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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
5
Police describe hobos fleeing to cities as cold snaps drive them from barns and box cars. Officers note fewer tramps this winter due to warm weather and less charity intake. The piece also lists wedding party details with Morrison family names and a church ceremony with reception.
Miss Lillian Morrison daughter of Mr and Mrs David M Morrison will wed William J Tingue Jr in a ceremony at Souls Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street at 4 o clock this afternoon. Miss Natalie is mentioned in opening line but further details not provided in readable text.
An article extols Japanese endurance and health, attributing strength to digestion care learned from childhood. It promotes Miona, a stomach remedy sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co in Sedalia, with a money back guarantee on every 50 cent package.
The Eagles hold weekly meetings every Thursday at 7 30 p m for initiation and regular business. Secretaries Jule G Schmid W P R C Dolph.
On March 4 1906 the tribal governments of the Cherokees Choctaws Creeks Chickasaws and Seminoles dissolve and their members join US citizenship in Oklahoma. The Five Civilized Tribes will lose autonomous laws courts and schools and fall under US and later state governance as Oklahoma seeks statehood.
Miss Jane Green daughter of A. W. Green the biscuit king and National Biscuit Co president married Orville Browning Carrott of Quincy Illinois at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Greenwich Archbishop Riordan officiated with Rev Daniel Riordan and Rev J J Fitzgerald. A special train from New York will bring guests to Belle Haven for the Greens reception.
The gentlemen of Calvary parish will serve a hot supper in the parish hall this evening from five to eight o clock. The event invites parishioners and neighbors to enjoy a community meal. Proceeds support church activities and programs.
Pittsburg Pa A Bion Boggs famed as a detector of shoplifters and counterfeit money is dead at his home in Ben Avon He was senior member of Boggs Buhl firm in Allegheny Scores of crooks now doing time owed their conviction to him But he was not infallible he confessed once seven years ago a woman passed a counterfeit $1000 bill in his shop He sent it to a bank for judgment and the bill proved fake after the woman hurried away with a $300 seal coat and $700 in cash
Ephraim Vanorman of Hamlin township, oldest man in Eton county, recalls watching the 1812 conflict on the Hudson River with his mother. Born near Troy, New York, he is 103, with Holland Dutch heritage. He worked on the Erie canal, lived in Calhoun and Jackson areas, and now resides with Anson Hoag after his wife's death. His son Chauncey may be living. grandchildren include Lewis of East Saginport and Cora of Grand Rapids.
In Cambridge a furniture factory staff fell ill after exposure to tonquin a dark Philippine wood used for a New York millionaire’s home in Buffalo. The inhaled dust or skin contact caused asthma like symptoms and a fiery rash. The importer supplied 15000 feet for the project and the beneficiary later died.
An old style drug advertisement promotes LAX ET as a remedy for digestive and breath issues. It states take a LAX ET when bowel movement skips a day or breath is foul and notes the product is sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
The Central Business College baseball team played Clinton High School in Clinton on Wednesday and won by a score of 15 to 2.
Tablet form medicine offered with unchanged ingredients. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
J A Folgar and Co advertise high grade Folger Coffee and Teas, promoting quality and value. The offer promises money back if customers are not satisfied, with packages priced at 25 and 50 cents.
The baronetage committee under Earl of Pembroke begins work to root out bogus titles and establish a legal procedure. Genuine baronets favor inquiry to curb impostures, as heraldry notes many claimants despite no formal rules for hereditary descent.
The Morey Stock company at the new Sedalia theatre will stage a special Saturday matinee for the benefit of stage employees, part of their week long engagement.
London officials announce a world scope matrimonial bureau. Fifty marriageable women depart London on the Kensington for Canada. Maj. Morris cites ten thousand Canadian men awaiting brides as Col. Lamb outlines chaperon and vetting duties, with garden parties to pair western men with eligible women.
Gov. Stokes creates a commission to study salt water fishing regulation and report a plan to the legislature. Senate sponsor Sen. Wood McKee says the panel will hear all sides and aim to balance interests of edible fishers and menhaden operators. Ocean and Jersey Shore fishermen seek protections to allow edible fish to enter Barnegat Bay while curb of menhaden and pound net practices.
In Brooklyn a dramatic trial featured Joseph Lipsitz who, seated with his back exposed, endured more than 50 burns from a white hot needle to prove he felt no sensation below his neck. Lipsitz, a New Boston resident and rail accident plaintiff, sought 50 000 dollars in damages from the railroad.
Washington May 3 The U S vice consul at Nurem burg reports a new glass plate invention by M Fourcault a Belgian who sold his patent to a European syndicate of plate glass manufacturers for nearly one million dollars The system uses seventeen roller pairs to draw molten glass from the pot producing polished plates of varied thickness with dimensions from 39 to 157 inches and tests for wider sheets are ongoing This could shift plate glass production toward dedicated furnaces and change existing methods.
E N Harrison is described hauling baggage to and from a railway or station setting. The note includes a Bell telephone contact 213 for follow up.
The Epworth League district convention adjourned last night at the German M E church after a fine concert by the Sedalia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Prof H W Steininger. The program featured G Sans Souci Susie Lewis Love's Greeting Fagetin and selections read by Lucile McVey In Roseland Triumphant America with performances by the orchestra.
Walter L. Michener of Provident Life and Trust Company, a St. Louis general agent, arrived Wednesday to pay the death claim for Frank Landmann, deceased.
The Railway Time lists eastbound trains including No 22 Local No 6 St Louis Passenger No 2 St Louis Special No 4 St Louis Mail and Express No 8 St Louis Express No 10 St Louis Limited No 28 Kansas City Accommodation Local Freight and westbound trains including No 1 Fast Mall No 27 Kansas City Accommodation No 21 Local Passenger No 1 California St Joseph Special No 5 Kansas City Express No 9 St Joseph Limited No 3 California Express Local Freight at the depot.
Railway timetable notes new arrival and departure times for Sedalia and Lexington branches. Adjusted train numbers include No. 603 passenger and No. 601 passenger with shifted Sedalia arrivals and through connections to Kans. No. 608 local freight moves to 9:45 p m. from 11:50 p m. and No. 602 passenger now arrives by 9:50 a m. Also mentions through services to Dover, Waverly, Malta Bend and connections at Marshall.
Train timetable fragment shows routes for Missouri Kansas & Texas with times for trains heading east and west including Freignot Sunday services and multiple No. numbers. Lacks complete context and endpoints.
Fragmentary timetable notes show travel times for northbound and freight trains with various departure and arrival times across days.
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