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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1904
Page
3
Missouri news notes wolves are numerous and bold near Cameron, destroying pigs and chickens as farmers organize to exterminate the pests. The University of Texas defeated Missouri in Columbia in a debate, Texas taking the affirmative on a union history question.
In West New York New Jersey forty children kissed a girl who died of diphtheria, four more cases followed and were dying. A Sedalia Missouri legal notice approves Grand avenue paving with vitrified brick, and a Dean's Kidney Pills testimony appears. The German Evangelical synod meets Jefferson City May 26 and a Missouri fine for killing song birds is noted.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Farris and drug sundries references with unclear context. It preserves a few proper names and a product phrase but lacks complete details.
May 4 saw a holiday in Louisiana Missouri as the Carnegie library cornerstone was laid and the consecration ceremony performed by the grand lodge of Masons with schools and businesses closed.
The county court projected current expenses for 1904 with a $60,000 estimate and ordered a county tax on each $100 of assessed valuation. A state revenue tax of 15 cents and a state interest tax of two cents were also authorized. The note lists travel and lodging costs for a World’s Fair visit and reflects regional prosperity through the Toomay brothers of Ray County, now wealthy landowners.
Jerry H. Murray a leading Democratic candidate for attorney general, died at his Columbia home. Born January 6, 1867 in Boone County, he graduated Missouri University Law School in 1893 and practiced law in Columbia. He served Boone County prosecuting attorney for three terms and married Maud Sherman of Mobile in 1900.
Miss Le lia Kesterson delivered the graduation address titled Imperial Missouri and The Garden Spot of America praising the state for cereals fruit and other foodstuffs to feed its people and aid global needs. Elder Preston Aker, a 77 year old Kansas City death, was a longtime minister in Clay Platte and Clinton counties and founder of many Smithville Christian churches.
The brochure promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the greatest tonic and life prolonger for the sick. Marketed as a family blessing the product is offered by W. E. Bard Drug Co for 35 cents.
The fragment notes an enticing line about obtaining the best goods at a certain location marked by recurring Os and Es. No clear event or entity details are readable.
A. E. Leslie advertises bargains at 215 West Main Street with low prices on sugar peaches prunes corn starch tomato cans flour and other staples. Customer incentives include a free Arbuckle coffee offer with each dollar purchase and comparisons urging shoppers to compare prices.
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