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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
5
Workingmen delegates in St. Petersburg present their demands to the Douma protesting the czar address by constitutional Democrats. They call for an immediate constitutional government and a popular assembly to draft a constitution. If approved the Douma would likely be dissolved by the emperor.
An old ad promotes Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy to clear congestion and stop coughing. It claims the product drives the cold out through the bowels and notes W. E. Bard Drug Company as the seller.
Market round up shows maize and wheat prices, including wheat at 85c per bushel, corn meal 60c, hard flour 2.20 per cwt, soft flour 2.40 per cwt, and graham flour 2.40 per cwt. Prairie hay and Timothy hay quoted per ton, butter and eggs listed by unit, poultry prices for spring chickens hens geese ducks, with potatoes 65c per bushel.
The Improved Order of Red Men held sessions Tuesday and Wednesday with over a hundred delegates. Richmond Missouri was chosen as the next meeting site over St Louis Lexington and Hannibal. Officers were elected with J A Peck of St Louis named great keeper of wampum and John Kaiser and F S Milligan given appointive posts. Delegates departed for home after votes of thanks to Sedalia tribes and local officials. A May 18 Epworth League Musicale at the Epworth M E church addresses a 15 cent admission.
The excerpt reviews David M. Parry's The Scarlet Empire with a satirical lash at a Atlantis island society where state power dictates every facet of life from names to meals and dress. It catalogues the book’s imagined laws and notes the work’s thematic edge beside other 1910s era cultural pieces.
The True Andrew Jackson by Cyrus Townsend Brady renews talk between North and South Carolina residents on Jackson birthplace. Brady backs A. S. Salley Jr. claim that Jackson was born in South Carolina and cites Jackson’s own statements. A Charlestown newspaper urged removing a North Carolina birthmark stone to the South Carolina side.
Dr. Ormond fits you with glasses and you pay nothing extra for certainty. Prices are as low as possible for services rendered at 317 Ohio Street, promising proper fit and no risk in purchasing eyewear.
May 17 notes from Lamonte recount visits and travel. Dr. J L Lantz of Kansas City guests relatives. Theodore Terry and wife plan a three week trip to Beloit Kansas. Many locals share visits, funerals, and schooling updates.
Miss Pear Hauptley visits relatives in St Joseph. Mrs. L. T. Beck returns from Clin ton after a visit with kin. Col Walt M Monroe comes home from Tipton business. Mrs Ester Bichsel ill at home in West Sedalia. J R Clark lumber dealer of Lamonte on a city trip. Roy Morris editor of the Houstonian at Houstonia on business. Walter J Brill city editor of the Sentinel ill at home East Tenth St. Misses Fannie and Zanie Zaff of San Antonio are guests of Harry Yanow and wife.
Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co. advertises a clearance of reliable pianos with prices from 145 for an elegant 225 piano to 278 for a walnut case, plus smaller deals like a 50 second hand unit. Terms from 10 to 25 down and monthly payments. Early Friday morning sale urged at 516 Ohio Street. Also notices of travel and local notices follow.
A curious notice proclaims high pay for a one hour effort in piano parlor work during a clearing sale. It promises princely earnings for a brief time spent evaluating Thiebe s tierl in the shop.
General Greely reported to the War Department that the Oakland situation is daily improving and hopes to withdraw troops by May 31. He added the San Francisco military system is effective and that destitution, estimated at 130000, should fall to 75000 by June 1.
Mrs. D. T. Abell entertained a group of ladies Wednesday afternoon with card games. First prize a cut glass vase went to Mrs. J. R. Barrett and consolation prize to Mrs. C. H. Rockwell. Refreshments followed the pleasant afternoon. Don’t miss Chasnoft’s ad on page 5.
A seven weeks old infant of William Bauer died at 323 West Johnson Street after a brief illness. The mother, Mrs. Bauer, died two days after birth from pneumonia in the same residence.
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