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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
5
Mr Walker Whiteside presents The Red Cockade at the opera house tonight with Miss Lelia Wolston in a role suited to her talents. The production follows last year’s notable success and features a strong supporting company. Next Saturday brings Hoyt’s revival A Trip to Chinatown, expected to draw a full audience.
A merry gathering at 1010 East Fifth hosted by Mr and Mrs G J Barton featured music games and social time. Guests from distant places brought numerous silver and glass gifts including a silver tea set and sugar spoons. The German Evangelical church group will serve supper with a program including piano duets readings and vocal solos.
Fragmentary timetable notes show arrival times 10703 am 12 40 pm 4 10 pm and 12 10 am with references to No 7 and No 122 trains. It notes baggage rules and yard departures though details are incomplete.
Mrs J H Kelly hosts in Nevada on Friday night honoring guest Miss Fleischmann of Sedalia. Mr and Mrs Ted Rinkle plan Friday Evening Euchre Club gathering. Mrs C R Campbell visits mother Mrs Henry Stegman and family in Nevada. Miss Blanche Shaeffer returns home from Jackson Tennessee.
Jefferson City Missouri January 25 Doctor William Prottsman a venerable Methodist preacher today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state senator from the district. He is over eighty and has served as chaplain of both the house and senate. The district is represented by Senator Hohenschild who is expected to seek re election along with Judge J Evely of Osage and Jack Slate of Maries.
Mrs. J W Menefee leaves Wednesday for a short visit at Nelson Missouri. The Empire club will be entertained Friday evening by Miss Maude Kelk. Miss Pruit of Columbia visits Miss Ollie Withers for a few days. The Manhattan club will dance tonight at Gregg's hall.
The local chief of police, Prentice, issues an order to shutter all colored clubs along Main Street. No further context or date is provided in the excerpt.
The W C T U women honored their secretary Mrs W J Owens of West Broadway with a copy of Old Fashioned Roses. Mrs Ford recited a poem and about twenty five guests attended the surprise gathering last night.
C E Whitney arranged a deal with G H Light who buys the cottage on Sil Hast Fifth Street for 900 dollars. Light plans improvements and will occupy the property as the new owner.
Walker Whiteside and a party of sixteen arrive in Sedalia to perform The Red Cockade at the opera house. Whiteside reports season business far surpassing expectations with near full theaters since January 1, including sold out shows in St. Joseph and Ft. Scott. Mrs. Walker Whiteside, stage name Miss Lelia Wolstan, is St. Louis bred and Visitation academy alumna.
The annals recount a massive flood from a lake formed under the Tete Rousse glacier when its glacial dam failed. Water and debris roared through Biennassay and Bionnay, crushed the St Gervais baths, then spread as a fan over the Arve valley, killing over 150 people.
Members of the First Congregational church plan a farewell reception for Mr and Mrs Albert in the church parlor Friday night from 8 to 10. All friends and congregation are invited for a social evening. John D Bohling will respond to the toast The Country Lawyer at the Kansas City Bar Association banquet Thursday evening at the Baltimore hotel. The Manhattan Dancing club hosts a dance tonight at Gregg's hall with the Second Regiment orchestra providing music.
The Misses Castle near Georgetown entertained a number of their friends last night with music and dancing.
Willie Bowron son of J H Bowron entertained a group of his friends Tuesday evening in honor of his elev enth birthday.
Everyone is invited to attend a calendar social at the East Broadway venue tomorrow night. The event invites local residents to gather, share plans, and enjoy community fellowship in an informal setting.
Granite Lodge No. 272 will hold a regular communication tomorrow night at 7 30. All master Masons are fraternally invited. Archibald Campbell W M S Hodges Sec
A collection of disparate items mentions Harriet R. Stafford of Cottage City owning a flag from the Bonhommie Richard masthead during Paul Jones battles, Calmette of Lille endowing Pasteur Institute with 250000, and global facts about Germany, China etiquette, Everest, and birth rates.
Sir James Vaughan, 25 years police magistrate of London, notes a sharp drop in violent crimes and a smaller rise in offenses requiring brains and ingenuity. He warns that limited pockets of criminally inclined children, if educated without counteracting street and home influences, gain new mischief power from quickened intellect.
The anecdote recalls Col. Ingersoll recommending Shakespeare to a Boston man who later returns to praise the playwright. The man says the plays are masterful and asserts few in Boston can write like Shakespeare. The tale highlights Shakespeare's enduring esteem.
A waterspout sighted near Hen nessey Oklahoma was blocked by improvised defense as locals report three prior rescues this year. A Rough Rider unit acquired four old cannons and the town council keeps three attendants to fire them when danger appears. Cannons placed at town outskirts are loaded with salt and fired toward the horizon to break up the cyclone.
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