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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
5
The Murray Comedy company opened a week at Wood's opera house and drew the largest audience yet. After remodeling and adding four hundred chairs, last night’s show was sold out with Lonnie Deane’s dances praised. A grand family matinee is scheduled for Saturday.
J. R. Smith who recently sold his farm and household goods near Smithton will probably leave tomorrow for Joplin. His family will remain here for some time.
Eleven freight cars and two coaches carried emigrants and their belongings from Sweet Springs to Dakota. The families plan to settle in Dakota, while orders for lincrusta and plastic relief work are taken at McClellan's, 314 Ohio, by phone 3239.
The Capital Tea Co states a sale on a 50 cent can of Baking Powder and a bottle of extract with new pieces arriving. A surprise choice of the lot is offered and rice boilers will be added in a day or two.
Closing out for sale one baby carriage used three months. Mrs. Ralph Rhodes at 3216 West Eleventh advertises the item to dispose of it.
Miss Nellie Hogan of Springfield Illinois, who had been visiting Miss Seggerson, returned home Monday night.
Doc Gross Jr repairs all stoves and cleans chimneys without dust in the house. Leave orders with E M Shields at Market House. Charles Cullum and Al Baumgardner went to the new reservoir for ducks this morning. They offer general transfer business and painting supplies with Sherwin Williams paints promoted by Servant Harker Drug Co.
Notices advertise exchange options for good farms in eastern and western Kansas and 166 acres in Phelps county Missouri for property near Sedalia or merchandise. Also seeks educated adults for business handling, cash discounts, a paint window display, a grocery store for sale with $1200 cash, and office rooms for rent at Hoffman Building.
The Webb City Register reports last week mine yields totaling 12 271 280 pounds of zinc and 1 043 170 pounds of lead with a value of 199 152 dollars. Theo dore Creutzel’s 12 year old son Willie marked his birthday with thirty friends last Saturday. Virginia Gorrell of Houstonia visited Fulton en route home Monday. First Christian church ladies plan a large dinner on Thursday April 5.
Rev J S Bitler resigns as pastor of the First M E Church in Sedalia to enter evangelistic work. The official board approved thanks for his service and urged return, but Bitler chose to designate Sedalia as headquarters while pursuing broader field evangelism.
The Boonville Advertiser letter praises Governor Stephens as a model leader for Missouri and the Democratic party. It argues Northwest Missouri should unite to honor him as delegate at large, noting the party’s progress, prosperity, and the nation’s future. It criticizes crowded campaigns and mentions Mrs. Dewey’s political ambitions.
At Windsor on a Friday Harry Winzenried and Will Marti duckhunting. On returning home Marti fired at a dog with a 32 calibre revolver. The horse spooked and while trying to calm it Marti fired again, the ball striking Winzenried behind the right ear and passing through.
J. Smith returns to Windsor from Sedalia and plans to resume city citizenship. His daughter married Wm. Reinhart and they will also come back to their former home. Mrs. John A. Collins relocates this week from West Third Street to 201 East Seventh.
The piece argues that mail handling costs and rail charges exceed fair commercial rates. It cites a 25 percent rail cut as sufficient to balance books, saving millions in 1898. It blames the post office leadership and railroad influence for withholding information and opposes authority figures linked to rail interests.
Uranite lodge No 272 A F and AM will meet in a special communication at 7 30 pm for work in the second degree All Master Masons invited Archibald Campbell W M S M Hodges, Secretary Also for sale a five room house and lot in the west part of town or will trade for lot or acre property in suburbs Apply to 613 S Ohio
A rousing session of the Business Men's club is planned for tonight in Sedalia. Worthy items on the agenda include bringing two railroads into the city and the construction of two new factories.
Rosa Pearle questions Sedalia Republicans for posing as professionals in beauty. The remark targets Dr. Crawford who is described as genial and formal.
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