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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1905
Page
4
Frank DeBold returns from Kansas City and teams with former partner Chas Raiffeisen at the Mint saloon on West Main Street. The funeral of Mrs Malinda Ilgenfritz, who died Monday morning at her Ilgenfritz home, will be held.
The funeral will be held at the residence Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. J. B. Fuller officiating. Pallbearers are Capt. S. C. Gold Adolph Riecke George E. Dugan H. W. Menschke George M. Babcock and R. L. Yost.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a original laxative cough syrup that opens the bowels to relieve coughs and lung ailments. It claims gentle action and expels cold from the system with red clover blossom and honey bee on the bottle sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Sedalia Camp No. 5570 M W A will meet in the K of P hall on East 5th street Wednesday June 21 1906 for regular business. Visiting Neighbors invited. Sam W James V C E E Codding Clerk.
The article lists matchups Springfield at Sedana Joplin at Leavenworth Guthrie at Topeka and Oklahoma City at Wichita. The Guthrie game was halted in the sixth inning with the score tied to allow both teams to catch a train. Quies ser hit a fifth inning home run to tie the game. The final score remains unresolved.
Oklahoma City teams faced tough defeat as Leavenworth players Quiesser and Armstrong led the charge with strong runs. Woods and Seigle supported from the backcourt with solid defense.
Kansas City magnates consider placing a Fort Smith Arkansas team in the Missouri Valley league by July 6 with two residents pursuing ownership. Sedalia plans lineup changes and acquisitions as The Shop Lifters return from Guthrie to start a Springfield series. Lee Gramley travels for a pitcher transfer, while Sedalia misses Pete Allen.
Kansas City sent twirling star to Sedalia for a tryout and Happy Westcott will pitch this afternoon against Springfield in a local ball game.
The marriage of Dr Norman A Schwald of Cole Camp and Miss Mary Jakeman daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Jakeman of 1010 East Broadway will be solemnized tomorrow at 9 o'clock at Calvary Episcopal church. Rev Edmund A Neville will officiate. Bridesmaids are Bertha Jakeman and Blanche Schwald. Dr Dwyer of Dresden will be the best man. The couple will reside at Cole Camp.
Mr and Mrs W H Reinert live near the city limits in Northeast Sedalia and are the parents of a baby girl born Saturday June 17. Mr Reinert works as a boilermaker at the Missouri Pacific shops.
Philip Steinmiller of Pittsburg Pennsylvania visited Sedalia Monday and purchased a fine pacing horse from J R McAllister.
Harry Hammond a long term convict nearly suffocated when hidden inside a box three feet square so it could be shipped with a load of shoes from Parker Shoe company at North Jefferson. R B Hatcher agent and Warden Hall recovered him. Hammond, jailed since 1888 for robbery, claimed illness. The state offers a $50 reward for the arrest and detention of escaped prison birds outside Cole county.
The Rt. Rev. E R Atwill bishop of Kansas City marks fifteen years in office and church members seek to gift him an official residence for him and successors. A diocesan committee leads a drive to raise funds with Rev E D Woodruff of St George's KC addressing Calvary parishioners in Sedalia to support the project.
Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets from Kansas City to St Paul and Minneapolis for 15 dollars with daily sales through September 30 and a final return limit October 1. For details contact J H Lyman G A at 9th Street Kansas City Missouri.
Harry W. Servant holds the first resident hunters license issued in Pettis county under the new fish and game law. Since the law took effect Saturday, seventeen licenses have been issued. The cost is 1.15 dollars, covering 1 dollar for the license and 15 cents for the county clerk for issuing and filing.
A 1900s advertisement claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is liquified electricity that reaches every part of the body, brings strength and vigor, and keeps you well, priced at 35 cents by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
A local retailer advertises summer silk fabrics at reduced prices. The notice highlights fabric options, price reductions, and available widths in inches. Shoppers are urged to visit the store for selections and discounts.
Norman A. Schwald Cote Camp Mary G Jakeman Sedalia B C Bradshaw Boonville Maggie L Cook New Franklin are named in the notice indicating regional residents involved in the event.
Robert Hoskins was arraigned before Police Magistrate Truxel on a charge of petit larceny. The case was continued until Wednesday morning. The allegation states Hoskins took a watch owned by Lizzie Jennings and pawned it without her consent.
Col C J Hieronymus will oversee the C B Mitchell combination stock sale at the Holden fair grounds on June 30 and July 1. He has named his brother Kemp as an assistant. The Mitchell sales are always notable in the region.
The gathering drew strong attendance, continuing for two days rather than one as in prior years. Organizers cite sustained interest and participant engagement, with plans to build on this momentum for future events.
A large dehorned Jersey cow with heavy harness is missing. Finder should report at 614 West Seventh Street to receive a reward.
Probate Judge O. E. Parsons officiated the marriage of B. C. Bradshaw of Boonville and Maggie L. Cook of New Franklin this morning at 10 o'clock. They were joined in matrimony in a simple ceremony.
Miss Ada Stanley entertains guests this week including Miss Elsie Hickman of Warrensburg Miss Elizabeth Farris of Missouri Berly and Miss Margaret McDaniels of Sedalia White and Armley Vas sar college classmates arrive tomorrow.
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