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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1903
Page
6
Morristown, N. J. June 23 bicyclists found a man by Hibernia turnpike Beach Glen biting a live three foot black snake and eating grass. He claimed to be the reincarnation of a hog and a follower of Mme Blavatsky. Authorities took him into custody. only the snake's head remained.
A disrupted item shows Katy continuing a teuris leeper action on a flyer, with reference to St. Louis as the surrounding context. The fragment suggests ongoing activity and venue association in the flyer material.
Chancey Dewey Will McBride and Clyde Wilson, the cowboys charged with the murder of three Berry family members, occupy the women inmates section of the Topeka jail where Carrie Nation once held sway. Dewey receives meals sent in calls from Topekans and bouquets from admirers. prominent residents visit.
From boot black and street vendor to a Columbia University bachelor of arts Chas Winter Wood earned his degree last week He had won oratorical honors in the West and will lead the English department at Tuskegee Institute He gained support from Judge Jarvis Blume Dr D K Pearson and Rev Frank W Gunsaulus guiding his education via Beloit College and Chicago Theological Seminary His rise culminated with the John Crosby Brown Scholarship at Columbia in 1901 and his recent graduation.
Miss Pauline Smith and Mr. Al pert Stewart married Monday evening at 8 at the German Evangelical church parsonage. Rev. Frederick Pfeiffer officiated with only Mr. and Mrs. Herman Busch as relatives present. The couple will begin housekeeping in East Sedalia immediately.
An advertisement announces a Fourth of July excursion with a fare of one dollar and fifty cents plus potential extra charges for certain points, July sales on the third and fourth with return by July seventh. Mt. Clemens is reached via Grand Trunk Railway with no car changes, and a free descriptive pamphlet can be requested from the Advertising Department, 125 Adams St., Chicago. Also offering a top buggy harness for sale at 922 East Sixth Street.
A newly married couple in Mitchell Kansas plots to share government payrolls by both taking civil service exams for postal clerk positions. They ask if they can work together if both pass, highlighting the lure of lucrative federal jobs and possible conflicts with rules against tandem hires.
In Emporia Kansas on June 24 the cornerstone of a new $40,000 government building was laid by Masons. Grand Master Bester G Brown of Topeka performed the ceremony with aides S R Peters Newton grand senior warden Thomas L Bond Salina grand junior warden Albert Larback Holton grand secretary A K Wilson Topeka grand treasurer. Congressman J M Miller noted for securing the project spoke. Efforts dating to 1875, aided by Senator Preston B Plumb and Congressmen Curtis and Miller, led to an appropriation and spring construction. the building is to be finished this year.
Hardy Flagg of Waupaca Wisconsin extols Rocky Mountain Tea as essential to home life comparing it to bread flour. Ad notes price of 25 cents and credits W E Bard Drug Co as seller.
Descriptive notes praise Muskoka Clear Sky Land Magnetewan and other Indian words as ideal summer outings. Advertising material from Grand Trunk Railway invites requests for a descriptive booklet. Lehigh Valley railroad promotes trips to Atlantic Seashore Resorts with two cent stamp requests for details.
J C Wilcox a carpenter lists patchwork repair and fencing as specialties He resides at 617 Wilkerson Street and can be reached by phone dialing 812 two rings for his services.
Real Estate Co advertises a special week long sale of dwellings with cut prices in Sedalia area listings include multiple city homes and large Kansas and Missouri land tracts. Properties feature various acreages, windmills, fences, farms, ranches, and noteable roads and towns such as Pawnee bottom, Garden City, Leoti, and Sedalia.
An old ad promotes Laxative Eromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee by E. W. Grove. It touts Bail Blue Red Cross Ball Blue detergent with a large 2 oz package priced at 5 cents.
Teachers are invited to travel to the NEA convention in Boston via at least one Lehigh Valley Railroad and New York segment. Send a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Department Lehigh Valley Railroad New York for a descriptive booklet.
The ad proclaims Kodol strengthens digestive organs to digest absorb and transform foods into nourishing blood for nerves tissues and muscles. It claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures indigestion dyspepsia and stomach catarrh alongside all stomach disorders. Sold by W. E.
A special Katy train via M and T railway departs Sedalix at 4 30 am for St Louis. Round trip fare is 2 50. Agents offer details on participation and schedules.
Low round trip rates offered for July 3 and 4 on the M K T railway with all stations participating. Passengers are advised to contact Katy's agent for full particulars.
Dr George A Major successor to Dr T T Major & Son advertises limited time dental services at reduced rates. Full set of teeth gold fillings gold and platina fillings amalgam cement fillings gold crowns Logan crowns $40 bridge work specialty painless extraction of teeth with all work warranted. Office 410 Ohka.
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