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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1901
Page
8
Judge J. G. Senior will preside over a colt exhibition in Stokley on Saturday September 7. Owners of colts sired by the stallion Monitor and Jack Prince Albert may exhibit and compete for premiums offered.
Wheelos Wheelon soda is advertised as a top fountain drink sold in seventeen states and made in Sedalia. A local note invites Sedalia to attend a Sunday ball game with Sedalia facing St. Charles.
The latest musical review by James L. McCabe titled Maloney's Wedding Day is booked to appear at the opera house on Wednesday night September 4. The show promises a dash of ginger song comedians and pretty costumed performers with bright scenery to heighten the fun.
Robert Wright a colored man near Dresden reported to officers that his wife deserted him with a two month old baby. He said she planned to travel on an excursion and left with a child from a prior marriage. He seeks a warrant for her arrest.
Dover Kansas T. K. Thomson and sons show Shorthorn cattle. Marshall Missouri F M Lail presents Poland China hogs. Green Ridge exhibitor H E Colvin offers light harness horses Miller Elk Napton Louella and Topsy for single and double teams. New Hampton Iowa J Tennant and son display Poland China hogs. Girard Campbell and Dorsey show Cleveland Bay horses. Urbana Ohio H R Barnitz enters forty art exhibits.
Sedalia advertises Crawford's Ginger Ale made from ginger not capsicum, claimed equal to the best. Mentions a $1 round trip to Jefferson City via M K T railway with a special train leaving Sedalia at 8 a m.
Paul Tredway foreman of the Missouri Pacific machine gang returns from Kansas City. John Lewis gains brakeman duties. O W Kinsey, ill switchman, expected to report for duty soon. S K Bullard leaves for Dallas to oversee Katy station wiring. Ed Lutz Al Ruckman and A G Davis depart Sedalia for Shreveport to take similar conductor roles.
Sedalia returned from Quincy Ill where they beat the Quincy Reserves in two of three games 14 to 1 the Labor Day win. Watt pitched thirteen strikeouts with four hits. The team eyes a Jefferson City duel with St Charles on Sunday September 8 as Professor Hawkins departs to teach languages at the state university.
National League results show Brooklyn 11 over St Louis 6 and New York 6 over Chicago 1. In two games New York beat Chicago 3 to 1 after a 1 to 3 first game. Philadelphia swept Cincinnati with 4 to 3 and 6 to 1. Pittsburg won 5 to 3 then 3 to 0 against Boston.
Frank McHenry, a southern horse buyer, shipped forty head of horses from Sedalia to New Orleans on Sunday. The Sedalia region has been fairly well drained of horses recently.
A Pittsburg woman testifies that Ayer’s Hair Vigor stopped her hair from falling every winter and promoted new growth, allowing her to forgo a wig last season. The ad cites the product as unequal for feeding hair and claims nationwide availability at $1.00 through druggists.
In recent months buyers have sourced numerous mules shipped from across Missouri. A Sedalia youth, son of Captain E W Stevens, oversees loading of large vessels at the port, sending stock worldwide, with most animals destined for South America.
Warensburg Missouri September 3 Five hundred men patrolled the county near the Henderson murder site searching barns haystacks and outhouses for Francis with no result One hundred men watched local negro residents their movements tracked A saddle and bridle stolen from R C Brownlee near Holden the night of the murder is linked suggesting Francis took a horse to escape A circulating tale of a prominent citizen hiring a hunter is noted but not confirmed
W C Hyatt husband of Henderson’s kin posted 500 dollars for arrest and conviction of any man who employed Francis the negro. County court adds 200 dollars, Warrensburg Star 25 dollars and Sheriff Koch 25 dollars. Total reward now 700 dollars.
A notable ball game between Sedalia and St. Charles highlights the schedule. A returning train from Jefferson City departs at 8 p.m. on September 8.
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