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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
8
Sedalia lodge No. 236 A F and A M will hold a special communication Tuesday evening April 29 at 8 o clock for work in the First degree. All Masons are invited to attend. E E Codding W M F A Sampson Secretary.
Russell Camp of Modern Woodmen of America holds a meeting this evening in its hall on Ohio street opposite the court house. A class of ten for initiation. Members urged to attend. visitors invited. H. H. Vogts and F. L. Ludeman, clerks.
Threatening showers this afternoon and tonight, with a cooler Tuesday west portion and clearing east.
A big monument sale is announced on Heyyen's street in North Ohio, offering decorations for Decoration Day. Local buyers are invited to view and purchase memorials at the storefront.
A 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue is advertised as a large white clothes whitening aid priced at five cents. The note emphasizes its use by housekeepers to brighten whites with a traditional laundry product.
An anecdote describes Capt J J Hunker at Newport as a formidable bully who terrorized a wardroom mess. After a dramatic confrontation the officer switched to gentleness, and by the end he is portrayed as an angel of grace and courtesy despite his fearsome size.
Havana adds electric street cars and extends track to 24 miles drawing 250000 riders. Motormen race ahead of schedule through narrow streets, lacking automatic brakes, causing frequent dangerous runs and fatalities despite the modernized service. Anamentation of cars.
A Katy railroad runaway caboose blown onto the main track during a storm was chased four miles by a yard engine and halted before a collision. City Collector Tom Sheeran reports recovery of two workers in St Louis. others, including John Morgart and Conductor Newland, are on duty or traveling between Kansas City and Versailles branch work.
The traveler notes changes in car design with plainer polished decoration. Old ornate panels and carvings, blamed for dust and hard cleaning, give way to exposed wood grain. The merger of Pullman and Wagner ends extravagance and improves berth space and passenger comfort.
Vienna correspondent reports a unique five mile race for women only held in the city suburbs. Twenty seven entrants started at five minute intervals with thousands lining the route to cheer as police and cyclists kept order. Twenty five finished at a village outside Vienna. the gold watch winner completed the course in one hour ten minutes. The first five prizes went to married women.
A delegation from the George R. Smith post G A R and Women's Relief Corps visited John Dirck seven miles north of town to celebrate his birthday. The group gathered at Mr. Long on West Third Street and then traveled to the Dirck farm. Attendees included Daniel Grow and wife W B Chal lacombe and wife Charles Kooch Sr and wife John Wickline and wife Judge W A Fast Frank White Mrs Watson Mrs Long Mrs Evans Jos Pelter and Mr and Mrs Rainey.
Mr M J Donohue of Sedalia and Miss Margaret O Farrell of Mora were granted a marriage license. J C Hale of Eureka Kansas and Miss Maude C Kile of Sedalia were also licensed.
Mrs Sarah Kemper and her children arrive from Chamois Missouri to visit her sister Mrs Charles Hoffman in East Fifth street this afternoon.
The Nebraska-Colorado Express departs Kansas City at 9:35 p.m. and arrives Denver at 3:15 p.m. next day, three hours quicker. The morning Denver Express leaves at 10:40 a.m. A through California excursion sleeps via Scenic Colorado every Wednesday and Thursday.
Public notice invites travel proposals for the Burlington Northern Pacific Express to the Northwest. The agents request trip details to provide the lowest quote and free printed matter. Contact addresses listed in Kansas City and St Louis offices.
The reliable stove repairer operates at 213 West Main Street in Sedalia. He has lived in Sedalia since 1865 and will remain here as long as the community supports his service.
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