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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
4
The Sentinel asks Sedalia merchants to submit copy by noon for timely publication. Frank D. Roberts of Springfield becomes Internal Revenue Collector for Kansas City. Governor Dockery’s handling of St. Louis Republican insinuations sparked a partisan controversy and rapid figure release.
The St Louis County Democratic Convention in Clayton rejected resolutions backing Stone for Senator and praising the State Administration. County Democrats align with the Kansas City platform, affirming steadfast party tactics amid national debates. Merchant John Wanamaker was noted for meeting Emperor William and praising enterprise in America.
The Sentinel notes local papers push for thorough city cleaning and urges continuation of the effort. It opines paint, like charity, covers many defects.
In Au drain county the proposed county supervision measure failed at the school election. The former Legislator’s "Call a Halt" motto, once used against progressive proposals, appears to reflect his constituents' mood.
The St. Louis Republican challenged the Democratic press to examine the books and the response sparked a lengthy, costly contest of experts and miles of figures, creating a heavy burden of explanations for the state press.
An old note mentions a lecture tour and the China man's remark on Christian civilization. The item advertises a big monument sale for Decoration Day at Heynen's on North Ohio Street, inviting readers to meet at the Arlington.
Percie W Hart author of The Abracadabra Affair in Lip Incott's Magazine created a short story on birch bark when camping ten miles from civilization. With bundles of bark sheets and scarce pencil lead, he wrote for hours before a fire consumed the bark scribbles and virgin sheets, leaving only the fire’s glow and a log guide’s blunt advice.
A Dona Hue magazine writer notes Irish graveyards with ivy walls and crumbling stones. Headstones vary from erect to slanted, epitaphs worn away, and moss clings to surfaces as gentle remembrance contrasts with the quiet, unadorned burial spaces of the Irish peasantry.
The London Builder explains that manufacturers create marble in weeks by percolating soft limestone with coloring matters that soak in, forming a deep colored veneer rather than surface tint. The finished material polishes well and many specimens show striking color and markings, priced about one third of natural marble when used as veneer.
In Florida and other suitable waters beds of sponges are now set out, and marketable sponges are grown from small cuttings, just as vegetables are raised in the same way.
A hat made of diamonds valued at 2 500 000 dollars sits atop a figure representing Jung Bahadur the king of Nepal's prime minister, as a symbolic display. The description blends a luxury object with a national figure in a single staged image.
A blaze at a Philadelphia marble and granite plant damaged equipment and stock, with damage estimated at $50,000. The incident prompted investigations and brief evacuations as firefighters battled the flames.
A foreign criminologist publishes an almanac noting crime patterns. Murder peaks in August January and June with dips in February November December. Infanticide rises in February and May. poisoning in May with idle September. Death threats peak in August. forgery concentrates in April October December and quarter starts and year ends. Theft rises in December and January.
The article notes Minnesota earning the Bread and Butter label for its wheat and dairy strength. It cites 26 650 000 barrels of flour and 50 000 000 pounds of butter produced last year, with Minnesota leading spring wheat and dairy development earning prominence nationally and abroad. It contrasts New York and Illinois, where wheat plays a smaller role compared to oats and corn.
In Galveston a club duel of six prepared dishes ended with both men pale and exhausted after two hours. The combatants, friends versed in culinary arts, used innuendo to provoke a cookery duel featuring lobster a la Newbury Welsh rarebit rum omelette tripe and oysters chicken livers saute and stewed terrapin and both required medical care.
A railway feature notes the move from ornate carvings to plain polished wood in parlor and sleeping cars. Officials say reduced decoration cuts dust and cleaning effort, while upper berths fold higher for more space and comfort for lower bunk passengers.
A Brooklyn youth at 10:30 p m called on a young woman and was arrested after the maid, thinking him a burglar, summoned police. The magistrate lectured him on late calling and discharged him as a wiser young man.
A piece of virgin gold weighing 82.18 troy ounces was melted at the United States assay office in Elena Montana. Negotiations to preserve it as a nugget failed due to inability to achieve an exact assay.
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