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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
4
A New York dispatch to the St Louis Republic notes rumors about George J Gould potentially becoming president of the Missouri Pacific line amid reports of a high price record in New York. The section covers local railroad news, personnel changes, improvements, incidents, accidents, hospital arrivals, and other items.
A list of arriving workers and layoffs from Missouri Pacific and partner lines notes EK Harris Atoka Nelson Fort Worth Swadey Doyle Emerson Sawyer Kennedy Yancey W Stewart and others. Several brakemen on M K T Katy experiencing lay-offs while traveling auditor Stewart returns from Windsor funeral. Fisher's blacksmith shop closed due to illness.
Notice urges gas customers to conserve as electric service suspensions push burden onto Sedalia Gas and Fuel Co. Superintendent J L Griffith asks patrons to use gas sparingly. The text then shifts to stock market notes about Missouri Pacific, price highs, dividends, and personnel, ending with a line about a prominent Chicago woman.
The piece discusses 69 000 floating shares and a corner on the stock with shorts covering, mentions 5 percent dividend prospects for Missouri Pacific, and notes price moves from 81 to 82 and to 87 before a retreat to 85 1-2. Rockefeller Jr may succeed Gould at Texas and Pacific, with board or presidency moves hinted.
Weather outlook indicates a cooler day ahead with a sharp drop in temperatures tomorrow. National meteorologists warn of brisk winds and potential frost in favored rural areas.
Advertising copy for a sale listing various fabrics and garments. Bright sober plaids 45 and 30 inches wide. Boys Natural Underwear 25 cents. Pants and vests priced 75 cents to 1 dollar. Flannel skirt lengths 1 to 1.50 dollars. 45 inch wide fabric sold by 2 1/2 yards. Describes good colorings and material quality.
Sedalia’s Federation of Labor passes a resolution of thanks to the St. Louis Clothing Co for aiding union made clothing efforts. A large order and push for union labels followed clerks’ delegation actions, signaling one of the nation’s biggest clothing manufacturers joining labor ranks. The notice also lists a Sedalia Water and Light Co shareholders meeting set for January 14, 1901.
At a directors meeting on December 29 1900 Sedalia National Bank ordered a 3 percent dividend paid on demand from earnings of the last six months. E R Blair cashier.
Sedalia Chapter No. 18 RA M will meet in regular convocation Thursday evening January 10 1901 at 730 oclock Visiting companions are fraternally invited to attend By order of J B FY Attest J H Mara Secretary.
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