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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1904
Page
8
Police detain the wife of a Kansas City newspaper pressman killed recently. The arrest follows their investigation into the fatal shooting and ongoing inquiry at the family home and newsroom vicinity. Authorities have not released further details.
Mrs. Clarence Myers remains under guard in Kansas City police custody with limited contact as detectives pursue Frank Hottman in the Myers murder case. Hottman, jailed in Walla Walla, denies guilt and offers conflicting accounts of his movements and relation to Mrs. Myers, who awaits extradition papers.
A tramp riding No. 9 on Missouri Pacific was crushed between vestibules at Washington Missouri last night and fatally injured. The man, Otto Koenig of Chicago, was placed on a stretcher and sent to St. Louis after the incident. Witnesses described the victim as lifeless when removed from the express car.
At the Ministerial Alliance meeting this morning a picnic at Forest Park was decided for next Monday. Members and families will enjoy a day of recreation if weather permits, with a big basket dinner. Dr Northrup of East Sedalia Baptist church urges neighbors to keep spring chickens penned up.
A sensational advert promotes a young magnetic healer known as the Boy Phenomenon. It claims universal cures from all diseases by hand laying, with testimonials like Earl Daniels of Twenty fourth and Ingram avenue cured after ten years of deafness. The Sedalia office is at Hotel Huckins, open 10 am to 8 pm daily except Sunday, with new cases accepted this week.
Chicago markets feature detailed prices for poultry eggs and birds with hens ducks spring chickens geese turkeys and eggs per dozen. Hogs and cattle run strong across Chicago Kansas City Omaha and East St Louis with estimates of 28 000 hogs for Thursday and top cattle at 5.60. H Huston-H Huston lead Fourth of August celebration planning and local commerce notes accompany the price listings.
Sedalia announces speakers for a large central Missouri celebration headlined by George H White, the last African American congressman from North Carolina, with Inman E Page and Benjamin F Allen as other speakers. The event, details to be released, aims to be among the largest ever held in the region. Also listed are prices for cereals and breadstuffs including hay, straw, flour, and staples with notes of varied per ton and per bushel rates.
The Second Congregational church presents an entertainment titled The Ugliest of Seven with beautiful tableaux scheduled for tomorrow evening July 7 at the church.
A historical ad promotes Castoria with the familiar phrase you have always bought, asserting trusted use for infants and children. It highlights the product as a gentle, dependable remedy associated with gentle care and parental reassurance.
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