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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
7
Smithton reports visitors from Sedalia Warrensburg Everton and California. Dr Quayle lectured on stalwartism with practical humor and insight. The school board elected W B Stober to the second room and kept principal Schmidt with new staff assignments for a strong year.
Mrs Hattie Paff will entertain the Thursday Euchre club and a few friends next week at her home on West Seventh street.
Mrs W H Ramsey hosts about forty two guests at her No 407 West Broadway home for a six handed euchre party in honor of Mrs W H Sego of St Louis who is visiting. An ad notes that catarrh of the stomach stems from indigestion and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy with claims of digestion aiding the stomach.
Miss Grace Brown of near Georgetown and James Capen an electrician at Sedalia Water and Light were secretly married Wednesday night after a prayer service at Second Congregational Church. They announced the ceremony to family after the fact and will reside at 817 East Sixteenth Street. Capen, a Sedalia High School graduate of ’89, and Brown, class of ’02, are both popular locally.
Justice Rogers fined Roy Jacques $1 and costs this morning for disturbing the peace. Jacques paid his fine and a portion of the costs and will serve the balance.
The Young Peoples' Society of the German Evangelical Church will hold their monthly entertainment this evening.
Walker Cowens a Katy crusher laborer was admitted to the company hospital here this morning. The Katy sidetrack at Fifth street crossing is being repaired today. J W Conner Katy commercial agent returns tonight from Hannibal. President H C Rouse General Manager A A Allen and party traveled at 5 am aboard a special train from Texas to St Louis. Engineers take temporary lay offs and conductors shift duties during the period.
How many children are at this seas on feverish and constipated with bad stomach and headache. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children will always cure. If worms are present they will certainly remove them. At all druggists 25 cents. Sample mailed free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Loyal Rebecca Lodge No 260 surprised Miss Clara Coontz at her East Seventh Street home Tuesday night with music games and refreshments. Coontz received a Rebecca pin from the lodge members as a gift.
James A Robb former constable of Sedalia township suffers malarial fever at his North Moniteau street residence. He is reported to be somewhat improved today.
A Sedalia contractor visited Moberly to discuss a major paving contract. The bid calls for 1,260,000 bricks with 560,009 already sold for Mexico paving. Moberly Brick and Tile Co plans to fill Sedalia orders by November, potentially leaving Moberly streets without brick this year.
Mrs. O. M. Barnett hosted the Rocking Chair club Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Mary Barnett of Edina Missouri mother of Mr. O. M. Barnett. Progressive dominoes at three tables produced first prize to Mrs. A. W. Perry and consolation to Mrs. T. P. McCluney.
J J Hannigan former Maryland house member receives five years in the penitentiary on bribery charges connected to the suburban railway bill. He was the eighteenth defendant in the local doodle investigation with all but one conviction. A new trial motion was filed. Gutke, Faulkner and Lehman remaining cases will follow in ten days.
Germo Manufacturing company formerly headquartered in Sedalia with offices in the Sentinel building leases 114 East Fifth Street and will occupy it Monday June 1 to accommodate growing business. Miller Printing Co currently in the Alamo building will move into Germo’s vacated rooms.
Professor Doe Gross launches a stove hospital at 213 West Main Street to treat all sick and disabled gasoline stoves. He guarantees to make stoves operate satisfactorily and invites calls at Bell phone 151.
The Sentinel will begin serializing Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed next Sunday. The opening installment introduces the novel and its author, inviting readers to follow the forthcoming chapters.
In police court this morning Judge Truxel fined Fred Grant five dollars for being drunk and ordered him to work on the streets to pay the penalty.
The Kingsbaker cigar store on Ohio street is being repapered and the front repapered today.
Robert Burton a youthful bootblack was arrested for disturbing the peace and given a twenty day sentence in Justice Smiths court.
Lincoln High School hosts an equal picnic today at Forest Park with students and staff attending the outdoor gathering.
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