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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
5
A long list of brief city notices mentions Hank Royce a Missouri Pacific machinist traveling duties and various travelers and locals visiting or leaving town. A dramatic curbside encounter ends with a muscular man being tricked by a wife using his coat during a domestic dispute.
A committee of preachers reports the preparation of a church directory to be published and placed in depots hotels and other public places. Shoppers learn prunes priced at five cents a pound and lard at sixteen cents a pound from M B Coleman while Miss Jessie McNair of Lamonte visits town. Mrs Rucker visits her sister.
In open court a sensational grave charge is presented against J K Cubbison a Republican spokesman. The report notes the dramatic scene as witnesses testified and the case drew local attention from the audience in attendance.
Charges allege State Senator J K Cubbison sought witness perjury to aid Claud Overrocker case against Missouri Pacific. Witness Harvey Hess testified seeing the freight accident that cost a boy a leg. Hess later swore the attorney induced false oath. Cubbison denied the accusation declaring it a lie and pressed for full investigation. The incident occurred during a motion for a new trial in the Overrocker suit, backed by a $4,000 verdict three weeks earlier.
The note states Ott's prescription file is at Arlington Pharmacy and implies the file is currently stored there for refilling or record keeping. No other details are provided.
Call number 14 we deliver anything in our line Arlington Pharmacy Red Cross Ball Blue is the best in the world Large two ounce packages cost 5 cents.
A sailor lore piece notes ships often carry a coop of hens and a rooster for companionship. Hens stay on deck near the fo'c'sle, self-regulate their eggs, and learn to balance on sea legs. In port the fowls are kept in their coop, released at sea, and return at night. Kansas City Stan
Universalist Leader praises moral conduct and restraint in speech and conduct. The address extols truth, fairness, kindness to the distressed, pardons, patience, and avoidance of rumor and vice.
A terse Indianapolis Press snippet records a domestic scene where a child refers to not receiving an invitation to visit Mrs Dibbs, implying a minor social rift or quarrel, framed in light local humor rather than grave news. The exchange centers on family invitation etiquette and neighborhood relations.
A brief joke from the Philadelphia Press has a maid mishearing a gentleman’s question. The man asks if Miss Mabel is at home and the maid quips that if the candy box in his hands is the reason, she might leave it.
A passage from the Indianapolis Journal argues that women as a class lack punctuality, countered by examples of women who are prompt and prepared before engagements. The remark ignites discussion on gender stereotypes in timekeeping.
Fragmentary OCR text references a disputed claim about favors and gratitude connected to Indianapolis. No clear person, organization, date, or event is identifiable to form a full factual summary. The readable bits imply a debate over favors and expectations regarding acknowledgments in Indianapolis Journal context.
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