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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
4
W. L. Poindexter announces the Topeka Capital will advance the plant surrender and give Rev. Sheldon a chance to show talents in a new journalism field. The move aims for wide circulation for at least one week.
A political statement urges unwavering loyalty at the national convention. The call emphasizes instructing delegates and not allowing recalcitrant papers to sway the process. The message condemns disloyal press from past cycles and stresses proactive guidance before convention day.
Champ Clark addresses a Washington mass meeting urging American friendship for Boers fighting for liberty. He criticizes England as a robber nation and contrasts past support for Greece and the South American republics with today. He praises Boer marksmen and argues the U S should back their right to liberty against imperial conflict.
A Chicago Chronicle report notes a shift in bicycle buying as more riders repair and resell old wheels. Dealers say enamel refinishing and fixes let second-hand wheels rival new ones at lower costs, with buyers avoiding dealer markups and manufacturers facing price pressures.
A east-bound Cleveland streetcar features a young colored man who brings a large funeral wreath for John Dash. An elderly man denounces the wreath as unfit and scandalous, declares its destination, and quits the car, leaving passengers amused as the scene unfolds.
Increasing cloudiness threatens weather tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures tonight. The forecast indicates unsettled conditions and potential storms as the weekend approaches.
The Centralia Courier argues prices rose across goods by 40 percent on domestics and 20 to 60 percent on prints, leather, hardware, blaming trusts and urging voters to retire the party that supports them. It claims families with five members paid a $100 tax on $400 of goods in the past year and links high costs to McKinley.
The Topeka Capital will shift to Rev. Charles M. Sheldon leadership from March 13 for a week long demonstration of a Christian daily newspaper. He aims to showcase news across channels while infusing advanced thought in editorials to elevate the paper and promote Savior teachings. Kansas is highlighted as highly educated with broad readership for quality literature.
The St. Louis Republic urges that municipal office be a mark of merit for leading citizens. It argues mayors and council members should come from successful local figures, to replace machines and boodle with businesslike governance for the general good. The piece stresses civic pride and duty over partisan profit.
A call urging Democrats to bind delegates to assigned instructions for state and national conventions. It argues for reaffirming the Chicago platform and nominating leaders loyal to its principles, anticipating maneuvers by unpledged delegates and promising the people’s will through instructed delegates.
An old advertisement extols Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute made from pure grain. It claims aid to digestion and nerves without stimulants, suitable for children and adults, selling at 15 and 25 cents per package through grocers.
MASONIC Sedalia Royal Arch Chapter No 18 will meet in special convocation Saturday evening January 27 1900 at 730 for work in the ME M degree Visiting companions are fraternally invited to attend By order of uestones h PF J H Mara Sec Attest
The Sentinel begins a new serial story next Monday titled The Mountain Pass Mystery. It is the latest work by the author of May Ruthven's Secret and is promised to meet the high standard of the celebrated writer.
G A R comrades will assemble at the post room at 8 a.m. tomorrow the 27th to arrange for Comrade Al Turnham's funeral. Mo W Trader, Com., Foster.
Help wanted notice seeks a single gentle man for a south furnished room with private bath. Apply at this office.
A silver chain with beads and a cross was found opposite 210 East Third. The finder reported location and item details for reclaim by the owner.
The big auditorium in Wichita Kansas hosted the interstate cake walk with champions from Kansas Missouri Colorado and Oklahoma. Walter Gray of Guthrie Oklahoma captured first prize a 100 pound cake and gold coins while judges included Wichita Police Chief Campbell Guthrie official L G Tiblack and W H Robinson of Kansas City. Twelve couples competed amid vibrant rainbow costumes as governors staffs and delegations attended this revival of a southern entertainment.
Henry Morehouse Taber, prominent New York Presbyterian, leaves an estate over 1 million dollars to his two children. In his will he denounces religion as a sham born of superstition and requests no funeral services and cremation for his body. Probate filed in New York Surrogate's Office.
A bronzed Italian fruit seller uses ticketed price groups on his push cart, with signs like eight for nine cents. The New York Tribune notes customers rarely buy eight, so singles cost two cents or two for three, and the cross-lot pricing yields higher returns. The seller explains his strategy with a wink, showcasing streetwise pricing.
A Chicago Tribune quip scene shows a soldier struggling with army beef and the phrase sinews of sar. Society poet Smithers contemplates releasing a poetry volume with wide margins while Miss De Facto favors blank verse and warmly approves the idea.
The account of the St Gervais baths destruction after a subglacial lake burst loose on July 22 1892. A wall of water and debris wrecked villages and buildings along the Don Nant and Arve valleys killing over 150 and leaving gardens buried in mud.
The guide describes cooking six eggs in lukewarm water then boiling gently for 20 minutes. Halve, mash yolks with melted butter salt and pepper, add optional onion juice, form into balls, and refill whites. Variations include sardines anchovies or ham tongue.
A diary fragment describes decorating evening slippers with patterns from a friend who bought two pairs, pink satin and white kid, one embroidered in gold and bowlike, the other painted with poppies. It then discusses Chinese family solidarity, elder authority, and the role of daughters and daughters in law across generations.
Denver Post reports a coyote hunting party near the Dubois ranch led by Charles MacA Willcox and the Bartels pack. Horsemen chase a silver and dull gold coyote over about 10 miles, with greyhounds in a rear cage and a blaze of prairie grass and smokestack haze in view.
A whimsical verse about a tiny Brownie living by the sea who swims daily before dawn. The story follows minnows joining the swim and the Brownie dressing after his bath while he commands the sun to rise. The tale ends with the sun obeying his morning ritual.
Washington correspondent recalls a Raleigh incident before Manila when a powder boy dropped his coat overboard to save his mother’s picture. Arrested for disobedience, Admiral Dewey wept and released him after hearing the tale of a boy risking his life for a keepsake.
A light verse from St Nicholas describes Wee Tom prancing as a fiddle leads a lively dance. The verse sketches a joyful, rhythmic dancing class with steps like right foot back and middle moves.
Sir James Vaughan, London police magistrate for 25 years, cites a sharp drop in brutal and violent crimes and a smaller rise in crimes of cunning. He argues education aids morality, but warns cities face a limited pool of children with criminal tendencies who, if sent to school without countering street and home influences, gain only power to mischief.
Col Ingersoll told a tale of a Boston man who asked for advice on what to read. The colonel recommended Shakespeare. After a year he returned to thank Ingersoll, saying the plays are first rate and that few Boston men can write like Shakespeare.
An article discusses how in England deaths by one’s own action are often attributed to insanity rather than self harm. It cites Bordeaux La France noting inquiries into charcoal asphyxiations or suicides proceed with formal conclusions.
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