Worms Stir Excitement at Pettis Y Rally
Residents heard an excited exclamation about worms during a Pettis YMCA event. The moment captured local sentiment as attendees discussed gardening and soil health.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Democrat
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
6
Army Worms Ravage Crops Around Sedalia Area
Report from Sedalia indicates army worms devastate wheat fields and meadows across county roads and pastures. Timely lime treatment at Liberty park and nearby lawns shows effectiveness. Ex mayor Ludemann notes Hessian fly present in his 95 acre wheat field with strong yield prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Liberty Park
J. L. Babcock
F. F. Combs
Park Board
Fred L. Ludemann
Lamonte
Democrat
Iudemann
Boss farm adviser S M Jordan gains national prominence
S M Jordan of Pettis county, famed as a farming expert in two blades of wheat and other crops, is reported by Tuesday's St. Louis Republic to be on the road to becoming the boss farm adviser in America. He continues giving talks in Sedalia papers on topics like army worm denaturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
St. Louis Republic
Jordan
Sedalia
Army worms halt traffic and ruin crops in Johnson County
In Johnson county farms suffer from army worm outbreaks across Warrensburg area. Reports describe havoc in meadows and pastures and damage to young corn and growing wheat. A Warrensburg postal carrier saw a solid worm mass blocking a road for over 100 yards. An automobile skidded and stopped when wheels hit the crushed worm mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Pontia The Daughter of Pilate Presented by Sacred Heart Children
The play Pontia the Daughter of Pilate was staged Friday evening by the children of Sacred Heart school. A large audience attended and the show cleared a neat sum of $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontia
Pilate
Children of Sacred Heart School
Blues Set For Boonville Showdown Next Sunday
The Sedalia Blues arranged a game with the strong Boonville team to be played at Boonville Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Blues
Boonville
Postal Items Selections At Webster Walker Dinner
Social notes from Postal Missouri list visits and dinners among local families. Webster Walker and the Finis Rayhills hosted meals with the Bob Taylors and Dell Shumates. Ethel Gentry returned home after six weeks with Mrs. Glasscock. Memorial church plans an ice cream supper on June 6 and a B Y P U convention on June 13 and 14 with baskets.
Sedalia Couple Weds at Home of Bride Parents
The marriage of Mrs. William Martin Glass and Frank Butt of Albuquerque was held at 10 am Wednesday at 215 East Fifth Street Sedalia. Rev D H Atwill officiated before relatives and close friends with a breakfast, and the couple departed on Missouri Pacific train No 6 for a honeymoon East before settling in Albuquerque after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Butt
WM. Martin Glass
Douglass H. Atwill
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Albuquerque
Mr. Butt
West
Douglass Atwill
J. B. Fuller
Harry B. Sinnett
William Glass
William Thornton Maltby
Joseph Waddell
Elizabeth Doyle
Harold Maltby
Veterans' Happy Reunion At Memorial Dedication Week
North Topeka Kansas paper reports Captain G M Brassfield of Blue Post 250 hosts Col James M Thornton at a reunion. Thornton, former first lieutenant, recalls being wounded at Fort Leavenworth while they served together. Thornton from Se Galia Missouri leads National Military Home No 500. He and Brassfield compare histories. both have many descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brassfield
Colonel Thornton
Se Galia
Captain Brassfield
Fort Leavenworth
Wage talks suspend as railroads face referendum on strike
Negotiations for higher pay between eighty nine railroads west of Chicago and St Louis and trainmen and firemen stalled in Chicago. A final railroad refusal will go to a nationwide vote with about 55,000 workers involved across 140000 miles of track. If approved the move would boost payrolls by roughly 50 percent and trigger overtime and schedule changes per new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tees
Chicago
St. Louis
Warren Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
United States
Illinois Central
Canada
Fort William
Grand Trunk Pacific
Mert
Saddle Horse Stake Returns At Missouri State Fair
The Missouri state fair directors in Sedalia announce a $2,500 saddle horse stake for the September 25 to October 2 event. Last year’s show drew national acclaim as the continent’s biggest saddle horse display, reinforcing the state’s rising reputation in fine horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Saddler
Sedalia
Kentucky
Sacred Heart Pupils Picnicked at Cotton's Grove
Sacred Heart school children and about twenty parish members picnicked at Cotton's Grove, three miles northwest of the city. They left the school at 9 am with dinners and spent the afternoon in games and a baseball game, returning by supper time with Reverends Neiberg and Rudolph accompanying them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Cotton’s Grove
Fathers Neiberg
Rudolph
Postoffice Messenger Resigns in Sedalia
Ernest Holmesley, longtime special delivery messenger at Sedalia post office, resigns effective immediately. Joseph Bast, Sedalia High School 1914 graduate, is appointed to succeed him and Holmesley plans future arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Holmesley
Sedalia Postoffice
Joseph Bast
Sedalia High
Holmessey
McGaw Re-elected Secretary of Missouri Letter Carriers
John S. McGaw a prominent Sedalia post office letter carrier was re elected secretary of the Missouri Letter Carriers Association after the Cape Girardeau meeting. He will return home Monday night or Tuesday morning from the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. McGaw
Sedalia
Missouri Letter Carriers’ Association
Cape Girardeau
McGaw
Pleasant Valley Farmers Expect Yet Another Dry Year
Local farmers in Pleasant Valley anticipate a repeat dry season with limited rainfall and potential impact on crops. Warnings about water scarcity and irrigation load emerge as the community plans for the coming months.
Ice Cream Social at Pleasant Hill Church Friday Night
In Pleasant Valley Missouri residents invite all to an ice cream social at Pleasant Hill church on Friday night June 5 as regular preaching continues Sunday. Farmers anticipate rain to curb army worm damage while locals share visiting and family notes from a busy weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Garrett
Vernon
Hollie Anderson
Emmett Woolery
Sedalia
George Blair
Noah Bolton
Lee Parrish
Pleasant Hill Church
William Hicholz
Lake Creek
May criminal fees apportioned by county court
The county court on Tuesday apportioned May criminal fees among officials. Awards include Circuit Clerk G W Driskell 159.00 Sheriff J R Card 695.35 Prosecuting Attorney W D O’Bannon 210.00 Ex officer justice J C Connor 37.85 Ex-officio constable E H Wood 17.50 Constable W W Bolton 87.50 Justice R G Leaming 40.35 Justice J B Rickman 34.30 Justice Douglass Lame 27.35 Ex-officio constable John Burger 0.00 Ex-officio justice S C Fuller 11.43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Driskell
J. R. Card
W. D. O'Bannon
J. C. Connor
Offico Justice
E. H. Wood
W. W. Bolton
R. G. Leaming
J. B. Rickman
Douglass Lame
John Burger
Ceecsees Oodne
S. C. Fuller
Silo School Highlight at Missouri State Fair
Sedalia will host the Missouri state fair from September 25 to October 2 with a special Silo School section. Led by W. L. Nelson, assistant secretary of the state board of agriculture, the exhibit will feature erected silos and models of makes. The event aims to help farmers planning a 1915 silo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Sedalia
W. L. Nelson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Paroles Continued and Noted Cases in Pettis Court
June term of the Pettis county circuit court continues twelve paroles including Jasper Smith whose two year forgery sentence was revoked and Sheriff directed to return him to prison. Others sentenced or set for trial include Burnett Graybill Hall Rogers Elmo Reddick and more with various charges and dismissals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Smith
Pettis County
Card
C. R. Burnett
C. L. Graybill
William D. O'Bannon
Homer Hall
Missouri
Jack Rogers
Santo Elmo
Prentice Reddick
Back Into Harness Again In Sedalia Hotel Deal
One of Sedalia’s largest recent deals closes with Peter Pehl Daniel Byard and Otto Pehl gaining control of the Walch hotel and cafe on West Second Street and the West Second street buffet run by A H Cassing and Daniel Byard. Cassing retires and new owners take possession July 1. The trio plan a new front and other improvements to boost comfort and patronage. A H Cassing stays at the Ohio avenue buffet and Byard retires from that venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Peter Pehl
Daniel Byard
Otto Pehl
Walch
West Second Street
Ty A. H. Cassing
Cassing
Messrs. Pehl
Byard
Walch Hotel
A. H. Cassing
Ohio Avenue
Is No Disgrace in Defeat as Sedalia Cubs Fall 2-1
The Sedalia Cubs lost 2-1 to Windsor on Sunday in a closely contested amateur game at the same venue. Windsor’s Ca hill hit a decisive eighth inning homer to seal the win. Sedalia’s battery was Wilkerson and Wilkinson, while Henry and Huckstep starred for Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia Cubs
Windsor
Cahill
Sedalia
Wilkerson
Wilkinson
Henry
Huckstep
Team to Play in Sedalia Next Sunday
Sedalia and Windsor will meet in Sedalia next Sunday. A special MKT train will run to accommodate Windsor supporters wanting to accompany the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Windsor
Moberly shuts out Sedalia Blues 6 to 0 at Liberty Park
Moberly Athletics defeated Sedalia Blues 6 to 0 before a large crowd. Herb Zoernig pitched effectively with five hits allowed and eleven strikeouts. Blues benefited from nine hits and errorless defense. Score by innings shows Sedalia scoring in the third only. Batteries Zoernig Le Begue for Sedalia and Hill Cook for Moberly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb” Zoernig
Zoernig
Hill
Blues
Sedalia
Moberly
Lebegue
Cook
Judge Gray to Quit the Bench
Wilmington Del May 30 Judge George Gray of the United States court for the Third judicial circuit announced plans to resign from the bench leaving a vacancy as the term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
United States Court For the
Third Judicial Circuit
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Pettis
Army Worm
A. G. Deweese
Timothy
Sam Jordan
S. M. Jordan
Perts
Postal
Webster Walker
Mr. and
Mrs
Finis
Rayhill and
Matt Ray
Bob
Taylor Sunday
Mrs. Ross Landon
Robert Landon
Mrs. Dell Shumate
Rev
D. H. Atwill
Albuquerque, N. M
William Martin
Glass
Mr. Frank Butt
Albu
Querque
N. M
William John Maltby
East
Fifth Street
North Topeka
Kas
G. M. Brassfield
Blue Post
James M. Thornton
News OF the Rail
Sedalia Democrat
General Managers
BIG Saddle Horse
Cotton's
Mr. McGaw
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley, Mo
Henry Leiter
Armeda Garrett
F. M. Garrett
Jim Garrett
Garden City
J. E. Bolten
Clinton
Earnie Stevens
Ida Franklin
Russell
Dresden
Harry Meyer
Ruth Franklin
Wilber Garrett
Ida Anderson
James Garrett
State Fair Silo School
Ed Carpenter
Mary Cooper
Will Meyers
Thomas Woodward
Frank Bell
Hattie Knopf
Charles Mansfield
John Jackson
Et al
Ottto Pehl
Dan Byard
Central Missouri
Ohio St
Ohio Street
Sedalia’s
West Second St
Liberty
Yonkers
N. Y
Robert McClure
S. S. McClure
Christian Church Sunday Schools
Smithton
Green Ridge
Houstonia
Gi Ae
Hughesville
Maree Wees
Gilead
EH. Williamson
Washington
Central
Sweet Springs
J. A. Robinson
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