oslo papers urge breaking relations with the Soviet government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bolshevists
Petrograd
Switzerland
Norway
Copenhagen
Auto licenses issued by Missouri secretary of state line
Jefferson City announces totals through December including 187,646 owners plates and 21,500 chauffeur badges nationwide. St Louis reports 53,114 owners and 10,026 chauffeurs. Kansas City lists 22,406 owners and 2,193 chauffeurs. State treasury deposits amount to 1,393,528.19 dollars for the good roads fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
John L. Sullivan
St Louis
Kansas City
Good Roads Fund
Mooney Wires Wilson Over Death Sentence Commutation
Thomas J Mooney at San Quentin asks President Wilson to define commutation of his death sentence before the peace conference. He was moved from the condemned tier to work as an iron moulder in the prison foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
San Quentin
Cal
Wilson
Thomas J .Mooney
Mooney
Postmaster General Dismisses Postal Telegraph Leaders
New York December 2 Postmaster General Burleson fired Edward Reynolds vice president and general manager of the Postal Telegraph Cable company and A D Richards general superintendent of the Pacific coast division for alleged insubordination tied to government plans to merge the Postal and Western Union Telegraph companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Burleson
Edward Reynolds
The
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
A. D. Richards
Pacific Coast Division
Postal
Western Union Telegraph Company
Fairbanks divorce granted custody to Beth Fairbanks
Mrs Beth S Fairbanks won an interlocutory decree of divorce from Douglas Fairbanks in New Rochelle New York Supreme Court. She received custody of their son Douglas Fairbanks Jr eight years old. A co respondent was named as an unknown woman. The couple married in 1907 at Waterhill Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth S. Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Supreme Court
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Fairbanks
Jacob Sully
Watehill
Ill with rheumatism William Eckles taken to Liberty Hotel
William Eckles of Hughesville was brought to Sedalia in a Staley ambulance and then taken to the Liberty Hotel. His son Joe Eckles is with him, and plans were made to move him to a hospital for treatment of rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eckles
Hughesville
Sedalia
Staley
Liberty Hotel
Joe Eckles
Eckles
Wil
Missouri Casulaties in World War I Reported
Washington December 2 The commanding general of the American expeditionary forces lists casualties by category with totals and names of Missourians in the roster. Killed in action include Lieut Welty A Miller and many others. wounded severely Lieut Elzie V McGinnis and Achiel Van Lanker. missing in action Lieut H E Petroe and several privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Edwin E. Gilmaster
St. Loui
Joseph L. Norton
Mona
John A. Birts
Joplin
Vernor Arthur Martin
Anderson
Otto Henry Koch
Sappington
Thomas B. Wright
Carrollton
Edward Elmer Hile
Charles Austin Ball
Mountain Grove
John Wolf
Morris Elkan, Jr
Frank
California
James J. Maguire, Jr
Clary
Austin
Knox City
Sam Silverstein
Norvyn M. Roach
Kansas City
H E. Petroe
Oreron
Gus Motts
Charles R. Riley
Mendon
Herman Bollner
St Louis
Charles H. Babbitt
Edwards
Clyde Barnard
Granby
Albert Henry Gratch
Homer B. Claiborne
Decaturville
Curtis R. Smith
Laddonia
Herbert R. Robbins
St. Isouis
Wait F. Worrell
Lawson
Ralph Dow Injured After Collision on West Main Street
Ralph Dow aged 1015 West Sixth Street and his sons Frank Dill and Ralph Jr. were bruised Sunday night when their Ford crashed with Theodore Conner's buggy in Lamonte area. Dow suffered chest bruises and a chin wound. Conner sprained his ankle. Lights failure blinded Dow and caused the crash on West Main Street near Dresden Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dow
West Sixth Street
Frank, Dill
Ralph Jr
Theodore Conner
Lamonte
Mr. Dow
de Ford
Conner
New Brain Surgery Method Revealed by Dr Walter E Dandy
An article in the Baltimore Sun notes Dr Walter E Dandy of Johns Hopkins hospital explaining a totally new brain surgery method at the National Academy of Sciences autumn meeting. The approach aims to treat hydrocephalus brain lesions and tumors and improve diagnosis in cases once deemed hopeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secarian
Baltimor Sun
National Academy of Science
Walter E. Dandy
Johns Hopkins Hospital
S. W. McClure Out After Operation Visit
S. W. McClure, who recently had surgery at St. Marys hospital, was out Saturday and visited the Democrat to arrange a change of address to Hughesville where he will spend most of the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. McClure
St. Mary’s Hospital
The
Democrat
Hughesvile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frange
Edgar Cole
MO. P
Missouri Pacific
Capitol
Mer
Ning
Ladies OF the Red Cross
American Expeditionary Forces
Ladies of the Sedalia Red Cross
Soldier Boys
Ladies Auxiliary
Roy N. Jenkins
Nim
Rod Jenkins
J. R Stevens
James
E. Wells
Elk Fork
Pacific Realty and Improvement Company
Oscar B
Nannie L. Rapp
Seventh Street
Madison and
Merriam Avenue
Glenn M. Kell
Mary A. Kell
D. B. Owen
William I. Kell
James T. Montgomery
H. W. Swope
S. D
Longwood
Timothy J. Gallivan
William B. Woestemeyer
Washington Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Grace L .McCarty
Wilbur S
Iva P. Stevens
Lake Creek Township
Adam Schupp
Mariel Viola
Leora Schupp
James C. Glazebrook
W. E. Hayes
Heath’s Creek
Anna Hartman
Tolbert Hartman
Washington Township
J .P. Hurtt
George S. Montgomery
Sixteenth Street
Beacon
Warren Avenue
J. P. Hurtt
Park Avenue
Fourteenth
Sixteenth Streets
C. A. Thompson
Cleo White
St. Louis Street
Lamine
Edward Long
L. C. Denton
Pettis Street
Gilbert and
Davie Mallory
Dora Bolton
L .C. Denton
Osage
Moniteau Avenue
Wilson J. Ferguson
Henry
Mary E. Black
Bowling Green Township
Henry H. Black
Wilson J
Willie M. Ferguson
Fifth and
Lamine_ streets
Etta Atkeson
T. W
Ida Elizabeth Atkeson
Jefferson Street
Ohio
Lamine Avenue
Richard Bryant
James L. Hallahan
Smithton Township
F .F. Halton
R. A. Stanley
Ninth Street
Wagner
Center Sreets
Hal Nelson
George G. Brittendall
Mill Street
Ernest Schroeder
L. A
Ona Tindle
Propety
Saline
Summit Streets
Annie L. Griffin
Mentor
Asbury Goodknight
Flat Creek Township
Ida F. Miller
A. Ray Christian
Emmet
Babcock Avenue
Henry E. Bruns
Ramey R. Simmons
W. E. Botts
Lewis Adams
Sixteenth
Lamine Streets
Circuit Court
O. IL. Boss
Appelant
Bevis Leslie
Witnes
E. H. Williamson
Miss Beulah Hodges
J. A. Smith
Wilfred Stahihut
Ebon
Mgore
Germany
Treasury Department
American Geographies Society
Missouri
Sullivan
Telegraph Company
New Rochelle
N. Y
Washington, Dee
Ing
Mr. Glancy
Uy the
Marquette
Washington Ave
Psivete
Sore. E
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!