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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
2
The piece critiques praise of wealth versus public service, noting Roosevelt’s stance and the wealth of figures like Secretary Hay and Mr Root. It argues that wealth does not preclude service and condemns mawkish calls for poverty as absurd and hypocritical.
The report praises the St Louis exposition lady managers who received 100000 in government funds and returned 26667.56 with proper vouchers and clean books, arguing their example challenges claims that women lack business ability and integrity in public finance.
During the recent educational gathering at Asbury Park educators condemned high school secret fraternities as dangerous and divisive to school democracy. Principals from Louisville New Jersey and Kansas City described factions that foster class distinctions and hinder orderly school control.
The article quotes critics calling school fraternities snobberies that dissipate energy and ambition, foster self importance, incur expense and extravagance, and weaken study. It notes the speakers, knowledgeable about the issue, urge parental action to curb the system, arguing authorities alone cannot end it.
The piece notes editions de tax aimed at enriching the very rich while praising them in portraits. It says Roosevelt allowed inclusion in promotional writeups beside Huntington Belmont Lawson Schwab Astor Depew and the Vanderbilts. It claims Grover Cleveland declined to participate despite being approached by the promoters.
Miss Anna M. Gunning of Forbes Street Pittsburgh died July 18 at 55 leaving $48,000 to relatives and the rest to Carl F. Miller on condition he divorces his wife Jane Wilson or after her death. If he remarries his second wife inherits nothing. the estate then passes to Miller’s children or Wesley Greer’s heirs if Miller dies unmarried. Miller declines to comment while asserting happiness in his marriage.
Catarrh cannot be cured locally. cure requires external remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally purifies blood and mucous surfaces. Not a quack medicine. prescribed by a top physician and sold by druggists for 15 cents. Moundsville Chautauqua opens its fifth annual session with papers addresses and lectures.
The Sedalia Missouri city council declares the East West alley between Fourth and Fifth streets in Block Thirteen of Smith and Martin's Addition must be graded to the established street level and concrete paved. Costs to be included in special assessment. Published for notices in local papers July 1905.
The Lake Orion Bible Conference and Christian Workers Institute began in Lake Orion Michigan with ten days of programs. It draws the largest opening day attendance to date and features speakers such as Rev Lon G Broughton of Atlanta Rev John F Carson of Brooklyn Rev John B Shaw of Chicago and Prof Robert D Wilson of Princeton Theological Seminary.
An excerpt extols inner cleanliness for health, linking diet and digestion to liver and lung conditions. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for indigestion constipation and nervous exhaustion while noting the product contains no alcohol. A testimonial asserts recovery after using the remedy and later praises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as pure and best for sores burns boils eczema and piles. It urges purchasing from W. E. Bard Drug Co and claims the product is genuine.
An advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal remedy for indigestion and stomach troubles. It claims quick relief, digestion of food, system buildup, and resistance to further disease, sold by W. B. Bard Drug Co.
The Mason and Dixon line re survey completed by Pennsylvania and Maryland crews reestablishes the boundary with old markers recovered. Stones found repurposed in homes and churches were replaced with concrete bases and iron posts where needed, preserving the 1762 marks.
The readable fragment mentions The Kind You Have Always and bears the SCA BSTORIER in a fragmented line. No clear event, date, or person can be confirmed from the OCR snippet.
In Sidney Ohio on July 27 a sensational claim spread through the John Robinson circus that Miss Hattie Beall of St Louis and Victor Cooper of Memphis were eloping. Beall, a ballet girl and captain of the guards, is the 17 year old daughter of Howard Beall.
A side show performer Miss Beall and her husband are named as heirs to a trust totaling 50 040 dollars upon her coming of age. The copy notes the unusual bequest tied to the heavy cannon balls and weights displayed in the exhibit.
A marketing note claims Worrell's Insect Exterminator is used by the U S Government Ocean Transports steamship lines railroads and hospitals and is sold for 30 cents a bottle at all druggists.
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