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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1900
Page
4
The weather bureau in Washington reports threatening conditions tonight and Tuesday with likely rain in the extreme north. Colder air settles Tuesday afternoon or night.
Announcement lists T. W. Bast as a candidate for Pettis county collector, subject to Democratic convention or primary action.
For County Treasurer Robly D. Thatcher files to seek the Democratic nomination in Pettis County subject to party action.
A Jackson Examiner piece notes Captain A. A. Lesener's salary as secretary of state while managing a city paper and argues the move violates the law requiring officials to devote full time to office. It cites Goebel Blackburn ties as context and hints political consequences amid Kentucky wedding gossip.
The Impetus notes favorable leanings toward Hon. S. B. Cook for secretary of state but questions Capt. Lesueur’s continued hold on the office. It cites Governor Stephens in a Kansas City Star interview and warns that keeping the office beyond the constitution could set a dangerous precedent and affect peber clan interests.
Fragmentary remark from Liberia's paper warns against unholy combines and trusts as a harmful foe. The brief asserts opposition to monopolistic forces and praises the Impetus as a defender of honest enterprise.
The Standard Oil affiliated banks in New York hold 41.86 percent of all city deposits and 39.90 percent of outstanding loans. The concentration enables a few men to trigger a commercial panic for personal profit, and the administration in Washington is linked with the monopolists, worsening the danger.
Warrensburg Standard-Herald argues Alexander Lesueur, editor of the Kansas City Times, should quit his state post due to apparent conflict as he devotes time to private work. It notes Lesueur draws 250 dollars monthly and has deputy control of his office.
Bradley of Kansas City spoke against Stephens at a Sedalia labor federation meeting this week but did not secure an appointment under the Stephens administration. The Otterville Mail notes such anti Stephens Democrat voices are commonly unrewarded.
The school board requires students to show a physician’s certificate proving vaccination before continuing. The measure faces criticism as opponents describe it as overbearing while supporters cite public health goals.
Elmer Sands of near Palo Pinto sued John Bryant and Austin for taking hickory nuts from his land. The court awarded Sands the value of the nuts amid a tough legal fight, with Benton County attorneys handling the emergency.
Local notice proclaims Windsor's new bar the finest between St Louis and Ft Scott. Fixtures cost the proprietor 1400 dollars, with future town costs to be decided by Father Time.
Water is so scarce between Clinton and Kansas City that the Frisco engines are compelled to haul two tenders. If this were not too tender, it would be tough to believe.
The Holden Weekly Globe announces a new subscription price of 1.25 per year. Rising paper costs are pushing newspapers nationwide to higher rates.
A Clinton preacher misplaced a five dollar bill on the town square Friday night. The item’s loss is noted amid casual chatter about usual spots in Clinton where such money might not vanish.
Call for sample copies of the Sentinel invites readers to visit and view a new typesetting machine valued at 3000 dollars, described as a source of wonderment to all.
George A Rank a Henry county farmer faces a $10000 damage suit from neighbor Johnogle. The case involves a woman who will play a role, described as a pretty plump figure.
Tramps are reported breaking into the Jackson County jail to seek shelter from cold weather. In contrast, Pettis County jail break-ins have slowed recently.
Calhoun's single saloon shut its doors on January 1. The city license stood at 1200 dollars per year. We believe the owner was correct in his stance.
Local papers report a new church structure "going up" at Oak Grove while some members choose to attend elsewhere. The note mentions ongoing relocation and divergent congregation patterns.
The Columbia Statesman reports on ideas about a girl’s first kiss, noting social expectations and questions about innocence and timing. The article examines cultural views without endorsing any single stance.
The speaker expresses a conflicted mood feeling both like laughing and crying and fears choosing either reaction. The line captures ambivalence and emotional tension in a single moment.
Missouri lawmakers spark sharp attack on J Sterling Morton as West and DeArmond lampoon the secretary of agriculture. The bitter exchange includes mock flowers of rhetoric, a favored poem, and a robed mockery of Morton’s seed distribution and Cuba plea.
Smithsonian ethnologist Frank Hamilton Cushing reports a prehistoric Maine shore skeleton buried prone with rusted iron breast coverings and halberd fragments. An iron toma shawk marked with a Maltese cross confirms French artifacts and dates the earliest French exploration in the region.
William Allen White, Kansas City editor, will publish a story in the February Scribner's with a western senator as the central figure titled The Mercy of Death. 0. .N. Brown has leased Green L. Bennett’s Green Ridge farm for five years and will run a merchandise business there. Geo. Anderson, Pacific brakeman, named grievance committee chair and travels to St. Louis for order business. Mrs. Harry Demuth moves from Sixteenth Osage to the old Scales property at Tenth and Kentucky early this week.
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