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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1902
Page
8
The notice promotes a clearing sale featuring remnants of dress goods, silks, trimmings, linens, and broken underwear sizes. It highlights reduced prices in the cloak room and half-price garments including ladies jackets coats skirts and tailor made suits. Also touts fur neck scarfs and collars, box coats, fleece lined items, union suits, and children's wear at marked down rates.
An inventory clearing sale continues ten days with special reduced prices on all odds and ends. New styles and pretty colors in outings across grades with moderate prices.
Advert for ladies flannelette gowns with neat trimming and good length priced at $1. IND? 6 A Rs te Gent's flannelette night robes offered as splendid values priced at 50 EEE.
Day and night school for both sexes at 318 320 Ohio Street Sedalia Missouri advertises cheap tuition short terms and good positions. Emphasizes accuracy in typing Gregg shorthand bookkeeping and thorough business training. Announces a famous five-spot puzzle with a one dollar prize for correct guesses.
A quirky exchange features a dog asking a hen what she does in a coal bin. The hen replies she uses the moment to lay in koal as a moral cue about calling 1000 and doing likewise.
Effective October 15 1901 excursion rates go on sale to major winter resorts across the South and Southwest. Inquiries may be made through Southern Railway agents. Advertisement notes fancy bon bons and chocolates from 25 cents at Walch's and promotes Chas Bard’s grab sale.
E T Rich argues mining yields higher and safer dividends than banking with mining producing 8 to 10 percent annually on normal capitalization. He cites census figures showing $679 million annual mineral output and per miner earnings of $1,000 to $3,000, urging investors to seek legitimate opportunities amid a boom in the new lead district. Ham of Merrell Lead Mining plans meetings at the Elks hotel to discuss investments.
Telegram reports Frankfort Indiana Spiritualists enraged by an alleged reveal at a Chicago pair of mediums seance. A light flash and ringing bells exposed Mrs Gehring and W C Jessup on a table with witnesses ready to swear to the act. They threaten suit against Prof Coffin for alleged injuries as a riot loomed and Coffin’s friends escorted him away. Mr Waters named tie and timber inspector for the railroad.
Mrs John Streit near Sweeny on the Katy reports eleven yearling and two year old mules have died in ten days from a disease similar to diphtheria in humans. The loss, about $100 per animal, follows sudden onset and rapid death by strangulation, with eleven other stock at risk. Experts including Dr Moore disagree on diagnosis with theories ranging from worm eaten corn to other causes, causing alarm in the district.
The funeral for Mrs. S. F. Massey who died Thursday evening was held Saturday at 1 PM from her daughter Mrs. Dorris residence at 135 East Chestnut Street. Rev J B Fuller of the First Baptist church led services with pallbearers James O Neal Leonard Wharton William A Knight Mr Palmer David and Jefferson Vaught. Floral tributes were placed on the casket by relatives and friends.
A. G. Slocum of Sedalia runs the Tuckley barber shop while Will Tuckley leases Bunce ton barber shop and bathrooms and relocates with his family to the town. He is an expert barber and leaves Versailles with well wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Breck Morehead of St. Louis visited Col. John B. French and wife on Wednesday.
Boonville Advertiser reports that a group of prominent citizens signed articles of agreement in Boonville to prospect for gold at Chateau Springs. Work starts soon with shafts planned on Homer and Sidney H. Edson farm, and nearby farms.
Governor A M Dockery passed through Sedalia en route home to Gallatin Mo. He told Sentinel reporters the St Louis Democratic gathering was a business meeting to defeat Republicans in Missouri. He refused two commutations: J L Craft for train robbery and Bert Garth in a related case both slated to die January 21.
The groom, located in Kansas City, wed Miss Della Bumps on Christmas Day. The groom is brother to Michael Henley, the well known barber of 110 Osage Street.
Bardstown Kentucky reports James W. Browne of Fairfield owns a 10 inch bloodstained bowie knife with silver mount and buckhorn handle. Its famed history includes a duel in Springfield where Matt Booker and Ed Palmer died, a Civil War murder in Louisville, and a vanished stable worker named Richardson who killed a Federal major with the weapon.
James Roberts of Sedalia visited Hopewell and sold his 40 acre Hopewell farm to T. R. Townley for $750 as reported by the Versailles Leader.
Lester Parks and Miss Laura Michaelis of Cole Camp were married on Christmas day by Rev. Sarton. The bride is the postmaster’s daughter and the groom a well known young farmer.
Money loan offer advertises $1,000 and up loans on Pettis county realty at 5 percent interest with partial payment privileges. Attorney J H Bothwell at Sedalia National Bank Building listed. Robert Henley Married notice mentions former city resident.
Light colored Jersey cow with a disfigured left horn reported missing near Greer two blocks east of the city limits on Fourteenth Street. Finder urged to return to L.CGC.
An advertisement touts Walch's stock of Plows candy and proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the world’s best. It notes large two ounce packages priced at 6 cents.
If you want a bargain in Stores or Household Goods of any kind, now is your time. Go to Helfert & Raiffeisen's, 118 West Main.
Miss Eleanor Swearingen left for St Louis to accept a stenographic post with Simmons Hardware. Former pupil Miss Gussie Spaits holds a job with J G Durner in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Hill attended a shorthand teachers convention in St Louis with over four hundred delegates and met top typists and officials including Fred Ireland. They returned inspired to expand and update the school at Sixth and Ohio Streets and enrolled new pupils last week. Catalogues available.
$500,000 10 LOAN per cent annual interest payments. Optional payments won principal in sums of $100 or more. Will carry your loan as long as you wish to be a borrower. See me before renewing or making new loan. GEO. M. RIDDLE 320 Ohio St Sedalia Mo. FOR SALE Three cows two hi farm to rent. D. S. Collins 5-d3t.
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