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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1902
Page
8
Mrs L Copeland of Altoona Pa reports near baldness before using Ayers Hair Vigor. She says the product fed the hair stopped shedding and promoted growth restoring color. Sold for $1 at all druggists. J C Ay er Co Lowell Mass
Local shop prices all regular wall coverings and offers borders by the roll at the same rate as the paper.
Special to The Sentinel Boonville Missouri March 18 a near fatal Missouri Pacific train accident occurred at Spring street involving 65 year old Christian Schaack a truck gardener. The 9 10 train struck him and his wagon threw them off the right of way the horses were killed and Schaack badly injured with prognosis uncertain due to age.
Macon Mo March 18 W J Magee longtime Macon county public administrator and president of Macon County Abstract company was found Sunday night at 7 30 exhausted on a Burlington depot truck He left his home Saturday morning for his office and valuables were intact He is in ill but improving condition and a prominent Democrat.
Broadway Presbyterian church fair at 507 Ohio street features Atlas Oats exhibit. Mr. Benson, Atlas representative, is in Sedalia to distribute free jumbo packs to every city family and will be at the fair tomorrow.
The Missouri Pacific machine shops undergo floor repairs to fix surface damage and improve safety. Crews work to restore a solid, level surface within the shop area while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.
City council meets in regular session with Aldermen Parks Hodges Fulkerson Hammond Staton Stafford present. Bonds totaling twenty thousand dollars were burned by City Engineer Zoll. An election on sewers is set for April 1 with designated judges and polling places across four wards.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a possible Republican opponent, Harry H. Parsons of Marshall, while saying no nomination decision has been made yet.
The Knights and Ladies of Security Council 564 surprised Deputy County Recorder Theodore Creutzel at his home with a 100 strong audience. John L. Gold presented a watch charm bearing order and Macabees emblems. Rev. F. L. Cook sang two solos as local notices of residents’ travels and employments appear in a town column.
Mrs. Davis of Houstonia returns home after visiting Mrs. T. L. Dickey. Sol Sandridge of Houstonia in the city. Mrs. O. W. Clabaugh of Green Ridge en route to Lamonte. Dr. O. W. Clabaugh of Green Ridge on business. E. E. May of Knob Noster returns home. Judge Alexander Graves of Lexington at Huckins. R. D. Boehme back from Jefferson City. P. H. Henry of Tipton in town. A. H. Dakin of Hannibal in Sedalia. Judge Albers from Smithton attends county court. Hon. John T. Heard makes a business trip to Smithton. Rev. R. D. Black returns to Nora Springs. In. Ed Toole and wife of Stockbridge Wis. transported to Warrensburg en route to Kansas City. Sam Kidd resigns from Prudential Insurance in St. Louis and returns home. Mrs. Emma Rippey of St. Louis passes through to Kansas City, met by Sedalia friends. Col. Charles E. Leonard and Arthur Wallace of Bunceton travel to Kansas City for stock sales. Leonard says son Nelson has returned from Cuba and the South. Miss Mayme Looney accepts a position at the Third National Bank.
La mine street resident and former jail inmate Policeman Shaw rode the Missouri Pacific No. 2, was dropped at Lamine street for drunkenness, fell, then struggled with Officers Mason and Eckhoff. Eckhoff struck twice in the face. Mason intervened. The incident drew street commentary.
Charles P. Thomas a former Missouri Pacific boilermaker filed a bankruptcy petition through attorney Cc C Lawson. His assets are wearing apparel and his liabilities total 175 dollars. He lost his job this week when a judgment was signed against him and wages were garnisheed in Kansas City Kansas.
Holy communion at 7 30 a m Wednesday and auxiliary women's meeting and address at 4 15 p m. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance.
C W Hamlin of Springfield, who won the Seventh district Democratic nomination by defeating James Cooney, spoke in St Louis with James Neville and Ed Duncan. He plans a rest before campaigning and notes his North Carolina birth and Missouri move in 1869. He believes the district will elect him.
The fishing party is planned for George E Dugan’s at 116 East Fifth Street this evening. Dr W G Cowan presented a diabetes paper to Pettis County Medical Society members on Monday evening. Sorosis met Monday afternoon with President Mrs T P McCluney, who spoke on Keats the Poet of Beauty. Rev Frank O Fannon and his wife celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary on Monday March 31.
A.C. Baldwin, formerly of Sedalia and now a railway mail clerk, is a son of a Sedalia newspaper man. The appointment lists include W. P. Cunningham H. A. Blodgett and Solomon Jewett of Bakersville California and Dallas Texas respectively.
L K Hempey announces a public sale of stock and household effects on March 25 at his farm nine miles south of the city. He plans to move to another locality.
The board of health raised the quarantine Monday for the residences of McBride at Sixth and Lamine, Long at Cooper and Osage, Butler at East Pettis, Buckner at Osage and Johnson.
August Gergas the express messenger remains unable to resume his run after the Fortuna wreck. William Higginbotham, a prominent barber supply dealer, is just regaining mobility after suffering a broken rib in the same incident.
The Lookout committee of the Christian Endeavor society at First Christian Church invites members to a social at Mrs. Robert Ramsey’s home 1101 South Ohio Street Thursday evening from 5 to 10. A good time is assured.
The fire department was called to 93 South Lamine Street at 7 20 this morning by a flue burning out. The Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their annual business meeting and election of officers next Saturday at the home of their president Mrs McCluney. Dr A M Goldstrandt has filed his certificate for the practice of medicine here. John Schluesing and May Monsees of Smithton were today licensed to practice. The county court today approved the report of the commissioners in the
The Sedalia-California Oil company with a capital stock of 250000 held its annual election yesterday selecting Judge W. S. Shirk and Jos. D. Donnahue as directors.
Arnold awarded $49 damages in road case from Dresden township and plans to appeal. Carl A. Guenthers held a large fire sale opening with a loud crash and continued to attract heavier buying today.
The county court grants the Sedalia lyceum permission to use the old library rooms in the basement of the courthouse for its meetings.
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