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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
The wheat crop is blooming and a favorable harvest is expected as farmers plant corn. Locals report numerous visitors including Jim Summers of Kansas City and Misses Grace Lulu and Blanche Duncan of Sedalia. Several residents travel to Sedalia, Versailles, Windsor, and Oklahoma for visits and business.
Kennedy's laxative honey and tar is advertised as the original non opiate cough remedy that moves the bowels to expel a cold and soothe the throat and lungs for relief. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
A brief notice asserts that deafness cannot be cured by medical or surgical means. It cautions readers against believing claims of permanent restoration and encourages consultation with qualified physicians for management and treatment options.
May 24 report from Lamonte notes W Terry of Kansas City visiting relatives and Lena Hartley traveling to Chicago for a couple of months. Local items include Miss Pewl Baldwin visiting from Joplin, F L Hinghes visiting Sedalia, Mrs W C Terry returning home, A W Chatham selling his drug store to Louie Yunker who takes charge June 1, and Thomas O’Bannon and the Penquite families visiting Sedalia.
City council forwards a resolution to grade and pave Massachusetts Avenue from Main to Broadway with vitrified brick on concrete, widths 40 feet to Fifth Street and 30 feet to Broadway, excluding certain intersections. Costs to be included in special assessments. publication planned in Sedalia papers.
The Tipton public schools closed Friday with regular commencement exercises in the chapel on Monday evening. Graduates were Elinor Maclay valedictorian Ethel Stevens salutatorian and Lavonia Ferguson. Mrs S H Redman hosted a dinner for the class in pink and white decorations with punch served by Marie Hurst.
City council resolves to grade and pave the Kentucky Avenue segment in Sedalia Missouri with vitrified brick on concrete, excluding Second and Third Street intersections. Work spans from Main Street south building line to the alley east of Osage to Vermont Avenue, varying from 40 to 30 feet in width per curb lines and plans filed with the City Clerk.
Sedalia City Council resolves paving of Third Street with vitrified brick from Osage to Park Avenues and extends curb-to-curb paving at intersections. It also requires sidewalk construction on Quincy Ninth Saline and Osage fronts with brick stone or concrete, notifying property owners to contract within 30 days or face city-led construction and tax charges. Passed May 15 1905 and approved May 17 1905.
May 24 Otterville reports include William Cordey and Miss Bessie from Mount Nebo visiting Sedalia, remarks on locals shopping at home merchants, and progress on J. M. Bente’s steel elevator. Also mentions small Land of Israelites street services and several residents visiting elsewhere.
May 24 1905 local items report Jack Hughes remodeling a house for Mrs. Zimmerman near Salesville. A L Lewis of near Tipton visited relatives from Sunday to Wednesday. Mrs. Gregg Salmons shows improvements and may return home soon. O D Huffman returned from Black.
In Atchison Globe report Joe Tack, a Missouri Pacific engineer between Wichita and Kiowa, described a digestive episode he feared was cancer. He credits Kodol digestion aid, sold by W E Bard Drug Co, with curing him and others.
The Rev. William Howe, aged 99, oldest Baptist clergyman in the United States, celebrated his birthday at his Cambridge home. Friends called and many telegrams and letters of congratulations arrived from Baptists and others across the country.
Four and five room houses offered on easy terms with two new homes in good locations. Also several small farms within four miles of the city. Visit today to view options and meet the seller.
Beall Estrate operates as a dealer at 0 West Second Street with office contact via O C Phone 215.
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