This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 24 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
5
Henry Bramer known as Soda, a bartender for Tom Hayes, received a telegram claiming his sister’s husband was dying and another alleging his sister had died. He rushed to St. Louis with two sisters, only to discover a newborn baby boy and a healthy family.
Notes say Keytesville plans a new telephone system while Putman County prepares to vote on a $30000 courthouse proposition. Ad versatile county and Spickardsville barber advertise as an auctioneer.
Phosphates glaces Ott s SENTINEL WANTS. Lost gold bar pin with letter A formed of nine pearls. Reward at this office. Jersey cow with neck chain taken up. Owner may claim by contacting R A Todd at 316 Randolph Street and paying this notice.
Bargain listing for SaLe-Parlor heating store located at AX SENTINEL office address. Includes brief note on sale terms and location for potential buyers.
Harve Seibert offers Wantrep cattle pasture 24 miles west of town with fine grass and ample water at 75 cents per head.
A rental notice offers a pleasant room for rent at the southeast corner location of Sixteenth and Osage. Preference shown for female applicants.
An inquiry notices a request for a western land with a good title free of encumbrance and money for the right property. Inquire at Room 5 No 314 Ohio street.
Lapies bring or send your address to Miss Lulu B Williams at 139 W Cooper St for shampooing service priced at 25 cents.
City Engineer Zoll seeks a fairer Missouri system after Judge Phillips rules uniform front-foot charges for street improvements unconstitutional. The ruling halts local tax bills based on frontage and prompts protest as cities plan efforts to revise assessment methods amid sparring and betting disputes in Boonville and Sedalia.
Advertisement for Cascarets candy cathartic claims clean blood and skin by cleansing the liver and removing impurities. Promises banishing pimples and blotches with a ten cent package and guarantees satisfaction with 10 25 and 50 cent sizes.
The Rev Thomas Lain assistant superintendent of the southwest district of the American Sunday School Union at Muskogee I T arrived this afternoon from an extended trip in the east Philadelphia was among the places visited He attended the diamond anniversary of the A S S U He also visited West Prion and attended the New York State Sunday School convention at Poughkeepsie N Y He will stay a few days here with his mother brother and other relatives and friends.
Report notes a reportedly scheduled boxing match between Smith of Galveston Texas and Lawler of St Louis Missouri at Boonville last night, details unclear due to fragmentary text.
The Se dalia Electric Street Railway power house bought a $3500 Sterling boiler from J. C. Van Riper yesterday. It adds 350 horsepower, more than doubling current capacity. The upgrade requires a new south end extension to the building and will supply heat for a new steam heating system.
An inquiry is under way into an incident on the Missouri Pacific where a westbound passenger train ran past a Christian Sunday school excursion train near Fairmount Park. The crew reportedly disregarded orders to slow or stop.
A child of about three, living in a neighboring flat, entertaining herself by mimicking a piano performance observed from a window. A male writer in the opposite room abruptly interrupts the act, then ends the moment by closing the piano lid.
In New York rapid photography captured Astor's battery parade. One thousand views were shot in twenty five seconds after four pm, developed in Hoboken, and returned to the theater by 9 10 pm. The feat is claimed the fastest of its kind, surpassing a seven hour London record.
A concise notice references monuments and grave markers on N Ohio Street, naming H Heynen as associated party. The item outlines property or memorial details in a local historical record.
A Sedalia postmaster demonstrates the value of the new long distance line as a Chicago traveler’s mail is sent via first class airmail at closing time. The incident earns Mr Glenn praise for local service enhancements including a Bundy time register and electric stamp canceler plus planned extra carriers. Allen Clark, Judge Clark’s son, suffers a severe arm injury after a fall but recovers. St Joseph High School graduates cheer with the crowd in the final scene of the class of 99.
A quiet police court and peaceful sessions in justices court. Lulu Vaughn and Belle Williams, two notorious colored women, were sent to jail for five days each on vagrancy charges by Judge Kinsey. Mrs John Campbell was arrested for slandering Miss Mary Duncan of East Sedalia. hearing postponed as Judge Burr dismissed after inquiry.
C. O. Hannefield fell from his bicycle at Ohio and Second Street at 1 p m today. The palm of his hand was torn loose on the brick paving.
A Boone county farmer plans to sell out including the town post office. The town named Perche sits on his farm and will be part of the sale.
A spirited call from Columbia amid debate as supporters urge a state fair worthy of the Union. The remark underscores a push to elevate the event to flagship status within the region.
The recently established free rural mail delivery in Lafayette County is reported to be giving splendid satisfaction.
Two baseball clubs were arrested at Lexington for playing ball on Sunday. The only dissipation permitted in that town on the Lord's day is to go to the junction and watch the railroad trains come in.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.