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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
8
Mrs W H Reynolds entertained a group of friends Thursday afternoon at her West Seventh Street home for a progressive domino party. Pink and white carnations and greenery filled the decor. Four young girls in white acted as scorers at the doors, and prizes were awarded to Mrs F M Fulkerson and Mrs E Farley with a consolation prize to another guest.
Mrs. Hattie Paff hosted the Thursday euchre club at her West Seventh street home with about ten tables. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Anna Belle Small, Mrs. William Powell, and Mrs. H. W. Servant. Refreshments included peach granite ice and cakes. Guests included Mesdames Hawkins, Smith, Guenther, Heard, and others from St. Louis and Kansas City.
A social event featured a cut with Mrs Charles McLaughlin. Refreshments including pink and white f eces pink and white mints and assorted cakes were served.
Rising waters strand crews and close offices from Jefferson City to Boonville. Trainmen report rapid river rise threatening yard offices at Jefferson City while tracks east of Boonville submerge under three to six feet of water. Survivors from the Santa Fe wreck are reported injured. repairs and closures ripple toward eastbound service.
The report details Missouri flood damage near Grand Pass and Brayville Maine wiped out by fire. Rail disruption spreads as Katy tracks lose access and crews retreat. Vermont Rutland and Bangor areas suffer extensive drought and forest fires destroying Mapleton and surrounding communities. Community members fight to save homes as fires burn for miles.
Fog from forest fires clogs eastern waters and will require heavy rain to clear the dust. Prayers were offered in Episcopal and Catholic churches for sufferers. Early attempts to flotation the giant liner Deuthland failed as it ran aground one third submerged in sand and mud but no immediate danger of total destruction was seen.
Miss Mary Butler of Galesburg Indiana demonstrates a new Eliene food product at P Brandt Grocer Co in town. She urges customers to visit the store and test the item.
David Reece, veteran Muscogee division engineer on the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway, leaped from his engine last night near Canadian to avoid a wreck. He sustained a broken leg and arm after seeing the northbound No. 2 engine on the main track, which was ordered to let the flyer pass at Canadian and was backing on a siding. John Reed, lamplighter, Waco, Texas, and E. G. Perry, clerk, Muscogee, Indian Territory, are noted in the report.
A central dispatch reports former prime minister Lord Salisbury seriously ill at Hatfield House. Official bulletin notes only a slight chill, but rumors say relatives have been summoned to his bedside.
Chicago markets report June 5 from Logan Com Co shows hogs 10 cents lower with 26 000 head traded and lighter, mixed and heavy classes pricing between 5.50 and 6.10 per hundredweight. Omaha and Saint Louis also show hogs sold with declines and top prices near 5.90.
Dr. Ernest Dare reports four enuresis cases with Belladonna failing and one referral to an ophthalmologist quickly yielding improvement. He claims a Chicago teaching underlies the method and mentions Sedalia cases cured with glasses and dietary changes reducing carbon intake. He hints at a local school graduate Dr Cannaday and promotes dietary eye health.
Tickets for the June 18 concert at the First Christian church are 25 cents with no reserved seating. On sale at Ohio street drug stores and at West's McClellan's Bischel's Bard's and Sprecher's Cigar stores.
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