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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1902
Page
8
Sedalia Lodge No. 236 A F and A M will meet at 7 30 PM for work in the First Degree All Masons invited ER E Codding W M F A Sampson Secretary
Public Building Committee of Sedalia invites sealed bids to lease 27 acres of land north of the city cemetery. Bids due to City Clerk by 5 PM March 22 1902. Attest C E Baker City Clerk.
The Century announces a year of humor rem iniscences portraits and social life pieces by Twain Dunne Harris Townsend Ade Stuart Riley and others with illustrations by Remington. Includes presidential essays on McKinley and Roosevelt and a six color booklet outline of The Century plan for 1901.
Mail us your home and address with 25 cents to receive a three months subscription to a musical magazine. Each month four new full size pieces of music are included along with reading matter and illustrations. Every Month Publishing Co 1123 Broadway New York City.
A brief ad asks readers what they no longer want and invites them to advertise those items in the want column. It frames the request as a simple exchange to place unwanted goods or funds in circulation.
A brief notice inviting readers to purchase border material sold by the roll at the same price as the paper, urging customers to come and view the offerings.
Local freight notes and passenger trains listing routes between Sedalia Warsaw and Southwestern Narrow Gauge lines. Times shown for arrivals and departures, including through runs without layovers at Franklin Junction and yard starts at Lexington Branch.
The funeral for Dr. D. F. Brown, a prominent county citizen, was held at the M. E. church in Dresden at 10 this morning. Rev. Thomas Cobb of Lamonte led the service as a large Sedalia delegation traveled to Dresden with the remains and returned on the Missouri Pacific at 12:40. Floral tributes signified high esteem for the late physician. A short burial service followed at the city cemetery.
Berlin reports the Kaiser wants harsh criticism as well as praise and has instructed his private press bureau to send all references impartially. He reads newspapers himself and now receives less flattering notices for royal perusal alongside the usual flattering items.
A banker finds a $10 bill used to clear a chain of payments from butcher to farmer to merchant to clerk. The banker discovers the note settles debts then recognizes it as counterfeit. Question arises: what was lost, by whom, and whether any party bears liability in this cascade.
The Pullman car Oceania attached to Missouri Pacific train No 2 travels toward Louis after extensive advertising of the fair from western points.
Frederic Vogt of Saline county and Bertha Dierking of Lafayette county were issued a marriage license today and will marry this evening in Blackwater township officiated by Squire Chas N. Hall.
The Ramsey family has filed articles of incorporation for Ramsey's Cash Department store with capital stock of $10,000. W. H. Ramsey owns $9,400, Robert Ramsey $100, and M. B. Ramsey $500.
The Standard Lead and Smelter company of New Jersey with a capital stock of 1,000,000 has incorporated. Of that amount 200,000 is to be used locally in Tipton.
Kansas City announces Pat O'Dea famed Wisconsin full back will coach the university team. O'Dea, renowned gridder, takes over after news released today in Missouri.
Modern improvements and a delightful method of making a pleasant winter voyage promised. Send 4 cents for Havana booklet with rates and descriptive Cuba account. Address Southern Pacific company agent or J. H. Lothrop, general agent, St. Louis, Missouri.
They will last twice as long by using Stevenson's Neat's foot oil. On sale at the Packing House at O. P. Wilcox's Harness Store and at Charles Hoberecht's.
For rent cheap to the right party at Twenty second and Ohio. Includes seven rooms and a lot with a fine garden. Call or address Frank B. Hoar. 3-17 d3tp.
Charlotte E. Robinson of Huntingdon Pennsylvania has filed her will with Recorder Looney. She is not known locally and has no heirs here but owns lands and loans in Pettis County.
A Dresden residence belonging to Joseph Skillman burned Sunday afternoon around 1 o clock. The Skillman brothers Thom as and their family were away visiting. the origin of the blaze is unknown. Estimated loss about 1000 dollars with 600 dollars insured by Farmers Mutual Insurance Company.
A concise listing notes a favorable dwelling option described as a good place for a good girl and a small family with the address 1114 West Fourth Street.
Sunset Limited is the premier transcontinental train to the Pacific coast with departures from New Orleans on Monday Thursday and Saturday. The service includes deluxe cars and dining, operated by Southern Pacific Company with connections from all points at New Orleans. Literature on rain and California available from J H Lathrop gen agent in St Louis.
The funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of Dr Fleischmann at Broadway and Harrison avenues. Rev J B Fuller conducted the services. Special music was rendered by a quartet including Dick Johnson Mint Johns Charles Menefee and Brown Harris. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.
Charles Raymond Northway, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Northway of 1310 East Fifth Street, died Sunday morning at 6:45 of brain fever. The funeral from the residence at 2:30 this afternoon, Rev. J. M. Plannett officiating. Pallbearers were young boys. interment in the city cemetery.
A promotional note touts a Havana winter cruise aboard Southern Pacific ships from New Orleans. The Chalmette and Excelsior offer a forty eight hour voyage with comfortable steamers and appealing attractions in the Pearl of the Antilles.
A party of World's Fair commissioners passed through today at noon in a routine motorcade. Local officials welcomed the delegation as they toured exhibits ahead of next month’s public events.
An irrigation notice invites readers to request literature on the subject and sends ten cents for a copy of the Pacific Rice Cook Book containing 200 recipes.
The narrator states having bought 500 tons of prairie hay and is ready to contract with buyers for flexible delivery at current market price, inviting parties to arrange transactions with Huston.
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