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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1902
Page
6
The stove repairer operates from 213 West Main Street and has lived in Sedalia since 1865, promising to stay as long as residents support him. Also mentions Queen City Telephone, 364.
About 1 423 workers in the Chicago Telephone Company face a potential strike as wages were cut on May 1. Operators report shortages of skilled staff and a new beginner school at the main office to train cheap hires. Management denies cuts and cites a large pool of experienced workers and a steady service level despite some linemen striking.
A dated advertising claim touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as preventing dangerous wound complications and healing long running sores even after delays. It cites H. C. Hardy of Yankeetown Indiana and says a few boxes cured his leg sore after other remedies failed. Counterfeits are warned by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
New Life lodge No. 36 Select Knights and Ladies host an ice cream social and dance next Tuesday night. The lodge initiated Nets Mosher Charles Sugart and Mr and Mrs Pat Sullivan. Organizer James Wilkerson left today for Warrensburg to work for the order.
Dr T T Major and Son advertise limited time dental work with cheap full sets from $8 and up and fillings from 50 to 75 cents. They promote painless extractions, bridge work, and warranties with office at 410 Ohio Street opposite the courthouse.
A WAYS AROUND. Though towns lie twenty miles apart as the crow flies, rail travel requires a ninety mile journey from Trenton to Chillicothe.
A sizable theft report cites highwaymen and substandard substitutes believed to damage the Rocky Mountain Tea mark famed by Madison Medicine and W. E. Bard Drug Company.
An evangelist has been creating a furore in Bates County delivering a lecture titled Soap, Soap and Salvation. The message mixes religious themes with humorous rhetoric, drawing local attention and mixed reactions from residents.
We offer best Windsor coal for cooking and heating at 3.00 per ton with full weight guaranteed and delivery. Also supplying dry and green wood in cord or stove lengths at the lowest prices. Call at yards or by phone.
Kansas City laundries consider forming a combine to raise prices on men’s work including cuffs at 5 cents per pair collars at 216 cents and shirts at 10 cents while flat ironed hotel work would stay at cost. Opposing firms struggle to unite and no new meetings have been scheduled.
In St. Louis on May 21, the city’s large laundries raised prices after a consensus among proprietors. They cited higher costs for materials with soap up 4 percent, starch 15 percent, and horse feed up 100 percent.
Dumpville reports visitors from Sedalia and Leesville as railroad surveying teams camp at Campville survey the line from Versailles west to Kansas City. Local churchgoers attend Manila and Lamonte services, with community members visiting and socializing across nearby towns. Residents seek rainfall and note multiple local travel and visiting patterns during the week.
Bright white clothes require Red Cross Ball Blue. A large 207 package costs 5 cents. Use this traditional powder to keep linens and garments pure.
The municipal electric lighting plant at Independence Missouri is already four thousand five hundred dollars behind in its accounts.
Rev. P. H. Roberts of St. Louis is in the city representing a large publishing house and will likely remain about a week longer for business and promotional efforts.
Classified sections list rates for help wanted lost and found and sale ads with 30 words or less priced at 25 cents three times. Obituaries and resolutions have separate rates and line limits. Enclose all responses in an envelope and address correctly.
Albany May 21 the city council rejected an ordinance to accept 150 000 from Andrew Carnegie for a free public library. All members were present votes were ten in favor and nine against.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain free whitening agent for household laundry. It features a large 2 oz. package priced at five cents and promotes clear white clothing through its use.
It is assumed that as wireless telegraphy becomes common, messages will incur charges based on space rates. The statement reflects prevailing view on pricing for early wireless communication services.
The notice cites C. C. Lawson attorney at law located in the Katie building for private loans. Bell telephone 467 is listed for contact.
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