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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1904
Page
8
Kansas railroads report growing trouble with bums and alleged harvest hands. Officials enforce full fare and tighten rules as trains struggle to pull in and out of towns. Topeka depots overrun, with several bums ejected from empty cars. authorities vow action at depots and along lines. Names of railroad staff from Denison and Hillsboro listed.
Bloomington Illinois June 27 Charles Funkhesser aged 20 was shot by his younger brother at their home near Rantoul as he tried to enter the house through a window. Homer Funkhesser fired after twice calling and receiving no response.
District Engineer Jones has left for the front to supervise the Nevada Salt Lake route closure. The Salt Lake office becomes clerical while Los Angeles hosts the main engineering department until project completion. Large amounts of material are being shipped, with rising heat and sand storms hindering desert work.
Elizabeth Hoyts is announced as the campaign manager for Rube Oglesby. The announcement identifies Hoyts in the role and positions Oglesby as the candidate supported by the team.
Elizabeth Houts of Warrensburg runs H Rubey Oglesby’s Missouri railroad and warehouse commissioner campaign from her home. She manages all correspondence, signs letters, handles 1200 envelopes in a sewing club twist, and aims for the Jefferson City convention with steady support from delegates and friends.
Market report from Logan Co op Chicago shows hogs $5.35 top and $5.25 to $5.40 bulk, with 37,000 hogs and 16,000 cattle noted. Kansas City and Omaha reports list several thousand hogs and cattle with strong demand. corn and wheat prices listed per bushel and per cwt. eggs and poultry prices included. East St. Louis hogs at $5.25 to $5.40 top. Tuesday Chicago hogs estimated at 16,000.
J R Baldwin sold two horses on Saturday. One horse, described as a fine driver, went to John W Menefee Jr. The other was sold to Otto Kipping, who lives east of the city.
A weather update expects showers tonight and Tuesday with a gradual rise in temperatures.
A brief note references the phrase The Kind You Have Always Bought and the idea of a signature tort. It mentions the bear and trademark context with no added details. The snippet implies a legal or advertising theme without clear events or persons.
Dan Tisch’s store on North Lamine Street was burglarized in the early hours Sunday. About $25 worth of groceries and goods were taken by three men who reportedly divided the spoils on a small bridge north of the city limits after gaining entry by cutting a glass from the front door and crawling through.
Prices paid for farm and dairy goods in Sedalia list cereals and breadstuffs. Prairie hay baled per ton seven to eight dollars. Straw baled per ton and baled Timothy per ton noted. Corn per bushel is sixty nine cents.
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