Train schedule fragments at Sedalia Warsaw line
Eastbound No. 72 arrives and No. 74 arrives. No. 198 narrow gauge local. Southbound trains depart Sedalia and arrive Warsaw at 11:45 a.m.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
4
Eastbound No. 72 arrives and No. 74 arrives. No. 198 narrow gauge local. Southbound trains depart Sedalia and arrive Warsaw at 11:45 a.m.
Clem Honkomp stands as a widely favored figure in Pettis County politics. As treasurer he would back a model official vote for Clem, reflecting strong local support and candidate recognition.
Lost purse reported on West Main street road. information sought at office. Department K, corner Perkins and Union streets, Akron, Ohio seeks general and local agents for a profitable business with daily earnings from five to ten dollars and rapid advancement.
The notice states that cutting and fitting services are offered to order at the Standard Dress Cutting Academy located in Room 304 of the O'Meara building.
Salesmen to sell Lubricating Oils Greases Belting and Specialties on commission. Address gives references The Howard Oil and Grease Co Cleveland Ohio.
Big rummage sale continues at 108 Osage Street one door north of Ethridge's Barber Shop. Attend for bargains on household items and clothing.
The Sentinel calls for a stout industrious and willing boy to build fires sweep and be generally useful with a chance to learn press room work. Inquire at once.
Miss Delia Steele and locomotive engineer William Taylor married at her parents home on West Sixteenth street with Rev. J B Fuller officiating. The newlyweds depart for Mexico where they will reside. Nearby society items report club meetings, delegations to Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs, and small gatherings including the Idle Wilde club with prize pins won by Miss Alice Miner. A quiet Warsaw wedding for Dr. John K. Smith and Miss Flora V. Petts was held at Rev. J M Plannett’s home on East Sixth Street.
The senior class met yesterday and adopted a constitution, formed a program committee, and decided to meet each Friday. Officers elected include President Reuven Gentry, Vice President George Brownfield, Secretary Miss Jennie Morey, Treasurer Luther Ferguson, and Sergeant at Arms Sterling Gallie.
Wanted young women to improve their condition by training as nurses. A profession not overcrowded with valuable instructions for 25 cents. American School of Technique, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The citizen urged vote for Dr T P McLuney for coroner praising him as a gentleman and thoroughly deserving the office. The appeal emphasizes trustworthiness and fitness for the position.
Edward Hurley traveled to Carthage on Tuesday to investigate the stone supply problems delaying construction at the pub. Officials hope to determine the cause and expedite repairs to the site.
Captain and Mrs E W Stevens drove a party to Smithton Tuesday evening to dine at the hotel aboard a new three seated brake. The group included Mesdames Easton Carr Hansberger Barret and Frank Ross. Mr and Mrs H C Wykoff of 706 East 15th street celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Tuesday night with friends.
The Augustain club will hold a social session tonight in the YMCA hall. Al Cordes Dr H L Cannon F H Grey and others will be initiated into the club. Miss Frances Smith left this morning for Warrensburg where she will be piano accompanist this evening at a concert by Miss Marion Elvira Jones.
East Broadway church ladies hosted a chicken pie social at Mrs L C Smith’s Walnut and Hill home. Nehemegar club to meet tonight at the High School. Rev W T Scott presents Some Principles of Literary Criticism. Company D drill at Liberty Park to win Bankers’ gold medal followed by a dance. Second Congregational church plans a New England supper on November 2.
The library building project has stalled due to material shortages. Mr. Hurley proposes measures to end the delay and advance construction.
Pettis County leaders call for Dr. Joseph Brown as the Democratic candidate this fall, arguing a Brown win would secure a large state appropriation for the Missouri State Fair.
Remnants offered at half price to clear stock from a busy season. Short ends include dress goods for waists and skirts lining and trims. Ribbons and French Flannel remnants offered at small prices for dressmakers and fancy work. All remnants from across the store sold at half price.
A sale offers umbrellas reduced to $2.50 and $2.90 from $5.00 each. The stock includes silk models that roll compactly. Ladies’ umbrellas feature bone and ivory handles with silver filigree while men’s have natural wood handles with sterling fittings.
Far seeing housekeepers find this notion stock a profitable place to linger and buy. Values offered during this sale are below previous quotations but only for goods of standard quality. Corrections include sewing machine needles at 5 cents per and hooks and eyes at 1 cent. Additional quotations list items such as Pally Belts 25 cents, purses 5 cents, chatelaine bags 25 cents, queen dress fasteners 5 cents, velvet grip hose supporters 15 cents, shell hair pins 5 cents per dozen, hat pins 5 cents per dozen, feather stitched braid 5 cents per bunch.
Omer Taylor aged seven was riding oats with his father when a wagon wheel ran over him at Twelfth and Harrison. He suffered painful bruises but no bones were broken. Dr. W. H. Evans treated him on the scene.
A Boston Journal note explains the five clawed dragon as the emblem of imperial China symbolizing universal dominion. It portrays the dragon rising from the sea clutching the sun, the emperor as the dragon's body, and the throne as the dragon's throne.
A thunderstorm near Consett in North Durham England saw lightning strike a pasture, digging a trench three to three and a half feet deep and six inches to seven inches wide, extending about twelve feet. Claw-like fragments scattered up to twenty yards away and turf torn as if cut by a sharp tool. A six by nine inch sod was deposited on the opposite side of a fence in a neighboring field.
English carriers train pigeons across the island for systematic message transmission. A pigeon post operates at Crystal Palace and many clubs link to continental points. Trained pigeons are seen as valuable in war, with historic notes on Rothschild pigeons at Waterloo and pigeons during the Paris siege.
A Colorado mining boom ends abruptly as a mine owner and stock manipulator dies suddenly. The local paper, once praising his success, prints a sensational headline reversal showing the truth about his predatory dealings. Readers see a stark contrast between hype and reality.
The emperor of Russia issues a ukase prohibiting baccarat throughout his empire including private homes. St. Petersburg social life reels as the ban threatens a heavy fine for the first offense and a prolonged prison term on a second offense.
London faces growing concern over lawyers financial failures and client losses from securities held by lawyers. In three years thirty solicitors appeared before bankruptcy courts, ten of whom absconded and six were imprisoned.
A brief quoted exchange from the Indianapolis Press features a lean cotton-clothed man asking a young man if he ponders the clock’s ticks drawing him toward the grave. The youth replies that each tick also brings payday closer, framing a witty existential contrast.
A Washington Star snippet portrays a boy in leather at a Crimson Gulch doorway asking if his father will return. The reply hints Pap faces a vigilante committee and a rough timetable, estimating 20 minutes or never for his coming home.
Two figures joke about window thermometers used to measure heat and cold in a cartoonish exchange. The caption resembles a quip about readiness and observation, reflecting a lighthearted street scene. The humor hinges on a double-thermometer gag and a banter about astronomy.
The Chicago Chronicle notes rubber culture began scientifically at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens in 1876 by Dr. Trimen and reports by 1897 Ceylon had about 250 000 Brazilian rubber trees reflecting early colonial cultivation and industry.
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