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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1899
Page
4
The Sentinel announces Henry Albert, an experienced ad writer, will head the advertising department and assist advertisers in preparing copy. Call 260 for Albert to visit and discuss campaigns.
Scores from three league games show Boston defeated Washington 7 to 1 in Boston. New York beat Brooklyn 9 to 3 in New York. Pittsburgh swept St Louis 11 to 5 and 3 to 1 in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia defeated Baltimore 5 to 4 in Philadelphia. A fire damaged the Famous dry goods store in Mexico Missouri with losses estimated at 15000 dollars.
Frescoes uncovered in Venice's Church of the Santa Croce Florence reveal medieval art, while a silver goblet hidden in Windisch Switzerland dates to ancient times. Rome's Lennart Palace uncovers well preserved medieval frescoes as Naples Castle Nuove opens. Excavations on Milo island reveal Mycenaean era ruins and multiple towns built over one another. The Santa Croce tomb of Lorenzo Ghiberti is found with six graves of Florentine masters including Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci's master, and other notable artists are identified in Florence.
A compilation of quotations about wealth and philanthropy from various newspapers. It contrasts opinions on riches, dying wealthy, and the responsibility of wealth toward public needs.
The Indianapolis Journal mocks a rich Count while the Boston Journal notes mass education and labor as cure. The Boston Transcript laments stock market drops after a wealthy man’s death. The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt quitting tobacco. The Albany Argus praises Flower for money given to friends rather than foes.
A collection of clipped humor about love and courtship from multiple papers. Snappy exchanges feature a jealous vow, playful odds about wireless telegraphy, and dating mishaps. Notable quips include a man risking trouble for onions and a cyclist retort about roses and punctures.
A curio of brief items notes William Whist of Denver dying in prayer from apoplexy, a Detroit burglar stealing a piano and stove, the theft of a bronze horse from Shelley's tomb in Rome, and a Bridgeport man drowning himself in a pool of want water. An Algiers ball player shoots the man who angered him, a New York boy skates city streets pulled by a Saint Bernard, Samuel Hamaker of Manheim keeps his beard since Blaine’s 1884 defeat, a New Jersey brakeman convicted for taking fares from tramps, and an Easter eggs statue in Manson Iowa.
A collection of brief quotations names Lord Rothschild Andrew Carnegie Collis P Huntington Russell Sage Theodore Havemeyer Senator Mark Hanna Henry Clews and Charles Boedway Rouss. The remarks touch on music collecting finance wealth and personal discipline across major cities.
The Sedalia Sentinel reports Fisk was queen last year and several leading city ladies are named to enter this year. Merchants are urged to submit entries to Mrs. R. W. Carr by tomorrow morning and to Cody Bloch for the industrial trades procession. The committee seeks merchant input on one or two parades and invites Missouri Pacific and M K T shops to participate. A planned display by G H Shepherd of Lamonte, renowned for Pettis county fruit promotion, is hoped to be supported by the county court with a small donation.
An old advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as the greatest baby medicine for sleeping and growth, claimed to help loving mothers. It notes a price of 35 cents and urges readers to ask their druggist.
An old advertisement lists ice cream sodas at five cents at Fleischmann’s Pharmacy and Walch’s offerings of ice cream candies and picnic luncheons. The ad also mentions Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry and a large package for five cents.
Palisa assigns the name Slatin to the minor planet he found on the ninth of last March. The article catalogs various inventions from nut locking bolts to oxygen tanks for firefighters, folding supper tablets, toy fish motors, envelope dampening devices, an automatic toe clip, and other mechanical designs.
A humorous dialogue among children and a father about jokes and questions. The exchange includes a child asking about terriers and a quip about whales and Jonah during a family moment.
A young Irish woman Nora Shannahan arrived from Castle Garden County Kerry Ireland last Friday. She speaks with a heavy brogue and sought her sister Johanna Shannahan now Mrs Con Sullivan near Spring Fork. Don Doyle aided her until relatives could arrive.
John Scott state GAR commander visited on the way to Lincoln reunion. Green and Dr Bronson to speak at Lincoln with post quartet singing. Modern Woodmen camp 2065 admitted three men with about eight more to be initiated. E E Codding to host State Poultry executive committee dinner. Mont Poteet to be stationed at Otterville. Ida Jacobson hosts guests from St Louis. Infant of Mr and Mrs Adam Senior dies of spinal meningitis at Lutman. funeral held. Hawkshaw workers proceed as Clinton and sickness pull others away. W F Waller injured from a fall at Ejtsenmeyer mill. License issued for Henry Kammerich and Anna Heynen. Mrs P H Grace and nieces return for a week at McAllister. Mrs C W Leabo of Green Ridge at county court. Uncle Dan Cooper supervising market square cleanup. R Potter Otterville drugist in town. J T Brown of Clinton in city yesterday.
The group meets every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in hall No 210 South Lamine street. All union men are especially invited to attend.
Ad touts Banner Salve as a cure for piles with a catchy call to ignore complaints and a price of 25 cents.
Dr T T Major relocates to 410 Q Ohio Street above Morey and Crawford's office. The practice promises a top tier, well arranged facility and offers full range of first class dental work. Major holds sole rights to Morris Process thin rubber plates and Alvatander painless extraction.
Miss Georgiana Stebbins a school teacher from Colony Oklahoma arrived in the city this morning to take a course of treatment at the Axtell Institute. The item includes light comic snippets about children and daily life.
The piece recounts famed archers from ancient tales such as William of Cloudesley and Menalus with multiple shafts. It also notes Commodus and Domitian’s marksmanship feats and cites various biting quips from the Washington Democrat and other papers.
In a playful exchange Bradder Jackson jokes about church visits while an elder woman agrees to a kiss after a lighthearted plea. The dialogue shifts to Tom and Sam as another cheeky moment unfolds with promises and cautious humor.
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