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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
5
A long list of residents and visitors appears, including W Sharp heading to Kansas City for two weeks, M B Coleman selling dry salt bacon at 10c a pound and lard at 16c, Rev Phil Starke traveling from Houstonia to Warrensburg, and many others in town. Pedestrians, tradesmen, and clergy are noted with trips to Lamonte Columbia Holden and Kansas City, plus baptisms at First Christian church and social visits across the county.
A crowded slate of brief items notes social events and travel. Otterville residents W R Weir and Sylvester Childers visited Sedalia, Judge Wofford’s replacement James Wilkerson traveled in town with his wife, and Fr Edmund Salland returned from St Louis to recover with his sister ill in Sedalia.
H A Pratt left for Kansas City to attend the Paderewski entertainment. John Montgomery Jr departed for Jefferson City to attend federal court. Miss Nannie Gentry remains ill with fever at home near here. Miss Nellie Kennethh of Kansas City visited Miss Cassidy and Miss Glass and then returned home.
For sale or rent blacksmith shop with tools or without tools available. Inquiries to J. T. Mayfield in Dumpville Pettis County Missouri.
The Sentinel praises Stevenson's bacon, hams, and lard as widely used in local restaurants and homes. It expresses pride in the brand and hopes Stevenson’s packing house and meat market will grow to require doubling capacity within the coming year.
On Monday evening between 7 30 and 8 o clock the elegant silver table service on exhibition will be disposed of at our place. All interested parties should be present.
Doctors recommend outdoor living for consumption and pulmonary ailments, praising the dry climate of West Texas and the Southwest. The article notes Marfa Fort Davis El Paso and Tucson as beneficial, claiming many East cases were saved by moving to the region. Contact J H Lothrop for matter 1 health and El Paso end the Heart Belt.
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