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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1902
Page
4
The West show and Barnum & Bailey end Europe tours after two years and plan a U S return. Col Wade calls Stone a senator. political chatter links Dr Hurt’s withdrawal to Sam Major’s nomination. The Nevada Mail notes E E Bean won’t campaign for State Senator. A Pettis corn sighting is noted as evidence of scarcity and high prices.
A Saturday night fire destroyed Taylor and Wilson's store and R A Dunlap's drug store along with the Miami News Sa line County Telephone Exchange and John Dunlap's law office. The total loss is not known.
A Mexico newspaper notes local merchants will close tomorrow as a church cornerstone is laid, drawing attention from a slow, conservative town.
The City hotel at Jefferson City, recently sold and closed, has been leased to Captain A. Hornbeck formerly of Fulton, who will reopen the house for business.
Dr. A Brandenberger of Jefferson City a member of the State Board of Pharmacists will marry Miss Beulah Edom in St. Louis next Wednesday.
The Jefferson City editorial scene notes Col. M. W. Carroll taking charge at the Sedalia Sentinel and promises sharp criticism of the goldbug Governor. It questions Missouri Democratic politics and predicts scrutiny of the next national campaign while lampooning newspaper endorsements and syndicate opinions.
The Marshall Citizen and Pettis county Democrats endorse Hon. James Cooney and resist aspersions. Audrain county’s hot air is noted as unsurprising to Mexico readers. The piece rebukes grain gamblers and wagers by bulls and bears, contrasting them with draw poker and keno players.
Past Redemption will be staged at the Lamonte opera house Tuesday night with proceeds aiding the local high school. An exhibition baseball game between the Kansas City Western League club and the Jefferson City team is set for Thursday at Jefferson City. The Bell Tunnel smallpox quarantine saved lives but cost Cole county about $1000, a prudent expense per the Jeffer son City Tribune.
Dr. C. H. Hamblin a prominent Clinton physician aged 78 died last week at his son D. S. Hamblin home in Clinton. The remains were taken to Osceola for interment.
The Sentinel notes the piece on city appointments was disfigured in layout but defends printers as ordinary people who may err after long shifts, acknowledging occasional breaks are understandable.
A Republican paper declares Bryan politically dead and mocks him with a cartoonish line about quartering a thoroughbred horse instead of a Jersey heifer. The set piece notes rival GOP sheets echoing the jibe and adding their own lighthearted barbs.
Fire swept through a building in Miami Missouri prompting a swift response from Marshall fire crews. No additional details on extent or causes were available in the readable text.
M. S. Murray of Johnson county a traveling salesman for C. A. Kiger wholesale jeweler Kansas City was held up in Van Buren Arkansas and robbed of 40 dollars a 100 dollar check a 30 dollar check a gold watch mileage book and credentials.
A sequence of property deals lists Nettie F. McCormick to D. J. Williams for about 65.58 acres in Sedalia township at 3625 dollars, D. J. Williams to S. M. Williams for the same acreage at 3930 dollars, and multiple further deeds. Transactions include 160 acres in Heaths Creek, 10 acres in Elk Fork, 30 acres in Washington, and 40 acres in Cedar with prices ranging from 259 to 567 dollars, involving various sellers and buyers including estate firms and local residents.
Mr J R Baldwin traveling solicitor for the Sentinel left for Warsaw this morning and will visit Lincoln and vicinity on Tuesday and Cole Camp on Wednesday. Management asks patrons to extend courtesies to him.
Russell Camp M W A will meet Monday night at 8 in KK. P. hall at 412 Ohio. Important business. All members urged to attend. H. H. Vogts V C.
Heynens on North Ohio Street hosts a big monument sale in preparation for Decoration Day. Patrons browse a wide selection of grave markers and lawn monuments with discounts available through the weekend.
Ed T. Orear of Sweet Springs purchased 250 acres near Valley City from A. J. Bozarth of Warrensburg at 25 dollars per acre, totaling 6250 dollars. The deal features a single land transfer between named individuals and towns.
A dramatic monologue in which a speaker pleads with a beloved to remember promises and details of a planned shopping trip. The speaker notes doubt about memory and urges assurance before separation, winding a thread as a keepsake and listing various fabric and sewing items to purchase before six o clock.
A poem fragment by S E Kiser printed in the Chicago Record Herald notes a speaker who faces mockery from the world and crowd yet finds steadfast support from a mother and a loved one. The verse foresees possible future success tainted by luck or shame but stresses loyalty and faith. It reflects personal resolve amid public doubt.
A poem excerpt from Blanche Trennor Heath in Town and Country laments lost spring and love. The speaker asks when warmth will return to comfort the broken heart and the flower of hope, now forsaken and in pain.
A lyric note from the Washington Star praising the South Wind for relieving snow and bringing practical, seasonal progress. The piece contrasts the wind with a troubadour and emphasizes welcoming change as winter yields to spring.
The lyric speaks of the annual cycle of seasons from spring to winter and contemplates life, death, and eternal change. It questions the soul's calm amid nature's cycles and asks whether it can reach a divine beatitude through God's round. Clinton Scollard is cited in S. S. Times.
A poem by Alexander Linn appears in the New York Observer. The verse pleads to God for mercy and guidance, recalling biblical trials and seeking strength to endure current struggles.
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