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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
3
A stranger offered a check for cash at an Augusta bank but was refused payment without verifiable identification. Despite matching letters, a watch inscribed with the name, and a death notice card, the clerk insisted on known identification for bank transactions. The notice ends with an ad for Big S Flour.
In Philadelphia on May 5 and in New York yesterday and today, Idaho Senator Fred T Dubois and ex Senator Frank J Cannon met with Mrs Frederic Schoff and National Union of Women to plan renewed efforts against polygamy and the U S Senator Reed Smoot. Cannon vows to fight church violations while remaining a Mormon and aiding Utah statehood, amid church endorsements of polygamy and charges of treason to the government.
The senate is opened to handle the open and notorious polygamistic church issue with Reed Smoot as a high apostle. Senator Dubois anticipates the Smoot matter will be taken up early in the next session.
In the Atchison Globe a local engineer on the Missouri Pacific line from Wichita to Kiowa recounts a health scare and claims Kodel cured stomach pains and even cancer. He says his druggist recommended Kodel and it helped others as well. Bard Drug Co. sells Kodel.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCullough Havre Montana visit two weeks with Mrs. C. C. Maclay. Mrs. A A Wallace stays with Mrs. A W Shortridge en route to Kansas City. A J Thomas the real estate agent attends county business. Sallie Redman and Mrs. F M Joslyn attend a C W E M meeting at Clarksburg. Elizabeth Hockaday of Salesville will teach the upcoming Excelsior school near Tipton. Mr. and Mrs. B C Finley visit relatives near Latham. Tipton High School plans a Friday evening graduation event in the chapel. J W Jones of Butler Bros St Louis spends Sunday in Tipton.
Indianapolis, May 6. The body of 68 year old Frank Wortmann was found on the pilot of Big Four No. 11 at Massachusetts Avenue station after being struck at a rural crossing. The engine did not see him, and his head bumped along the ties for over a mile. The body was mangled.
May 4 Smithton reports Douglass Hewitt as a Sedalia passenger. Carey Wakfield of St. Louis visits Centertown relatives. Mrs. Henry Pace helps establish a bank. Zina Wakefield heads to Gray's Summit with J. J. Farmer a passenger. Local youth outings noted and a Sedalia visit. Baseball is set for Saturday Smithton versus Coon Creek with free admission.
A clean house is assured when you send curtains bedspreads quilts blankets and comforts to Monarch Laundry operated by Chas Van Antwerp. Call both phones 183 for family washing and pickup.
The Sole Savers reopen in a new building at 217 South Lamine Street, first door south of the post office. Rogers' shoe shop offers best half soles and related repair services.
County Surveyor has been instructed to run preliminary lines for straightening the Warrensburg road from Sedalia at the western city limits end of Sixteenth street.
Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial trouble pneumonia and la grippe sold by Arlington Pharmacy.
Clayton Haire, Hary Rankin, Phil Kidd, Edwin Hansam, Joe Bowers and Walter Bolling chosen as ushers for class day. Event slated for Tuesday in May at the high school.
A grocer ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bleach in a two ounce package priced at five cents. The copy urges consumers to keep yellow clothes clean by using the product and emphasizes its availability at all grocers.
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