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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
5
A daily round of local movements includes A L Shortridge heading to California on city business, attorneys at court, barbers union delegate Frank Milligan returning from Jefferson City, and numerous visits between Sedalia, Windsor, LaMonte, and nearby towns. Several residents travel to Kansas City, Pueblo, and Marshall on business or to visit friends.
Ek Melton a bookkeeper for Stanley Coal near recovered from flu like illness and will return to work. L Milligan barber union delegate at Jefferson City federation meeting returned home ill. Ex County Judge B D Clarke of Green Ridge in the city on business. Martin Renken of Lake Creek visited county clerk. J R Payne of Lookout in the city. J H W Downs of Houstonia a Sedalia visitor. J W Harding from Hughesville in town. Managers Cooley and Fisher of Phoenix Fire Extinguisher Co in Kansas City. Tom Hurt back home in Houstonia after jury duty. T A Stevenson traveled to Marshall for Stevenson Printing. Mr and Mrs M P D Hogan of Smithton were in town.
A Texarkana telegram reports J. Huckins has purchased the remaining interest in the Hotel Caddo in Shreveport from J. Wryatts. Mrs. Huckins previously held a share and now becomes sole owner. Name change to Huckins is possible, matching his other three hotels.
G J Grosshans received a phone notice of Charles Gardner's death at 10 this morning. Gardner, long-time Benton county resident from near Cole Camp, left three children, Mrs Daniel Tisch and two others in the county. Mrs Grosshans and Mrs Tisch plan to attend the funeral Saturday.
Dr. W. J. Ferguson received a telephone message from Dr Shively at Kansas City today stating the contract between Sedalia club and George B. Allen is legal and that he informed the Joplin management during his visit there Sunday.
Reward offered by Sentinel office for return of a lost ladies gold watch and a job. The item was misplaced between Thirteenth and Gram streets and Sixth and Massachusetts streets. Return to Sentinel office for award.
Detroit municipal coal yards began today serving mainly poor residents who arrived with baskets, carriages, and sleds. The city offers four thousand tons of bituminous coal at six dollars per ton, a move described as life saving and preventing much suffering.
A Belgian story recounted by the New York Tribune tells a widow who received 10 000 francs after her husband died in a railway accident. She confronted company officials alleging unequal compensation compared to a traveler who had lost a leg and received 20 000 francs. The reply framed business logic, noting money cannot replace a lost husband but can procure a new husband for 10 000 francs.
Regular meeting of Sedalia Court No. 37 Tribe of Ben Hur scheduled for Friday evening January 16 at I O O F hall 508 Ohio street. Members urged to attend. Frank Holcroft Chief and Jos Paradis Scribe sign the notice.
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