The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-01-23
UP THE GOLDEN STAIR.
Sale Of the EaRle-Times to the
New Ago.

For some time past negotiations have
been pending for the sale Of the Eagle
Times of this city to the New Age, the
prohibition paper, run by Messrs. COrwin
& Fraker. The trade was cOnsummated
last night. and to-day the new firm takes
| possession, takes hold and the old organi-
cation steps out and gees 10 that bourne
from which NO traveller returns. The
Eagle Times will make one more issue and
then the whole thing will be swallowed BY
the New Age and hereafter Be published
under that name, making the names Of
Eagle and Times both extinct.
A little history in connection with this
will not be out Of place.
THE sEDALIA ADVERTISER
July, 1864, and was edited BY DIR. Logan
Clark, nov deceased, and .. A. Crandall,
IN attorney OF this city. This Was in the
campaign Of 1864. In the spring Of 1865.
p. G. Stafford and James e. Magann, Of
Washington, No., came here and bough.
out the Advertiser, and changed the name
to "The Sedalia Weekly Times" The new
firm built brick building on the corner of
Second and Ohio streets, now occupied by
Fleischman's drug store, and moved in.
In 1867 Perry Halves, a Xeuia, Ohio
school teacher, trsmped into Sedsiia and
bought half interest in the Times. In
March, 1865, Gen. Bacon Montgomery, now
one of the Proprietors of the Dispatch,
bought half interest-Msgann's part-in
the Times.
In 1869 +. A. Sampson, J. NJ. Goodman
and A. }. Sampson bought the Times out
fit. which wss then located an the second
story of the building now
occupied by the BAzoo The heavy weight
hrm-ln names-was not a success. The
next year, 1870. they sold to Charles A.
Walker, Of Indianapolis, for 5000 He
continued to publish the paper about two
years. and after paying $500 on the
purchase, turned il back TO the parties
and it fell into the ownership OF F. A.
Sampson.
A few months after this, the Times vas
sold to Rev. Cephas A. Leach, holy land
emmigrant, who walked into Sedalia on q
cold day in February. 1874.
Trouble and slow and lingering death
commenced. He was q failure as a news
paper manager and editor in every par
ticular. The paper commenced going TO
the bad very soon after he assumed its con.
troll, and continued to die for seven years.
The old man had an ambition TO be an
editor. 1t took seven years time and sew
eral thousand dollars In money to satisfy
the ambition, but he got there.
In 1881 Cephss let the Times sleep a few
weeks, when it was sold to Kimball and
Sloane Brothers. They infused little
life into the almost defunct concern, and
started daily edition
In 1857, thirty men, members of :he
party, signed a note and let the concern
have 5000 cash To help it along. That
lasted only a very short time when the |
coQcern was again about TO wink out"
This time Milo Blair had been appointed |
postmaster, and not wishing to continue i'm !
the business, consolidated The |
Eagle with The Times and /,
a joint stock company was formed,
with q. +. Kimhall not un-
known 10 the thirty signers," was bust
ness manager of the old and the !
new concern.
The company sOsn got enough of Kim
BALLS managing" and he was summariiy |
The Sloanes then undertook TO
continue the business, but it was zap hill TO
keep life in the corpse, while the stock
holders we're marching along whistling to
Keep up their courage.
At this juncture, Ben Lingle, one of the
founders of the Advertiser, from which
grew the Times, was called i'm and run il
quite successfully, until now, when IL is
'old by the company.
Mr.. Lingle has the honor of being i'm at
It's birth, with his brother. George X LinIle.
now of the Henry county Democrat, and
now Ben is TO day acting as executor to
he estate OF the dead Journal.
The paper has had an eventual career. Ii
has made and lost great deal of money.
Hawes made money out Of ii, as did Ma
,ann. They bled the party without stint,
md soaked the party and the piople for all
he patronage they could command, at
prices that were akin Co highway robbery.
aiker made money with the concern, but
lie paid an outrageous price for the worn
m. material, and he saw that it was life
lime job to get 4 competency i'm the usual
avenues of business through the the instru.
Of that paper-hence
giving 1t up Magann made money
With the paper, but he drank gin and
played loaier until he was insolvent and
le left Sedalia pauper
The present location Of the former pro-
,rietors Of the Times are. As far as known,
ire a. follows:
L. q. Stafford. no~ In Sedalia.
j. u. Magann, in California.
Perry HAYES, Washington, ID. G.
Al Sampson, Colorado.
+. A. Sampson, Sedalis
}. NJ Goodman, boot and shoe business,
indiana. i
{. \. Walker, holding a government
at Washington.
Cephas A. Leach, in Illinois, doing some
ingie-fOoied exkorting.
g. +. Kimball is in Kansas, eking out an
Existence i'm some way or other.
John Sloane, of the Sloane Bros, is at
;srihsge, Mo.
Peace to its ashes.
FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Com
'lsint, YOU have printed guarantee on
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