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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
5
TV writer R. L. Davidson recounts his Paris visit noting remarkable views, landmarks, and experiences. The piece emphasizes the grandeur of the city and the impressions left by its architecture and culture.
An American Expeditionary Force letter from Rev R L Davidson in France describes postarmistice Paris. He details sights at Place de la Concorde and Arc de Triomphe, wartime relics, and the mood of soldiers and women in mourning turned celebratory. He notes health issues among Y M C A workers, his own fitness, and plans to move to Paris while continuing aid to troops.
The Pettis county draft board aims to finish final list checks and records by January 1 and disband. Chief clerk John M. Glenn reports 1,074 total inductions, 963 accepted at camp, 111 rejected and discharged, 1,226 registrants enlisted in various services, plus about 1,100 more men enlisted locally or in Kansas City and St. Louis as volunteers.
Private A. B. Crawford returned from overseas with a shrapnel wound in the right arm and gas exposure. He visited his brother Charles E. Crawford at 608 East Thirteenth Street before heading home to California, Missouri, with two wound stripes and a six month overseas service gold bar. He arrived in New York on November 10 to join the armistice celebration.
Captain W E Walker of the army medical reserve corps stationed at Camp Funston Kansas leaves temporary duty to return to his hometown Monte to assist in stamping out influenza. He was in the city Saturday to meet his wife visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J W Ferrell at El Dorado Springs.
Sedalia will host a central free employment bureau linking Sedalia business firms with Pettis county farmers and returning soldiers. J. M. Ward will head the bureau, coordinating with the U. S. Employment Service and local war organizations to centralize job placements and minimize overlapping efforts.
Postmaster General Burleson unveils reduced overnight message rates effective January 1. The plan targets short communications to speed delivery and reduce delays tied to physical railway transport.
A reader from Sioux City forwards a New Jersey remedy claimed to cure pneumonia. The article describes heating onions with rye meal and vinegar to make a poultice applied to the chest, repeated 3-4 times until perspiration appears, and asserts the method has never failed.
Sergt Leland A Kaufman of Headquarters Troop Second Division returned aboard the Oregonian as the sole soldier on the transport. He rode under a bay harbor salute by the police boat patrol with a mayoral welcome and a glee club. He waved, danced, and caught cigarettes tossed by women police reserves as he thanked the crowd. The homecoming hero rode the war horse Joe once ridden by Maj Gen Omar Bundy and participated in Château Thierry battles before being gassed and wounded July 18.
Major General Enoch H. Crowder, provost marshal general, spoke in New York tonight to retiring members of the 18% draft boards urging that selective service become the permanent method for raising armies. He noted the system registered 25,740,000 men and sent nearly three million to the field.
The text notes mobilization aims to have roughly two million more fighting men ready to entrain around November 11, near the armistice date, with a plan to deploy them within a few months.
Miss Dessa Breeden a young woman living south of Sedalia was adjudged of unsound mind by the county Court Saturday and will be taken Sunday to the state hospital at Nevada.
Frank Wesley Friend and Mary Hall, both of Sedalia, obtained marriage licenses.
Washington reports the demobilization machinery is discharging about fifteen thousand veterans daily with plans to double that rate. Chief of Staff March cites twenty four thousand men designated for early discharge and notes progress with 5 653 officers and 135 262 men set for convoy home from abroad by December 12. Puerto Rican troops will be included in new discharge orders.
Tulsa telegrams report Senator Thomas P. Gore urged Secretary Baker to discharge all oil field labor in the army as a class to ease a labor shortage he observed while visiting the Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.
The City of Sedalia and A R Trommison bring an action in the Pettis County Circuit Court against George R McVey to determine title to Lots 1 2 3 in Block 2 Hendricks Addition Sedalia Missouri. The case is returnable February 3 1919 at the Court House Sedalia. Defendants must appear or the petition will be confessed. GEO W Driskell Circuit Clerk. Deputy Thos R Melton.
Chas C Williams and Jessie A Williams by deed of trust dated July 22 1915 convey to Lee Montgomery all right title and interest in the east half of lot 3 block 37 original Sedalia plat Pettis County Missouri to secure a promissory note now unpaid notice is given that the property will be sold at public auction at the Sedalia courthouse on Thursday January 2 1919 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. for cash to satisfy the note and costs. Trustee dated December 12 1918
Captain George Lester testified before a senate committee that enemy propagandists used German Lutheran pastors to spread pro German and anti English sentiments in the United States. He alleged Hearst papers directed by Hale sought anti American aims and noted some disloyal ministers ended in jail while others remained loyal.
Andy Moerschel son of Mr and Mrs F O Moerschel 920 West Second Street reports in a letter dated November 17 that he is all right and has recovered from a scalp wound received when a shell burst in a company kitchen on November 11 two hours before armistice terms took effect. The blast scattered cooks and kitchen staff. mess sergeant and five kitchen police were unscathed. Frank Botz also received a letter from Mr Moerschel.
New York reports the Leviathan, former Hamburg American Vaterland, due tomorrow with 8,000 to 9,000 overseas troops aboard. Since joining the war, the liner transported about 160,000 fighting men and vast war supplies. Crew repairs cost about 1 million dollars, restoring engines to peak performance beyond German builders’ plans. The ship measures 907 feet long and 100 feet beam with engines near 93,000 horsepower.
At the secular Sedalia Savings and Loan Association meeting, a four per cent semi annual dividend was declared. A prior four per cent dividend in July made eight per cent for 1918. The secretary reported 559,900 in first mortgage real estate loans and over 312,990 in cash on hand. Directors plan a 6000 building project in Sedalia next spring and are arranging to handle those.
A five year old association eyes investors to finance a plan to build new homes. The group touts its rapid growth and ambitious housing project as a keystone for community development.
State Veterinarian D. F Luckey warns Missouri farmers face potential losses from hog cholera and a new hog disease baffling experts at the Bureau of Animal Industry. Quarantine and prompt outbreak reporting are urged. 21 day isolation advised for purchased hogs. Executors notice appears for Richard Martin Olmsted estate with filing deadlines.
Jefferson City Mo December 14 Henry Sanders of Bagnell drowned himself in the river Friday morning. A war sympathizer with Germany he reportedly sent money to that country until bankers halted it. Sanders a bachelor grew despondent as Germany’s fortunes waned.
Four trains carrying 2,500 American soldiers moved through Switzerland over the past two days, the last to leave German prison camps. The final allied soldiers have left, but about 12,000 German prisoners remain in the country.
A wellness piece argues that health surpasses wealth, noting kidneys purify blood and remove wastes. When kidneys fail to filter, toxins linger causing backache rheumatic pains sore muscles and stiff joints.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad will offer for sale at 10:00 a m on December 27, 1918 at its Houstonia Missouri freight house three boxes animal and poultry remedy and two boxes drugs by public auction for cash. The goods were delivered to Baltimore and Ohio by the American Remedy company at Tiffin Ohio on June 12 1917 and arrived July 28 1917 consigned to order notice to A P Reid Co Houstonia Missouri. The sale is to pay freight and storage charges with any surplus to the rightful owner. C E Stemmons agent.
Convalescent casualties from overseas, about 300, are en route to Camp Funston for treatment. They will occupy the quarters once used by the Twentieth Infantry. An effort aims to send Missouri and Kansas casualties there for care.
270 acre stock farm on rock road offered for sale or rent. Terms to suit. Call Bell at 243% for Secatia Missouri inquiries.
W A Triplett of Lamonte Pettis county judge sues his brother in law William T Hull of near Lamonte for 5000 dollars claiming prior to the November election Hull circulated statements derogatory to Triplett alleging he struck his father in law with a chair and was unfit for office.
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