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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1904
Page
5
Will Gentry of the Gentry farm three and a half miles north of town shot the rabid dog attacking their bird dog pup Sunday morning. He fired twice with a shotgun and finished the animal with a rifle, ending the danger to the family.
The bird dog that sustained a bite is confined and awaiting further developments. Weather forecast notes generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with cooler air settling northwest regions.
The Democratic county central committee met at the courthouse at 11 o clock this morning. Dr F M Fulkerson resigned as secretary and treasurer, and E Schultz was elected to fill the vacancy. The committee left the tallying of Saturday’s primary votes to the executive committee. returns from rural precincts were not complete, so exact majorities could not be provided.
The official Sedalia Electric and Railway company board reconfirmed the former officers and directors at a morning meeting. D. H. Smith remains president, with William Broomall as vice president, W. H. Powell as secretary and treasurer, William $8. Shirk as general attorney, R. B. Hamner as manager, and J. A. During along with Louis Davis serving as directors. No other business was presented.
The Way We Handle Linen outlines laundry practices with no secret processes or harmful chemicals. Longan's Steam Laundry asserts reliable, careful service and invites customers to be convinced of their quality.
The report states Lulu Hahn was tossed from a vehicle during an incident this afternoon. The event involved a person identified as 173 Taylor Transfer and occurred in an unspecified location with limited details available.
At 11 this morning at the Missouri Pacific crossing on Grand avenue a wagon tongue dropped, spooking the team and dragging Mrs. Will Menefee and her two children. They were taken to Mrs. Smith’s on North Grand for medical care with injuries not deemed life threatening. Several other local carriage incidents later in the day caused bruises but no serious harm.
Derby Connecticut June 13 Miss Myrtle Sylvernail assistant postmistress at Norfolk lost part of her tongue after swelling and infection from stamp mucilage. An operation in Hartford hospital removed almost half her tongue and she is expected to recover with speech impediment remaining.
In Italy 172,000 skilled workers labor in silk manufacture. In 1902 about 806,000 Italians emigrated. Over the past decade more than three million have left the country, yet population shows a gradual rise.
A grandfather clock arrived at a Peterstown watchmaker for repair. It was the first overhaul since minor repairs in 1778 following Brant’s raid and the Cherry Valley events in November of that year.
Big Four announces excursion fares from St Louis to Indianapolis Lake Chautauqua Atlantic City Cincinnati and a Nobles of the Mystic Shrine group. Tickets go on sale June 27 28 July 8 9 16 17 18 with various return dates and prices. Agents listed for ticket purchases and information.
Thibet is a barren land with a small southern and eastern patch. Rivers wash gold in insignificant quantities, and the lamas teach that this gold is the flower of buried nuggets whose removal would diminish the vitalizing fluids of the earth, so mining is not allowed.
Pope Pius X sits for a portrait by French painter M. Gabriel Ferrier described as a stage portrait with the Pope on the pontifical throne wearing the tiara. Report says the Pope’s benevolent face remains without a smile in all sittings.
The text notes that a Japanese husband divorcing his wife offers no provision or dowry, and divorced women typically remarry. It describes the wife leaving with little but a gentle obedient role and nothing substantial to take, framing the divorce in a moral and social light.
Engineers propose a new road design in England featuring concave surfaces with a gutter in the middle to cut construction costs. The plan challenges the traditional convex roads with side gutters, aiming for substantial savings in building roads.
In Amsterdam, about 90 percent of diamond polishers are of the Hebrew faith who view the trade as a traditional claim. The work is extremely hard on the eyes, and after age forty many cannot continue the finer grade, relying on their children for support.
The government already has set aside about 25 percent of Oregon land as a forest reservation. This action centralizes land use for conservation and timber management under the new program.
In West Plains Missouri on a Sunday George Bundrens killed William Hesterly the man who had aided in the girl’s past case. Hesterly a former Douglass County school commissioner had been convicted of taking advantage of a ward and sentenced to five years. Bundrens shot after a quarrel when Hesterly attempted to draw a revolver. Bundrens surrendered to authorities and was released.
Notice seeks a responsible person to supply about 100 acres of fine clover hay in the sheaves. Apply at once to J. W. Patrick, Georgetown. Ladies 25c and 35c turn over collars in Cannon's Clean Sweep Sale, choice 10c.
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