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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
4
Robert Boatright once led the Buckfoot racing gang at Webb City Missouri and was described as a tall muscular man with a piercing eye. He died at the New Century hotel on West Twelfth Street in Kansas City. The body was sent back to Webb City yesterday afternoon.
A Kansas City resident known as Law and later Boatright died after pneumonia and a brief illness. Once a real estate man and reputed gang organizer, he led a race-fix operation in 1902 and was linked to the Webb City Athletic association. He had served a prison sentence but did not complete it.
The long Missourian, pitching for the Liliputians, holds the Goldbugs to four hits as Springfield beats the Champs 3 to 0. Davis struggles on the mound for the Champs with wild pitches and walkables while Stoner shines in fielding and baserunning miscues by the home team seal the shutout.
Fort Scott won 4 to 6 at home after a pitching duel. Gray collected four hits in four at bats to spark the offense while Durbin Myers and Lowell Vanderhill worked with solid support.
Topeka's Saints were routed by Iola, 16 to 3, after Captain Armstrong left the lineup and Alberts moved to outfield. Howie faltered in the seventh, while detailed notes discuss Notre Dame's 2–1 win over Indiana and ongoing franchise chatter around Sedalia, Joplin, and Fort Scott.
Southpaw Speers will oppose Sedalia as fielding by Zoellers and Bauers headlines yesterday's game. Zoellers Bayliss and Welday form a strong outfield wall, while Valley League shortstops White Sedalia Hetling Springfield and Oleson Topeka show bright futures. Harry Shanks of Iola named to replace Frank Lin as umpire for the league. Umpire Owens says he is not to han
Advertises a competent house girl position with good wages. Applicants urged to apply at 801 West Seventh.
Mrs. D. F. Roberts of Beaman invites guests to the marriage of her daughter Stella F. to Minor A. Morris at Olive Branch church Beaman at high noon on Sunday June 5. Boston Store advertises lace curtains with a special sale.
All Democrats should attend the precinct primaries tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Delegates will be chosen to attend the county convention at the courthouse Tuesday at 19 o'clock a m. This convention elects delegates to state and senatorial conventions. All four city precincts meet at the courthouse.
The Way We Handle Linen explains plain laundering methods with no secret processes and no harmful agents. Longan's Steam Laundry invites customers to experience reliable, careful service and quality results.
Choose laundry done here to earn credit wearing a collar and cuff, or risk a mottled linen look with torn buttonholes. Our finish guarantees work that cannot be excelled elsewhere.
A vintage medical patent advert touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a cure for feverish and constipated infants with headaches and stomach complaints. It claims to remove worms if present and offers samples by mail for 25 cents from Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York.
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