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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
5
A promotional notice touts the value of The Sentinel Want Ads. It frames deposits as seeds and harvests, with two harvest seasons in April and October, urging readers to place ads to grow value. The piece emphasizes consistent growth from investments through the paper’s listing service.
Police investigated three nights of ghost stories at Riverside Park and found a 66 year old woman named Mary Burk, wife of Daniel Burk of St Marys Ohio. She claims her husband will return from Middletown Indiana and had slept in the park since Wednesday night. She was poorly clothed and hungry and could name no local contacts. She was jailed until her husband or friends could be located.
Mrs Laura Fawards is improving after a runaway accident at Broadway and Osage streets Wednesday afternoon. She suffered a gash to the back of her head and bruises to her body and was taken to her home two miles south of the city that evening.
Directory items list Uston Transfer Co offering packing moving and storage of furniture and baggage with citywide delivery and carriage calls at 02 West Main Street. Lemens Honkomp Cigar Factory at 121 East Third Street makers of Golden Rama 10-cent cigar and Missouri State War 5-cent cigar with guaranteed satisfaction.
Abbreviated and garbled OCR text mentions ABSTOMX and Anogy Renyhs in association with a product. No clear event or entities to confirm a fuller summary.
In New York City a crowd of 100 women and many children urged warrants for husbands accused of desertion and for-rapport. Magistrate Pool called wife desertion a serious menace and issued twenty warrants with the rest sent to court officers for investigation.
An old advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy soothing drawing out information and healing cuts burns and bruises. It claims relief for piles and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit versions sold by W F Bard Drug Co.
The Sedalia lodge of Elks held a meeting and approved early steps for building the Elk home at the corner of Third and Lamine. The group disposed of considerable business and votes to begin preparations immediately.
Advertisement notes a two ounce package priced at five cents for grocers to stock, promoting Red Cross Ball Blue.
A list of staple items including genuine money five dollar items, lamp oil, cider vinegar, gasoline, coal oil, and canned goods marked for delivery to all parts of the city. Bell Phone numbers 675 216 727 729 East Fifth Street appear as contact points for orders.
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