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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
5
Harry W. Davis of Newark New Jersey has purchased a half interest in M. L. Starrs undertaking business on East Second street. His family will relocate to make the city their future home and reside here.
New York May 25 A dust covered red automobile sped past Bicycle Policeman John Dillon of the Westchester station in Pelham Parkway. He chased the vehicle through crowded drives, finally stopping it with the driver a veiled woman who turned out to be his wife. The auto belonged to Mrs W C Smith of Poplar Street Westchester.
A compact newspaper notice listing a dermatologist and chiropodist who offer hair scalp and complexion specialist services located at 132 West Third Street. The brief highlights a single address and two medical specialties for residents seeking skincare and foot care.
Professor Schweninger of Berlin warns that operations are too frequent and surgeons push aside medical judgment. A Western physician notes revulsion to the knife, citing adenoids and throat obstructions, urging non surgical treatment first before removing the appendix when not necessary.
Public notice advises relief for piles during heat and poor water. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is advertised to stop pain draw out soreness and cure. Genuine product bears E C DeWitt Co name and is sold by W E Bard Drug Co.
Sedalia becomes home to the Sedalia Ice Cream company a new wholesale producer. Manager J E Ames oversees a modern plant at 509 East Third street stocked with up to date machinery. The firm will serve local trade and ship to nearby towns producing only high grade ice cream.
The National Association of Secretaries of State, formed in St. Louis last September, opened its first annual meeting in Nashville. Secretary of State Morton of Tennessee presided and presented their annual address detailing notable changes in legislation across the Union during the past winter.
James Doyle in St Louis was to be operated on this morning but no word came from his bedside by 3 30. Surgeons listed include Fischell Mudd Taussig of St Louis E F Yancey chief surgeon of the M K T railway and a New York surgeon.
Leona Thatcher files for divorce from J. P. Thatcher in circuit court charging general indignities and seeking custody of two children. Mark A. McGruder represents the plaintiff.
A Katy merchandise car arrived last night and was burglarized between this city and Paola Kansas. Shoes were stolen from several large boxes after the car seal was broken in transit.
Rumors spread in naval circles that a clash has begun between Japanese and Russian fleets near Formosa. Reports note remnants of General Bennekampff's mounted force reaching the Russian line after an unsuccessful flank attempt. Admiral Biriloff heads to Vladivostok to beat Rojestvensky to the port.
The Republican state convention at Columbus selected by acclamation Governor Herrick for governor, A L Harris McKittey’s lieutenant governor, W Z Davis for supreme judge, and Wade Ellis for attorney general. The platform endorses the president’s views as outlined by Secretary Taft yesterday.
The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling sustaining a demurrer in the Sedalia school district suit against Morris Harter and bondsmen for $20,000 lost in the First National bank failure. Attorneys Barnett and Barnett with Sangree and Bohling appeared for the defendant. Yeater and Bothwell for the plaintiff.
The Warrensburg state normal baseball team passed through this city this afternoon on their way to Quary City from Fayette. They played a game of ball and won by the score of 22 to 2.
Present indications show about 800 people will ride the M. E. church excursion train on June 2 and spend the day at Pertie Springs.
Peter Courtney fished yesterday on Flat Creek and landed one of the finest catfish ever taken from the stream, a notable specimen for local angling records.
The two children of E. M. Campbell, previously believed lost, returned home unharmed and unassisted last evening.
A humorous column notes women and gallant men, observations on glasses and four leaf clovers, the scent of soap, keys lost after money failures, and country wisdom on raising turkeys and mules. It wittily contrasts business thrift with buying power and comments on gadgets like gasoline engines and wireless telegraphy.
Judge W. 3. Shirk who recently underwent a surgical operation is gaining strength slowly. His condition today was reported as being unchanged.
Vienna reports rising instability in the Balkans with Austria favoring a unified government for Balkan states and Macedonian vilayets. Serbia’s King Peter faces loss of control, with rumors of his fate on June 11 and potential exile as Macedonian revolutionaries clash with Turkish troops.
W H Moore of Rock Island reports for a rail system tour that crops in the West are nearly perfect with only a thirty mile Indian Territory stretch lagging. Nathan Guilford of New York Central predicts prosperous times, with rail traffic set to rise and a larger next year than 1905.
You may be the nicest housekeeper in Sedalia, but you can't always keep all the objectionable intruders out. Call at any drug store and get help, for they have the sure enough stuff that will kill fleas, mosquitoes, bed bugs, roaches and ants. At all drug stores.
Advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents a package or tablet. Promotes health and calm behavior for mother in law. W. E. Bard Drug Co. shown as seller.
Westchester Pennsylvania May 25 Miss Annie Thesklison age 16 daughter of Kuntz Thesklison of Chadds Ford is alive after being dragged over a high stone wall and two miles along a rough country road by the foot of a runaway horse. She is terribly cut and bruised and unconscious but expected to recover. A rope attached to the horse allowed it to roam the yard before the incident.
The piece argues that tourism by sleeper cars is affordable and not restricted to a social elite. It claims tourists to California can save money without sacrificing comfort and urges inquiries to H. G. Kail, A. G. P. A., 901 Walnut Street, Kansas City.
Washington May 25 The women who will join Secre tary Tafts Philippine voyage study Spanish Miss Goardman Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss DeArmond daughter of Missouri's representative. Roosevelt has edge as many White House officers know Spanish. Initially planned July 1 departure from San Francisco but Taft and others have college events at Harvard then. The excursion is expected to start soon after July 8.
J M Licktider guarantees S flour and Vigoral Health flu remedies against toe pest in local trade notes. The brief item lists product names and availability, signaling a regional retail claim.
Miss Celia Harrington recounts overcoming years of weakness after a severe cold with catarrh using Peruana. She credits improved health and vitality to the remedy and urges others to seek Hartman literature from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
A frightened girl bolted along a road and tangled her foot in a rope. She fell from a horse as it dashed over a wall. Dragged two miles to a former owner’s name in Chadsford village the animal pulled a wagon before stopping. Her clothing was ripped away.
TRY US. And your laundry will forth be a source of joy to you. We do no bungling jobs. Our work is a credit to ourselves and sure to please you if you once give us a trial. Phare 154. LONGAN'S STEAM LAUNDRY.
May 25 At Tuskegee Alabama the commencement ceremonies for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute filled the chapel with visitors. President Booker T. Washington awarded diplomas and Rev C C Walker principal of Walker Normal and Industrial Institute gave the annual address.
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