Capital Legislature Slugfest and December Parade Plans
In Jefferson City the legislature faced mudslinging and wasted time and taxpayer money. Co L 2nd Missouri volunteers will join a Decoration Day display with the G A R. Penitentiary quarantine lifted, about 200 prisoners admitted. Col Bob Morrow seeks the secretary of state post. One police court case since the new city administration. Governor Stephens plans a long vacation after adjournment.
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The
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Jefferson City
Boys of
L” 2Nd Missouri Volunteers
Bob Morrow
Governor’s Office
Stephens
Local residents and visitors town gossip update
A stream of brief notes lists residents and visitors: Dr M Dick of Cole Camp and Dr S H Redmond of Tipton in the city. City Engineer Zoll travels to Nevada. E Knox returns from Warsaw. Carl Kelly of Windsor visiting Roy Tyree. Mrs Veast of Hughesville visiting. Mrs M Cannon to St Louis on business. Miss Dump of Dumpville stopping in. Miss Florence Harker is very sick at 508 West Sixth. Mrs Joel Gentry ill at home on West Broadway. Will Higginbotham back from Illinois. Hon Richard Speed of the Nevada Mail in town. F R Payne returns from St Louis and Boonville. Wm Speed Stephens of Boonville at the Sider. Charles Major and Earl Stevenson to Windsor for Sunday with parents. Everett N Ewin of Butler in the city. James D. Mark Armour & Co’s local rep to spend Sunday in Kansas City. Julia and Katherin Rodman visit Paola. Mrs J W Smith of Smithton and Mrs Kennedy of Green Ridge shopping locally. Miss Maymie Gibney leaves for Temple, Texas. Mrs Battersby recovering from two weeks illness. W L White leaves for Pilot Grove. Rev Geo King passing through on Clinton district route. Myrtle Rineen and Katie Wright attend high school and visit Smithton. Frank Vira returned from Otterville noting Billy Homan’s recovery. Herman Steelin takes a packing job in Kansas City. Mrs Claib Cline of near Otterville returns home after medical treatment in Sedalia.
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Peter Kuhn
Havana
M. Dick
Cole Camp
S. H. Redmond
Tipton
Zoll
Nevada
E. Knox
Warsaw
Carl Kelly
Windsor
Roy Tyree
Rbkey
T Veast
Hughesville
M Cannon
St Louis
S H Brook
Clifton
Miss Dump
Dumpville
Florence Harker
West Sixth
Joel Gentry
West Broadway
Will Higginbotham
Illinois
Richard Speed
The
Nevada Mail
F. R. Payne
St. Louis
Boonville
Wm. Speed Stephens
Charles Major
Earl Stevenson
Everett N. Ewin
Butler
Jewell Remington
James Douglas
Mark Armour & Co
Kansas City
Julia
Katherin Rodman
Paola
Kas
el Hoy
J W Smith
Smithton
Kennedy
Green Ridge
Maymie Gibney
Temple
Texas
Battersby
Engineer
Ninth Streets
Classified Ad Space Instructions
Sentinel announces ad rates and placement rules for Wanted For Sale For Rent Lost and Found items with three insertions at twenty five cents each per column. The note explains word limit and payment details for advertisers.
Classified notices from the Sentinel office
Short classifieds list board rental requests and sales notices. Boarders wanted at 421 East Sixth Street with or without rooms. A nursing or light housekeeping position sought via Sentinel office. Three rooms for rent at 505 West Fourth Street. Parlor heating store for sale bargain via Sentinel office. Wanted rug about 9 by 12 feet in size, bargain terms through Sentinel office.
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East Sixth Street
West Fourth Street
Sentinel Office
Sedalia Souvenir in May Medical Herald
The May issue of the Medical Herald at St. Joseph highlights Sedalia’s hustling spirit with a Sedalia Souvenir praising the upcoming state medical meeting and featuring portraits of Drs W H Evans, W J Ferguson, Ira T Bronson, A T Fleischmann, S K Crawford, W C Overstreet, E C Evans, and O P Kernodle. The paper also editorially endorses Sedalia as the permanent meeting site.
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Medical Herald
St. Joseph
Chas. Wood Fassett
W H Evans
W J Ferguson
Ira T Bronson
A T Fleischmann
S K Crawford
W C Overstreet
EC Evans
O P Kernodle
the Herald
Sedalia
Dugan Announces Wall Paper Auction Start May 16
Beginning Tuesday May 16 Geo E Dugan of 116 East 5th Street will sell wallpaper in small lots at prices from 1 cent to 5 cents a roll.
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Geo. E. Dugan
East 5Th Street
Sunday Services and Baptism at Cumberland Church
Sunday services include Christian Science topic Soul and Body and a baptismal ordinance. Cumberland Presbyterian Church plans morning sermon How and When to Get Our Children in the Way. At 3 pm the Knights Templars hold their annual ascension service with a sermon by the pastor. no evening preaching.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Knights Templars
Knights Templars to Hold Ascension Day Services
St. Omar commandery Knights Templars will hold Ascension day services at Cumberland Presbyterian church corner of Seventh and Osage Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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St. Omar
Knights Templars
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Seventh and Osage
The Smallest Man General Tom Thumb Size Comparison
The article continues on page nine describing Great Peter, the smallest man, measuring 22 inches tall and weighing 6 1/4 pounds at age 18. It contrasts him with General Tom Thumb and notes his clothing removed for measurements.
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Peter
Tom Thumb
Facelift Scheme Suggested By Doctor For Concealing Crimes
A New Orleans physician discussed how a man could alter height by leg bone removal and reshape the face to erase identity. Procedures include changing forehead shape, ear position, nose, wrinkles at mouth corners, and brow direction, with two months needed. He noted limits like time, cost, secluded quarters, and willing surgeons.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Strayed or Stolen Bay Horse Sought by Owner
Bay horse with a slightly enlarged jaw missing or taken. Reward offered by L. F. Fessendin at 514 West Seventh Street for return.
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L. F. Fessendin
West Seventh Street
Sale notice for milk cow and spring wagon
A sale advertisement lists a No. 1 milk cow and a good spring wagon for sale calling at 197 East Jefferson.
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East
Jefferson
For Rent Notes Dated Street Listings
For Rent CHrap Nice 4 room house 214 W 10th st Enquire E Lucking at the Leader For Rent Unfurnished front room 1107 S Lamine street Pleasant place for working girls For Rent 3 nice rooms corner Washington avenue and Pacific street Apply at 135 East Pacific street
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E. Lucking
Leader
Kkent
Lamine Street
Washington Avenue
Pacific Street
East
Red Cross Ball Blue and Old Time Remedies
Ice cream soda 5c and a parade of patent cures from Fleischmann Pharmacy. Minute Cough Cure and other remedies echo early 20th century retail life.
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Fleischmann
Fleischman ’Parmacy
Harmless Sleep Aid From Dandelion Leaves
A short article counsels that insomnia drives many to drugs but warns of harm. It suggests three or four chewed dandelion leaves as a harmless remedy to induce sleep, noting they are best fresh and can be dried for later use.
Tea from boiled leaves promotes sleep while safe for patients
The article describes tea made from boiled non-laurel leaves as soothing for nerves and aiding sleep without harming the patient. It warns against confusing laurel with bay leaves due to prussic acid, and notes bay leaf tea should not be too strong. It mentions a mild narcotic from dried leaves as an alternative, all presented as harmless and safer than laudanum.
Countess’s woodland sale nets gown and estate
The Hungarian Countess Szapary owned a sparsely cultivated estate with vast woodland. A leaseholder visited, she asked for 10 000 florins, he offered the estate instead. She accepted seven thousand cash, the notary witnessed, and the sale completed. The tenant then earned 13 000 florins from wood sales in year one. She had fourteen husbands.
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Budapest
Szapary
Hungary
Lajos
Indiana Woman Sets Eighteen Weddings Record Claim
Polly Owens of White River township has married fourteen times by age fifty, with eight or nine divorces and several widowings, in a pattern described by a Strawton correspondent. The report notes frequent marriages in the county and contrasts with a young man from Hendricks county pursuing a similar tally and a troubled marriage history.
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Polly Owens
William Owens
White River Township
Marriag
Strawton
Cincinnati Tribune
Indiana
Benson Eggers
Hendricks County
Lynching Remark Sparks Outrage in Billville
In Billville a 70 year old man faces lynching after a mob protests his alleged crime. The quote reflects the confrontation as townsfolk debate vigilante justice and age versus punishment amid a heated local incident reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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