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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
5
A clipped ad fragment touts cheap classified space in the Sentinel for frequent small ads. It mentions rates like two quarters and twenty words three times for 25 cents as a cost guide.
Notice lists a room for rent at 225 South Missouri Avenue in the BAVA area. It specifies furnished or unfurnished options. No further details on terms or contact are provided in readable text.
Miss Lulu B. Williams at 139 West Cooper Street invites customers to have their hair shampooed for a quarter. The simple classified note urges readers to bring or send their ad dress for service.
Two Katy dispatchers Freeman and Sauer leave Sedalia to work between Parsons and Franklin Junction starting the first of the month. The move expands duties across the line to Hannibal and increases workload for local staff. A Parsons conductor, a Kansas City switch tender Kate Delougherty, and a former Missouri Pacific brakeman reflect broader railroad changes and retirements.
The street car system in Sedalia plans track relocation in North and Northwest sectors. A June 27 1899 board meeting of People’s Bank of Sedalia declared a 3 percent dividend payable July 1 from six months earnings. The Sedalia Warsaw railway offers July 4 round trip tickets to Mora Cole Camp Lincoln and Warsaw with set departures and returns including a 5 am 70 o'clock pm outbound schedule and a 7 45 am 9 45 pm Warsaw return.
A roster of workers including J. F. Smith in Chetopa and Oscar Majors in Pilot Grove, with illnesses such as fever, eczema, rheumatism, dysentery, indigestion, remittent fever, dyspepsia and injuries like a lacerated hand and confused shoulder. Names, occupations, and home towns span Denison, Saint Louis, Forrester, Eufaula, Augusta and Bond among others.
Fred Shattuck, a Katy conductor from Parsons Kansas, lies in serious condition at Katy hospital. He is 35, unmarried, and doctors fear he may not recover from meningitis experienced ten days earlier. A tame rabbit nests under the hospital fountain, feeding on nearby flowers and herbs and resisting capture.
Chas McComas, laid up five months at Katy hospital with a bad leg, expects to resume his narrow gauge run in about ten days. J A Davis is promoted to superintendent with few changes planned. the trainmaster office will be left vacant.
Superintendent Davis and Chief Engineer Schragg visit El Dorado as Dave Mercer brings an engine from the Lexington coal run for a short stay. Railroad men complain they were not invited to the Fourth of July parade and Harrison Bryant, through attorneys N M Bradley and C E Morrow, has filed a lawsuit against the Missouri.
Sedalia learns two circuses will perform this summer. Wallace's, date Tuesday July 25, is contracted by agent R. M. Harvey. Porepay and Sells Bros. combined, date Thursday August 24, advance man S. Hi. Fiedler, guest of the Sicher.
The Peoples bank yesterday declared a 3 percent dividend payable on July 1st. The notice lists the dividend as 3 percent with payment date to shareholders.
Jefferson City anticipates a sizable delegation to Sedalia for the Fourth of July events. The city government and local organizations coordinate travel, lodging, and participation in parade activities.
Management states the change will result in better service upon the other lines. The comment frames a strategic shift intended to optimize operations across the network and enhance passenger experience.
The body of William J. Ditler, 60, a Warrensburg resident, was recovered from a farm pond after he failed to return home from a Tuesday visit. Authorities believe drowning from cramps after overheating while bathing. He leaves a widow and three children. Also noted is the Jefferson City ball team signing Louis Popp of Murphysboro to bolster their pitching staff for the remainder of the season.
Sedalia lodge So. 32 Daughters of Rebekah present a literary entertainment at their hall this evening with refreshments served.
Mrs Isaac Wolf was qualified today as administratrix of her late husband. The will leaves all property to his wife. The item also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea with a brief value claim.
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