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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
6
Chicago doctor W T Brophy argues that long skirts spread germs from street contact and must be cut to four inches above the street. He warns fashion could be corrected by law if women do not adjust, while supporters and skeptics watch the lecture at Tuberculosis Institute.
Official reports show Britain has six battleships ten armored cruisers eighteen destroyers and fifteen submarines under construction. In 1906 7 four armored vessels seventeen destroyers and twelve submarines will be commenced. The total liability remains uncertain but a rough aggregate cost of about 40 million dollars is expected with roughly 3 million allocated for 1906 7, about one twelfth of the total.
Cites Hollister products to claim the Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens the weak and sick. Advertises 385 cents for tea or tablets sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Time to treat furniture or floors with a coat of Japan lac. Dunlaps at Ohio Street advertise shades from 15 cents.
The thirteenth annual session of the Massachusetts Choir Guild will be held in four sections with thirty choirs. The first section is tonight at Trinity church directed by Albert W. Snow and featuring organist William A. Paull.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as restoring vigor and vitality. Claims to strengthen nerves and circulation and to make the user feel reborn. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co for 35 cents.
George B. Sloan, formerly in charge of the M. K. T. dining station at the passenger depot, has taken a position as steward at the Antlers hotel in this city.
The article reviews how birth rates reflect social conditions and how declines in births align with death rates. It notes Europe's peak birth rate in 1876, shows wide variations by country, and highlights how natural population growth remained steady despite birth declines. Key figures include France Hungary England and Russia, with 1876 and 1903 comparisons.
An Arlington Pharmacy ad invites readers to enjoy making new furniture from old with a brush and Jap-a-lac. It provides telephone number 14 for Jap-a-lac or any item in their line.
Albany May 2 The Erie Champlain Oswego Cayuga and Seneca canals opened at noon enabling a large number of barges to begin their voyages at once. The Black River canal remains closed for the time being until later in the season.
Experience is a great teacher but costly when amateurs fit glasses. A thief may steal a pocket book and you mourn briefly, but faulty sight costs lifelong. Our expert Dr Ormond has twenty eight years of experience and it is not a side line.
Advertises Kodol for dyspepsia as a remedy for chronic indigestion enabling digestion and restoring digestive organ efficiency. Claims even long standing cases improve and the stomach becomes a “boiler” that maintains vitality. Sold by W. & Bard Drug Co.
The fifth annual amateur championship of the Southern Golf Association begins in New Orleans on May 2 with many entrants and a large, enthusiastic gallery. The event runs four days.
An ad touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe pleasant herbal monthly regulator for women addressing back and urinary tract issues. It promises reliable results with a 50 cent price and free sample, mailed from Le Roy New York.
Hon John T Heard and his wife left Tuesday for St Louis where Mrs Heard will tour the East visiting New York Washington D C and other points Mr Heards mother from Marshall Mo will meet them in St Louis and accompany Mrs Heard to New York from which she will depart for a trip to Alaska
Sedalia camp No. 5570 M W A will meet in the ? of P ball on East Fifth street Wednesday May 2 1906 for regular business Visiting Neighbors invited to attend Sam W James V C E E Codding Clerk
Fire at the Main Street Storage and Transfer Company in Kansas City at noon consumed the household effects of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barnhart former Sedalia residents and parents of Katy conductors Charles and John Barnhart. They planned to move to Sedalia in about two weeks. The loss was total with no insurance.
For two years we have handled Folger brand coffee and now offer Folger teas. Guaranteed fine drinking quality at 25 and 50 cents a package with a money back offer if not the best you ever had.
Eastbound and westbound passenger and freight trains updated with new arrival and departure times at Sedalia, My, and surrounding yards. Notable changes include Nos 602 603 608 passengers and local freights, plus revised Sedalia arrivals and connections through Kansas City and Warsaw.
Train timetable snippets show routes Missouri Kansas & Texas and Kansas City Division North and West bound services with daily frequency and varied arrival and departure times. Details include freight and passenger notes with multiple numbered train entries and times across day and night.
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