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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1905
Page
2
Rates for daily and weekly subscriptions by mail or postpaid are listed, including daily and annual options with prices. The note identifies the Sentinel Newspaper Co. as the official paper of Sedalia, Missouri, and provides mail and contact details.
Henry Clews warns that prosperity breeds feverish speculation as crops and demand rise. He urges slow, conservative action to avert a looming market collapse, advising investors to restrain leverage and prepare for a cyclone eight years ahead.
In Portsmouth society circles, chatter about a peace conference runs hot as a playful debate on Korea and Japan unfolds among a group of summer girls. A misinformed quip about Sag Herbertsland and a correction about Sakhalin reveals lighthearted confusion and limits of knowledge in a social gathering.
The Post Dispatch cites St. Louis police records showing fewer arrests during the Sunday lid period. From April 20 to July 13 over four years, drunkenness fell 38 percent, disturbing the peace 18 percent, and assault with intent to kill 50 percent, with alcohol offenses dropping 56 percent from May to July.
The article describes Sicilian Italian colonies in Louisiana’s Concordia parish working 550 acres on a plantation with 25 families and plans for ten more. It notes foreigners performing farm labor and questions the future need for migrant workers as native labor shifts through schooling, legislature, and leisure.
Subscriptions are pouring in for the Church of St. Thomas in New York, the religious home of a notable congregation. Donors, parishioners, and local supporters contribute to the appeal, reflecting strong community backing for the church’s programs and missions.
The text records a remark from wealthy individuals about raising a few hundred for a mission chapel. It urges doing the best possible amid conflicting circumstances and stresses the goal of saving everyone if possible regardless of cost, suggesting St. Thomas as a fruitful field for redemption.
The Missouri State Poultry association executive committee met at Poultry Palace on August 26 and decided to hold the next annual meeting in Kirksville during the second week of December. The committee budgeted 59 dollars for special exhibit prices at the next State fair and extended thanks to the fair board for facilities and recognition of Missouri poultry industry. Members listed include President Chas Opel Jefferson City Secretary H F Nison Fayette C A Emry Garbage and Charles G Miller Boonville.
Paynes Piano Store at 505 Ohio street advertises a week long sale with remaining exhibit pianos including Kimball models. Otterville buyer G. P. Garland and Pilot Grove's Frank Kramer purchase fine pianos, with other locals M. Gresham Lough Johnston Windsor and MePwing noted as buyers.
Ironworkers at Binghampton hast ened to complete a contract they were engaged on before they were called out on a strike. Officials claim the move is a fair square deal for every worker, contrasting with presidential rhetoric.
The Porto Rican government has adopted Werrel''s Insert Exterminator for pest control, sold at 30 cents at all druggists.
H J Speicler longtime Fairbanks Morse Scale representative in Central Missouri now named manager of the sales department at the St Louis house. Steidley learned of the promotion last week and will depart Sedalia this week to assume new duties. The appointment marks a big step in his career and reflects appreciation of his past sales efforts.
The Sedalia Missouri City Council will accept bids to construct brick sidewalks on the west side of Ohio Avenue under an ordinance approved August 11 1905. Bids must be filed with the City Clerk before 34 o clock p m September 4 1905. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. City Clerk Baker witnesses the seal. Published for two consecutive insertions in the Sedalia Week Sentinel and seven consecutive insertions in the Sedalia Evening Sentinel.
The city school board will meet tonight to decide the opening date for the 1906-06 term. Building conditions, currently being painted, depend on the chosen start date, likely September 11 or 18.
The piece links inner cleanliness to health, claiming clean bowels blood liver and tissues prevent disease. It touts Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as the cure and includes a testimonial from John L Connour of Glen Savage Pa praising improved digestion and strength after three bottles.
An old advertisement asserts that stomach health is essential to overall strength and claims Kodol Dyspepsin Care cures indigestion and related stomach troubles. It notes that the product Digests what you eat and strengthens the digestive system and is sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
R A Dunlap proprietor of a new book store on South Ohio street learned his father died in Miami Missouri aged 84 He left last night to attend the funeral and the Dunlap book store will close for two days.
A Sedalia Missouri city resolution declares the east west valley between Fourth and Fifth streets in Smith and Martins First Addition necessary for paving. The plan specifies a full roadway grade with vitrified brick on a concrete base along Osage Avenue to Kentucky Avenue and calls for cost allocation to complete the improvement as filed with the City Clerk.
Pilot Grove plans a two day fair on September 19 and 20 with cash prizes for grain fruit vegetables and poultry. Citizens have raised funds and organizers seek free outdoor performers for the event.
An advertisement extols DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a fast healing remedy for cuts burns and bruises. It claims to draw out inflammation soothe and heal while warning against counterfeits and noting sale by W E Bard Drug Co.
The article claims Speer's Port Grape and Burgundy wines extend lives and benefit females, weakly persons, and invalids. It asserts iron filings dust as a fertilizer yields a superior wine for the sick.
At the state fairgrounds jeweler C. H. Bard held a guessing contest with a glass jar of pennies. Miss Mauline Hoover of 911 East Sixth Street correctly counted 3605 pennies to win the diamond ring prize.
L. C Snell lists dermatology chiropody and scalp care at 122 West Third Street offering specialized treatments for skin and scalp concerns in a compact local practice notice.
Sacred Heart church holds a picnic at the country home of Henry Snafer on Flat Creek next Sunday. Families may travel by wagons or streetcars with the grove a short distance from Forest Park.
An ad touts Hollister's Red Mountain Tea as a quick fix for bone and muscle speed, claiming it brings strength health and happiness to the whole family. The offer notes 35 contest tablets and references Bard Drug Co as retailers.
List of weekly prices for groceries including granulated sugar tea cans beans cheese sour pickles tomatoes cream of wheat macaroni and oil, with quick city delivery and guarantee of first class goods.
The advertisement claims nourishment is the way to health and that the stomach must stay healthy to avoid weakness. It asserts Kodel Dyspepsia Cure quickly cures indigestion sour risings constipation and other stomach troubles when sold by W I Bard Drug Co.
At Friday night meeting the Woodmen Circle decided to attend the Kansas Lew Rolling at Fort Scott Kansas on September 28. The Circle drill team will also enter the interstate competitive drill.
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