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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1901
Page
5
The store offers many dress fabrics in light and heavy weights including Venetian and Broadcloths with a wide color range. Prices range from 1.00 to 1.75 per yard with special reductions this week to 98c for selected cloths and 69c for others. New basket canvas and Cheviot weaves are featured, about 50 inch width.
Special feature this week offers about forty ladies jackets in black and blue in sizes 34 36 38 39 marked 18.50 15.00 12.50 11.50 all at 5.50 to clear. Also good cotton blankets many fleece and plaid wool blankets with prices from 89c to 7.50.
The firm rejects rumors of exiting the coal trade or selling inferior coal. It asserts readiness to supply long-time and new customers with top coal quality and offers to burn its coal in any stove in town to prove superiority, emphasizing Missourian roots and competitive pricing.
A brief item notes exclusive designs for gloves and mittens in Amsterdam. The report highlights a limited line of handwear marked by distinctive features and internal branding.
Several brief items report residents at home and about town. Mrs. Matthews improves at her brother Dr. McClure’s home. Miss Alice Snell accepts a job at the Boston store. Carl A. Guenther markets fall and winter goods with discounts while Col. Joe Huckins recovers. Many residents travel to Kansas City or to nearby towns. others visit relatives or attend events.
Swift & Co. assigns F M Bailey to Albuquerque and A N Maltby to Kansas City. Missionaries Joseph P Jacobs and wife begin work aboard the Messenger of Peace chapel car, succeeding the Neils in charge. Local residents and travelers are noted in a long city roundup ahead of regional Swift distribution talks and a convention planning night.
The Boston at 214 Ohio Street advertises newest shapes and latest New York designs offered at unusually low prices. Roemer and Goodenow promote a wide range of affordable options in a bold retail pitch.
Circuit court resumed today and returned a verdict for the defendants in the ejectment case A J Gentry versus J R Clopton et al. Other entries include a change of venue request in Jane Huxton versus City of Kansas City and judgments in several civil suits.
The State Board of Agriculture announced two series of farmers institutes beginning Monday. The first series starts at Bunceton and travels to multiple towns with programs for Missouri farmers.
K A Maynard, once constable of Sedalia township about twenty years ago, died this morning at his Kansas City home. He was about 57 and a brother-in-law of Mrs. W S Holmesley of this city.
The county court named Kemp Hieronymus as constable of Heaths Creek Township to replace Henry McNutt. Court adjourned until October 22.
The city council plans an informal session tonight to discuss the water question and report an ultimatum to the water company.
Police seek a man to move a major exhibit to Clinton Street Fair October 16 to 19. They note a cash reward and provide an address and initials for contact at this office.
Harry Guillett a printer on the Sedalia Bazoo in 1893 died Sunday at Girard Kansas of consumption. He was 26 years old.
Socialists plan a meeting tonight to discuss community issues and organize activities. Organizers urge turnout to share plans and coordinate efforts.
City Clerk Baker reorganizes thirty years of files in the city vault. A city warrant against the defunct First National Bank was exchanged for steel book shelving and Rockwell's Rival file cabinet. Sorting old papers will take weeks.
Ed Davis and Jake Wright were fined one dollar each by Justice Rogers for causing a disturbance at the new colored club on Main street Saturday night. Lizzie Jennings Dora Hubbard Hortense Cross and Sadie Harris were fined two dollars each for the same offense.
Police court now convenes at 9 o'clock rather than 8:30. Peddler M. Castillo was fined $5 by Police Judge Truxel for drunkenness. John Humphreys and Robert Lamm were freed after 20 days for vagrancy, and John Manus was released after three days for trespassing.
Notice states readiness to clean wells and cisterns in a satisfactory manner at prices that will suit everybody. Contact George B. Goodrich at Eighteenth and Marvin or Bell Telephone 176.
Veterinary surgeons labor around the clock as thousands of horses fall to an unknown illness resembling glanders. The disease often starts with influenza symptoms and has caused numerous deaths in North Missouri.
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