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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
4
The Lafayette News backs The Sentinel’s 1904 campaign slogan “Hill and Harrison” urging voters to support the duo.
High winds force adjournment of central school in Jefferson City as teachers report the building to be a serious danger. A wall is cracked from roof to foundation, the three story brick structure rests on wood partitions with no iron braces, raising the risk of collapse in strong wind per architects.
On March 1 Kansas operated 187 rural free delivery routes with 342 more awaiting approval. Missouri had 865 routes with 225 pending and Oklahoma only one route with eleven pending. By July 1 the nation expects 4 300 routes and end of fiscal 1902 about 8 600 routes, doubling current totals. Mary Espenschied and Charles F Swisher wed at Windsor Missouri after a recent engagement announcement.
On February 13 1901 coal miner Ed Bales died after being struck by a train just east of the Missouri Pacific depot at Lexington near Gaffin’s coal mine.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a general remedy for all ages. It claims to tone nerves, sharpen appetite, build flesh, cleanse the system, and prevent insomnia and biliousness. It warns buyers to ensure the private revenue stamp covers the bottle neck.
Sedalia Electric and Street Railway and Sedalia Brown Springs lines were sold to W B Broomall and Gard ner Lathrop respectively. Debts include 200000 on Sedalia lines and 50000 on Brown Springs. Reorganization aims to build a power house extend lines to the State fair grounds and MKT depot with double tracks.
Sedalia Missouri forecast predicts fair weather for tomorrow. temperature and wind not specified. Local notes report clear sky and no storms expected.
A widow sues Missouri Pacific for damages totaling 5000. Attorneys named are William Bull of Lexington and Ball and Bogie of Richmond. The case is set for trial at the April term of the circuit court.
New York March 15 The stockholders of American Tobacco Company elected directors W R Harris W W Fuller Leon Walter Thomas F Ryan A N Brady at a Newark meeting. The annual report shows assets 79 933 253 liabilities 75 625 159 surplus 4 308 093 and net earnings 6 303 498 with no stock change.
An advertisement from CHAS. VAN ANTWERP, owner of Monarch Laundry, urges residents to send lace curtains and winter bedding to their establishment for professional cleaning. The copy mentions renewable charges and positions the laundry as best equipped for this work.
Mr. W. E. Wallace of 210 East Seventh Street has taken the agency for Winona Seamless Hosiery and begins canvassing the city. The goods have sold here for five years with strong reputation and Wallace will visit any address by postcard card or at request to show samples.
The M. M. L. Entertainment committee announces a musical entertainment supper and dance on March 22 at Odd Fellows hall. Committees named for Entertainment Music and Floor include chairmen D Kinsey Claude Reed and Emmet Culp with members J. S. Forbes F. P. Clayton C. Miley J. W. Carroll Eldridge Carroll J. A. Esser F. A. Long C V Witcher Gus Juchs Chas Decker H. W. Michaels.
At a regular meeting of the G I A to B L E officers were elected Past president Mrs C W Goodwin President Mrs Charles Boyle Vice president Mrs J A Williams Secretary Mrs J H Wolfe Treasurer Mrs S E Bowser Insurance Secretary Mrs E Costin Chaplain Mrs H Chapel Guide Mrs W Kerr Sentinel Mrs W Clark.
David G. Holtzen will hold a public sale at his Lake Creek farm four miles east of Cole Camp on Monday March 18. Moritz Borger conducts a public sale at his residence seven miles northwest of Cole Camp on Monday March 25.
Senator H. Clay Heather of Palmyra lauds country editors in the Missouri senate during a discussion on reducing Australian ballot publication costs. He says editors spend space boosting towns and training leaders, often without proportional pay, and that local papers drive progress and honesty.
The debate centers on a bill opposed by J D Hail Dry Goods Co and several senators including John F Martin A A Dowell and Frank Costello. A single vote in favor, by M R K Biggs, contrasted with 28 no votes as party reformers were urged to back the measure.
The editorial note hints that Pettis county court should clip the Sentinel item and paste it into their records, implying a formalized reuse of existing reporting in official files. The remark suggests a procedural or archival move referencing past coverage.
Ira Taylor and James Comfort unearthed human remains a large man buried long ago on C. Hicklin’s farm seven and a half miles west of here. They found head, ribs, arms, and legs with a grave stump indicating long burial.
Representative Billy Millar of Barber County began as a cattle hopeful with twelve dollars a rifle and a pony. He traded for two cows and built a thriving ranch worth fifty thousand dollars, illustrating how many western Kansas men built fortunes in cattle.
A classroom exchange on spelling reveals a racist joke about the word Negro before an election and a harsher form after. The dialogue ends with a student affirming the slur, highlighting antebellum style discrimination in a school setting.
The Burlington Route offers through trains to Puget Sound Portland Montana Washington and the Northwest with coaches chair cars sleepers and dining cars. No 15 runs from Kansas City to the Pacific Coast via Colorado. No 23 is the latest night train to Denver and Omaha St Paul. No 16 is the St Louis Fast night Express.
Homeseekers' excursion tickets go to nearly all U S points via Chicago Great Western on the first and third Tuesdays each month January to June 1901. One fare plus 2 00 for round trip with return valid twenty one days from sale. Inquiries to any Great Western agent or F H Lord Chicago.
A Klondike baker who endured three burnout episodes and lost a full coal cargo still cleared thirty thousand dollars in three years, illustrating resilience and business recovery in harsh conditions.
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