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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1899
Page
4
Furnished by the chief of the Weather Bureau Washington D C under the direction of the secretary of agriculture Fair tonight and Wednesday.
The piece argues against political pressure on Secretary of State Lesueur under Missouri law. It questions whether a governor could accept a lucrative post while remaining in office and implies public disapproval if this occurred, warning about constitutional duties and accountability.
A blast at Miss Mayme Younger’s millinery in the Hoffman block injured her, singeing brows and hair as gasoline ignited while she washed a feather boa. Her assistant Miss Josie Wilder wrapped Younger in skirts to smother flames. Fire was confined to the pail and a five gallon can as flames abated.
Special correspondence describes Post Oak in Johnson county Missouri, named for H J Lingo. It lists community assets including a schoolhouse, blacksmiths, hotel, general store, postmaster S H Elliott, and merchants J C Woolf and others. The text notes stock shipments, cheap fuel, water sources, and housing and farm land prices as the town seeks residents and business.
Miss Younger groped to the can and extinguished the flame with her hands. She suffered severe burns on the wrists and a singed complexion while Charlie Williams, the colored proprietor of the downstairs shoe shining parlor, rushed up and threw out the burning gasoline to prevent a blaze. It was a very narrow and lucky escape.
The Brookfield Argus opines Capt. Lesueur will resign to focus on editing and managing a metropolitan paper far from the state capital. It notes Kansas City and St. Louis papers claim he will not resign while the St Joseph Gazette asserts he will.
A drugstore note promotes cons emulsion to treat small neck swellings in children. It claims the swellings shrink and vanish with continued emulsion until a healthy color returns. Sec. and $1.00 available from Scott & Bowne, New York.
The Sweeney and Alvido minstrel troupe performed at the Grand last night to a full house praised as one of the best sets of entertainment here. Frank and Bailly Casad and Billy Wilkins were singled out for praise as standout performers in a lavish, well dressed program.
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