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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
6
A local shop advertises paintings in water and oil and related media—pas tels hand colored photogravures carbon prints and etchings—displayed with framing. It also offers stationery office supplies artist materials and pyrography tools at competitive prices.
A long list of locals and visitors records arrivals and departures. Names include A. W. Chatham Lamonte Tom Hurley and Mrs T B McKenzie, T O Smith, James T Montgomery, P Sangree Holmes Hall, C Kelly Barnes, William Jolly, Joel Gentry, W O Terry, Hazel Drake Ada Butterworth, M V Algaier, Maude O Bannon, Albert Kahn, Lawrence Kahn, G T Lambirth, Dollie Whet, W i Williams, Miss Margaret Gass, Stanley Shortridge, Donald Shepard, Will H Brill and family, Rosa Dixon, Tate Hodges, S M Hodges, Grace Baldwin, Chilton Landes, Mary Cadick, R Brown Daniels, Earl Clark, Miss Grace Baldwin, Miss Sadie Cameron, Mrs S C Phillips, Mrs Laura Field, G F Olendorf, M R Bissell, and Mrs G F Olendorf.
The Santa Fe payroll shows 29 000 employed on the system while Missouri Pacific halts a brakeman I O Phelps due to a minor injury. Topeka shops face a looming union blacksmith strike on August 15 over bonuses. Katy conductor Robert Bradfield leaves with family after visits, and Emancipation Day trains run from Parsons Hannibal and Columbia. Wabash abolishes secret service bureau to cut costs.
Advertises a weekly sale offering granulated sugar 18 for 1.00 dry salt bacon 11 for 1.00 leaf lard 11 for 1.00 good roasted coffee 7 for 1 barrel Michigan salt and other pantry staples at low prices. Promises Cuban coffee at 20 cents per pound, coal oil and gasoline cheap, fresh fish Tuesdays and Fridays, fresh butter and eggs, and groceries cheaper than anywhere in the city. Bath phones.
A large crowd attended a lawn social at the Smith and Cotton residence on Broadway last night. Prof Steininger's orchestra provided music and receipts pleased the ladies in charge.
The bulk of Saghalien garrison surrendered to the Japanese on July 31. The civil administration staff leaves for the island tomorrow to establish headquarters at Alexandrovsk. Kidney illness affects many. Foley's Kidney Cure offered by Arlington Pharmacy.
In Justice D Kinse's court Frank Cramer and Parker Jacobs faced charges for throwing dead animals into the Brown Springs lake. Jacobs pleaded guilty and was fined $100 plus costs. Cramer secured a change of venue and the case will be tried at Smithton next Wednesday afternoon.
Henry Thayer and B F Christepher of Kansas City along with Pitkin Stanley and Joe Gold returned home after several days at Muddy Creek. They report a delightful time and two good catches during the outing.
J. M. Cox and Miss Minnie Austin eloped from Denison and wed at Sherman courthouse by Elder J. H. Baxter at 3 30 PM. They returned to Denison then depart on No 4 for a wedding trip to Sedalia St Louis and other Missouri points. Bride daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Austin educated in Denison High School 1902. Groom a Katy fireman. They plan to reside in Denison after the trip.
The residence of Elmer Wine at 409 East Fourteenth street was burglarized last night with $25 taken from Wine's trousers pocket. Neighbors heard a prowler, who escaped via a window, while Mr and Mrs Wine slept. The money belonged to the Bell Telephone company and was part of an expense fund. Police notified.
The Canadian Henley regatta opened in St Catherines Ont with oarsmen from the U S and across Canada competing. Events include junior to senior doubles pairs and eights on a 1 mile 250 yard straight course across two days.
Rev J Lincoln Ellis outlines Sunday services with a morning sermon on Foreign missions and an evening address on The Mode and Significance of Baptism. He asks attendees to bring their Bibles.
Chicago hog market totals show 15 000 steady with 3 000 cattle strong. Kansas City and Omaha feed lots list 5 000 and 7 000 hogs with 2 000 cattle, all steady and strong. East St. Louis reports 4 000 hogs steady with 2 009 cattle, top price 6.15. Chicago hogs steady with light 5.60 to 6.05 and heavy 5.45 to 5.95. mixed 5.45 to 6.00. rough 5.20 to 5.40. Estimated Chicago hogs for Saturday at 11 000.
The Elks and friends held an outdoor gathering at Forest Park with a trolley ride, music by the Second Regiment band, a lavish feast, and songs, stories, and recitations. Remarks urged the Elk project with a fund raise increasing from 1000 to 2000 dollars, planning next Wednesday to push the enterprise. Toastmaster C. Lawson led contributors including W. H. Powell, Dr. B. F. Yancey, A. W. McKenzie, Dr. A. J. Tucker, and a quartet Koock Hastain Zook Leist.
Services for Mrs. G. E. Miller were conducted this afternoon at 3 o clock from the residence at Walnut and New York avenue. Pallbearers included Daniel Grow Lee Pellet S A Osborne John Dirck and Charles Leftwich.
John Brockman of Nine teenth and Ingram avenue sold two hogs to Bud Stevenson this morning. The swine weighed a total 642 pounds and neither pig was eight months old.
The Cash Grocers of East Sedalia advertises discounted groceries after buying Laupheimer & Spillers stock. Prominent items include sweet pickles, queen olives, baked beans, pure lard, granulated sugar, silk soap, hard wheat flour, gallon syrup, and Banner oats with low pack prices and a promise of prompt service.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure is free of poisons and can cure any kidney disease within the reach of medicine, with sales through Arlington pharmacy.
Market list shows chops butter lard potatoes prairie hay corn meal sorghum and various flours with prices per cwt or bushel. Also offers spring chickens geese ducks and health tonic Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by W. E. Bard Drug Company.
Emancipation Day was quietly observed with a barbecue at Forest Park where the colored population assembled and enjoyed the event to the fullest. The day’s program will extend to this evening when a dance will be given.
An exterminator claims to exterminate pests in general and offers services for sale through all druggists. The ad markets its efficiency and wide availability across retail drug outlets.
A public notice touts Worrells Insect Fox terminator as a safe refuge for garden pests sold by druggists and Foley’s Kidneys and Bladder Cure promised to cure diseases of disordered kidneys or bladder sold by Arlington Pharmacy.
Deputy Sheriff Mel Henderson reports the body of W. B. Porter Jr has been recovered after a drowning off Los Angeles two or three weeks ago. The remains will be transported from Los Angeles to Sedalia today for burial or further disposition.
Ernest Johnson and Mary Brown, both colored, were granted a marriage license today by Deputy Recorder C. S. Williams.
The county issued licenses today to R. C. Rohn, Jake Bauer, J. R. Estill, Guy Titsworth and Charlie Rodes, authorizing their hunting activities for the season.
A short note credits Will J Crawford as creator of Drink Shan Dy Graffe described as a maker of good things to drink. The fragment mentions Big 8 Floor Bas no eavwal but lacks clear context or complete facts.
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