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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1905
Page
6
Mrs. N J Northeast of East Seventh learns her daughter who eloped with Prof W B Lee of Central Business College wed in Mexico Mo on the 13th. The couple now at Oakford NL visiting Lee's parents after leaving Sedalia a week ago. Parental forgiveness has been granted. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea ad ends the item.
A lightning strike at the Lima refinery caused a naphtha tank to catch fire today. The Cripps-McRae report places the damage at about 200000 dollars.
N. R. Roosa longtime Border Plains postmaster, 56 years in office, collapsed and died in Des Moines after reacting to an approaching cyclone this morning. The incident was reported by Scripps-McRae Press Association.
Sedalia court No. 39 of the Tribe of Ben Hur will meet Monday night June 19 at 8 o'clock in K of P hall No. 25. A full attendance is requested. Joseph Paradis, Scribe.
The First Christian Church Sunday evening program was directed by organist Mrs. E. E. Jamison. Soloists included Mrs. Quisenberry Miss Anna Brill and Miss Irma Collins with violin by Miss Marvel Devoll. The choir’s blended singing and overall program received high praise.
An advertisement touts Worrell's Insect Exterminator as a cheap effective remedy for bed bugs ants roaches and other pests available at druggists across the area claiming quick relief and simple use.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as ten times easier to cure coughs and bronchial ailments when bowels are open. It highlights red clover blossom and honey bee imagery on the bottle and notes W. E. Bard Drug Co as the seller.
In Atchison Kansas a Globe column notes a quirky pairing. A woman named Pearl seeks anti fac. A man who behaves himself and is industrious can get along with little genius.
Hospital arrivals list railway workers by name and hometown. Includes E T Brooks Enifala bridgeman John Elkin bridgeman Eufala I J Pollard tinner Denison Texas C S Davis fireman Hannibal Missouri Jack Baughman fenceman Shawnee Oklahoma TPJ EB Morgan switchman Houston James Rodgers bridgeman Wirth Pa J E Roberts engineer Smithville Thomas Simpson bridgeman Wirth IZ H C Curran switchman Franklin Junction Missouri.
Arthur Metcalf of Parsons Kansas visits here with friends. About 300 excursionists rode the Mo Pac line to El Dorado Springs, under Conductor K A Esley, returning after a fine day. Missouri Kansas and Texas defies Kansas railroad laws by challenging a stop of its fast train at St Paul Ran.
Co M Bird of Springfield locates in Sedalia and tunes pianos at home twice yearly. Specializes in fine tone and action regulation. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 1015 E Broad way Street. Bell phone 1641.
H L Thieman and C W Daugherty received souvenir postal cards from B P Hummel formerly of Seda lia and California now representing International Harvester in Riga Russia. A group photo with Hummel family and street scenes are among the cards. Hummel plans a 4000 mile journey visiting Siberia and other places over six weeks.
A claim compares house paint cost to “Pure White Lead” and asserts no paint is as cheap in the end as Collier. The note argues price equivalence and suggests painted houses are subject to a cheaper outcome using the named product.
A severe storm and lightning struck Perry Deweese’s farm three miles northeast of Sedalia, burning a mammoth barn with about 500 bushels of corn, oats, hay, and farm equipment. One horse was saved. rain helped prevent spread. Damages are estimated at about $3,000 with $1,000 insured on the barn.
Dr J P Thatcher, a prominent Bunceton physician for eight years, is said to have eloped with Mrs J M Freeman, wife of a well known Cooper county farmer. The couple fled to Boonville then Sedalia, with their whereabouts unknown and divorce not yet filed.
The Ministerial Alliance reported petitions asking the mayor to close saloons on Sundays. The papers reportedly list over 1,000 names. A citizen committee will present them to the mayor Tuesday. The group plans an annual picnic at Forest Park next Monday afternoon and adjourn for summer, resuming first Monday in September. Rev. S. M. Lesher read a paper titled Public Spirit.
A party of Secalians will drive to the country home of R V Denny seven miles southwest of the city this evening for a social and entertainment.
Ida Coleman, colored, was arraigned in Justice D Kinsey court on a charge of disturbing the peace and sentenced to five days in the county jail.
Knights of Columbus Sedalia council hosts a picnic at Forest Park Thursday afternoon and evening. On Friday nights at Crystal Park amateurs contest for a $5 prize. those wishing to compete apply to the manager.
Advertising brief seeks a quickly available room in a newly built cottage located between Fourth Street, Tenth Street, Hancock Street and Engineer Road. The notice emphasizes speed and convenient location in a mixed residential area.
Five minutes ahead of schedule the westbound Twentieth Century Limited from New York arrived in Chicago beating last week’s record by two minutes. In New York the Chicago bound train on an eighteen hour schedule reached city three minutes early. James Horlick and wife of Honolulu were among passengers traveling from San Francisco to New York in eighty four hours, twelve minutes faster than previous records.
Local society items list guests and visitors across Sedalia Jefferson City Houstonia Boonville Warrensburg and Kansas City. Names include Miss Minnie Kolkenmeyer Miss Lea Newell Miss Ethel Baldwin Dr Tal McConnell Miss Tot Campbell and many more with travels to Houstonia Boonville St Louis and Diagonal Iowa during the period.
Chicago market reports show hogs at Logan Square and East St. Louis steady to lower with prices ranging from 4.65 to 5.42 per unit. Kansas City and Omaha offerings include about 7 to 8 thousand hogs and cattle around 4 to 7 thousand with weaker trends.
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