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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
4
Furnished by the Weather Bureau. Threatening tonight and Thursday with rain in east and south portions. Moderate temperature.
The party announces T. W. Bast as a candidate for Pettis County collector, subject to Democratic convention or primary action.
Robly D. Thatcher announces candidacy for county treasurer pending the Pettis County Democratic Party action. The announcement centers on party backing and path to the nomination.
An Ohio farmer recounts a sparrow killed by a noose hung from a horse hair beneath a mud swallows nest. He claims the bird justice came after sparrow thefts, noting the precise knot and preserved noose as a relic of punishment.
A Clydesdale weighed 3 000 pounds and stood 20 hands high. In New York in 19S9 it measured 95 inches in girth and 11 feet 4 inches long. At five years old it had a knee round 45 inches and a hip round 3414 inches, with a 26 inch head.
The notice lists W. Poindexter at 604 Ohio Street with phone 34. It also references 16th and Missouri with phone 34-2.
The War Revenue Act of June 15 1898 doubled taxes on beer and led to a drop in beer production and tax receipts. The piece argues beer promotion does not curb spirits, citing France and Germany to illustrate shifts in wine beer and spirits consumption and the limits of government influence on drinking habits. It notes whisky sales fell slightly despite beer decline.
A Washington man and a fellow Washingtonian on a six o clock uptown L train in New York faced a social test as crowded car passengers pressed in. Both eyed each other then offered seats to two surprised young women, a gesture judged by the correspondent under the watchful gaze of onlookers from New York and Washington alike.
An article promotes home ten pin bowling using a small eight inch pin set and a baseball sized ball. It suggests a simple lamped alley and a shade to direct light, noting it provides activity and helps children sleep well after play. It also mentions a Rome workers league named against carrying knives to enforce law, noting knives cause over 400 homicides annually in Italy.
A note explains that producing a top quality cashmere shawl requires the constant labor of four people or an entire year. The text frames this within mercantile definitions and emphasizes long production effort.
Sedalia Missouri February 20 J B Roe the leading Pettis county fruit grower reports after a thorough orchard examination that very few trees were harmed by the late cold wave and that the 1899 peach crop should be the largest in years.
A vicious cyclone swept Evansville Indiana yesterday tearing off roofs and destroying many private homes. The residence of Mrs Susan Roberts was completely destroyed and several minor casualties are reported as losses mount from the storm.
Paul M. Brice recounts Governor Tillman’s fierce quarrel with Judge Simonton over the dispensary law and the Governor’s tirades to a Columbia reporter. The Louisiana Purchase Celebration project in St Louis aims to mount a grand centennial exposition in 1993 with state endorsement and westward ambition.
A capitalist predicts a near term market for a small affordable two person car priced 200 to 300 dollars with monthly payments of 5 to 10 dollars. The design would be low to the ground with small wheels and a short entry step improving accessibility for the elderly and disabled. The note mentions St Johns church in Ellicottville and a historic bell from Malaga brought to the church in 1838.
The Condenser notes a German railroad now building in Eastern Africa offering civil engineers 1 125 per year station masters 1 000 and locomotive drivers 900. It also reports that in northern Brazil near the Amazon forests rubber exports last year were valued at 50 million dollars.
The article explains how lying down reduces heart rate and circulation, saving about 5,000 heartbeats in eight hours and reducing blood pumped by about 20,000 ounces. It argues warmth at night relies on extra coverings due to slower blood flow and diminished circulation when resting.
A Germany debate proposes official terms to address married women by social rank. Four forms germahlin consort gattin spouse frau lady and weibe wife would align with general officer diplomat merchant and laborer spouses to reduce address disputes. In Sweden arsenic limits forbid yarn sales and a carpet sample with one thousandth of a grain of arsenic in sixteen square inches failed inspectors.
The sour milk from large dairies is sent to three East End manufactories where it is churned like cheese into buttons. The mixture is pressed under extreme pressure to remove moisture, heated to bleach white, and rolled flat before punching into shapes.
Frank M. Chapman reports from Florida in March 1898 that Pelican town holds at least 545 nests, with 251 occupied, and a high pelican death rate due to tourists and predation. The population totals about 2 735 birds, including 154 still in nests and adults.
The semi circular canals in the inner ear act as balance sensors. They transmit organized signals to maintain equilibrium during walking or standing. If disrupted by illness or trauma their messages become incoherent and the brain loses control of posture.
The text defines liquid air as the atmosphere we breathe compressed into cylinders then cooled until it becomes a liquid at 312 degrees below zero. When returned to normal temperature it rapidly expands to original volume, exerting over 12 000 psi, with higher pressure from superheating.
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