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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
8
A Katy passenger train collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train in an incident reported on the railroad line. No fatalities are mentioned, and injuries or cause are not detailed in the readable text.
The Jefferson City Republican notes railroad progress as Missouri Kansas and Texas plans a trolley line from Lexington to Kansas City. Two trains collided near Fort Scott causing a four hour delay. no injuries reported. Capital Lodge No 256 elects officers including Mistress May Swickhamer and Secretary Lee Ewing, to be installed on the first Thursday in January.
A local store touts guaranteed suits from 10 to 17 dollars and overcoats from 10 to 12.50. The ad highlights latest styles and holiday goods including smoking jackets mufflers neckwear sweaters shirts and a complete department with fair dealing and low prices for men boys and children.
A corps of surveyors arrived in Independence yesterday afternoon to lay out a proposed McGrew electric railway from Lexington to Kansas City. The project, first proposed by Lexington mine owner Mr. McGrew last year, would carry passengers and freight, reflecting his mining interests and transportation needs.
J. W. Doyle and T. PP. McDonald are recorded as brakemen. Dimmitt and George Monday listed as brakemen with Denice and Reynolds respectively. Tally also noted as brakeman with Denisen.
A fragment discusses laundry service satisfaction and a chance to please a second customer. The dialogue suggests local men in Sedatia and nearby areas feel pleased or displeased with available work.
Dr Dodd, an eye specialist at Hinchins hotel, claims remarkable cures for nervousness and headaches through eye and eye muscle treatment. He cites a Chicago case of a 12 year old boy who improved after correcting optical and muscular defects, and a Sedalia case of a nervous young woman showing gains after ten days of treatment. He will stay in Sedalia until January 1 and offer free examinations.
Katy passenger train No. 5 traveling south loaded twelve coaches today to accommodate the homeseeker excursionists, enabling broader travel capacity for the event.
Sedalia Lodge No. 236 will meet in special communication Thursday morning December 10 at 10 o clock to attend the funeral of our late brother W. E. Middleton. All Masons are invited to attend. C. T. Whisman W. M EK. E. Codding, Secretary.
W. E. Middleton aged 76 prominent Pettis County citizen died this morning at his son in law W E Quisenberrys home four miles west of Sedalia from cancer He was a Mason and funeral set for 11 o clock Thursday at the First Christian church conducted by Rev J M Rady Survived by five children including Mrs H C Hatton Mrs Philip Elliott Mrs W C Quisenberry S E Middleton of Avondale Texas and W E Middleton Jr of Galena Kansas
The marriage of Ora B. Brown formerly a clerk at the Elks hotel and now in the restaurant business at Fort Scott Kansas and Miss Blanche Blair daughter of Mrs Blair of 512 Wilkerson avenue will be solemnized this evening at the bride s home.
Prices paid by local dealers for farm and dairy outputs including cereals breadstuffs and meats. Prairie hay and straw per ton, oats and wheat per bushel with small price ranges. Flour butter potatoes corn meal sorghum and poultry prices listed.
Hon Chas E Yeater and J H Bothwell traveled to St Louis on urgent business. Coughs colds and constipation are discussed with a note that many cough medicines contain opiates causing constipation and safety concerns for children. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as non opiate and safe, sold by Arlington Pharmacy.
J H Bothwell attorney announces Pettis county realty farm loans with 5 percent interest. Partial payment privileges are available and terms are stated as favorable.
Pettis County strained honey and assorted staples offered from Warsaw Missouri area markets. Buckwheat flour five cents per pound and New Holland herring two for a nickel. Boston baked beans sixteen cents per six pound can. Budling’s pickles ten to twenty cents a dozen. New mackerel ten cents. Our Golden Roast Coffee twenty five cents per pound. Mason quart jars forty five cents.
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