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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1905
Page
6
The 75 year old arbol maidito on the Haciendita ranch up the Zamora district is blamed for numerous deaths after a man reputed to be devil bound vanished in a fiery collapse. Peasants avoid the area while owner Prospero Garcia considers dynamiting the tree to end the curse.
Local dealer P H Meyer sells Vigoral and S flour in a quick transaction. Officials note steady demand and stable pricing for these products.
John H. Thomas, former Sedalia resident and Pettis county native, rises to chief of the public land division at the General Land Office in Washington with headquarters there. The promotion raises his salary from 1600 to 2000. he has served as a government clerk and conducted a land opening in Oklahoma. Attorney W. D. Steele lauds his merit. He is about 38, and his family still lives near Beaman.
A Sedalia drug store ad encourages readers to call at any drug store for help with pests. It promotes a product described as the "sure enough stuff" that will kill fleas mosquitoes bed bugs roaches and ants and claims availability at all drug stores.
Miss Alletta Val Reypen, daughter of Rear Admiral Van Reypen, and Baron Serge Alexander Korff, wed in Washington at a Greek church ceremony. Archibishop A Horovitzky of New York officiated, followed by Episcopal rites read by Rev Dr Roland Cotton Smith of St Johns Church.
Claims that rheumatism gout backache and acid poison stem from kidney trouble and that Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea cures them when other remedies fail. Sold for 35 cents by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Baptist women held a sock party in Concordia to ease the church debt. Husbands attended expecting socks but were socked for funds. Charles Dunlap of Glenwood Dairy left for Los Angeles to visit relatives. F C Bryan takes charge of business, accounts, and bills.
Local grocers report Leslie and Wilson selling Vigoral and Big S flour, touted as the best brand options for home bakers and families.
At Smithton Missouri the bank closes business May 29 1905 and is published June 5 1905 in Sedalia Sentinel. The statement lists loans and discounts 87160.57, real estate 5 500.00 and cash items 936.00 with total assets 71 050.57 and liabilities including capital 12 000.00 and deposits 63 050.57. David White president and F L Wright cashier certify the figures as true before Justice Somerville on June 3 1905.
Rev. John J. Farrell, assistant pastor at St. Nicholas in Atlantic City, has developed a coin counting and wrapping machine. The device counts wraps and stamps wrappers with amount and date, discards mutilated or foreign coins, and can process up to 180000 coins per hour. Test results show 1000 coins valued at 165 dollars wrapped in under two minutes. bankers predict wide adoption despite initial skepticism. Farrell, a Philadelphia native, has lived in St. Nicholas parish a decade and pursues machinery and mathematics as hobbies.
An Arlington Pharmacy advertisement warns that without Foley's Kidney Cure kidney and bladder troubles will worsen. It claims the remedy cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases and urges readers to use it.
The National Association of Master Plumbers gathers in Atlanta with expected attendance over six hundred. President David Creig of Boston will open the three day convention at the Grand Opera House to discuss trade issues and forthcoming developments.
A retrospective comparison shows the United States as the most populous civilized nation aside from Russia, with about 150 million in Russia, 56 million in the German empire, 47 million in Austria-Hungary, 42 million in the United Kingdom, 38 million in France, 32 million in Italy, and 18 million in Spain. It notes English surpassing all tongues, with 130 million speakers, led by the United States, and cites Leslie's Weekly on language dominance.
The Children’s Favorite cures coughs croup and whooping cough without opiates. It is described as harmless and good tasting. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
In Joplin Missouri four years ago a secret wedding tied Mayme Hubbard of Carthage to H Earl Simpson. They wed June 1901 in Garnet Kansas with a license from Columbus Kansas. They kept the ceremony private to build a home before announcing. Simpson sold to Webb City and Hubbard worked as stenographer and bookkeeper in Carthage. They report saving for a desired home. No remedy line. kidney health note follows.
The Nebraska Lumber Dealers Association, comprising hundreds of leading state traders, departs Omaha tonight for a tour of mills in Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon to seek new markets amid scarce Minnesota summer supplies. Charles Hoffman & Bro sell S flour and Vigoral Health flour.
TRY US. And your laundry will once forth be a source of joy to you. We do no bungling jobs. Our work is a credit to ourselves and sure to please you if you once give us a trial. Phare 164. LONGAN'S STEAM LAUNDRY.
The Sedalia area timetable lists east and west bound passenger and freight trains with departure and arrival times. Notable entries include No. 22 Local Passenger, No. 6 St Louis Passenger, No. 4 St Louis Mail and Express, and No. 8 St Louis Express, plus connections at Jefferson City and intermediate points. Train No. 603 runs to Myrick then to Jefferson City for transfer to No. 2 to St. Louis, while No. 638 departs Jefferson City at 4:00 p.m. for Boonville and Sedalia arrival.
Rail timetable snippet lists arrival and departure times for Missouri Kansas and Texas south bound and Kansas City division freight, with multiple trains daily except Sunday and assorted north bound and freight services. Numerous digits and annotations indicate service frequencies and running times across lines. The readable data shows morning and evening departures, but some items appear garbled.
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