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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1905
Page
2
The piece describes a reader in a rail ed box serving as a pulpit in the workroom. He reads three hours daily with half the time devoted to newspapers chiefly Havana papers and the rest to novels reflecting the readers tastes.
The Chicago convention led by Eugene V. Debs adopts The Industrial Workers of the World as a name and constitution preamble. It criticizes trades unions while urging broad class war and industry-wide strikes, contrasting socialist visions with the new movement. Meanwhile transatlantic travel to Europe surges in 1905 with record passenger totals and liner fleets expanding to meet demand.
In Havana cigar factories a single paid reader is standard. An American owned brand once banned readers in gazelas, triggering mutinies until the policy was reversed. Now three readers quiet the tabaqueros, who must read aloud to work, while gesturing with their hands during speech to increase output.
The Wabash rail line bans liquor in its dining rooms and the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul enhances Sunday rest for workers. Sunday excursion trains are halted and freight crews ordered to Saturday night HQs to secure a day of rest. The policy should reduce accidents, pleasing patrons regardless of views on liquor or Sunday observance.
The twenty second international Christian Endeavor convention closes in Baltimore Maryland with the closing session held today.
Many delegates depart for Atlantic City New York and coast towns while the convention delivers high order sermons addresses and programs. The closing day features morning prayer meetings school of methods recognition banners and diplomas. The Fifth Regiment armory hosts a large audience for the session on Christian Endeavor and Reforms with Bonaparte and McFarland as speakers and Francis E. Clark presiding.
G C Dromgood, sales manager for R A Patterson Tobacco of Richmond, was found dead at the Cumberland hotel in Knoxville. He had tobacco in his mouth when discovered, a habit he maintained nightly. A struggle noise was heard around 5 am by neighboring rooms before access was gained. Dromgood, a Petersburg, Virginia resident, was prosperous.
Mrs Minerva Smith of Danville NL reports twenty years of bronchitis relief after using Foleys Honey and Tar. Arlington Pharmacy sold the remedy.
An advertisement touts Trollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a system renovator restoring vitality and regulating kidneys liver and stomach with a money back guarantee. It offers tea or tablets for 35 cents and cites W. E. Card Drug Co Brandt and Grote for Vigoral Health and Big S flour.
This week offer includes 18 th Best Granulated Sugar for $1.00 and Pure Leaf Lard for $1.00, 9 Bars Diamond C Soap for 25c, 4 cans Badger Corn for 20c, 20 cakes Choice Honey for 25c, 1 Ib Star Tobacco for 6c, 6 packages Corn Starch for 28c, 3 Large 4 Crown Raisins for 25c, and Cuban Coffee per pound for 20c. Also featuring fresh fish, vegetables, eggs, butter, and fast delivery.
Reports from Reykjavik say Iceland sees rising gold fever with many finds and ongoing prospecting. An engineer brings a large nugget from Vestlander, reinforcing belief a new gold field may open nearby.
New York July 10 Prof Herbert W Hart a dietitian declares he has found the Fountain of Youth by returning to primitive foods. He credits a Jewish handmaiden and travels in Judea with restoring his health and says starch is ruinous, predicting collapse of the Anglo Saxon race if current diets persist.
Robert D. MacGonigle, renowned author and philanthropist, was found dead in his room at the Hotel Lincoln Pittsburgh. An inquest will determine cause as coroner cites secrecy and suggests possible suicide. he was 53 and long a charity benefactor and club founder.
An Arlington Pharmacy advert promotes Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it cures when other medicines fail. The ad emphasizes relief for kidney issues and urges purchase at the local pharmacy.
Thousands of Elks from major cities attend the annual Grand Lodge session in Buffalo New York with the event set to open tomorrow. A boat excursion for delegates and visiting ladies was held today as cities vie to host the convention next year.
A fragmentary line notes a man choosing to go west and mentions Mr Tindall and the death of Mr MacGonigle's wife years ago. The passage is incomplete but preserves names and a sense of personal history.
Local remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh by internal remedies that act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as nonquack and prescribed by a top physician, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. includes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
L C Snell offers dermatology chiropody hair care and complexion services at 132 West Third Street detailing a general practice and specialty care from a local clinician.
Lead ing photographers from across the state arrive for the 11th annual Indiana Photographers Association convention in Winona Lake. The event opens tomorrow and runs through the week with a smoker tonight, an exhibition of photographs and supplies, and class instruction on new methods as a feature of the program.
Three reasons why mothers prefer One Minute Cough Cure. It is harmless, tastes good, and cures coughs croup and whooping cough when other remedies fail. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
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