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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1899
Page
3
Leslie's Weekly recalls Kipling's early trouble as a reporter when a third assignment on a major insurance fraud led to a scathing satire. The city editor logged 15 libel suits and half a million dollars in damages, then rebuked Kipling, predicting a great future but not for the news mechanism.
A Washington Post note recalls Representative John Allen of Tupelo lifting an orchid from a botanical garden during a speech escorting a young West woman. The tale contrasts his embarrassment with the woman’s charm and suggests the orchid remains with her souvenirs. A Durango businessman criticizes Colorado women’s suffrage as harmful, arguing improvements stem from the Australian system, not the votes of women, and laments that women’s presence in conventions degrades public life.
A Bostonian in New York finds Sunday morning comfort in the baked beans train arriving at Grand Central. The express car carries freshly baked beans destined for a New York purveyor, with deliveries spread by wagons within two hours of arrival. The weekly ritual is the chef’s pride and a symbol of home.
The Post Standard notes a coordinated coal stealing system on Syracuse lines. Thieves use sacks to haul coal from slow trains and counterfeit riders to dislodge coal, with women and children then selling it to unscrupulous dealers who shortchange the public.
An excerpt explains that gorillas cannot twiddle their thumbs due to a short thumb and restricted movement. It contrasts gorilla hand anatomy with human hands, noting shared bones but different muscle structure and thumb orientation. The text ends by acknowledging similarities to humans yet dropping the topic.
In Gale's Corean Sketches a Chinese fighter recalls a Mukden dispensary scene after a clash with Wo Jen. He explains Chinese tactics, bold frontal assault, and a surprising backfire from enemy gunfire that left many wounded from behind.
The 30 forest reservations cover about 18 states and territories totaling 11,000,000,000 feet B M of timber destroyed on public land in the last 35 years. California hosts seven reserves led by the Sierra forest reserve with 4,006,000 acres.
Nine tons of fowl including 2169 geese turkeys chickens and ducks from Boston arrived at a London dock decayed on voyage. They could not be condemned until loaded on wagons and taken to a police court where the magistrate, after hearing the inspector and inspecting the meat himself, ordered them destroyed.
In Paris a novel tunnel lighting design uses reflectors and tin to bounce light from lamps placed 16 feet above the rails creating a soft even illumination. Trains automatically switch the current on and off.
Ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia offer wide vestibules plate glass dust and cinder proof steam heat Pintech gas and safety and comfort. For rates routes maps and general information contact J W McCuarn P T A Sedalia Mo.
Daily transportation rates to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at a flat one way price of 31.70 dollars. Rates to intermediate points not to exceed these published fares.
Until further notice one way rate to all main line points in California from San Diego to Redding inclusive is 34.30 dollars. Proportionate rates apply to all branch line points within the state.
A visit or a new home offers round trip tickets on April 4, 18 and May 2 and 16 at one fare plus $2 to all points in Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas and many points across Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Louisiana Arkansas New Mexico Arizona Nebraska Kansas Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Oregon Idaho Utah and Wyoming. Limited 21 days for return. Stopovers allowed on the going trip. See us or write for particulars.
Round trip fare from multiple points to Atlanta, GA and return for 22.25. Tickets on sale April 22 and 24, valid for return until May 3. Open rate available to all travelers.
The notice outlines low roundtrip rates for the National Baptist Society meeting in San Francisco and other church gatherings in Denver Roanoke St Louis Detroit and Richmond May through July. Full particulars will be provided later and service to all points is promised.
A land opening in Durango Colorado will release 600000 acres on May 4 1899 for homesteading. Round trip tickets from Sedalia on April 13 and May 2 cost 40.95 dollars. Agents offer descriptive pamphlets free and recommend Missouri Pacific and the D and R G as the shortest route. J W McClain P and T A Sedalia Mo handles inquiries.
Extremely low one way and round trip rates to various points offered by C. M. Pendleton Passenger and Ticket Agent. Through service on the M K T train departing 6 50 p m arrives in Chicago next morning for breakfast with connections and no night transfers to other lines.
A rail excursion offers one fare plus $2 for the round trip with 21 days of travel to Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. The dates listed include April 18 May 2 and 16 June 6 and 20.
Round trip price set at 315.5. Sale dates May 8 and 9 1899 with good return for 15 days from sale date in Louisville Kentucky.
Round trip forty one dollars and eighty five cents with liberal stopovers offered for travel to San Francisco California for the National Baptist Societies anniversaries. Tickets go on sale May fourteen to seventeen and are valid until July fourteenth eighteen ninety nine.
One fare for the round trip on sale May 9 10 and 11 good to return until May 12 1899.
One fare plus two dollars for round trip to Roanoke Virginia for the German Baptist Dunkards annual meeting. Tickets on sale May 18 and 19 in 1899 with good return allowed until June 23.
Advertises machine clipping services for horses at Steven's livery stable, promising improved performance through grooming.
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