Johnson to Assume Charge at Sicher Hotel in Kansas City
A well known hotel man from Kansas City arrives to take charge at the Sicher Hotel. He is expected to assume managerial duties and oversee operations.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1901
Page
9
A well known hotel man from Kansas City arrives to take charge at the Sicher Hotel. He is expected to assume managerial duties and oversee operations.
A long awaited lease closes for the Sicher hotel with McGrath Co as lessee. A. Johnson of Kansas City will run the house and introduce modern methods while Le Grande owner Charles Dyer plans a full remodel. Rumor links Joseph, Charles Conrad to Le Grande takeover as plans unfold.
Former sheriff Jack Williams leaves St. Louis to join Katy as claims agent. He and his wife plan to move to that city, marking another notable official's transfer. The M. K. & T. company congratulates the acquisition of a distinguished man.
On Saturday May 4 the Dow Drug Company at the corner of Ohio and Second aims to introduce a novel soda and ice cream product not yet shown outside Boston New York Chicago and St Louis this season. Prof.
Miss Eva Heath of 1120 East Tenth Street wins the prize pony Phillip in The Bell's charity drawing. The purchase of nearly sixteen thousand tickets shows the store's vast business as the winner, drawn by a committee, claims the feat was fair and free of fraud.
In Cape Girardeau Missouri Congressman Vandiver shaved Judge Samuel Hitt in a busy barber shop. A photographer drew a crowd as the two men joked through a two hour and forty five minute session. The bill: fifty cents, Anderson noted it came to about eighteen cents per hour.
The Missouri State Historical Society met in Columbia May 1 to confirm officers, expand its board, and plan for a Missouri Day meeting August 10. E W Stevens remained president, I Loeb secretary, Minnie K Organ librarian. Walter Williams treasurer. finance committee members include Rader and White. The group, with 230 members, was created by the General Assembly and receives state funds.
A horse belonging to Burton ran from East Fourth Street to Hancock Street then west on Third. The delivery wagon struck a telegraph pole near the Katy crossing and was wrecked. No injuries were reported.
Coroner McCluney reports the infant found near Dresden Sunday appeared born dead, ruling out criminality by the mother. The missing mother remains at large with fears she may have died by her own hand or perished elsewhere. The piece also notes local scanning of other oddities and a county court decision to commit Curran Collins to the asylum.
The Sedalians' mining company reports a shaft in the northwestern city area has reached within fifteen feet of a zinc trace. A deposit is anticipated this week, which could trigger a local boom. Company member Lafe Barnard has led the sinking effort and remains confident of results.
Chief Love outlines this month’s patrols with officers assigned to daytime and night shifts across Ohio Street Main Street East Sedalia and other beats. Changes include Wentzleman covering Main Street days, Mason on nights, and Eckhoff on night duty for East Sedalia. Also notes a property swap in Sedalia to Texas ranch for $28000 and a gubernatorial nomination of Hor N H Gentry to the National Farmers congress in Sioux City October 1 to 10.
Colonel N H Gentry of Sedalia a State Board of Agriculture member says the first Missouri State Fair will run September 9 to 14 with new cattle horse and poultry buildings and a fast one mile track. He notes $50,000 approve d by the legislature will fund most construction and rail lines Missouri Kansas and Texas and Missouri Pacific provide depots on grounds. Representative J H Bothwell accompanies him and helped secure funding.
Report notes work started as four car loads of men and materials left at 7 45 a m for Raymond to construct a new bridge. The project plans to convert the line to standard gauge once rails are priced and ordered, with about a hundred car loads anticipated for delivery and widespread public knowledge once shipments begin.
Peter Guilloux, a Lexington miner, said he was robbed in town last night. Police investigations show he spent his money in saloons and on the "bad lands" while drunk and trying to board a St. Louis train, leading authorities to consider his robbery tale a fabrication.
Mrs. Gilford Carson of Hughesville neighborhood died Monday at her Joplin home. Capt. John M. Sneed, long ill with influenza, is recovering at his home near the city.
The Sentinel corrects an error stating Gelven Greenhouses supplied the Ross-Darling wedding flowers yesterday, and credits were previously misattributed to another establishment.
Judge Andrew Wright of Houstonia visited the city Tuesday and remains hale at 83. County Clerk Gray traveled to Rocheport to be with his ill daughter Exie, who is sick with pneumonia.
Local profile note states James Lovelace, a noted Beaman resident, was present in the city, highlighting his prominence and visit.
E N Schmieling resigns his post at Byard and Guenther and will take a new position with the Katy. The move ends his tenure with the brokerage and begins a career with the railroad company. Westward relocation is anticipated as part of the transition.
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