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The College is located on Second street, in Sed alia, in large, commodious, well ventilated rooms, with a seating capacity of three hundred.

The following is but a brief description of the course of study at this prosperous institution.

DEPARTMENT OF PENMANSHIP.-In this department is taught plain and ornamental penmanship, pen drawing, flourishing, &c.

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTS.-Book keeping is thoroughly taught in this department, and the student enjoys the advantage of personal instruction continually.

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS.-In this department special attention is given to business arithmetic, and all kinds of commercial calculations.

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SEDALIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, SEDALIA, MO.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.-Here the student becomes familiar with the National banking system, and also that of private banks.

LADIES' DEPARTMENT.-All the studies that are taught in the other department are enjoyed in this.

There is delivered each day a lecture of one hour, to all the students, by Prof. W. H. Moore, on accounts and various other subjects. This course of lectures alone is worth more than the cost of attending the College, as it embraces information on all kinds of book-keeping and banking, manufacturing, joint stock companies, notes and bills, railways, agents and contracts, stocks and bonds, and many other subjects.

It is now generally believed that this institution is in master hands, and

conducted upon such sound business principles, that the character of its graduates will no doubt reflect to the credit of its founders and present proprietors.

When practical men who have had years of experience, either in the science of accounts, or in any other walk in business life, take any business in hand, their success is almost assured.

This College publishes monthly, three thousand copies of the College Journal, a four column folio, devoted to the interests of the institution, and which are mailed free all over the land.

THE PRESS.

The press of Sedalia has done a great work in aiding the progress of the city and the energy, intelligence, enthusiasm and hard work of the managers, editors and reporters, have done as much as the wealth and intelligence and personal influence of citizens in the mercantile and professional walks of life.

The Sedalia Eagle-Times issued its first publication as a daily and weekly newspaper in the month of February, 1882, as a consolidation of the Sedalia Eagle and the Sedalia Times, both old and well established Republican newspapers. The Times was established in Sedalia in the year 1865, by James Magann and P. G. Stafford. It afterwards passed through several hands, and finally, in the month of July, 1881, was purchased by John G. and William A. Sloane, who conducted the paper under the firm name and style of Sloane Bros. until the consolidation. On the 7th day of November, 1881, the first number of the Sedalia Daily Times was issued.

The Sedalia Eagle was founded by Milo Blair, at Boonville, Mo., in the year 1865, and was conducted by him at that place until the summer of 1878, when he removed the paper to Sedalia, and continued its publication here until said consolidation. In addition to the regular weekly issue the Sunday Morning Eagle was published by the same office.

The Bazoo printing establishment was opened for business on the first day of May, 1868, by J. West Goodwin, in a wooden building on the north side of Main street, between Ohio and Lamine streets. It consisted of one small press that could only print a sheet seven by nine inches, and a few cases of type. It was run as a job office until June 1, 1869, when the weekly Bazoo, a six column paper, was issued. The first number of the daily Bazoo, the first daily paper in the city, was issued Sept. 20, 1869, as an evening paper. On March 23, 1873, the first number of the Sunday morning Bazoo was issued.

The Bazoo now occupies a three-story building, at 209 Ohio street, and runs by steam three cylinder presses and three job presses, employing about thirty-five persons in all departments, including book-binding, job

rooms, newspaper and stationery store. It has a large and growing circulation, not alone confined to Sedalia, but is read largely in small places from fifty to one hundred miles in all directions.

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The Sedalia Democrat was established in 1868 and is one of the best edited and managed daily papers in Missouri, Maj. John N. Edwards

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editor, and John D. Russell manager, A History of the Democrat is given on page 395 of the history of Pettis County.

The Eagle-Times, as now organized, is published by the Missouri Printing Company, a corporation with the following officers: President and Manager, Jno. G. Sloane; Vice President, G. F. Kimball; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. A. Sloane. Its editors are Milo Blair and Jno. G. Sloane. It is the only Republican newspaper published in Pettis County, and is fearless in the expression of its principles. It has an extensive weekly circulation throughout Pettis and adjoining counties, and is considered one of the leading Republican papers of the State.

Sedalia Journal.-A not to be overlooked fact in the history of the city and county, is the establishment of a German weekly paper, which made its appearance in the year 1877, and which has since that time, through the liberal patronage of Germans as well as Americans, steadily grown, and just now entered upon its sixth volume. The Sedalia

Journal was founded, May 25, 1877, by Fred. L. Wensel, of Hermann, Mo. Mr. B. Rauck took possession of the paper the following year, but sold it on the 1st day of April, 1881, to Messrs. August and Charles Schneider, who, as practical printers and excellent business men, succeeded in bringing the paper up to its present standard and prominence. It can be truthfully maintained, that the Sedalia Journal now ranks among the best weekly newspapers of the State, in regard to circulation, editorial ability, as well as advertising patronage. In politics the Journal is Republican, and keeps pace with the progress of the times, and through the influence

of this paper our Germans owe many a victory. April 1, 1882, Mr. Chas. Schneider sold his interest to Mr. Chas. Botz, of St. Louis, and the new firm, under the name of Schneider & Botz, will strive to make the Journal the best weekly paper in the State, and, encouraged by its past success, to keep pace with the growth and wants of the general public.

CHAPTER X.-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Social, Benevolent and Secret Organizations.-Commercial, Military and Miscellaneous Organizations.--Masons, Odd Fellows, A. O. U. W, Military Companies, Social and Dramatic and National Clubs, I. O. G. T., Church Societies, Libraries, &c., &c. Probably no city of its size in the State has more secret and benevolent societies than Sedalia. Not only are the oldest organizations, like the Masons and Odd Fellows, represented, but the strongest and most popular orders or associations which have sprung into existence and become powerful means for good, in the past fifty years, are equally well represented.

From the best information that can be gained, every one of the bodies in this city is in a flourishing condition, with the exception of one or two, which have not yet been founded long enough to grow so strong that they can combat and overcome all circumstances.

There are many widows and orphans in this city to-day who are living in quiet comfort-the mother with means to assist and educate her children, the children with homes where they can remain until they have gained a common school training, or learned a business or trade, whereby they can support themselves-who have got their means from the treasury of the secret and benevolent societies. The scrupulous care with which the insurance and relief features of the societies have been conducted in this city, has attracted the attention of many non-society men.

Below will be found a complete list of benevolent, secret, social, national, military and miscellaneous organizations in the city. Each one has received such mention as the scope and chapter will permit of, and the length and minuteness of historical details have been governed by the age, character, strength and usefulness of the body or order.

FREE MASONS-SEDALIA LODGE, NO. 236.

This is the oldest order and lodge in the city. In 1863, a number of Masons, headed by Geo. W. Keill and Dr. Thomas J. Montgomery, took the initiatory steps to organize a lodge. A number of them had been members of Relief Lodge, No. 105, of Georgetown, which was opened Aug. 29, 1848, and was the first lodge in the county; but they had become indifferent and inactive and were not intimately known to each other. After a careful canvass of the town enough names of Masons were

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