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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
7
The Inside Inn, a three story hotel inside the fair grounds, provides 2257 sleeping rooms and dining for 2500, with rates from 1.50 to 7.00 daily. Managed by I M Statler, it offers European and American plans and no extra admission after registration. Reservations can be made by postal card to the Administration Building.
Ten thousand German Baptists have been in Carthage this week as delegates to their national annual convention. At the gathering they discuss church affairs, policies and the future direction of the Dunkard movement.
In a business session delegates decided to drop the old label Dunkards and adopt German Baptists as the official name reflecting their identity and heritage.
Martha Viglini, lifelong Clinton County resident, dies at 86. She bore fifteen children over fifty years of marriage, with survivors and family details not listed in the fragment.
The Bell Telephone Company of Missouri is authorized by the secretary of state to raise its capital stock from 4 million to 16 million dollars. The move funds improvements and line extensions across the state. Meanwhile, the Missouri State Bankers Association with 840 member banks and trust companies holds its annual convention in St. Louis, confirming its status as the nation’s largest bankers organization.
William T. Stocker a jeweler crafted 1293 six word sentences on a postal card using a lens and pencil. He averaged 33 letters per sentence totaling 40 083 letters in the card as part of a prize contest.
Brig. Gen. H. C. Clark orders Missouri national guard encampment in Nevada from July 17 to 27 with all regiments to march in. This year’s gathering is described as the largest and best ever held in the state.
James Hutchinson of Chillicothe just celebrated his eighty ninth birthday surrounded by more than fifty of his tribe. He is a Livingston county stalwart pioneer who came from Kentucky on horseback sixty years ago. He remains hale sawing wood tending his garden and attends church regularly.
Mrs E F Yancey entertained Sans Gene and Adagio clubs Thursday afternoon at her West Broadway home with Miss Buckner of Paris Missouri as guest of honor. Out of town guests included Mrs Harvey MacGugin Mrs Ed Levens and Miss Lulu Hahn. Prizes included a hand painted perfume bottle for the Sans Gene prize won by Mrs George Miller a gold vintagrette for Adagio won by Mrs Will Shirk a spangled fan for the guest and gold shirt waist pins for Miss Buckner. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
The Merchants' Service company announces it is the authorized agent for hotel and apartment owners in St Louis to book furnished rooms for lodging during the World’s Fair. It aims to match visitors with suitable locations and prices, ensuring relief from accommodation anxiety. For details ask the nearest Frisco System Agent.
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