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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1906
Page
6
Kansas City visitor L M Couch arrives for business. Ida Bogle leaves for Chicago. Rev S W McClure goes to Kansas City. Att y John Bohling makes Otterville trip. Various locals ill, visiting, or traveling to St Louis, Houstonia, Higginsville, Tulsa, Malta Bend, Clinton, and New York for work or family. Don Starr ill after wood alcohol incident. neighbor Dr Payne arrives to aid.
Maggie Brown, a colored woman, was arrested by Officers Baley Eads and Redman in a pursuit through the northwestern suburbs. She faces a charge of stealing $15 from John Beck on West Main Street last night. Redman helped stop her near the Pearl River bridge, and she was brought to custody with the others.
Miss Shelby Converse daughter of Rear Admiral Converse navy chief of navigation was thrown and seriously injured after clinging to a runaway horse for three miles with Lt Stephen C Rowan. The horse collided with a truck team near Twentieth and M streets and both horses fell. She was unconscious at first but revived at home. doctors fear possible internal injuries.
The president directed the Interstate Commerce Commission to provide all information on the alleged merger of eastern lines under the Pennsylvania system. A special Pennsylvania directorate session in Philadelphia will discuss a congressional resolution for the merger probe. Directors stated they have nothing to conceal and will publicize all related matters.
Russell camp No 2065 Modern Woodmen of America held a candle light session after a water company outage. Four applications for membership were received and the meeting also decided to organize a drill team.
Kansas City January 30 The Missouri Pacific unveils gravity terminals in the east bottoms below Helms Brewery enabling automatic classification of one hundred cars in thirty minutes. Tests show red and green signal rules direct urgent and subsequent freight to designated tracks, reducing switching time and labor.
Fred Weise, night hustler for the Missouri Pacific, is off duty for rest. A vacancy for brakeman exists on Lexington branch passenger trains Nos. 601 and 602. John Cashman, attorney for Missouri Pacific, left for St. Louis on company business. Clarence Alcorn, a fireman, left for St. Louis to seek hospital treatment for an injured arm. F C Lackey, ex Se calian, plans to work at the new shops in town.
W. J. Letts advertises MCCO Coffee with fresh daily roast. The feature highlights quality and consistent flavor, inviting customers to enjoy a bright, aromatic brew crafted on the premises.
The funeral for Andrew Stults who died Sunday night at his father James Stults’s home at Main and Lamine streets was held at 2 30 this afternoon at J G Kehl 1414 West Second Street. Rev W F Hamann pastor of East Broadway Christian church officiated. A large gathering attended and interment was in the city cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe White Thomas Cosgrove Harry Wilson Claude Brown Reuben Auvite miller and Mr Drake.
Chicago report notes a nationwide rise in blasphemous prayers and assassination threats aimed at Catholics. The chain letter scheme requires nine days of daily prayers, nine copies, and delivery to different recipients with dire penalties for noncompliance.
A University town tale recounts a poor Missouri girl who toiled at sawing wood in an old house attic to fund her education. She rose to top of her class and became a teacher, with Lebanon as her home, illustrating perseverance amid poverty. The piece also notes a chain prayer warning and a newer rumor of a player arriving from the east in Chicago.
Tipton Tipton News notes Mr and Mrs Joe Evans celebrated their silver wedding with about one hundred guests. Miss Loi Menefee and Miss Kathryn Monroe visited. Mrs Ely buried in Masonic cemetery after dying in Kansas City. Local notables A L Shortridge and wife, Seda lia, and F M Joslyn attend funerals. Street activity and movements described.
Market notes show May and July wheat at 78 and 75 with mixed quotes, oats around 39 to 40, and pork futures near 14.05 for May. Livestock activity slow to steady across Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, and St. Joseph with hogs and cattle volumes listed and cash prices cited. Chicago cash hogs range $5.30 to $5.52 light, $4.50 to $5.60 heavy. mixed bids at $5.55 to $5.60, roughs $5.29 to $5.40. Estimated Chicago hogs Wednesday about 38,000.
Market prices for New Corn per bushel 45 to 50 cents, Wheat at St. Prairie hay and Timothy hay per ton, Butter lard potatoes corn meal sorghum flour and eggs with small figures, Spring chickens ducks geese and turkeys priced per unit. Coffee, roasted fresh daily.
Akron news reports Henry Schaeffer, 38, arrested in Pittsburg for burglary, feigned insanity in jail for a month. He tore clothing, kicked, and howled until a visitor revealed his ruse. After a visitor's departure he confessed and promised to be good, receiving new pants. His wealthy Columbus-based brother reportedly declined to help.
Arlington Pharmacy assures patrons of fresh stock and good grade medicines. Depend on reliable selections and prompt service for all pharmaceutical needs.
The Sedalia court of the Tribe of Ben Hur met Monday night and approved three membership applications. A class initiation is planned for next Monday night when twenty two candidates will be admitted into the fraternal organization.
McGinley announces Maltby's MCCO Coffee is sold daily as a fresh roasted product. The notice emphasizes daily roasting to ensure peak flavor and quality for customers.
In Chicago a man sues for fifty thousand dollars after a sneeze ends a cigarette light incident at a restaurant. G L Foley, casually smoking, sneezed as Q H Davidson prepared to light a cigar. Davidson claimed disorderly conduct. Foley was acquitted, then filed suit seeking damages.
Katie Duermyer reports being snowballed by two schoolboys on Monday. One boy is named Albert Shepard. the other is unnamed. Police expect warrants and a police court appearance on Wednesday morning.
London records show memorial meetings and flower tributes at Charles I statue in Trafalgar Square on the 257th anniversary of his execution. The service at St Margaret's Pimlico followed a ritual similar to Roman rites with English prayers. Floral offerings undergo approval by the commissioner of woods and forests amid wreaths from Edinburgh and various legitimist and Jacobite groups.
Hotel arrivals list includes Huckins Nat Squibb from Lawrenceburg Indiana Karl Bain New York W N Browne Chicago Cash Grigson Clinton H J Brockman St Louis Henry Grorieux New York T J Phillips Armstrong A T Nelson Lebanon Mo J A Roup Chicago Joshua Barber Marshall J T Radley Warrensburg W T Conna Emmanuel Ky Delmar Ben Walker St Louis T Skidmore Newark Ss Fixley Parsons C K um Kansas City A E Vosburg St Louis Pehl Clarence Burks Springfield Mo T E Willis Kansas City Kaiser's W A Stream Kansas City Henry Boehning St Louis J N Morgan Kansas City J W Hill Jefferson City W B Boss St Louis
An ad touts that all patent medicines and every item from a first class drug house are available at The Arlington Pharmacy. The copy highlights a complete stock and urges customers to visit for remedies and pharmaceutical goods.
Sedalia and Boonville councils of Knights of Columbus plan a joint initiation in March or April with ceremonies in Sedalia. All Boonville candidates will be brought to Sedalia for the work. At tonight's Sedalia meeting the first degree will be conferred on seven candidates.
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