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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
8
Thieves enter Chas Boysts Candy Palace through the cellar doors and raid the shop taking a box of Lowney’s candy some cheap candy pieces cigars tobacco and a few dollars in small change. The article notes the extent of the theft and items left scattered across the floor.
The Missouri Pacific has steadied after holiday disruption. Last year the line paid mileage on 1800 foreign cars for corn shipments from Nebraska and Kansas. This year traffic shifts to feeder cattle from Missouri and Indian Territory to St Louis markets as Sedalia sees influx of cattle and local farmers buy stock for pasture. Sedalia office reports 1899 ticket sales of $91,413.45.
Miss Irma Collins led services with Communion held at Fifth Street M E and Broadway Presbyterian churches. Ministers Alliance met to form a committee to draft resolutions expressing regret at the departure of Rev Albert.
St Pauls Lutheran church held its annual election naming YU Maas as trustee for three years H Heitmann secretary Peter Meyer financial secretary and Wim Brunswicker treasurer for one year The officers and committees reported encouragement and a new parochial school building was erected during the year.
Mr. Chas. Van Antwerp has closed a major agreement to wash all freight and passenger cars for the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway for the coming year, a landmark Sedalia contract reflecting the scale of local business.
Whipple Coal Co touts Plenty of It as a leading soft nut coal option. The advertisement highlights reliability and value for home heating needs, positioning Plenty of It as a preferred fuel choice.
The Sedalia Water Company announces the election of directors today A Crandall Sedalia H C Warren New Haven Conn H M Knapp Bridgeport Conn Geo E Dugan and L P Andrews Sedalia.
The new Missouri Pacific schedule updates shift No 4 to arrive from Kansas City at 4 10 p m instead of 4 44 p m. The alteration affects connections and station timetable planning for travelers and staff.
The will of D R Davis was probated today. It states the distribution of his estate among heirs and identifies executors and guardians as required by law.
A homeless man recounts finding a $1,000 bill after leaving the bridewell in Chicago. He describes his fear of being arrested, his failed attempts to spend or change it, and how a $50 reward plus the $10 tip led to his public shade as the "Honest Tramp." He ultimately returned the bill, kept only $60, and resolved to avoid further large finds.
The text traces Bible translation and printing in England from Wyckh Bible around 1382 to Caxton 1477 and Tyndale 1525. It notes Coverdale 1535, Bishop’s Bible 1568, and the 1611 King James Bible after seven years of work. It mentions famous misreads like the Breeches Bible and the Treacle Bible.
City Collector Sheerin presents December totals with receipts of 15,471 dollars in taxes and penalties plus 1 0 so by other sources. Income is allocated to General expense, Interest and coupon, Sinking fund, and Cemetery fund, with drum shop and billiard receipts noted.
Warrensburg Missouri January 5 The body of David Lorrency a farmer living near Fayettville ten miles north of here was found in his room with a pistol by his side and a bullet hole through the head. It is not known whether the fatal shot was accidental or self inflicted Lorrency was 25 years old.
Baron Baron B. F. S. de Grunebaum of Smithton is offered a second lieutenant position in a Lancastershire regiment to serve in South Africa. He will not accept now, planning to stay awhile at home to await a portion of his father’s estate.
Salisbury Missouri January 5 Dr F B Philpott 55 a longtime local physician cut his throat on Saturday leaving a wife and four children Despondency over failing health cited as the only known cause in this tragedy
Royal Tribe of Joseph meeting at Sedalia Lodge No. 1 tonight includes initiations and installation of officers plus refreshments. All members urged to attend. D. C. Patron W. P. Hart H. Bronson Scribe.
A bold claim from the Monarch Laundry promises unmatched satisfaction, suggesting no laundry could rival its service even across a millennium. The boast frames a humorous, hyperbolic ad line reflecting period-style advertising.
A martin nest on a cottage porch, repaired for years, loses one bird to heat. A second martin arrives, coaxing the nest and a brood of four or five young, which hatch after a tense morning near an arch of roses and honeysuckle. The incident ends with the stranger taking over the nest.
The article explains lead may dissolve in water via air oxygen and carbonic acid, but bicarbonate of lime slows it. While contact during circulation yields little lead, overnight standing increases levels. It recommends carbonate of soda to fix carbonic acid without making the water alkaline.
A Bengal report describes a method to keep beer from souring: hermetically seal by pouring oil on top during the continuous March to October storms. The text notes storms are frequent and nights rarely pass without one, and claims the oil seal prevents souring.
Viscount Deerhurst interviews a girl who ascends from hardship to nobility and explains her father’s execution in California while presenting her to the Queen.
Virginia Daniel rose from poverty on the Illinois prairie to become an heiress and noted beauty of European nobility. Her father, a English gardener who married a housemaid, moved to America seeking fortune, and Daniel faced a violent incident leading to a fatal confrontation and trial.
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