Bargains Abound as Winter Goods Sell Cheap
Personal notes report R W Griffith visiting Warrensburg and Ed Wood at Holden and west. Stores advertise all winter goods at low prices with no carryover before spring. Carl Guenther and engineer resignations noted. Judge Kinsey confined with neuralgia. Prices for in home items and heating goods promoted. Call 106 West Main Street for offers.
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West Main Street
Brighton
Prop
Carl A. Guenther
Judge Kinsey
The Santa Fe locomotive 989 and its colossal scale
The article describes the American Locomotive Company's 989 locomotive built for the Santa Fe line. It notes its 70 foot length from tender to pilot, ten driving wheels, weight of 232000 pounds, and vast firebox and boiler. It compares its size to Niagara and details extensive dimensions and construction features.
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Schenectady
American Locomotive Company
Mohawk Valley
Niagara
New York
Village Blacksmith in Clifton City Builds Airship Hoax
In Clifton City Missouri residents erupt over rumors that Clark Hooper the blacksmith is crafting a dirigible for the 1903 World's Fair. Investigations reveal only a worn checkerboard chart and Hooper busy shoeing a horse at night with two reticent friends.
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Pettis County
Hoopers
Hooper
Clifton
Missouri
Lodge
of Never Sweats
Local notes and business visits in city today
W H Prown of Green Ridge and M B Coleman advertise bacon lard and prunes while Wills of El Reno travels to Warrensburg for land evidence. Lamonte figures Constable Fleming Mayor Morris and J W Patrick visit. Mrs Colwell and Mrs Everhart visit Georgetown before returning home. Colonel John T Crisp travels from Jefferson City to Independence.
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W. H. Prown
Green Ridge
H. E. Fleming
E .R. Morris
Lamonte
Taylor
M. B. Coleman’s
C. B. Smith
R. G. Dun
A. S. Wills
el Reno
O. T
Warrensburg
Missouri Pacific and related railway notes from local area
The report lists several railway staff moves and health updates including Howard McVey taking five days off as a brakeman, P L Swickhamer and J D Collard experiencing illness or layoffs, and Lee Monroe on a short layoff for health. It notes incidents at Franklin Junction and Parsons with minor injuries and hospital visits, plus a passing of General Superintendent Charles Dyer en route to St Louis. Arlington Pharmacy cites telegraph and express services for medicines.
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Howard McVey
Missouri Pacific
Lee Monroe
Charles Dyer
The
Colorado and Southern Railway
Wanted boy to carry papers at The Sentinel office
Classified notice inviting a boy to deliver papers at The Sentinel office after 4 p m. Also advertises chest protectors as protection against coughs and colds, recommended for delicate persons and railroad workers, priced 50 cents to 5 dollars.
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Sentinel Office
To Exchange Nice Eastside Cottage For City Property
Classified ad offers a five room cottage on the East for city property or merchandise. Also lists farms for sale or exchange in Pettis and adjoining counties and farms for rent with a note to watch the ad.
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Pettis
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Oxfords
Albert Kahn
R. W. Griffith
Ed Wood
Holden
J. D. Follen
John Horton
Mis
Souri Pacific
Bryant-Tewmey
Fourth and Ohio Sts
Santa Fe
DeWitt Clinton
Cincinnati Enquirer
I. S. Colgail
Extra Gang
Caddo Mills
Henry Gilmore
M. B. McDonough
Switchman
Den
Ison
Charles Hulman, Bridgeman
Trinity
Marian Conkey
Porter
Hillsboro
Sam Griffin
Greenville
J. H. Whitbeck
White City
Kas
Frank Wright
Caddo
William Simms
Clifton City
Clark Hooper
Ting
Wilk, Hammer and Anvil
the Citizens of
M. B. Coleman
William Colwell
Mervin, Kas
Gertie Everhart
Georgetown
C. C. Lawson
Katie Building
Bell Teienhone
J. M. Cannon
Logan Thomas
J. W. Patrick
A. J. Hall
John T. Crisp
Jefferson City
Independence
Sam
F. Lawns
Bushnell, Ill
H. L Sewer
Lafayette, Tex
J. H. McCase
Rush, Ark
R. T. Pratt
Gallatin, Ark
Eupcpsia
Rsv
J. M. Taccineron
Corning
Ark
EU Ita
Kama Ave
Sr. Louis, Mae
Pinson
Katy
P. L. Swickhamer
J. D. Collard
Lawrence
George McVey
Wellington
Franklin Junction
E. E. Bonebreak
Parsons
R. W. Roundtree
Mr. Bonebreak
Arlington Pharmacy
Finney County
Forest Park
Broadway
R. Hatton
Ohio St
Sedalia
Weekly Sentinel
Panion
Cosmo
Politan Magazine
Sentinel
Daily Sentinel
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