13 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
1
Reports describe a deadly Tuesday tornado that hit Fort Smith Arkansas at 11pm. More than two dozen killed, many injured, with 50 likely deaths and $1,000,000 in losses. City blocks leveled, hospitals strained, relief funds opened.
Judge William M. Springer of the Oklahoma District Court says there is no truth to an Indian uprising on the Oklahoma Seminole border. He notes great excitement with residents fleeing border towns while U S officials take steps to maintain peace.
Members of the Central Presbyterian Church congregation met last evening and chose the Rev D Catlin of Atoka as pastor. The vote was decisive and follows a period of deliberation by the church.
A Warrensburg judge posts a candid card with his name address and office sought on one side and a witty coin image on the other. Harrison Stevens livery offers extra carriages for social events in Sedalia. Norfolk resident Miss Aliie Hughes burned, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve provides relief. Boston Store advertises 50¢ and 1.00 gifts January 17–19. Wanrep seeks local and transient agents. Rooms for rent West Seventh Street with optional meals. P O Box 143 contact.
Mrs Jennie Edwards widow of Major John N Edwards and former Sedalia resident, underwent a difficult operation at Mullanphy hospital St Louis performed by Dr Frank J Lutz. Doctors call the procedure a perfect surgical success though she remains weak. She is expected to recover strength in three to four weeks as she slowly gains from the shock.
Local yard and downtown office offer Whipple and Rich Hill coal including Scranton anthracite and seasoned wood. Also provide eed, sewer pipe, vitrified building and fire brick. Contact Yard 813 to 819 E Third St and downtown office 225 Ohio by phone 43.
Whipple Coal Co letter from Senator Cockrell in Washington on January 1 1898 discusses Secretary Gages stance on bimetallism. He predicts the issue will decide politics urging support for McKinley in 1900 and inviting continued business and courteous treatment for customers.
Special Correspondence notes W M Scott builds a stock barn as roads remain nearly impassable. Shippers report hogs from Beaman, and local residents travel to Topeka and Missouri. Typhoid illness affects Miss May Allen. a storm brings hail and heavy rain. Church notes report Dr Fuller and quarterly meeting led by Rev R S Hunter. Mae Willett plans to move.
Short dialogue notes two telephone girls naming Mr Ringer by reputation only. A brief want ad appears: a school boy seeks work for board, addressed to B., in the SENTINEL.
The cases of Will Abbot and Charles McCormick charged with criminal libel were continued until next Tuesday morning due to the absence of important witnesses.
Kansas City public school teachers protest salaries seen as inadequate to meet basic expenses. A first year teacher earns 40 dollars a month for nine months, rising gradually to 65 dollars, with principals earning about 1600 dollars yearly. Critics say the pay gap compared with Chicago worsens concerns over educational quality.
The state unit of United Daughters of the Confederacy organized in Fayette with delegates from four chapters. State officers were elected including President R E Wilson and first vice president Anna Washington Rapley, with other posts filled and by laws adopted.
Ott's Drug Store extols Hill's Business School on Ohio street offering shorthand, type-writing, bookkeeping, and stenography in three to four months for five dollars per month with no extras. The notice also promotes a new line of embroideries at the Boston Store, 506 Ohio street, with prices from 1e to 5c and up a yard.
The Sedalia Evening Senormen advertises coal from H. B. Wieman at 505 East Third Street with telephone 325 claiming savings on wear and temper, priced at 25e per month.
A fragment echoes Longfellow in a reflection on an unresolved burden that sits by the bed and stair, at the threshold and gates. The poem compares the growing pressure of today to the legendary dwarfs bearing the sky, suggesting perseverance through weighty burdens.
A preacher forgot his book at home and laments the lack of chants as the leader asks for singing. The line captures a moment of missed ritual and improvisation in a small gathering.
Edwin Clarence Rippey married Nealie Rinkle at the bride’s parents 305 West Cooper Street residence. Rev Meyer officiated and an elegant supper followed the ceremony.
The Missouri Pacific and Katy lines figure in incidents and personnel changes. A track walker, Charles Talley, was killed near Boies Missouri by a train. Several staff moves occur including resignations and transfers on the Katy, stiff competition on the Santa Fe, and a water contract with Parsons for five years. Oklahoma braces for railroad expansion with three construction projects underway.
The dispatch notes more than 500 patients in a St. Louis City hospital, a secret order in Nevada Missouri called the Royal Negroes, Vernon County sending seven prisoners to the penitentiary, Missouri steps in Springfield toward the next state Democratic convention, Klondike company activity in Louisiana and Troy, a Columbia committee aiming to raise 30000 dollars for a university hospital, Justice Newman of Wisconsin dying from a fall, William Moss injured in Kansas City by a laundry wringer, Troy citizens meeting about Klondike reports, and Frank Morrissey sentenced to seven years for counterfeit money in Hannibal.
Modern patent medicine claim promises to cure a cold in one day with L B Q tablets. Advertised as genuine when each tablet bears L. B. Q. The ad offers a refund if the cure fails and lists a 25 cent price.
Commodious and clean will be rented at Concerts and Entertainments. Heating Stoves at cost to close them out. Reduction on cook stoves also. WALLER & HAHN, 510 Ohio St. Also One Minute Cough Cure advertised with Servant's Pharmacy, 508 Ohio Street. John Stark & Son moving music goods to 114 East Fifth Street for K. P. lodge. Sentinel offers job printing and stationery at low prices.
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