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Newspaper

Sedalia Evening Sentinel

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1904

Page

8

Megro Found Beside Tracks At Windsor Died This Morning

A person named Megro was found beside tracks at Windsor and died this morning. Authorities investigation unclear. No further details available from the fragment.

Two Deaths A Mystery In Windsor Tragedy

Three men died after a Saturday night melee at Windsor stockyards near Winsor. James Potts killed Roy Simms after a drinking dispute. George Watkins, Potts’ host, died from a fractured skull after a clash said to involve a city marshal. Watkins had few statements while semi conscious. Post mortem showed multiple skull fractures and remains were found near Katy tracks.

Potts Watkins Simms W. S. Shirk W. G. Cowan

Lathrop firm files mechanics lien over Missouri Rock Island work

Thomas R. Marks of Lathrop Morrow Fox Kansas City filed a mechanics lien for Stubbs Flick Johnson against St. Louis Kansas City and Colorado Railroad for 261,637.29. The claim covers work on the trans Missouri line from Versailles Morgan County to Warrensburg Johnson County, including bridge construction and grading.

Thomas R. Marks Lathrop, Morrow, Fox & Company Kansas City Stubbs, Flick & Johnson St. Louis, Kansas City Rock Island

Funeral attendance by Jefferson City engineers sparks railroad note

Jefferson City engineers B B Mercer James Wood Wallace Yost Gilker and Wimner travel to attend the funeral of Harry McCarty. Nevada resident Art Oldham a former M K T fireman nurses a broken arm after his baby buggy collapses on East Cherry Street. doctors Craig and Johnson set the fracture and the baby escapes harm. Oldham is son in law of Conductor A Wilson and wife on East Third Street. Pneumonia deaths rise in cold months. one fifth of urban deaths from November to April versus one ninth from consumption.

Harry McCarty B. B. Mercer James Wood Wallace Yost Gilker Wimner Art Oldham Nevada Oldham Nevada Mail East Cherry Street Craig and Johnson Mr. Oldham Con United States

Protest Talk Grows Over Morton Cabinet Appointment

Central Labor Union members discuss a mass meeting to protest Paul Morton’s potential cabinet role. Morton, vice president of the Santa Fe railway, is criticized for ties to the Colorado Iron and Steel Company amid ongoing labor disputes with miners and machinists.

Central Labor Union Paul Morton A. T. and S. F. Railway Morton Colorado Iron and Sinel Company Santa Fe Railroad

Calvary Church Feast Vespers and Sermon Held

On the feast of St. Peter the Apostle Calvary Church will hold vespers and a sermon at 7 15 p m today. For sale complete horse buggy and harness apply Dick Boehme care Sentinel.

St. Peter the Apostle Dick Boehme Care Sentinel

Court fines issued in trespass and related charges

In police court this morning Magistrate Truxel fined D. Helmstetter James Gorman James Howard William Collins and Rudolph Schlander five dollars each after arraignment for trespassing. John Pumphrey paid five dollars for disturbing the peace and John Irving five dollars for intoxication. Alice Gilmore faced late hours charges and her case was dismissed.

Truxel D. Helmstetter James Gorman James Howard William Collins Rudolph Schlander John Pumphrey John Irving Alice Gilmore

Chicago Markets Report Windows on Hogs and Cattle

Chicago markets report shows hog futures weak at 5.35 to 5.45 with mixed loads and light demand. Cattle volumes near 23 000 with prices about 10 cents lower. regional spots Kansas City Omaha East St. Louis report similar softness. Estimated hogs for Chicago Thursday set at 27 000.

Chicago

Real estate transfers span Sedalia and nearby townships

Property deeds show transfers from Elizabeth Hamilton to Carpenter on Grand Avenue. many parcels move in Green Ridge, Houstonia, Sedalia, and Beaman townships with values from 5 to 3,500 dollars. Purchasers include School District No. 3, Maggie Lujin, Lelia Cannaday, Julia Combs, and Martha Bennings, among others, with numerous undivided interests and nd deeds recorded.

Elizabeth L. Hamilton Leander Eliza M. Carpenter Grand Avenue Morgan and Johnson Streets Robert Ewers W.d Green Ridge Township W. A. Hieronymous Samuel Hieronymous Longwood Henry S. Demand Maggie Lujin Fourth Street Monteau Vermont Mary A. Gregg D. E. Longan Houstonia J. C. van Riper Mary A. Smith Barrett Avenue Fifth Sixth Streets Maggie M. Dedrick Sarah C. Clague N.d Boonville Street Hill and New York Avenue Porter R. E. Co Jas. M. Ricks Seventh Street Engineer Wagner Streets Lulia Leake Fuller Claude W. Grubbs Martha W. Beming Nora A. Stuart Rickey C. Monsees Beaman Township J. Ella Morris Medora B. Jennings West Sedalia Wm. H. Powell, Jr Susan A. Harlan Third Street Harrison and Wm. Baker A. C L. C

Grand Trunk Lines Promote Lake Region Sightseers

One fare plus two dollars for round trip from St. Louis area to Muskoka Kawartha Lakes and Lake of Bays. Pictorial region description and illustrated literature at Grand Trunk exhibit in Forestry Fish and Game building at the fair. Through car line connects in Toronto with Lake region trains. Publications on train service available from Grand Trunk Advertising Dept Chicago. Geo W Vaux A G Pf T A.

St. Louis Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Lake of Bays Grand Trunk Grand Trunk-Illinois Central Toronto Lake Grand Trunk Railway System Adams Street Chicago Geo. W. Vaux A. G. Pf T. A

M W A Camp Meets in Sedalia Hall

Sedalia M W A Camp No 5570 will hold a regular business meeting at the K of P hall on East Fifth Street on Wednesday June 29 1904 Visiting neighbors are invited to attend Sam W James W C D N evets oe Dan a E E Codding Clerk Keuper Holtzen sell S flour

Sedalia K. of P. Hall East Fifth Street

Novel Puma Capture By Amazon Tribe

A Peruvian Amazon tribe uses gum tree sap coated leaves to trap pumas. They bait with a young pig or goat. the prowler eats, sticks leaves to face, and becomes blinded. Natives then spear torches and ropes the animal, carrying it alive to the village.

Puma

Eye strengthening exercises proposed in 19th century guidance

The article describes a sequence of eye exercises claimed to strengthen vision. It instructs slow movements: eyes up and down, side to side, diagonally to corners, then rolling to extremes, with caution to avoid straining muscles.

All Her Resolutions Broken

An English century ago narrator recalls a London dining encounter with Lady Katherine Pakenham who reveals three broken youth resolutions to never marry a soldier never marry an Irishman and not be long engaged. She ends up married to the soldier and Irishman, the Duke of Wellington, in an unhappy marriage lived apart most of the union.

London Duke of Wellington Katherine Pakenham

Sedalia Markets Prices for Farm and Dairy Products

Prices paid to local dealers for farm and dairy goods across cereals breadstuffs and meats. Prairie hay baled per ton seven to eight dollars. straw five dollars. baled timothy eight to nine dollars. Corn and wheat per bushel vary. flours per cwt range two to three dollars. Potatoes and meal priced per bushel. corn meal per bushel sixty cents. various poultry and eggs quoted by dozen or pound.

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Megro Katy Windsor Hawkins George Winsor Katy Stockyards James Potts Roy Simms Railroad News Jefferson City A. Wilson East Third Street ripps-McRae Press Association Washington oLted Jana Golden Gate J. A. Folger 2 Co San Francisco Brandt Grocer Foley Bright G. A. Stillson Tampico Edward Huss Salisbury The Arlington Pharmacy Calvary Church Logan Com. Co South Lamérie Street Omaha Park Chas. D. Rayburn Geo. D. Calbert Green Ridge A. T. Poulter J. H. Meyer Lela M. Cannaday Fifth Street Missouri Avenue Joseph C. Longan L. P. Welborn Houstonia Township Schuyler Co. Bank S. W. Castle Julia A. Combs Northeast Sea Lucian L. Brevington Broadway Hancock Marvin J. L. Blackburn Martha W. Bening Marvin P. Grubbs Martha W. Benning John Y. Grubbs Mattie Longan Lucy A. Grubbs Ula G. Grubbs Houstis T. M. Stevens Enoch Brandenburgh Gustav Ettmueller A. H. Gafken Massachusetts Street Tenth Eleventh Streets Anna M. Gooden Geo. H. Bouldin Geo. H. Baldwin D. M. Ricks Kroencke & Cordes Sam W. James, W. C E. E. Codding Keuper & Holtzen S. Flour Amazon Sedalia Markets Fortress Monroe
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