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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
2
The Sedalia city paper announces the appointment of a president and editor in a formal note. Names, dates, and details are listed in the issue, reflecting local governance and newsroom leadership.
The article praises Japan for keeping plans secret during the war with Russia. It notes Togo’s three months in Tsushima Straits with unfailing concealment, and says Rojestvensky failed to learn enemy positions. It asserts deception as essential to victory and commends Japanese methods.
The article portrays Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore as a nonpolitician and staunch civil service reformer chosen to succeed Morton as secretary of the navy. It notes his European lineage, desire to be seen as an American citizen, and possible tension with party leaders amid Democratic momentum and Roosevelt’s political future.
The text notes Bonaparte shaping events as policies swing and uncertainty clouds the path to victory. It describes a period where monarchial ideas influence power and no one can predict which route the victor will take.
A New York Herald Chicago correspondent estimates the 1905 wheat crop as the largest since 1891. Winter wheat across fourteen states is put at 348 million bushels with Kansas 75 million, Nebraska 39 million, and Missouri 37 million. Total winter wheat 411 million bushels. Spring wheat adds uncertainty, projected at 259 million. Combined total 670.1 million bushels, the largest since 1891’s 748,460,218.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnesses the oath dated December 6, 1886. The firm promotes the cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and hair brushes at Dun kin's.
Concrete specialist promises top quality work with guaranteed results. Experienced worker Patrick Fitzpatrick offers bonded guarantees if required for projects in Corum Camden County Missouri and surrounding areas.
The Kansas City Star notes no tornadoes or cyclones north of the fiftieth parallel and comments on the lack of warm weather crops in Canada and Nova Scotia. It playfully urges moving to enjoy melons corn pawpaws and fresh pies rather than wind funneled storms.
The advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for the change of life. It cites Mrs. Mary Enslinger of Portland Oregon praising its effects on hot flashes headaches nerves and appetite. Aimed at women with large families, it claims to preserve health and ability to enjoy life during midlife transitions.
City of Sedalia adopts a curb project on Lamine and Kentucky avenues with concrete curbing, detailing present curb lines grades and exceptions. Publication planned for seven insertions in the Sedalia Evening Sentinel. Passed June 5 1905.
Howard Norris, an escapee from an Indiana asylum, checked into a Logansport hotel and announced a plan to recruit 500 day laborers 10 stenographers and several engineers for Wabash track elevation. He promised high wages and arranged funds, but was later committed back to the asylum.
A local body passes a resolution declaring a section of Kentucky Avenue as nec. The action formalizes a designation affecting access and city planning. The document notes the street name and the area affected within the jurisdiction.
Cash only specials include 20th best granulated sugar for 1.90 with 5.00 or more in other groceries, 5 gallons gasoline, 5 gallons Best Coal Oil for 4 cans Badzer Corn, 11th dry salt meat, Imperial Tea for ice tea, Holland Herring, Paxing Powder, and 2 cans Table Peaches. Fresh eggs and butter daily. Imperial Flour headquarters with honey and 20¢ Cuban coffee. Trade solicited. prompt city delivery. two phone numbers.
City Clerk C. E. Baker signs approval with the city seal as recorded in Sedatta Mis gate in 1905.
The Sedalia City Council in Missouri invites bids for the La mine avenue paving project from Main to Broadway excluding several cross streets. Bids must be filed with the City Clerk by 5 p.m. on June 19, 1905, with the council reserving the right to reject all bids. Witness the city seal June 8, 1905.
A bold boast proclaims Worrel's Insect Exterminator kills all bugs. The col onel declares victory as the product hits druggists shelves with a promise to end infestation.
Notice highlights ironing of collar edges and seam dampening to prevent cracking. Claims prompt delivery of goods. Mentions Longan's Steam Laundry and F. F. Mulcahy selling best flour warrants S and Vigoral brands. bears a signature. 00
Leonard Vroom of Royal Oak Michigan says his daughter Edith thirty is bewitched and dying. Edith and her mother share the belief. The father seeks a witch doctor in Detroit Cleveland and Cincinnati. Edith lies on a couch bandaged eyes shut to block the old woman's face as physicians fail to help.
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 154.
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