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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
4
Thomas Scruggs aged 18, son of livestock dealer M. D. Scruggs, was killed in Troost park Kansas City Missouri last night while trying with two companions to resist an unprovoked attack by ten or fifteen youths.
Jersey cows offered by Charles Martin near State fair grounds at Eighteenth and Warren streets. Buyer can inspect and arrange purchase locally.
Sparks from a passing freight engine caused a fire Sunday afternoon that burned sixty five acres of wheat for J. C. Gauss and forty acres for George Goodwin six miles east of Holden. The crop would have averaged about forty bushels per acre.
Archbish op Ireland in St Paul ordered all Catholic churches in his diocese to forbid songs resembling stage music in services including weddings. O Promise Me and similar pieces will be barred. Also a rental notice announces second story flat near Broadway School at 1105 Kentucky Street with bath and water.
Leaders in soda water Dow Drug Co. praise Arling Ton ice cream soda as the best, highlighting the local soda stand's popular treat and the firm’s endorsement of its quality.
The case against H L Lawrence the grafter who forged checks backed by bogus baggage checks was called in criminal court this afternoon. Lawrence defended himself with poor legal skill and sparred over points. Detectives McNamara and local officials testified to his alleged swindles including a school book scam.
Kirksville Missouri hosts a Saturday picnic and barbecue for the 26th anniversary of osteopathy. Dr. Still announces a new preparation cantharadine to combat small pox and avert vaccination. City and county pause business for the event. Arlington Pharmacy advertises perfumes.
An advertising item describes a three week sale of summer undergarments for all ages. It highlights dainty muslin garments with torchon lace, Hamburg embroidery, and practical, economical design. Details show cambric gowns and muslin gowns with trim and tidy necks and sleeves.
New wash goods 15¢ plain and fancy batiste and dimities offered. A fresh lot from the maker tempts shoppers with new patterns. Also featured are high class woods marked down by a third to a half off, enticing buyers to choose better qualities at reduced prices.
J D Hail, former principal owner and president of the Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway, was struck and killed by a street car at midnight. He had recently sold the system to F P Dupont and earlier moved from Des Moines Iowa with a fortune estimated at two million dollars.
Willis Hill the Horse Thief was arrested at Marshall Missouri by Constable Ben Rollins and confined in the county jail. A veteran of horse theft, he has served five penitentiary terms and remains in his sixties, active since the early 1880s with victims statewide. He was previously held at Sedalia for horse stealing.
S. L. Lipscomb, a leading canvasser, was in Versailles last week and adds more names to his growing list. The Sentinel praises its Versailles circulation and the paper’s reliability. Limeade from pure fruit offered by Dow Drug Co.
The Journal notes R. R. Smith of Brookfield is elected head banker of the Modern Woodmen of America with endorsement in Mexico. He will oversee about $300,000,000 passing through Kansas City and Brookfield banks and will command at least $1,000,000 at times during his tenure.
Dallas report states G Van Gin was killed by his cars on June 24 in Dallas Texas. The incident details are limited in the available text. Further information is not provided in the surviving fragment.
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