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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1901
Page
4
G B Lamm declares his bid for county school superintendent in the upcoming April election. He states his plan to seek the office and asks for support from voters and supporters.
The passage lampoons Ben Odell and Tom Platt with Roosevelt staying at Albany while Chaffee exits the allied theater. It mocks Grover Cleveland as a derelict afloat and questions support for Cuba under McKinley. Meiklejohn’s firing illustrates a fable of being starved between two rewards.
Report from Washington says a major U S steamship company tied to the subsidy bill is distributing free passage tickets to any senator or representative willing or able to travel to Europe this summer. The bill faces renewal in the next Congress.
President McKinley arranged a spoils census for 1900 with a political appointee at the top and several small state politicians filling subordinate posts. Director Merriam now confronts surprise and dismay as Maryland enumerators are found to have padded their returns.
Text suggests a reflection on Japan's stance toward Russia, noting a population primed to view a clash as inevitable and raising the core question of possible response or considerations ahead.
In San Francisco on March 27 the TEENS Girl company stranded Edward Entis Hamlin after a Chicago millionaire persona failed. Hamlin had married Mabel Hite in Salt Lake City and spent lavishly before the troupe prepared to travel to Los Angeles. Manager Rosenberg refused Hamlin’s fare and left him behind while his father’s Marshall Field & Co. connection was expected to supply funds.
The Twenty first assembly district republican club endorsed Andrew Carnegie for mayor of Greater New York at a recent meeting. A committee including Abraham Gar ber was formed to approach Carnegie and seek his consent to run.
The speaker questions Russia’s timing for conflict arguing that current hampered finances and an incomplete railway project reduce potential gains. The remark implies that a completed rail line would significantly shift logistics and advantage in any early hostilities.
Kansas lawmakers push new liquor statutes citing business and tax concerns even as state authorities struggle to enforce current rules. Officials report uneven compliance across counties and call for clearer guidelines and resources to close gaps in oversight.
W L Jones advertises a general transfer business including coal and wood hauling garbage hauling and moving of all kinds. Calls can be made to telephone number 369 for inquiries or service.
Newcastle Pennsylvania March 27 labor unions oppose the $50 000 Carnegie library gift city council likely to reject the offer Trades Assembly Division 89 Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Em ployer protests say donations offend independence and recall the Homestead tragedy suggesting aid to Homestead widows and orphans instead
Sedalia Lodge No. 125 B P O Elks meets tonight to elect officers. It is probable L P Andrews will be chosen exalted ruler to succeed Dr E L Moore.
Dresden Missouri notes itemize local moves travels and social chatter. Rev L Hayworth returns home improved Miss Elsie Trowbridge heads to Pleasant Hill and Miss Mattie Brown visits Carlsbad New Mexico. Business and family updates include Chauncey Elmer at the Commercial hotel and Raines Old ready for spring work with new tools.
Ras Dudding a brother of Maud Dudding of Hazel Hill township and a well known local brakeman on the M K and T railway sustained fatal injuries in a railroad accident Friday morning at Smithson Texas. He died in a Houston hospital Friday night and his remains will be brought here for burial. He was about 35 years old and married.
Mrs. Ella Downey of Fontanelle Iowa files for divorce on unprecedented grounds citing her husband as the cause in a terse divorce filing.
Cotton dress fabrics arrive daily adding to the store’s dry goods. The passage highlights the appeal of light and dainty textiles as seasonal offerings and shelves fill with new bolts for shoppers.
Advertises fabric shop practices urging customers to test washables and return or exchange if colors run or fade. Promotes wide range of fabrics including silk ginghams lace battistes and embroidered swisses with new 32 inch sizes and claims best quality from first makers.
The store offers 50 Wash Silks at 9 cents per yard with many sold yesterday and more yards remaining. 24 inch Forward Silks are 69 cents, priced lower than typical stores which sell at 5 to 85 cents. The patterns are dainty and colorings artistic, a solid value.
Friday discounts feature Womens 50 Fancy Lostery patterns and a Cheviot Suit set with Nid Gloves. Hose stock uncertain for Saturday, urging quick purchase to avoid missing value. Limited alteration service noted due to high demand in dressmaking.
The court hears of J. D. Hail Dry Goods Co, Frank Downey who lost an arm last fall and keeps the limb at home. In fits he waves it about, breaks dishes, and strikes the family dog, shocking his wife and prompting a separation claim and alimony sought.
Two first class men seek to canvass Pettis county for a staple reliable article with guaranteed good money. Must have experience and thorough acquaintance. Horse or horse and buggy required. Address immediately L care of Sentinel office.
A stage wedding planned for two burlesque troupe members at a Washington theatre was abandoned after the parties could not secure a qualified person to perform the ceremony.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain freeing laundry aid. It urges consumers to choose this product for reliably bright fabrics and cleaner whites.
Classified notice offering a gentle horse and a canopy top buggy for sale. Address listed as N. W. at this office.
A pointed, nostalgic ad extols Moerschel's Sedalia Beer as wholesome and curative. It claims the beer strengthens body and brain and urges readers to lodge standing orders, noting both old and new phone numbers.
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