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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
4
The weather bureau reports fair conditions in Washington D C for tonight and probably Wednesday. Temperatures will be moderate with no significant precipitation anticipated.
For County Treasurer Robly D Thatcher announces candidacy subject to the action of the Democratic Party of Pettis County.
The Courant argues Americans should weigh sympathy for the Boers or Britain against self interest. It recalls Spain and warns that without England’s firm stance, the United States might face foreign intervention and deeper trouble. Watch the fight, have sympathy, but guard self respect and speak cautiously.
In a September St. Nicholas report from Kingston a light heavyweight bout features Bobbles against Jaynes of Troy. The match uses improvised mats and blackened gloves to show scoring. Bobbles relies on speed and defense to outpoint the heavier foe over three three minute rounds, earning the judges’ verdict.
A survey of diverse items notes the Schutor Lodge of Massachusetts as a top Boston whist player with a chess bent, the Pittsburg Dispatch estimates smoke costs at five million dollars yearly in Pittsburgh, and the South Carolina historian cites seventy four thousand state recruits for the Confederacy. Also, Hamburg has grown rapidly since 1870, Leipsic outruns St Louis, and Prussian burgomaster salaries range from two and a half to seven thousand dollars. Debtors in Siam may be enslaved to settle arrears and even relatives can be held to slave labor if debtors flee. Afghanistan fields about sixty thousand soldiers, Germany hosts four hundred ninety thousand foreigners, and Berlin’s ruler is politely referred to as Mr Lehmann to avoid majesty charges. Diphtheria mortality with old treatment runs high at 34 percent versus 14.6 with serum therapy. A former Vienna prodigy Moritz Franski nearly killed himself when failing to find work. London Times publishers reportedly earned about 150 thousand dollars from Britannica. The right hand’s heightened touch while less heat sensitive is noted.
The author argues for nationwide road upgrades as horseless carriages spread. Progress has been uneven outside cities, with cobblestones persisting in older areas. Wheelmen led advocacy, while farmers, including ex Gov Hoard of the National Dairy Union, would greatly benefit from better roads reducing time, money, and wear.
A young railroad auditing official dictated a letter to a rival road outlining blame but later joined that road as head of the disputed department. When he opened his file letter he found it written by him to himself and, in defense of his new employer, rewrote and signed his own rebuttal insulting himself as an unmitigated donkey.
The dialogue on Archey Road features Mr Dooley urging Malachi Donahue to buy a piano for his daughter while weighing class status and job security. He cites Tim Clancy and Mortimer Casey as examples of neighbors with pianos and laments the need to please fashionable society.
A neighbor recalls Vice-President Hobart’s first legal fee when he wrote a will for a Paterson manufacturer. The man paid $100, a start that led Hobart to a windfall of $800 in checks and a lasting partnership. He later aided the manufacturer’s family including a granddaughter facing marriage costs.
A collection of quirky notes from a historical paper: Russians aging rules, sea level statements about cities, Belgian poetic decline, a Liverpool workhouse for up to 5000, red hair science on baldness, a Paris Swiss village project, German telephones in the US, U S watch and clock output, and Chilean finance policy on paper money.
Chili neuralgia and fever noted for Herbert Lynch, laborer from Mc Alester I T at Missouri Pacific Hospital. A J Jacobs ticket agent suffers influenza and lumbago. A J Sullivan wrench of left ankle. A F Werner sore throat. Marvin Thornton night ticket agent has influenza.
A transcription highlights Brigham Young sentences on worship, bloodshed, priesthood rule, and worldly deceit, including claims of Mountain Meadow and Rio Virgin massacres, and a critique of honesty and virtue within the group. The text presents interpretive notes by Apostles and others on church Articles XI XIII and XII.
Al Harris and Herb Ames placed on the Katy extra list. Missouri Pacific shopmen protested pay time but paymaster controls it. Engine 280 returned to service after repairs. Dinsmore and Wilson discharged from M K T hospital. J W McAdams and others laid off. Roadwork continues in Katy yards. Emmet Fisher returns from Marshall.
The message from Judge O M Harris addresses the public about his role as Pettis County judge and his focus on county business over political drama. He denies ambitions beyond impartial service and invites clarification after a remark in Saturday's Sentinel. He challenges a critic signing as Bum to reveal who nominated him.
See Bailey and Smith at 108 West Third for loans on city property. A local firm offers financing options secured by municipal property with professional service and clear terms.
Paley Hurtt lost a finger last night while assisting with trunks at the opera house. The incident occurred during stage or loading activity and prompted medical attention. No additional injuries reported.
Carl A. Guenther and Ted Rinkle promote winter goods at less than wholesale. Dave Emrich, long-time Sedalia resident, plans a move to Kansas. Also notes a Sedalia sale on horses and a cigar shipment to Muscogee.
G N Boutelul announces receipt of a bonded warehouse shipment consisting of Hermitage and McBrayer whiskeys from 1892. The consignor lists the items and location at 309 Ohio Street.
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