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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1904
Page
8
Labor tension erupts as wage changes prompt Santa Fe railroad shop workers to strike. Management negotiates with union reps while crews report for duty but many refuse to work. Officials warn of service delays and dispatch crews scramble to cover routes.
Topeka dispatch notes fifty imported strikebreakers quit since June 15 pay day, with only two new hires in Santa Fe shops. Strike leaders claim progress and that recent arrivals were linemen not strikebreakers. Officials remain tight lipped while workers report broad quits and shifting activity across the system.
Clarence E. Shelton of Kansas City and Miss Irene Poynter of Lexington married in Sedalia at Huckins hotelParlor by Rev Neville to elude concerned parentsThey fled toward the World’s Fair city after a hurried wedding and changed their names to J L Case and wife to cover tracks Shelton bookkeeper at Armour Packing. bride daugther of Lafayette county citizen The couple had been sweethearts for years and honeymooned on the Pike
Chicago markets show hogs up 5c with 30 000 head. Prices range 4.90 to 5.25 for corded grades. Cattle volume around 25 000 head with 10c lower. Estimates project hogs in Chicago on Tuesday near 18 000.
Hospital arrivals list includes D. McCullough a switchman Musco gee I T August Otto bridgeman and Smith wille as new patients or entrants to care.
Automatic Couplers reports conductor A F Herschberger of the Katy taking a vacation as new World’s fair schedule on the Katy goes into effect Sunday. Brakeman H W Newcomb is mentioned in the update.
The Lamonte lodge Modern Woodmen of America conducted memorial services Sunday with exercises and a ritual tribute. Rev. Rhoades of the Christian church delivered an address at the cemetery and preached a Woodmen themed sermon.
Nickson Brothers purchase the grocery stock of Robert Taylor on South Ohio street and plan to run the market in the future. Taylor will continue his transfer line operations and oversee the market at Seventh and Ohio streets.
Mrs Harvey S Keens lost a purse containing money in the past week. W H Faust found the purse and its contents and returned them to Mrs Keens.
A group of Pettis County farms have sold lands in Alabama and established a Missouri colony near Deer Park. With a disappointing crop year, they plan to return beginning July 1 led by Judge Gabe Albers, who recently resigned from the county court to go South.
Market prices show bids from local dealers on cereals hay and straw. corn and wheat per bushel. flour types per cwt. butter lard potatoes corn meal and sorghum per unit. Poultry eggs and poultry items listed with per pound and per dozen rates among others.
Miss Anna Prescott and Mrs Leone Colehan of Minneapolis report restored health after using Peruna for weeks. Louise Matt of Chicago credits Peruna with curing long standing indigestion and dyspepsia after six weeks.
A letter from Mrs F E Warren wife of the late Governor and senator hails Peruna for quick relief from cold and cough. She urges readers to write to Dr Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for free medical advice if results are not prompt and satisfactory.
Miss Helen M. Goodyear daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A Goodyear graduated with the highest honors from Mount Carmel academy last week her essay Esse Quam Videri drew praise for clarity enunciation and tone She received a solid gold medal engraved with her class standing and was presented with a diamond ring by her mother and a pearl setting from Mrs Charles R Campbell Wichita born and Sedalia Missouri resident continues to uphold the city’s academic reputation
Little King Alfonso of Spain secures renowned bullfighter Mazzantini as a bodyguard. The fighter says he is worth a hundred policemen and will shield the royal charge from harm if possible.
A Salt Lake City man John M West took his cat on a train to Calientes Nevada 337 miles away to rid himself of the animal. Three weeks later Tom appeared at Wests home weak and emaciated after crossing two mountain ranges and long desert miles on foot.
J. B. Shelley of Hughesville reports three fine horses were struck and killed by lightning Friday afternoon while Nick Hayworth plowed the field. A young boy in charge was severely shocked but not seriously hurt.
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