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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
4
A vivid verse paints Sunday morning mood with Pierpont Morgan on organ and Hanna on drum while McKinley sings cheerful tunes. Teddy is urged to wait as crowd voices echo across the street, with Mark’s sly smile and assurances that all want him.
Entrance exams start next Friday as students flood Columbia Missouri for winter housing. Board will be higher than last year due to drought with clubs costing about 1.50 dollars weekly versus 1.25 previously. Two-thirds of club rooms are booked and the regular session begins September 10 with all departments opening.
Texas banks received notice from the treasury that two Montana bank denomination bills totaling 300000 dollars are circulating unsigned. The tens and twenties were stolen during the Northern Pacific train robbery en route from Washington to the banks.
The World’s Voting Contest in Missouri awards a Ludwig piano to the top vote getter from the Kansas City World. Mae French of Maryville leads with 119,600 votes, followed by Susie Parish Sedalia 11,400 and Mary Paden 11,200. Ott's Pharmacy offers 10 cent ice cream sodas and 5 cent children's drinks. a $1 round trip to Jefferson City via M., K. & T. railway departs Sedalia at 8 am.
A social to welcome the pastor is set for this evening at the home of Mrs J M Planck. Details of address or start time are not provided in the fragment.
The young people of the Christian church host a welcome for Rev. F. O. Fannon who arrived on Wednesday to begin his duties.
William McDevitt, expert chemist of the Philadelphia Fire Department, demonstrated explosive dangers before Indianapolis fire chiefs. A simple test with gasoline and a match in a baking powder can lifted the lid and showed the risk of storing fuels in city buildings. He warned that even a few gallons could blow out walls and destroy structures, and highlighted risks from flashlight powder and chlorate of potash in bulk.
A renowned British figure warns of imminent confrontation with Russia, signaling rising tensions and potential military or diplomatic ruptures ahead. The forewarning emphasizes a volatile international climate and calls for cautious, strategic responses from allied nations.
London leaders warn of a possible war as Russian pressure on Persia disrupts the Quetta Nushki trade route to India. Russia's control of customs via a long-ago loan could detain caravans, while British policy faces a test in defending commercial and political interests.
Locations across Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Missouri offer prime agricultural districts with prosperous farmers and successful merchants. Demand for capable men with capital for all business branches including creamery and milling. Suitable sites for general merchandise hardware harness hotels banks and stock buyers. Correspondence invited. Maps and Maple Leaflets available from W. J. Reed industrial agent 604 Endicott building St. Paul Minnesota.
Very low rates to Cleveland and return will be in effect next month via the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway. Return limit may be extended to October 8. No other line offers equal train service. For full information contact B. P. Humphrey in Kansas City or F. M. Byron in Chicago.
Pauline Missouri. Ed O'Daniels a respected farmer and his wife near Pauline are parents of twins a boy and a girl born last Sunday. Each weighed three pounds and a half at birth yet both seem healthy and expected to live long. Dr Clabaugh of Green Ridge attended the birth.
A shop advertises a wide range of hair combs including top combs and pompadour styles, pins from 3c to 25c, shell and brass pins, hair brushes, dressed combs, safety pins, hooks and eyes, jap fans, tooth and nail brushes, curling irons, beads, and bead buttons with prices from 2c to $1.50. Items are offered in various small denominations and sets.
J D Hail Dry Goods Co reports mothers and babies all well. Mr and Mrs O Daniels are middle aged with two younger children. Daniel Botts of Mt Leonard Saline county visited on business. Mrs David Botts near the city ill. Protracted meeting at Bethel union church under Methodists with conversions. Another meeting at Prairie View where four converts were baptized. M S Botts visited Green Ridge and attended baptizing where thirteen converts were immersed by Rev Potter. Mrs Adam Bates leaves for a week with relatives in Henry county. Pauline Wannatta schoolhouse being repainted. John George back from two weeks in Arkansas. Mrs Jeff Drake went to Colorado to join husband.
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