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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1902
Page
4
Sedalia Missouri, January 27, 1902. Mayor Babcock presents a year end financial report praising retrenchment and economy that reduced deficits and increased department efficiency. He highlights fire police and street work costs, debt reduction possibilities, and calls for orderly records and potential refunding to cut interest.
Local notices show Mrs. Fred Franklin attending a funeral in Parsons Kansas while merchants announce deep winter goods discounts. Several residents travel for health and business including Roy McCune of Lamonte to Dallas and Mint Johns to Kansas City.
A January showing highlights a large line of Black Mercerized Latino Petticoats and fine cambric undergarments. Prices range from 25c to $3.25 for slips, corset covers, gowns, and drawers with lace, embroidery, and insertion trims. Full skirts, night dresses, and new cuts are emphasized for women’s apparel.
At year end observers assess the impact of the settlement with the water and light companies and consider continuing the same economic policy this coming year.
For rent a 50 acre farm seven miles southwest of Sedalia with good improvements. Apply to Frank Hughes Public Administrator.
A 104 acre farm six miles south of town is for sale. It features a good spring, timber, a six room house with a cellar and a 30 foot square barn plus other structures. If unsold by March first it will be rented to suitable parties. Inquiries go to M. M. McCormick at 1519 South Vermont Street. Red Cross Ball Blue is advertised as the world’s best with large two ounce packages at five cents. Old man Pietz, a German immigrant who married a Jefferson City woman, has returned to Germany after leaving $50 to his wife upon farewell. he reportedly has thirteen children from a prior marriage.
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