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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
5
The Stowe company offers Uncle Tom's Cabin with the original cast, promising drama and familiar scenes. Tickets are 10, 20, and 30 cents for tonight's performance.
Hoyt and McKee promise exceeding value with entertainment for every dollar. Next Monday evening the play A Stranger in New York opens at Hoyt's theater with new specials and music. The same celebrated New York cast, seen 150 times there, will perform here. Walker White appears Thursday, Jan. 25.
Society notes describe a Thursday masquerade hosted by Miss Pollie Atkinson and Dot Goldsmith at 1319 East Sixth, with two violinists and refreshments. The piece lists masked attendees with colorful nicknames, unmasked guests, chaperones, and a church society program for an upcoming jubilee service. It also mentions a February masquerade planned by the Second Regiment Orchestra and other local events and notices from Versailles and Pettis counties.
In Tehuantepec the dominant female population runs the market while men are barred from selling. Zapotec women display commanding presence and impose strict selling limits as merchants peddle embroidery and needlework at railroad stations. Buyers rely on native señoras for polite assurances that pieces are pretty and strong, with cheap prices reflecting effort and craft, though select pieces prove valuable.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold can be cured in one day. Each box shows E W Grove's signature and costs 25 cents with a money back guarantee if the remedy fails.
East bound and west bound schedules for Missouri Pacific trains with arrival and departure times. Notable notes include No 7 not carrying baggage, No 122 starting from yards, and various ic freight and local connections listed with specific times.
An OCR fragment lists train numbers and times across Missouri Kansas and Texas lines. Entries show morning departures at 8:25 and 8:45 as well as multiple afternoon and night times like 6:45, 7:15, and late flights labeled Fiyer with early morning 12:07 and 12:12.
Special Correspondence reports Mrs H B Harlan and family visiting near MecGirk Missouri with Eunice Ira and Charlie. James Loving of Eldon visits. Highland school closes. literary and debating societies active at Surprise and Dublin schools. Dr P Harlan thoughts on journalism. Althoff couple greet a baby girl Clayton Done. Marion’s Clayton Done in town. Pauli sells property for East Tennessee move. Hollingsworth ball attracts crowd. Remmert and Kang enjoy brisk trade.
The text praises Tehuantepec as a place where native drawn work remains essential weaving laces and fabrics. It emphasizes beauty durability and genuineness in the crafts claimed by the town's tradition and production.
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