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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
8
Three members from Nevada Missouri district are accused of forging a time check. Police report indicates the youths employed fraudulent documents to secure funds. Investigators say the scheme involved multiple transactions and preliminary charges have been filed.
Deputies arrested F. J. Pepper chief clerk to Engineer Sheehan and clerks C. E. Nelson J. N. Garvey at their Missouri Pacific desks in Nevada Missouri on forgery charges. Each faces two counts alleging forged signatures on a time check for twenty six days work at three dollars a day totaling seventy eight dollars. They were arraigned before Judge Burton and pled not guilty.
The article outlines Canada and U S railway expansion projections for 1906 including 7 500 miles of new Canadian mileage and a 182 million dollar cost. It notes government timber sales for railroad ties, train movements through Sedalia, and rail company plans for a Missouri bridge and improved passenger service. It also mentions a railroad wreck procedures bulletin and various local happenings.
Harvey J. Smith the Katy conductor left Wednesday for Denver. Col Hugh Smith resigned as machinist at Missouri Pacific shops. W A Wiley the railway accident insurance agent left for Jefferson City. J L Fegan resigned as assistant foreman boilermaking at Missouri Pacific shops. Roy Caltins, a machinist at Missouri Pacific shops, resumed duties this morning after vacation.
A Danville Illinois mother recalls a prolonged cough that settled on her daughter's lungs. After trying many remedies, they used Foley's Honey and Tar, which cured her. Arlington pharmacy sold the product.
A reported incident involving Mrs. Henrietta Law in New York unfolds with alleged intruder activity reflected in a mirror. Details remain sparse but suggest a legal action or courtroom context tied to safety concerns and residence.
Police nabbed James Markey who confessed he was a private detective hired by Mrs Henrietta Law’s husband to spy on her for a divorce. Markey gained entry with a pass key and was bound over on $500 bond as the husband was held in custody until the next day.
A stream of visitors and travelers is noted in Sedalia with residents and guests from Lamonte Pleasant Hill Lamar Mexico Fresno Apex Denver St Joseph Warrensburg and Kansas City. Notables include Mrs. Judge Lay and Miss Florence Lay visiting from Warsaw and other locals traveling for business visits funerals or social occasions.
Foley's Kidney Cure claimed to make the kidneys and bladder right with no harmful ingredients. Sold by Arlington pharmacy.
Arlington pharmacy sells Foley's Honey and Tar claimed to cure coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough hoarseness bronchial troubles la grippé and related throat illnesses.
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