Eagles Raise Near Thousand in Carnival Profits
The Eagles earned money from a carnival with net profits approaching one thousand dollars.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1905
Page
11
The Eagles earned money from a carnival with net profits approaching one thousand dollars.
Last week’s Sedalia Eagles carnival attracted over 16 000 paid admissions with no arrests. Officials estimate profits near 1000 after expenses as crowds enjoy midweek to final night before moving to Moberly.
A historical bargain page lists grocery and bulk items with quantities and prices including sugar, flour, coffee, rice, molasses, lemons, syrup, gasoline, coal, tobacco, hams, peaches, oats, vinegar, soap, macaroni, pears, pumpkin and lamp parts reflecting a mid-century retail catalog. The varied items show typical household needs and local market pricing patterns.
Goods delivered to all parts of city as per notice. Contact Bell Phone 675 or Q.C. 216 for inquiries. Address lines include 727 Hast Filth St and line references U3.
Advertisement notes new lace patterns Platt Valenciennes 2 to 4 inches wide priced at 10 cents and 15 cents per yard and other widths at 20 and 25 cents. The listing emphasizes affordable facility of purchase.
Hand bags made of Walrus leather in brown and black with gilt and gun metal frames braided leather handles and matching hinges with card case and purse. Quality control from $1.50.
Inked fragment shows a fabric sale offering white washable Jap silk 36 inches wide from 25c to 40c, colored Banzai silk in several shades up to 50c, plus June dress mohairs and wool suitings priced from 40c to 5c and various fashion silks in finishes and shades.
Hundreds admire the free prize auto as voting heats up in the Sentinel Tribune contest. Rev. J. M. Rudy leads with Mrs. Lulu Human close behind. Lyda Burress slips to third as votes surge for all candidates.
Hamrick and Graham appear in an archival ad for Vigoral Health flour featuring the famous S branding. The clip highlights product quality and family use with vivid retail language.
Wabash passenger engine No. 641 on the eastern division between Montpelier Ohio and Peru Indiana has run 56000 miles since June 1 1904 without a shop visit for general repairs. Engineer Walter Bickel of Peru is credited with keeping the unit in service as five freight engines of similar age have reached 40060 miles each.
J. J. Jones a round house laborer from Denison Texas is a patient at the Katy hospital. S A Cuvier a Katy car repairer injured Friday while jacking up a car was taken to the hospital for treatment after the jack slipped and struck him about the neck and chest. Hugh Curran a Katy switchman from Franklin Junction left Saturday for a visit to St Louis after visiting here.
Gus Jenkins takes a motorman post with Sedalia Transit. A fire at the Katy shops was checked by the bucket brigade of shop workers who battled a varnish fire from a coach car. The blaze started in the coach shop where varnish cleaning used wool alcohol, burning interiors. the coach suffered heavy damage.
George Whitney has taken a position in the tin shop of the Katy. Frank Tillberry and Charles Boatright, Katy shopmen, were laid off yesterday.
James H. Quinn, longtime Sedalia newspaper figure and advertising manager for the Democrat and Capital, leaves to join Parker Amusement as press representative. He is described as an all around newspaper man who will be a valuable addition to the popular show.
All carnival bills one and payable should be presented at once to Jules Schmidt secretary 208 West Second Street
Oscar Ott of this city has been elected secretary by the Missouri Travelers' Pharmaceutical association.
East Sedalia residents express satisfaction with the new bus line service noting improved mobility and access to work and markets. Community members report reliable schedules and cleaner routes aiding daily routines.
Officials express satisfaction with the launch of the new automobile bus line, noting smooth operation since inaugural runs and anticipations of improved transit for residents.
The Knights of the Maccabees and the Lady Maccabees plan memorial services at the First Christian church this morning.
Brandt and Grote advertise Vigoral Health and Big S flour as superior products with bold claims and practical benefits for everyday use. The notice emphasizes quality and reliability, inviting consumers to choose these brands.
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