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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
4
Convention will be held at Appleton City on May 20. The Olemargerine bill passed the Senate 39 to 31 with Senator Cockrell yea and West voting aye. Local editorials praise or critique politics and manners while listing other political items from Missouri and national figures.
Whispered chatter in political circles suggests Grenier and allies will spend up to $10,000 to secure Flory in the Congressional nomination contest for the Tenth district. The mention signals intense maneuvering as candidates seek advantage.
A Sentinel correspondent argues Indiana Democrats should unite and avoid helping Republicans. He favors direct US Senate elections, statewide nominating conventions, and a party platform to unify Missouri voters. He notes Indiana press echoing peaceful strategy while Missouri factions flare in Columbia and Centralia.
The World's Fair management wins a Texas plan to base funding on $5 per mile of railroad within the state. Texans must push hard to secure the money, as the measure now faces strong lobbying and negotiation efforts.
A fragmented report discusses the Namanratia majority in Roone County and its implications for local power dynamics. The readable text hints at a disputed outcome and potential disputes over electoral or representation arrangements.
Secretary Cortelyou and Judge Day plan an exhaustive life of William McKinley. Wallace Budge to publish a complete prehistoric Egypt history. Laurens completes The Apotheosis of Colbert. Alice Meynell tours California for a London newspaper. Ben-Hur play edition issued in London as 27 English editions appear. Melbourne bans Zola novels as indecent literature. seized and burned at Port Melbourne.
Old man Griggs hosted a hearty spread at the Hotel de Clayton for friends. A town in Arkansas plans a bureau of information and a dictionary deal. Miss Nancy Perkins takes a hired girl post in Squire Holyoke’s family and can cook slap-jacks. Hiram Simpkins gifts a toothpick bouquet and ax handle on a wooden anniversary. A dry goods box sits as a perch for idle chatter while mortgages and taxes loom with slipping due dates.
Pauline Mo April 3 A four inch snow fell Saturday night and melted Sunday. A. B. DeJarnette and Miss Wood wed Sunday at her father L. H. Wood's farm two miles north. They plan to live with his mother nearby. Jim Bales visited Sunday then left for Kansas City to work in the packing house. He died Tuesday in Lamonte. Preacher Hayworth of Dresden led the funeral. three children survive. A. B. DeJarnette drew prizes in a local drawing. W. E. Reavis was elected director and increased the levy to 50 cents. E. W. O. Daniels went to Sedalia Tuesday. Miss Zora Reavis taught Saturday. Mr. H. Roach is sick. Also big Monument Sale at Heynen's for Decoration Day.
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