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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
8
An elderly man nearly dies when an oncoming electric car is diverted by a stranger. The rescuer, a wealthy man, offers a token, but the elderly man asks a favor: stop the gas company billing row. The rich man refuses to surrender a privilege of freeborn Americans.
Facts cover a range of topics from animals and transport to industry and places. The Mexican bullsnake is used in Washington as a rat catcher. The United States fish commission ships traveled 105000 miles distributing fish and eggs. Mushrooms flourish more at Kenneth Square and Lansdale near Philadelphia than elsewhere. Tory Island off Donegal plans to clear 300 inhabitants who owe rent and taxes. The U.S. has 918 ice making factories with 51384824 dollars invested. In 1901 176 new companies formed with 17634000 dollars in capitalization. Lodz in Poland is a fast growing Russian town. Fifteen years ago the Russian Manchester had 25000 inhabitants. now industrial population is 315000. The London Lancet notes essential perfume base oil is a strong antiseptic equal to carbolic acid. A perfumed handkerchief may guard against infection.
General Gleanings notes the Hamburg American line at 98 ocean steamers and steel's dominance in shipbuilding. It cites last year’s 1,285 large ships with 911 steel, 270 wood, 72 iron, and two composites, plus a New York anecdote about beggars and a man named James Ryan.
Carl A. Guenther advertises bargains as genuine with a promise that items are as advertised and guaranteed to be better than competitors. Customers encouraged to call and investigate at 310 Ohio Street.
A San Francisco Bulletin quotation contrasts Minnesota with New York and Illinois, noting Minnesota's flour mills and dairy growth. It cites 26 630 000 barrels of flour and 50 000 000 pounds of butter produced last year, highlighting Minnesota as a leading spring wheat and dairy state.
The opossum is a survivor from a bygone age with fossil roots. Its relatives range from tiny tropical American species to distant kin in Australia like the kangaroo and wombat. Female possums have a pouch where the helpless young develop, born extremely small and naked, growing to about half an inch at birth before maturing.
A married man warns a friend engaged about the solitaire habit. He explains it drains willpower, harms reading and conversation, and estranges the spouse, likening it to a progressive, uncivilizing addiction he himself once suffered.
A Washington Star item adopts dialect to note Mistah Ras Tus has been appointed janitor for a poultry show amid talk of his troubles and scandal about a student stealing victuals in a schoolbook.
A Chicago Record Herald quip notes a Mrs Bingle moved to a distant place. She suspects her husband chose the location to avoid Sunday church, since the town lacks barber shops.
The city editor questions a manuscript word while the sporting editor explains the phrase frog in her throat as a warty voice during a concert write up. The exchange appears in a Chicago Tribune context.
A dialogue notes the girl’s virtue citing her late mother’s absence and the lack of cross words toward her mother. The exchange highlights maternal loss and the daughter’s character in a compact social vignette.
A witty exchange centers on a bachelor uncle named Charlie who longs for wealth to gain affection. The young speaker insists riches bring care and secret status, while dismissing the need to reveal the fortune publicly.
A historically styled claim describes a hat made of diamonds valued at 2.5 million. It is said to sit atop a figure identified as Jung Bahadur, famed as the king of Nepaul's prime minister, though the passage mixes claims and dates.
A blaze at a Philadelphia marble and granite plant resulted in estimated damages of fifty thousand dollars. Investigators cordoned off the site as crews battled the flames and secured the area. No injuries were immediately reported.
Local sale announces a big monument sale to honor Decoration Day. Heynen's store on North Ohio Street is the venue for the event, inviting community members to purchase commemorative memorials.
Statistics from the Madrid municipality show 79 374 deaths in five years for a population around 530 000. In 1901 there were 17 242 deaths, including 4 064 children under four. five year rate about 33 per 1 000. Consumption killed nearly 10 000, smallpox and measles 5 000 more. Overcrowding and food adulteration are major evils with 17 000 houses housing 528 000 residents, an average of 31 per dwelling.
A chief gunner on $1,800 yearly is the best paid non commissioned officer in the navy. Canada supplied 2,924 of 10,819 colonial troops sent to South Africa in the war's first year. A Japanese report claims the US ordered six gunboats from Uraga Dock for Philippine coast defense priced 75 000 to 100 900 dollars each. The Monterey at Shanghai attracts many visitors as the first monitor ever seen there.
A gentle verse by Ziteila Cocke from New York envisions a kind nurse finally guiding weary souls to bed and rest. She folds them to her arms and they drift to Paradise, reading angelic welcome in the nurse's eyes.
Buy gasoline stoves refriger ators garden tools and chicken wire from P. Hoffman at bottom prices. Leave your order for gasoline.
Florimella cream is advertised to transform rough skin to smooth. Arling ton.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes the car for Prince Henry is named the Idler but implies his programme will keep him busy, suggesting a packed itinerary during the visit.
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