The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-08-13
AUTO FALLS FROM BRIDGE
James Norris of Jericho Probably Fa.
tally Injured in Accident Near
Carthage-Wife Escapes.

James Norris, real estate dealer
of Jericho, probably was fatally in.
jured near Carthage. when he lost
control of his motor car and 1t
plunged over the side Of a small
bridge. Norris was pinned under the
machine.
While ascending a steep hill, the en-
gine went dead. Mrs. Norris, who was
with him, got out TO crank the car.
Norris accidentally released the brake
and the car shot backward down the
hill and over the side of the bridge.
Norris and his wife were en- route to
Columbus, Kan.
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Fair Trips to Grade Winners.-The
three young women who hold the best
grades in the school of home econom.
les now being held in Johnson county
under the direction Of the bureau Of
agriculture will be sent to the state
fair at Sedalia in October. Fifty.
eight have entered the contest. At
the fair the winners of the contest
will serve dinner Governor Major
Jewell Mayes, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, and John Stin-
son, secretary of the state fair, will
dine with the Johnson county girls.
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! Republican Leader Dies.-Attorney
/ Peter Harst Sangree, 60 years old, is
dead at Sedalia. For more than thirty
years he was the law partner of
Henry Lamm, now presiding judge Of
the supreme court of Missouri. For
twenty years he was chairman of the
Seventh district congressional COM
mittee. He was one of the most ac-
tive Republicans in Central Missouri.
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Dies in Bed.-Mrs. Sarah Smith, 50
years old, was found dead in bed at
her home in Mokane recently. Mrs.
Smith and her husband, Justice Smith,
81 years old, who survives her, were
married in Ohio sixty-five years ago,
and were the Oldest married couple
in Galloway county.
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Fall Killed MINERAL Hunter,
miner, was killed at the Chicago
Leigh mine near Carthage. While
standing on the edge of the shaft he
lost his balance and fell 140 feet to
the bottom. He was So years old.
Lived in Missouri rs Years.-Mrs.
George A. Bradford, resident of Mis-
souri, seventy-five years, is dead at
Columbia. She formerly lived in Ran
dolph county.
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TWO Die in Motor Upset.-Andy
Easily, GO years old, and James Mill
er, 80, of Foster, are dead as the re-
suit of motoring acci1ent three
miles west of Rich Hill. Mart Biggs
of New Home is injured, probably IA
tally, and Biggert Watson, the driver
of the car, escaped with slight in
| juries. The party had spent the af-
ternoon in the city and were return
ing home when their car skidded and
turned over.
Former Mayor Dies.-W William b.
Myers, SO years old, is dead at Car
thage of complication of diseases.
He was veteran of the Civil war,
enlisting when IL years old in the
Union army. He was three times
mayor of Carthage. Until recent
years he had been engaged in the
manufacturing and. stone business
here.
Marshal Shot Disturber.-B. C. Mea.
der, city marshal, shot Ben Johnson
In the leg at Houston. Johnson was
resisting arrest, having drawn knife
on the marshal. The wound is not
dangerous.
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Suicide at Carthage. Fris.
by, 40, committed suicide at Carthage
by taking poison. No reason for the
act ls known unless 1t was worry over
the departure OF his favorite daugh.
ter, who left several days ago to
make her home In Indiana.
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Trolley Kills Farner.-John Degen
farmer, G6 years old, received. In
juries from which he died when q
Kansas City. Clay County & st. Jos
eph Electric Line car hit his buggy
at a grade crossing near st. Joseph.