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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
7
In Macon Missouri on April 28 Judge and jury paused court to observe rain falling in the yard. Superior Superintendent James McGrath of Walsh Construction watched the proceedings in a circuit court while jurors, mainly farmers, wandered outside to feel the rain during a lengthy adjournment.
Best Windsor coal for cooking and heating priced at 3.00 per ton delivered. Dry and green wood available in cord or stove lengths. Call at yards or by phone. A. J. Fults & Co., 412 East Twelfth Street, Queen City, Phone 21, Bell 84.
Complete assortment at bed rock prices. See us before you buy. P Hoff man.
A compact 5 cent package of Red Cross Ball Blue promises to revive faded clothes making them white again. The ad highlights a large 207 size and emphasizes the product’s whitening effect.
Short classified notices list Stevens Livery Barn at 209 South Osage Street offering gasoline stoves refrigerators garden tools and chicken wire. P Hoffman advertises bottom price supplies while R A Higdon and C C Lawson offer private loans and legal services in the Katie Building. Bell Telephone 467 and 167 appear for contact.
A Sedalia junk company invites owners to trade ragged items, bones, stoves, bottles, zinc, iron and more for a fine gold watch. The Sedalia Junk Company, at Main and Vertont, advertises wagon pickup and lists telephones 1000 and 263 for particulars.
Logan Thomas returned this morning from Clifton City where he spent the day.
Kehl's meats are promoted as the best with always fresh, killed to order products, prompt delivery, and claim of the lowest prices. The note emphasizes quality and value for customers seeking reliable meat options.
An old advertisement extols Scott’s Emulsion as a trusted health aid for consumptives and sickly children. It promises strength and fattening for the weak, claiming mothers and babies gain health through the product. The copy invites readers to request a free sample from Scott & Bowne of New York.
Percie W. Hart, author of The Abracadabra Affair, struggles to finish a short story aboard a Adirondack camping trip. With limited paper and a single pencil stub, he writes on birch bark bark scraps. A fire erases the bark sheets, leaving virgin sheets and a damaged manuscript in the camp.
Representative Mercer recalls a trip to the Philippines where a Chinaman named Ching Fang forced American troops to be called John. In Mindanao he spread a tale that Americans should be treated with deference, prompting natives to greet them as John at every turn. The anecdote ends with Mercer's note that Ching Fang scored a clever revenge.
A spread of brief items from various papers notes social quirks and local happenings. One joke recalls costs of preparing for a party versus burial, another item mentions a farmers club of young men sowing wild oats, a debating society asks if a son should skip music to split wood for a healthy mother, and a Tipton office hires a young woman as solicitor after a sly cheek touch.
A Dona Hue magazine piece describes Irish churchyards as ivy grown and crumbling walls with ancient trees. Stones are worn, epitaphs faded, and many headstones slant or lean while the uneven mounds show heavy burial.
The London Builder notes manufacturers produce marble by acid permeation into soft limestone, coloring it deep rather than just on the surface. The process yields polished slabs with vivid color and markings and cost about one third of natural marble when used as veneer.
A gray-haired economist notes a striking paradox from fifty years of study. He argues that those demanding equal ownership of worldly goods typically lack wealth and would lose it if attained. The quote reflects skepticism about forced equality and private property.
In a parlor society quip from the Washington Star a speaker notes Mistah Ras Tus Pinkly has become the janitor for a poultry show. The exchange mentions an evading schoolbook figure eating victuals as a humorous comparison to his new role.
A quip about moving to a remote place quotes Mrs. Bingle Bar and notes her husband chose the locale to avoid church on Sundays. The Exchange hints at social norms and suburban dissent in early 20th century Chicago society.
City editor and sporting editor clash over a phrase used for a singer. The line about a frog in her throat illustrates the humorous take on a vocal issue during a concert report.
Mrs Manning notes one point about the girl she raised. She never gave her mother a cross word. The girl’s mother died when she was under a year old, leaving the girl to live with her grandmother.
A tale about an old bachelor uncle who wishes for riches so he can be petted. Charlie seeks wealth to gain affection, while others warn he is an old fool. the desire remains a guarded secret in a Provocative Tit-Bits style exchange.
The Baptist pastor in Phillipsburg Kansas proclaims that a full auditorium yields stronger sermons. An advertisement notes there are a few vacant seats at regular services and emphasizes the preacher can deliver his best messages when the church is filled.
A government fish commission directed scientist conducts careful study of fish illnesses. He has discovered cures for several epidemics common to hatching stations, advancing veterinary science in aquatic stock.
J W McLain P T A offers round trip tickets sold on the first and third Tuesdays each month to the south west northwest and north. Tickets valid 11 days with one way sales in March and April to Montana Western Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho Washington and Oregon. Fares range from 3 17 85 to 27 85 with various city specifics and limits until October 31 1902. Call or visit the ticket office for full limits stopovers and details.
The Nebraska Colorado Express departs Kansas City at 9 35 arriving Denver 3 15 pm next day, three hours quicker. Departure time suits noon arrivals for business or visiting Denver with five hours there before westward travel via chair cars sleepers and dining cars. The Burlington's morning Denver Express leaves at 10 40 am. Through California Excursions run each Wednesday and Thursday via Scenic Colorado.
An old travel advertisement invites readers to describe their proposed Northwest trip for the Burlington Northern Pacific Express. It offers to mail printed matter free and promises the lowest cost quote from R. H. Crozier, T. P. A. in Kansas City, with L. W. Wakely and Howard Elliott listed as agents in St. Louis.
Frank Gibbons, manager of Western Union Telegraph, has returned from a visit to St. Louis, noted for his travel and corporate duties.
An old classified style entry highlights Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, a large 2 oz. package priced at 5 cents, suggesting household use and a housekeeper’s care. The ad also mentions Phone 144 and Taylor's light transfer.
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