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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
3
In Los Angeles the Gans Sullivan championship bout is set for tonight under the New Arcadia Athletic Club. Fans expect Gans to fight clean after his recent admissions of two fake bouts with McGovern and Britt. The match will be held inside a canvas tent on the baseball grounds.
Under conditions the fighters must weigh 142 pounds at 6 PM. Each receives half of the gross receipts with the winner getting 65 percent and the loser 35 percent. Both are in top form and a brisk exchange is expected. Eddie Graney, ref in the Gaus-Britt bout, will umpire this match.
When contemplating storage of household goods stores etc call up Main 213 Bell phones Splendid warehouse vans and furniture cars for hire.
Miss Alpha Bigley of Knob Noster has been appointed a teacher in the new state normal at Maryville Missouri.
The timetable lists trains with numbers and routes including Kansas City to St. Joseph and California Express, with arrivals and departures at Sedalia and connections via Myr Malta Berd and Marshall. Notable changes adjust arrival times for Nos 601 603 609 and local freights, impact schedules through Sedalia and Dover.
Timetables show east and west bound trains on the Missouri Kansas Texas system with daily and Sunday exceptions. Listing includes departure and arrival times for No. 6 11 2 4 9 12 and feeder locals, Kansas City division, and several 450s series with arrivals and departures during daytime and overnight hours.
The confectionery store of the late Bud McDonald is again open for business and those indebted to the estate should settle accounts at once. Mrs. M. F. McDonald is the administratrix.
March 9 1906 Sedalia council declares necessity to grade and pave 40 foot Ohio avenue from Broadway to Missouri Kansas Texas Railway right of way. Brick pavement on concrete base to be funded by special assessment. Published in Sedalia weekly and daily Sentinel. Rev Jennings and wife of Louisville visiting for Knights and Ladies of Progress.
Utica, N Y March 16 The arrival of triplets at the home of William Cobb a ten a week foundry laborer creates a crisis with six other children to feed and clothe On police arrival Cobb asks for his wife to be taken to hospital for care The mother and three of the newborns are sent to the General hospital while the remaining children are placed in an orphan asylum.
An advertisement urges sufferers to use E. C. DeWitt & Co Witch Hazel Salve Chicago as the original product. It warns of counterfeit copies sold under its reputation and notes W. E Bard Drug Co as a seller.
Washington March 16 William Lowe one of the active candidates for appointment as postmaster at Warrensburg Missouri arrived in Washington yesterday to seek a decision. He will call on Senator Warner before returning home. A decision is expected by April 1 when Mrs Van Meter will vacate Warrensburg post mistress role after three years following her resignation to marry.
Miss Elizabeth Landmann and her First Congregational church Sunday school class will dedicate a window at West's Book Store on Saturday. The event showcases the children and congregation in a local charity activity.
J S Meyers sold cattle hogs and stock to George Reik who moved from Illinois for 6000 dollars. Oran Reik died of scarlet fever aged three with Walter sick and recovering. The Woodmen plan a big initiation Friday night and county exams were held in Sedalia last Saturday.
For rent at once a seven room house with two lots and barn plus 38 acres of corn land near the city. Contact E T Thomson at the Morey Crawford Building.
The Morning Star known as the Preacher Ship will be auctioned in Honolulu after 18 months serving Micronesia. Bought for 40 000 dollars by pennies from Sunday school children, the steamer formerly Shoe City ran Boston to Lynn and later carried missionaries, supplies, and native students. High coal costs and limited traffic led to the sale, ending its South Sea mission work.
Listless season heads off with Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea pitched as a preventative. Claims to make you strong and vigorous, sold at 35 cents as tea or tablets by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Miss Romena Peyton the South Carolina Flower who danced with the future King Edward VII in New York is dead after years as a matchwoman on Atlanta streets. A Virginia Peyton descendant, her fortune faded after her fame, ending a serene life in Atlanta.
Middletown New York notes from Tompkins Delaware county report 1905 shows 18 deaths 10 marriages and 44 births amid prosperous farming families. They boast no race or action related deaths and no divorces with all residents living in harmony. A separate item mocks a Hungarian labor note and praises Goolash meals.
An advertisement urges shoppers to use Red Cross Ball Blue to keep fabrics white. It promotes a two ounce package, priced at five cents, and notes it is sold by grocers.
In Beaumont Texas Mrs Anna Orren sued for divorce from her husband on non support but he answered that a pestilence of the bull weevil destroyed his cotton causing poverty and inability to provide support. He later abandoned cotton for truck farming and Mrs Orren withdrew the suit. the couple now live together on the farm.
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An advertised remedy by W. E. Bard Drug Co promotesKen nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a pleasant cathartic. It claims to clear the head loosen phlegm strengthen bronchial tubes and relieve coughs colds and croup.
A Lamonte mass meeting nominated a bipartisan slate led by Mayor W. F. Yankee and Marshall H. C. Riley. Other nominees include W. P. Sellers as street commissioner W. T. Chatham as assessor N. T. Patrick as collector Aldermen W D Wade J M Haverfield School directors J R Wade J R Clark.
A local ad lists a weekly groceries bundle for five dollars including granulated sugar tea Baker's chocolate potatoes Cuban coffee flour corn or peas navy beans lemon and vanilla extracts table salt Echo soap baking powder and Trilly Soap. The list mixes prices and items with some unclear spellings reflecting OCR.
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