History of Callaway County:
Gone are the days of the Victorian fittings and the velvet draped parlors. Those oft remembered days when roses graced the white linen clothes of each table in the Palace Hotel's elegant dining room.
Those days when the livery business thrived in Fulton, as the Missouri Mule was a prime concern for businessmen, who arrived in Fulton daily by train. Two-horsed carriages that took travelers from the train depot daily and the hotel porter would broad the incoming train and solicit patrons for the "Palace."
The first Kingdom Supper held at the Palace Hotel on January 18, 1906 and the bounteous fare offered by the proprietor, Waldo Smith and his wife Eugenia. The menu included a "Callaway ham, baked sea bass, roast turkey, asparagus tips on toast, oyster dressing, Creole sause and many more delectable entrees.
The turn of the century was the hey-day for the Palace Hotel in Fulton. Captain Smith made the Palace the showplace of Fulton. During this period Captain Smith purchased the pink and white Italian marble floors. The marble tiles were part of the floor of an exhibition hall at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Missouri Telegraph-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, operator of the Palace Hotel here, has been named a member of the Callaway Selective Service Board to succeed Judge J.E. Moore, who recently resigned.
Appointed by Governor Forrest C. Donnell and approved by President Roosevelt is one of the original members of the board when it was formed in the fall of 1940. The other two members of the board are H. Crowson, Chairman and Dr. E.L. McCluer.
Missouri Telegraoh-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, owner of the Palace Hotel, is building a storm vestibule on the west side of the building at the entrances of the offices of Anderson and Baker, insurance and real estate and the Red Cross.
Mr. Smith said this is art of the hotel building has been the most difficult to keep warm and the new addition is expected to obviate the trouble in the future . The vestibule is removed at the approach of warmer weather in the spring.
Missouri Death Certificate#34352:
Waldo Franklin Smith, 65 years, 4 months and 27 days old, of Palace Hotel on the corner of 5th and Market Streets, Fulton, Missouri died at 9:00am on October 27, 1943 at his home.
Dr. Greene D. McCall, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Arteriosclerosis, Pasllar Artery, Brain, Calcarious Degeneration followed by Paralysis contributed to by Cardiac Insufficiency. Diagnosis confirmed by Xray. The informant was Mrs. Eugenia Smith, spouse of the deceased.
Mr. Smith was born May 30, 1878, in Macon County, the son of Franklin and Elizabeth (Titus) Smith, born in Lewiston, Maine and Macon County, Missouri. He was united in marriage to Eugenia and she survives him. Mr. Smith was a hotel manager.
Arrangements were under the care of Glen Y. Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Gone are the days of the Victorian fittings and the velvet draped parlors. Those oft remembered days when roses graced the white linen clothes of each table in the Palace Hotel's elegant dining room.
Those days when the livery business thrived in Fulton, as the Missouri Mule was a prime concern for businessmen, who arrived in Fulton daily by train. Two-horsed carriages that took travelers from the train depot daily and the hotel porter would broad the incoming train and solicit patrons for the "Palace."
The first Kingdom Supper held at the Palace Hotel on January 18, 1906 and the bounteous fare offered by the proprietor, Waldo Smith and his wife Eugenia. The menu included a "Callaway ham, baked sea bass, roast turkey, asparagus tips on toast, oyster dressing, Creole sause and many more delectable entrees.
The turn of the century was the hey-day for the Palace Hotel in Fulton. Captain Smith made the Palace the showplace of Fulton. During this period Captain Smith purchased the pink and white Italian marble floors. The marble tiles were part of the floor of an exhibition hall at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Missouri Telegraph-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, operator of the Palace Hotel here, has been named a member of the Callaway Selective Service Board to succeed Judge J.E. Moore, who recently resigned.
Appointed by Governor Forrest C. Donnell and approved by President Roosevelt is one of the original members of the board when it was formed in the fall of 1940. The other two members of the board are H. Crowson, Chairman and Dr. E.L. McCluer.
Missouri Telegraoh-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, owner of the Palace Hotel, is building a storm vestibule on the west side of the building at the entrances of the offices of Anderson and Baker, insurance and real estate and the Red Cross.
Mr. Smith said this is art of the hotel building has been the most difficult to keep warm and the new addition is expected to obviate the trouble in the future . The vestibule is removed at the approach of warmer weather in the spring.
Missouri Death Certificate#34352:
Waldo Franklin Smith, 65 years, 4 months and 27 days old, of Palace Hotel on the corner of 5th and Market Streets, Fulton, Missouri died at 9:00am on October 27, 1943 at his home.
Dr. Greene D. McCall, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Arteriosclerosis, Pasllar Artery, Brain, Calcarious Degeneration followed by Paralysis contributed to by Cardiac Insufficiency. Diagnosis confirmed by Xray. The informant was Mrs. Eugenia Smith, spouse of the deceased.
Mr. Smith was born May 30, 1878, in Macon County, the son of Franklin and Elizabeth (Titus) Smith, born in Lewiston, Maine and Macon County, Missouri. He was united in marriage to Eugenia and she survives him. Mr. Smith was a hotel manager.
Arrangements were under the care of Glen Y. Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
History of Callaway County:
Gone are the days of the Victorian fittings and the velvet draped parlors. Those oft remembered days when roses graced the white linen clothes of each table in the Palace Hotel's elegant dining room.
Those days when the livery business thrived in Fulton, as the Missouri Mule was a prime concern for businessmen, who arrived in Fulton daily by train. Two-horsed carriages that took travelers from the train depot daily and the hotel porter would broad the incoming train and solicit patrons for the "Palace."
The first Kingdom Supper held at the Palace Hotel on January 18, 1906 and the bounteous fare offered by the proprietor, Waldo Smith and his wife Eugenia. The menu included a "Callaway ham, baked sea bass, roast turkey, asparagus tips on toast, oyster dressing, Creole sause and many more delectable entrees.
The turn of the century was the hey-day for the Palace Hotel in Fulton. Captain Smith made the Palace the showplace of Fulton. During this period Captain Smith purchased the pink and white Italian marble floors. The marble tiles were part of the floor of an exhibition hall at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Missouri Telegraph-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, operator of the Palace Hotel here, has been named a member of the Callaway Selective Service Board to succeed Judge J.E. Moore, who recently resigned.
Appointed by Governor Forrest C. Donnell and approved by President Roosevelt is one of the original members of the board when it was formed in the fall of 1940. The other two members of the board are H. Crowson, Chairman and Dr. E.L. McCluer.
Missouri Telegraoh-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, owner of the Palace Hotel, is building a storm vestibule on the west side of the building at the entrances of the offices of Anderson and Baker, insurance and real estate and the Red Cross.
Mr. Smith said this is art of the hotel building has been the most difficult to keep warm and the new addition is expected to obviate the trouble in the future . The vestibule is removed at the approach of warmer weather in the spring.
Missouri Death Certificate#34352:
Waldo Franklin Smith, 65 years, 4 months and 27 days old, of Palace Hotel on the corner of 5th and Market Streets, Fulton, Missouri died at 9:00am on October 27, 1943 at his home.
Dr. Greene D. McCall, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Arteriosclerosis, Pasllar Artery, Brain, Calcarious Degeneration followed by Paralysis contributed to by Cardiac Insufficiency. Diagnosis confirmed by Xray. The informant was Mrs. Eugenia Smith, spouse of the deceased.
Mr. Smith was born May 30, 1878, in Macon County, the son of Franklin and Elizabeth (Titus) Smith, born in Lewiston, Maine and Macon County, Missouri. He was united in marriage to Eugenia and she survives him. Mr. Smith was a hotel manager.
Arrangements were under the care of Glen Y. Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
Gone are the days of the Victorian fittings and the velvet draped parlors. Those oft remembered days when roses graced the white linen clothes of each table in the Palace Hotel's elegant dining room.
Those days when the livery business thrived in Fulton, as the Missouri Mule was a prime concern for businessmen, who arrived in Fulton daily by train. Two-horsed carriages that took travelers from the train depot daily and the hotel porter would broad the incoming train and solicit patrons for the "Palace."
The first Kingdom Supper held at the Palace Hotel on January 18, 1906 and the bounteous fare offered by the proprietor, Waldo Smith and his wife Eugenia. The menu included a "Callaway ham, baked sea bass, roast turkey, asparagus tips on toast, oyster dressing, Creole sause and many more delectable entrees.
The turn of the century was the hey-day for the Palace Hotel in Fulton. Captain Smith made the Palace the showplace of Fulton. During this period Captain Smith purchased the pink and white Italian marble floors. The marble tiles were part of the floor of an exhibition hall at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Missouri Telegraph-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, operator of the Palace Hotel here, has been named a member of the Callaway Selective Service Board to succeed Judge J.E. Moore, who recently resigned.
Appointed by Governor Forrest C. Donnell and approved by President Roosevelt is one of the original members of the board when it was formed in the fall of 1940. The other two members of the board are H. Crowson, Chairman and Dr. E.L. McCluer.
Missouri Telegraoh-1942:
Waldo F. Smith, owner of the Palace Hotel, is building a storm vestibule on the west side of the building at the entrances of the offices of Anderson and Baker, insurance and real estate and the Red Cross.
Mr. Smith said this is art of the hotel building has been the most difficult to keep warm and the new addition is expected to obviate the trouble in the future . The vestibule is removed at the approach of warmer weather in the spring.
Missouri Death Certificate#34352:
Waldo Franklin Smith, 65 years, 4 months and 27 days old, of Palace Hotel on the corner of 5th and Market Streets, Fulton, Missouri died at 9:00am on October 27, 1943 at his home.
Dr. Greene D. McCall, of Fulton, pronounced death caused by Arteriosclerosis, Pasllar Artery, Brain, Calcarious Degeneration followed by Paralysis contributed to by Cardiac Insufficiency. Diagnosis confirmed by Xray. The informant was Mrs. Eugenia Smith, spouse of the deceased.
Mr. Smith was born May 30, 1878, in Macon County, the son of Franklin and Elizabeth (Titus) Smith, born in Lewiston, Maine and Macon County, Missouri. He was united in marriage to Eugenia and she survives him. Mr. Smith was a hotel manager.
Arrangements were under the care of Glen Y. Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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