Local Get Sews: Best Machines In Town
Local shop hawks sewing machines as the best option to avoid sending money away. Advertisers promise reliable service and close proximity for repairs and sales.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
6
Local shop hawks sewing machines as the best option to avoid sending money away. Advertisers promise reliable service and close proximity for repairs and sales.
Will Garton a former Sedalia Transit motorman, recently back from the Indian territory, lies in critical condition with death hourly expected. Physicians have given up hope for recovery. Dr. McNeil reports good health and a pleasant European tour with Sedalian acquaintances. Dr. Overstreet stays on for a longer visit after accompanying him abroad.
The Missouri Pacific dig is underway near the power house to supply water for a new net million dollar shops. Drilling reaches 800 feet with plans to hit a large water supply at 1 000 feet.
Dr. George E. McNeil, house surgeon at the M K and T railway hospital, arrived home this morning after spending nine weeks abroad.
Rev. Mr. Williams of the Cleveland Ohio Congregational church has wired acceptance to preach two Sundays at the First Congregational church in this city for upcoming services.
Dr T T Clifford reports receiving another letter from Tharlies E Gallagher stating he will arrive in Sedalia Saturday from Marshall Missouri with a force of surveyors and travel overland to Sedalia.
A fragment from a Kansas page notes that News of the Rail Parsons has cast a vote. The snippet provides minimal context on which election or issue was involved and lacks further details.
Parsons Kansas voters approve an $80,000 bond issue for acquiring a city site for Missouri Kansas Texas Railway shops. The bond passes by 979 votes with the railroad donating $65,000 toward a 30 acre parcel in the city center. The Shops cost $1,000,000 and must be completed in two years employing about 1,800 workers. The land to be given free of liens with possession by December 1.
New York, Aug. 31. The Herald says John D. Rockefeller intends gifts of money for education and charity far surpassing prior contributions. The allocations will be decided largely by his son John D. Rockefeller Jr., trained in Europe, and the elder Rockefeller will consult in Cleveland after a Adirondacks departure. The son will later return to New York and then go to Europe for the winter.
Fr. F. Mulcahy advertises big S Flour as unmatched, selling the best flour warrants S and Vigoral brands.
This ad lists weekly sale items including 10 40 T bran 82 60 flour 90¢ anteed coffee beans and beans, 7 lb roasted coffee, Jell O packs, Mamma's Baking Powder, Old Country soap, 69 bars for 2.25, coal oil five gallons for 60¢, canned meats and lunch goods, and assorted cheese offerings in a long city advertisement.
Local notes list residents visiting and returning from trips across Missouri and beyond. Names include Sigenfritz from Southern Missouri, Jones of Warsaw, Widder at Paola, Fail at Warrensburg, Thomas from Warrensburg, Baxter at Springfield, Miner to Boonville, Harris to Pilot Grove, Dugan to Windsor, Goodyear to Ekhart Ind, Robertson family moving from St. Louis, Flavin from St. Louis, McGrawlass returning to Lexington, Tessmer to Colorado, Frey Isenberg Leftwich from Nevada Mo, McCarran from Pacific coast, Matheney from Kansas City, Donovan from Mississippi, Lawon to Kansas City, Beatty to Louisville, Okey sisters from Salina, Weeks to Bunceton, Rippey to Lancaster for vacation, Reeves sisters to Appleton City, Huff and Harold back from Washington Ind, Langley to Lamonte, Dobel from Denver, Dickman to Chicago, Stewart family at Windsor, Agee in town on business, Coleman to California, Hall from Lamonte, Tally Pilot Grove via Denver, Fitzgerald from St. Louis, McCrae to Rolla, Grubb and Chipman from Houstonia, Dunnigan to St Louis, Sadley to St Louis, Rickman Ruralist worker returning, Wyatt to St Louis, Stanleys to Colorado, Police at Warrensburg fair, Buckley and Gallivan to Warrensburg, Wright from Smithton, Menschke home from Chicago, Nelson to Kirksville, Curran Nelsons to Colorado, Looney at Lincolnville, and others roaming for fairs and gatherings.
John Stinson bridgeman Matson Mo W C Push brakeman Makane T A Neel agent Como Texas H H Cole fireman Denison Texas Ed Davis brakeman Franklin Junction Mo O E Bridges night agent's helper Harrisonville Mo F Creasey concrete foreman Schell City Mo
Mr and Mrs S S McEwen of 1109 Fast Tenth street celebrated their seventeenth anniversary with a small party of friends. Refreshments were served and the evening was described as delightful.
Licenses issued today include FE Armstrong E P Ingram Otto Pehl J T Watkins Clemens Honkamp Joan Abbott Sedalia W E Hudson Smithton with total licenses reaching 230 at Gate.
Reporters recount a Japanese peace commission's remarks on hot summers in Portsmouth versus Philadelphia and St. Louis. A joke about a beggar with a doll infant ends the tale, followed by an advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure sold by W. B. Dani Drug Co.
A fragmented OCR item notes a purchase or sale event involving a person or entity and a location. Details are unreadable but indicate a transaction or transfer possibly tied to a local business or property context.
The German Evangelical church youth group hosts a social tonight at J. H. Lankenau’s home 318 North Gran Avenue. Broadway Presbyterian plans a church lawn social this evening with ice cream cake and music by a full orchestra.
The Fogg Family Association of America begins its fourth annual reunion at the American House in Boston with hundreds of descendants of Samuel Fogg, who settled in Salem in 1626, in attendance.
Mary Crismtal sues Lucy and Chas Poindexter in partition action filed this afternoon in the circuit court seeking division of jointly owned property.
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