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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1902
Page
4
Proprietors Graffis and Carroll publish daily except Saturdays and Sundays with Sunday morning edition. Office located in Equitable Building at corner Fourth and Lamine Streets. Phones Bell and C. No. 260.
The Sentinel announces William J. Castle as a Democratic candidate for representative subject to the Democratic County Convention. It also notes Judge O. E. Parsons as a probate judge candidate for re nomination and W. L. Cress as a candidate for the Western District judgeship, all under Democratic guidance. Additionally Judge N. H. Rogers seeks re nomination for justice of the peace in Sedalia Township, aligned with Republican guidance.
The notice names James C. Connor as a candidate for constable of Sedalia Township and Charles Leftwich for the same post, both subject to Democratic Party action and nomination.
Judge J L Fort of Dexter withdraws from the Supreme Judge race and backs J D Fox of Madison county, prompting critiques of Jim Seibert and a Southeast Missouri conference of Democrats endorsing Fort. Attorney General Crow prosecutions rattle meat barons and insurers face fines. The piece contrasts court scenes with a jab at English royalty and mentions Willy Astor.
The Fort conference denounces Fox and flavors of goldbug and bolter factions surface amid questions about allegiance to the GOP. The Sentinel defends Sam Cook and criticizes paternalism while addressing treasury policy and the meat trust, urging tariff removal to curb monopolies and reveal party fractures.
A Missouri letter warns readers against Harry Hawes and the Cardwell episode influence, attacking Steve Dockery Cook and Stone scheme and urging defeat of lobbyist Senatorial tool John Morton. It urges the Democratic party to denounce lobbyists to maintain credibility amid state leadership fights.
Heynens announces a big monument sale on Decoration Day at its North Ohio street location offering discounted patterns and commemorative stones. Local residents are invited to view and select monuments for public or private display.
A survey of natural phenomena reports a water spout at 354 miles per hour and a flower in Java that blooms and withers in unison. It lists planetary diameters and densities, notes a magnetic survey of British India, and debates a link between sun spots and droughts, with connections to terrestrial magnetism.
The report states that England could feed its population for only 5 percent of months with all food raised in the country. It also notes that rural districts see 100 deaths while town districts record 118, indicating higher urban mortality.
An elderly visitor recounts her first White House tour and a childhood incident with James Buchanan in Huntington County Pennsylvania. She recalls a scar from a cleaver mishap and notes how the future president’s rise surprised locals.
An electrician reports submarine cable interruptions often due to fish damage. A shark tooth embedded in the core of the Eastern Extension Telegraph cable between Sydney and Nelson was recovered from 530 fathoms. Depths reveal five shark species at 300 fathoms and one at 500 fathoms.
A Washington Star imagined a Senate scene written with local color. Senator Dash taunts Senator Blank over a state’s lynching history while the chamber quiets, Blank defends his commonwealth, voice thundering as verdigris flakes shower from the bronze goddess.
In a brief exchange quoted by the Philadelphia Press Miss Rougenoir jokes about a suitor disliking her eyebrows while Miss Kraft defends them as lighter than painted. The witty dialogue highlights playful social banter.
In London Tit Bits a coroner questions a woman about a servant who refused to leave a burning house claiming she needed a month's notice to quit. Mrs Burns confirms the servant's stance.
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