Railroad Man J McCaddon Dies After Illness at 35
J Ke MecCaddon who was for a time a day telegraph operator at the M K T station in Boonville died of erysipelas at Harrisonville Sunday night. He was about 35, leaves a wife and child and was then station agent at Harrisonville. The Katy calendar for 1901 features the celebrated Katy girl pictured in a new gown. Hospital arrivals list several workers from Denison Fate and Dallas. An attack on Mount Vernon school building with coal oil failed to start a blaze for a second time.
Flambeau Club Skips Washington Inauguration Plans
Local report notes the Flambeau club likely will not attend the Washington inauguration on March 4 due to unresolved railroad arrangements. Meanwhile Mrs. J W Robertson of 516 East Fifth, visiting son in Mounds Indian Territory, grows anxious after her daughter Mrs George Yeager writes without reply. A separate item states Gus Adams, claiming to be a fugitive from Mind, received twenty days in jail from Justice Rogers. Phone 263.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounds
I. T. Mounds
Robertson
George Yeager
Gus Adams
Justice Rogers
Sedalia notes pension gifts marriages and local appointments
A mixed Sedalia items column reports John Dow being honored by K of P Lodge No 27, James Parberry and Wm artett receiving monthly pensions, and a colored couple, Lisha Bell and Lula Overshiner, planning to wed. It notes a Sedalia College of Music recital, Western Union appointing a local manager, and Gov. Dockery naming Wm N. Wharton to a Warrensburg normal board. Also listed are a real estate trade offer and a Sunday school teachers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisha Bell
Lula Overshiner
Sedalia
Farm Loans and College Meeting Invitation Saturday
Notice invites farmers to attend a music college hall gathering Saturday at 3 PM. Sermon and Sabbath lesson will be taught, topics for teachers discussed, and liberal farm loan terms offered with prompt attention. Mrs A N Stephenson improves from a serious illness in Sedalia Mo. John R Larrimore ads Bard’s.
Local shop ads and notices from a midwest newspaper
Classified snippets advertise embroidery patterns and cheap goods at The Boston store and Bard's shop. Personal notices report illnesses and family trips, including Mrs. Wiley and Mrs. Wood. Mentions of Red Cross Ball Blue, Tim Tierney and local officials reflect routine community notices and commerce.
Ed Orear praised as faithful Missouri insurance chief
Sturgeon Leeder lauds Ed Orear, Missouri insurance commissioner, noting he did not cost taxpayers a cent and will return 88000 surplus to the treasury. The letter credits Mr Crear with breaking up a rate-reducing combine and calls Orear a good businessman and popular friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Orear
Sturgeon
Electric Lump Sale Announced by McGrew Coal Co
This week only the McGrew Coal Co announces a sale of Electric Lump at 33.00 per ton. Tel 272 provides contact for purchase and pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrew Coal CO
Seven days for fighting released from jail
Yeager and Lewis of Parsons open a new short order restaurant at 521 Ohio street. Fire department responded at 4 p m Thursday to a fire at Mrs. Jones residence at Wilkerson and Moniteau. The hodcarriers union led by A A Travis and Chas Whitley served notice on local contractors banning work this season.
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Wilkerson and
Moniteau
Hodcarriers Union
A. A. Travis
Chas. Whitley
Monument Planned for Capt. J. H. Barr "Beefsteak Barr"
Friends of traveling musicians in Kansas raise funds to erect a grave monument for Capt. J. H. Barr of Humboldt known as Beefsteak Barr. He kept a hotel there and was a friend of all the drummers.
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J. H. Barr
Humboldt
Sale Fever Prompts Monthly Auction of Judgments
J D Hail Dry Goods Co White promotes monthly sale of court judgments collected by E C White collecting agency. First sale January 28 1901 may include shell worn items with future sales to feature up to date judgments as per 1899 statutes bearing judge names for genuineness. List of judgments available at 116 West Third Street.
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Ing Agency
West Third
Four Quarts Packed in Plain Case Offered for Sale
Goods described as medic related come packed four full quarts in a plain case priced at three dollars per case. Shipped to any address with return shipment at seller’s expense if not as represented.
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the Sentinel
Sedalia, MO
W.H. Graffis and
S. C. Patrick
Publishers and Proprietors
Abe
J. KE. MecCaddon
Boonville
Harrisonville
Popu
Sonville
Katy
M., K. & T. Railroad Company
Harry Brooks
Denison
Julius Judson
Extra Gang
Fate
A. Smith
Joseph Jones
Dallas
Miles
Mrs. Pearl Bush
Holland, Mich
H. N. Reid
Missouri Pacific
J. W. Griffin
Mis
Anew
Mesouris Pacific
W. L. Jeffries
R. E. Hungerford
Frank Royce
The
Moberly
Souri Pacific
C. C. McDaniels
Navy
Nihill
Andy Pope
Scuri Pacific
Mount Vernon
Washington
J. W. Robertson
Fifth Street
Iver
D. C. Walker
Hallsville
Chedp
John Dow
James Parberry
Wmartett
California
Sedalia College of Music
Prof. Tiede
American District Telegraph Company
F. E. Gibbons
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wm. N. Wharton
Carthage
Dockery
Warrensburg Normal
Judge Dalby
J. M. Offield
Sped Blu
Pany
Music College Hall
Bath
Terest
A. N. Stephenson
S. Lamine
John R. Larrimore
Bard
Kersey
Boston
Ohio St
Robert Wiley
Hughesville
Bard’s
Rent Merriwether
Benton
Morgan Counties
Tim Tierney
Howard Wood
Preanty
Ast
State of
Missouri
Alt
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Harry Riser
Cora
Carrie Nation
W.C. Tf. U
Bmnterprie Kas
Y*rd’s
Orear
Ed. T
Insurance Commissioner
His
Mr. Crear
Combine
Leeder
Ings. Reat
Ha'il’s
City News
Ohio Street
Kansas
J. D. Hail Dry Goods Co
E. C. White
Fered
Yeager & Lewis
Pehl
Peter Pehl
Anheuser-Busch Beers
Rouse
West Second
Candy Palace
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