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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
6
A Pacific wreck disrupted service between St Aubert and Bonnets Mill causing delays for Missouri Pacific trains Nos. 5 and 1 and halting westbound traffic for hours while crews repaired track near Union Station.
Several named workers from Smithville to Adair and Wagoner took a day off while Missouri Pacific shops report engines 951 275 80 22 undergoing overhaul. Engine 856 was also pulled from the shops after overhauling. Ray Higginbotham moved to St Louis to become fireman on the Santa Fe. The eastern Katy division from Franklin Junction is reportedly flooded with a landslide catching a steam shovel at work. Matt W Williams oversees DeSoto machine dept and is en route to Chanute Kansas for a visit. Missouri Pacific in
Sheriff Stone of New Madrid Missouri and Town Marshal McCullum of Kuttawa Kentucky escorted John Fields and Mrs Nancy Hackett through Paducah to New Madrid. The pair are charged with killing John Hackett near New Madrid in 1901 and had vanished since. Detected living in Lyon County, they agreed to return to Missouri without requisition papers.
A partially legible OCR fragment provides scant details of a local item or notice. The readable bits mention no clear action date or involved entities, leaving the purpose and outcome unclear.
A Sedalia fashion note urges men to wear tailored outfits as the standard of success. Maurice Weisburg at 315 Ohio street is presented as Sedalia’s clothing arbiter. Masonic lodge announces a June 8 instruction night at Masonic hall. Also mentions ships Chefoo and Nanchang sailing orders and a gunboat under Kow Kiang.
Police continued a manhunt last night for a convict who escaped the Jefferson City penitentiary Saturday morning. Authorities describe the escapee as feverish with stomachache and headache. evidence suggests a medium sized figure with a scar over one eye and a crooked nose. A $100 reward has been posted for the capture.
An old promotional ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It invites samples by mail from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York and promises refund if it fails. E W Grove's signature appears on each box and price is 25 cents.
Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans advances the Asiatic squadron toward Chinese waters amid conditions described as grave within China. The move follows a lengthy internal situation assessment by Evans.
The advertisement touts E. C. DeWitt & Co as makers of genuine Witch Hazel Salve and claims DeWitt's heals without a scar. It asserts the salve cures piles burns bruises eczema and all skin diseases and notes availability from W. E. Bard Drug Co.
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