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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1899
Page
4
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Colder in the northeast portion tonight. Continued cold Wednesday.
Mr S M Walker of John N Taylor piano house reports shipments to Boonville and elsewhere. A new order from J W Bell of Boonville requests a Kimball piano in quarter-sawed oak. The Walker operation at 521 Ohio holds a fine assortment of leading makes ahead of the holidays.
Advertisement claims a single day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Promises refunds if it fails and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box. Priced at 25 cents.
The Christmas War Cry will be a richly illustrated magazine sold here next week by Ensign Lackey and assistants. Proceeds fund the big Christmas dinner for Sedalia’s poor on Monday December 25. Salvation Army work grows, but local church support remains scant. Sedalia preachers have given only $2 since Ensign Lackey’s arrival.
Dumpville Missouri notes include weather, travel of Dr. Carson’s great uncle to Illinois, J T Mayfield’s Benton trip, Dan Donehoe’s cattle shed nearing completion, Minnie Dump’s return from Kansas City sanitarium, Ray's broken ribs recovery, Mayfield selling a 710 pound 11 month old heifer, visit of Jack Coffee and wife, birth of a baby boy to Mrs Tom Berneatha, and local chatter from L A.
Clipped notices show obituary notes for Harry Hathaway Bayes and related community items. The snippet mentions Emma Keck Minnie Lorsbach Alma Friemel Annie Dickman Lureen Keck and local clubs names, plus church offerings totaling over $260 and local civic activities including a new vault at the cemetery and a horse theft report from Lincoln headed toward Sedalia.
Sedalia Lodge No. 1 R T J last night elected officers led by Worthy Patriarch F E with other posts filled. The ceremony followed by a meeting of members and guests.
Tegler, Vice Patriarch, D B Bulk ley, Pries, A W Bunyan, Scribe, Dr W H Bronson, Treasurer, G L Faulhaber, Escort, Martin Barnes, Inner Guard, H A Barnes, Outer Gard, M S Husband. Three initiations were also made last night.
Stocks slip with tobacco and sugar quoted for the day while past levels are recalled. Legal and civic notices detail murder trial dates, Knights Templar planning, church meeting, transportation talks and numerous property transfers in Sedalia and Arlington Heights, with values and names listed.
Several high school boys from junior and senior classes met yesterday afternoon to organize a literary society. A meeting is set for Thursday afternoon to adopt a constitution and elect officers. The group is expected to become the school’s most prominent literary society with the brightest debaters and most fluent speakers.
Real estate transfers record shows multiple deeds with values from 15 000 to 210 dollars. Transactions involve J C Williams sheriff Missouri Trust Co to Rogers RE Co and several transfers in Green Ridge Lake Creek Smithton and other townships. Names include Mut Ben B L Assn J D Crawford Emilie Joost Herman Kueck A Kirchhofer Nimrod Means Mattie H Matt ley and others.
Mr Carnegie has given funds to build and sustain public libraries for ten years totaling over 9 million dollars. Beneficiary towns extend from Ayr Scotland to Tucson Arizona, reflecting wide geographic reach.
Police Judge Burress fined John Smith two dollars for a plain drunk this morning and he went to jail. Wash Jones colored and Henry Jones white were fined three and five dollars respectively for conducting a transfer business without a license.
Daily afternoon and evening display by the Glass Blowers at 406 Ohio Street invites visitors to view their interesting demonstrations. Admission is ten cents and each guest receives a handsome souvenir free.
The Osiris club postponed their meeting last night to next Monday evening with Mrs. J. D. Donnahue. That will be the last meeting of 1599, and members will gather with Mrs. E. C. White on the first Monday in 1900.
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