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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
7
Sedalia merchants advertise fabric options including Mercerized Canvas and Canela Stripes. Paris fashions are praised as chic and Sedalia’s leading ladies show support by patronage. Corded Stripes shirt waist material offered in two to eight yard cuts with customization. Sold by the piece at not less than 20 cents a yard, mill end pricing.
The Sentinel reports the marriage of George D. Herron to Carrie Rand in Grinnell Iowa on May 30 sparking strong local reaction. Professor L F Parker calls the union a temporary liaison and equates the ceremony with a brothel, urging respectable citizens to distance themselves.
Attendees from Tipton include Roy F. Bane cashier T G Snorgrass Peyton Gallagher Chas Carpenter and Judge Joslyn along with lawyers Moore Williams Joslyn for the plaintiff and Wray Steele Bohling for the defense. The Peoples Bank sued to set aside a $3000 deed alleging fraud and lost. Also advertised is a wagon sale and enamel paint availability in Warrensburg.
Advertises well bound skirts with lined and unlined options and a variety of materials. Notes hands are busy with six to ten ladies sewing skirts and free bows have been made for months. Emphasizes white ribbons of all widths and kinds.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo has opened a no charge visitor information bureau at 652 Main Street opposite the Invalids Hotel. The service offers mail handling desks stationery lodging lists and guidance for excursions to Niagara Whirlpool Rapids Toronto Chautauqua and Great Lakes areas. No fee is charged and the bureau aims to make visitors’ stays inexpensive and convenient.
In Lamar Missouri on May 30 excitement grows over oil prospects in Western Barton County. Representatives from Joplin and New York capitalists drill near Oskaloosa. A ten mile stretch shows oil evidence with oil seeping from wells. Tests denote high quality lubricating oil valued at 50 cents a gallon. About three thousand acres leased with many farm options at high prices.
Latour and Sherer advertise cabinet photographs priced at 3 dollars per dozen, inviting customers to order portraits in a period fashion. The notice emphasizes affordable rates for multiple copies.
E. H. Lamberson once a Wallace Mo resident and Sunday school superintendent in St. Joseph Mo died en route to the police station after stealing a horse and buggy. He left a wife and two children and carried substantial life insurance. Friends express great distress over the tragedy.
A two ounce package of Red Cross Ball Blue is priced at five cents.
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