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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1906
Page
2
Beil Queen City is identified as the official paper for Sedalia, likely announcing local government notices and community information in a period newspaper style.
The slate lists mayor Hutchinson and marshal W H Boultt among various posts. It names assessor Courtney Stevenson, collector J W Kennedy, city attorney G W Barnett Jr, police judge J B Longan, treasurer Ed J Evans, school board members J T Montgomery and A W McKenzie, and ward aldermen H W Menschke John Wheelan John A Ready and Grant Crawford.
N O Neilson of St Louis argues in the March Inde pendent that laws fault the system not individuals. A defense by Thomas F Ryan follows as they discuss high salaries, corporate abuses, and whether extraordinary services justify large pay, with examples from railroads, packers, and banks.
Building officials report February activity across sixty reader cities, with only sixteen showing losses from last year. New York leads gains at 55 percent, San Francisco Cincinnati and Pittsburg show declines, Baltimore undergoes major rebuilding, while Los Angeles maintains over one million dollars monthly in permits.
The wave of reform reaches card games as Rev William Austin Smith denounces bridge whist as social decay. The piece notes parallel temperance issues in Kansas City and suggests clerical unity to curb gambling and saloons across the region.
A vivid want ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as life giving and soothing. It touts energizing effects for nerves and blood and offers tea or tablets at 35 cents via W. E. Bard Drug Co.
At the regular meeting of Queen City council No. 564 Knights and Ladies of Security held Monday night Miss Ida Teeling and Watt Allen were initiated.
Dr. Fyfe of The Eclectic Medical Review extols Unicorn root Helonias as a key uterine tonic in women. Golden Seal root is praised for womb disorders and general debility, with several professors lauding its tonic benefits and use in uterine hemorrhage and dysmenorrhea.
The Sentinel announces Hon. Alf F Rector of Saline County as a Democratic candidate for Congress from the Seventh district subject to primary voters on Saturday April 7. It also announces Hon. C. W. Hamlin of Greene as a candidate for Congress.
For probate judge nomination Pettis county candidate D E Kennedy announces his bid subject to Democratic party action.
The Democratic party may nominate Charles S Williams for County Recorder, with Walter Morey as a Republican nominee candidate. The Services is authorized to announce Charles D Rayburn as a candidate also for County Recorder, subject to Republican action.
The article details plans to build two exhibition halls hosting yearly hog and agricultural shows with a cattle event in spring. Ellison Carroll, world champion roper, and O L Gibbon of Mangum will run the last roping contest in the Southwest, potentially the last in any U S territory if statehood arrives. Entries come from South America and Australia with a $1,000 prize. Carroll aims to defend his title.
March 9 1906 Sedalia Missouri council resolution declares necessary grade and pave Ohio avenue from Broadway south to Missouri Kansas Texas right of way. Plan calls for vitrified brick on concrete base with curb-line width 40 feet and full intersection extents. Publication set in Sedalia Weekly Sentinel and Sedalia Evening Sentinel.
Advertises Ball Blue as a stain remover for whites, noting grocers sell a large two ounce package for 6 cents. The copy emphasizes keeping fabrics bright and presents Ball Blue as a household cleaner option.
Washington reports a lack of team work between the navy department and Congress leaves the current session stalled on naval business. The House Naval Affairs Committee cut about 20 million from Bonaparte's 120 million estimate for the next fiscal year, with the annual bill expected around 98 to 100 million and Senate additions possible. The department has not clarified battle ship specifications nor awarded contracts for Michigan and South Carolina, creating further delays.
Oklahoma City March 12. The Midland Valley livestock show opened with western cattlemen viewing cattle and attending a convention this week. The aim is to form a state cattlemen organization during the meeting.
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