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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
2
Fragmentary text discusses lobbyist power in Congress and perceived insults to Americans. Mentions smaller calibers and influence of lobbyists on institutions and policy, with unclear context or attribution.
Windsor area residents report a busy holiday with family gatherings, church offerings, and social club events. Visitors include Lynn Burgess at Annapolis and relatives from Kansas City and Muskogee, with many dinners and bridge games noted.
Clifton City enjoyed a morning Christmas sermon by Rev. James of Windsor followed by a long program led by Sunday School Superintendent Frank Briggs Streit. It featured recitations, songs, piano solos, violin duets, and a Christmas tree gift distribution. relatives gathered for meals and visits, while the community held church events and a large funeral for Edwin Leo Mynatt at First Christian church.
An exhortation on civic virtue in Sedalia calls for boosters who actively advance the city, contrasts with quiet and knocker citizens, and urges residents to embody loyalty and unselfish service to make Sedalia a better place.
Premier Laval maneuvers through crises as France hedges between Britain and Italy. The French chamber pressures him while radicals seek advantage. England’s stance and Mussolini’s-Italy posture test Laval’s political juggling amid fears of a Franco German clash and League loyalties.
The article condemns powerful organizations that create lobbies in Washington to influence national government. It argues lobbies are extra-constitutional and illegal, forged in wealth and power, and undermine democracy by pressuring officials and Congress. It calls for channeling energy into electing capable lawmakers.
Japanese delegates at the London talks proposed a riddle to argue for parity. They asked whether 40 vessels could beat 50, noting factors like ship size, armament, range, and maneuvering affect outcomes. The question suggests parity may be unlikely when attacked far from home.
J H Wallis discusses American homicide statistics from the 1933 Census Bureau data. The United States reported 12 124 homicides at a rate of 9.6 per 100 000, far higher than England and Wales, Canada, Australia, and several European countries.
Henry Woodall of Sedalia and Lucinda LeBegue of Lafayette Indiana. Harold Elliott of Slater and Martha Case of Marshall. Lloyd Ralph Reed and Hazel Fynn Harris both of Sedalia. James Wesley Decker of Syracuse and Perla Bell Faulwell of Syracuse. Elmer R. Grinstead and Anita Bernice Owen both of Sedalia.
James Elmore McCurdy 41 died at Bothwell Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness with septic pneumonia. He married Lillian May on June 11, 1918 and leaves two sons, Robert 15 and Jimmie 14, his parents and a deceased son Dickie. A Hughesville Christian church member, he was a prominent Pettis County farmer. Funeral at 2:30 pm at First Christian church.
Sweet Springs society pages detail visits and travels among residents including A F Gsell and Stuerkes in Kansas City Sedalia and Excelsior Springs. Local families attend church events host Christmas parties with Dorcas Lutheran and Methodist groups plus Bible classs. Joyce June Day born Nashville Tenn to Rev and Mrs Day formerly of the area.
Mrs. D. Brock of Richland Missouri, 76, sister of the late Mr. Tyree, died after months of illness and pneumonia. Her husband, former superintendent of transportation for the city street railway, died years ago. She leaves one son Durland and many friends. Funeral and interment were in Richland on Thursday.
Funeral services for Charles D Middleton a former Warrensburg newspaper man who died Wednesday in Manhattan Kansas were held at 10 oclock Friday at First Presbyterian church Manhattan. The body was moved to Warrensburg for burial at Sunset Hill cemetery this afternoon at 430. The Rev D H Fisher of Manhattan and Rev J C Hollyman assisted. Middleton was an uncle of William and Kenneth Middleton of Warrensburg who attended the burial.
P J Devine travels to Kansas City to visit daughter Eleanor in Paolo and relatives before Clifton City holidays. June Bidstrup returns from University of Missouri for vacation with parents G H and Edna Potter travels to Tulsa while Neales rent house in Clifton City. area residents attend funeral services for Mrs Faye Swan in Sedalia.
Jacob Henry Kern age 85 died at his home 918 East Fifth Street at 12 30 Thursday afternoon. The body is at Gillespie Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. He is survived by his widow and other relatives.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Mary Engholm who died after 6 pm Monday. The Rev Ralph Emerson Hurd of Epworth Methodist Church officiated at Gillespie Funeral Home. Burial followed at Crown Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Nona Bryan aged 52 widow of Daniel Bryan died Saturday at her St Louis home. A Seda lia resident for years she belonged to St Patrick's church and the Daughters of Isabella. Survived by four sons Wilbur Boonville Francis Herbert and Harold Bryan and daughter Mrs Sylvania Ash all of St Louis. Also surviving are sisters Mrs Abe Green Hartford Kas Mrs William Garvey St Louis Mrs Margaret Blakeley Seda lia and brothers John Hays Chicago Bart Hays Los Angeles Calif.
Mrs. Clarence R. McCann formerly Charlotte Dudding of Warrensburg died at her Shawnee Mound area home on Wednesday night. Funeral service was held Friday at 10 in the morning with burial at Sunset Hill cemetery in Warrensburg. She is survived by her husband Max McCann of Springfield a son and Max’s sister Mrs L K Bowman of Shawnee Mound and a sister in Oregon.
Earl Sims found dead at 504 West Jefferson Street. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Monday at the home of his aunt Mrs. Mary Maupin Hamilton 505 West Pacific Street, with Rev. B. T. McMiller officiating. Interment in Crown Hill Cemetery colored section. No inquest. Survived by brother Walter Hale grandmother Angeline Hale and aunt Hamilton.
Ralph Reed and Hazel Fynn Harris both of Sedalia were married at 1 30 oclock Tuesday afternoon by Justice of the Peace W I Leslie at his office on South Ohio avenue.
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