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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
A June notice from the M K T railroad promised readers enlightenment about Texas. A Dana Illinois correspondent replied with a quixotic plea about fortune telling and sent a photo, claiming to be a poor woman with a baby, prompting an unspoken reaction to the mock reading.
The M K and T railroad unveils August 1 changes routing St Louis to San Antonio on its own rails. The Katy Flyer becomes a through vestibuled train with sleepers to Galveston San Antonio and Mexico City and reclining cars to Galveston. Travel time to Houston shortens and service expands to Temple Belton Taylor Smithville Lockhart San Marcos and New Braunfels with new Sleeping car service Shreveport to San Antonio via Dallas.
A Missouri Kansas and Texas Bay official’s wife scolds her son Master Jonnie. He replies that only good boys go to heaven, then says he’d be bad and go with the rest of the family, showing a playful family moment from the household.
Wadsworth Towle the owner of the smaller estate and Helen De Veaux of the larger fall for each other after a series of staged meetings. Towle discovers the nurse on the De Veaux property is the woman he loves, not just a staffer. The two properties finally unite through their romance and practical matching of interests.
Cuero Texas August 27 Sam Stiles a negro Baptist preacher sentenced to death for murder nearly was hanged yesterday before a governor’s respite arrived. A telegraph message halted the trap and he was led back to his cell with hands untied to await review of new evidence. The crowd outside witnessed the near execution and a dramatic delay.
Fine rains for fall pasture. Will French buys a new buggy. Bertha Park returns from Longwood. Cora and Ora Park visit Sedalia. Andy Maloy buys Calbert Wheeler’s Brush Hill farm. John Austin visits with G B and J J Van Bibber. Pettis county realty loans from $1,000 up at best terms. J H Bothwell announces legal services in Sedalia.
Train notices announce M K and T departures heading north and east with arrivals and limited stops. Times 12:45 to 12:50 a m and 9:10 to 9:30 a m referenced along No 6 Katy Flyer and No 64 way freight with early morning schedule details.
Fragmentary timetable notes show departures and arrivals for trains toward Sedalia Warsaw Southwestern and northbound services. Entries include times such as 3:12 a m 3:17 a m 6:10 p m 6:30 p m 8:40 a m 9:10 a m with local No 53 and No 117 services and Wednesday Saturday references. The text also mentions Sedalia Warsaw and unclear northbound departures from Warsaw.
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