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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1901
Page
5
The next telephone directory goes to press April 5 and will include names listed. If your name does not appear call telephone number 300 to update the listing.
Pend on social notes listing visitors and residents in Sedalia and surrounding towns. W. Rudy Lamonte, Lon Luther Lamonte Record, Myrtle Evans Lamonte, A Arnold, Joe Maupin Lamonte, Walter Benning and Misses Jennie Anna Benning, Miss Marie Smith Houstonia, Mrs Rev Dr Jacoby, Mrs A Brute, Ida Ingram Kansas City, Rose Voight Raymond Ed Voight Hughesville, Miss Emma Sibold Sedalia, Miss Sue Harrison Lamonte, Miss Edna Gushen Sedalia, Miss Benie Skillman Sedalia, Mrs Lucy Hill St Louis guest, Mrs J N Dalby and Mrs Dix Kansas City visiting Columbia, E C Kahrs Jefferson City, Miss Sarah Harrison Maplewood, Mrs William Shaffer Indianapolis, Miss Mae Pearle Gatlin Sedalia, Mrs W A Habecker and Miss Mabel Wilson Queen City trip, Dr Cowan en route from Wm Marshall’s.
Easter notice invites families to submit their children's names to be placed on eggs showcased by Candy Palace. The event aims to celebrate kids and add personalized touches to the seasonal display.
Mrs. Cook, wife of Sam Cook, a colored resident, died at her home north of the Missouri Pacific tracks on Sunday. The obituary notes her husband and residence in the community.
Lieutenant Sam P. Johns, son in law of Judge W S Shirk and Republican state committee member, withdrew from the Sedalia mayor post race on Saturday. He will move to Quincy Illinois next week to start a business, leaving John M Glenn with no opposition for the appointment. Also advertised are two Sedalia properties: a West Broadway vacant lot and a prime business building lot offered cheap for quick sale, lock box 620 Boonville Missouri.
Washington April 1 The president has appointed General Wheaton to be major general and Colonel Jacob Smith and General Frederick G Funston to be brigadier generals in the regular army.
A voracious pike swallows a conceited minnow after the latter declares greater destiny. The Philadelphia Record notes the moral that a joke remains a joke, highlighting irony in the bite.
A young man in a depot waiting room sits with a year old baby on his knee. A fat passenger teases him, joking he must be waiting for the baby's mother who he claims will return. The man reveals the baby is his child and the wife is his, thwarting the tease. The exchange ends with awkward laughter and a quick departure.
A tiny New Hampshire settler group in Kiowa County Colorado shares a joke and a hard luck tale in the style of minimal speech. The exchange features brief cordial greetings and a running gag about a horse bought for turpentine, followed by a terse account of a second mishap. The piece captures regional humor and the telltale brevity of the men’s speech as reported by the Philadelphia Record.
The late General Harrison was the only president elected who belonged to a Greek letter society during college. He was a Phi Delta Theta man, part of Miami University's famed triad with Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi. The Miami University chapter was the fraternity's first organized chapter.
Mrs. B. F. Metzler of Cole Camp and daughter Lena of Topeka Kansas visited Mrs. S. Nichols and friends here last week. The Metzlers plan to move back to Holden this week. James Ames and baby of Sedalia are visiting the Gray family and relatives.
Ernest Marshall barely escaped serious harm when a 100 pound bale of hay toppled from a left pitch by Charles Class. The bale struck his shoulders and neck as he stepped from a corn crib, throwing him across a twelve foot driveway into a stall and leaving him unconscious for a time.
J Pierpont Morgan, a busy financier, is noted for his consistent attendance at the Episcopal general convention. This year the event will be held in October in San Francisco, with the Crocker mansion offered for Morgan’s use during the gathering.
On Thursday night March 21 the barn of T. J. Snorgrass three miles southwest of Palo Pinto was destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Snorgrass were away and loss is serious with two mules three calves and several farm commodities burned. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Mrs. S G Kelly of Knob Noster was the guest of City Attorney C C Kelly today noting a social visit and courtesy call between local residents and city government officials.
Mr and Mrs Matthew Low of Springfield township Fayette county Pennsylvania were born on the same day and died together in sorrowful circumstances. The obituary notes a shared birthday and lifelong companionship, highlighting their bond and resting beside each other.
Day fifty seven years ago they were never separated a day during their thirty years of marriage and died on the same day last week. They were buried in a double grave.
Soldiers stationed in the Philippines and Alaska show strong demand for reading matter. The Army and Navy League of Washington asks for books and magazines to meet this need and has invited contributions from the public.
At the depot Sunday evening a showman with two large dogs entered and was allowed to proceed to a hotel without incident. The remark suggests this may be a major event for those who did not meet No. 4.
Alfred Redman, an 85 year old farmer from Marysville Kentucky, kept his old coffin at home for forty years to fit his size. He recently ordered a new coffin after growing too stout, a fact previously known only to his family.
A colored woman in Chillicothe gains prominence as a divine healer following the Hall medical bill. The rural editor notes persecution of a fad often fuels its popularity.
Richard Tyree bought Belleze bub Jr a fine colt from J. W. Brown for 190 dollars. The transaction records the purchase and price.
Edwin W. Greene of this city has been awarded an original pension of eight dollars.
Walter Scholten from Rhinetown visits brother Charlie while Anna Thompson of Lamonte shops locally. Collie Stephens of Hughesville attends a friends’ gathering. Missouri Pacific freight conductors meet with Supt. D. Hardy. Mrs. C. P. Evans of Sixteenth and Osage is gravely ill. Prospect school reopens after smallpox scare. Guests Sunday at Hotel Sicher include S. H. Bray Tipton F L Severin Fairfield and William Richards Nevada.
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