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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
7
NEDALIA MEETS NEVADA as the Gold Bugs head to Nevada for a four game series against the Lunatics. Nevada, the league front runner, is praised for power and pitching and a July 4 excursion to Nevada is planned.
Ed Lyons leaves Ritchie Tent to join Gent's Musical club while Chinn may be loaned to Nevada arriving Wednesday. Gibson from Richmond joins Iola Saturday and Sedalia visits midweek. Gent's Musical and Ritchie Tent set to play at Liberty Park soon after the Fourth as Fort Scott edges Sedalia en route to Jefferson City. The Missouri Valley league sees Dick Rohn top earnings and hitting, with Chanute and Iola plotting League standings amid umpire pay talks.
Congressman Landis praised General Funston for gallantry in the Orient and swimming a Philippine river. He claimed the general also swam the Yukon, which Representative Suizer mocked saying the river is too cold and natives say over head dead, settling the claim.
Albany reports that Grover Cleveland has consented to speak at the forthcoming New York state campaign, a move said to have been approved by ex-Senator Hill.
Rev. M Buxton of Hartford township near Sharon, Pennsylvania, surprised a burglar prying at his window late at night. The preacher, described as a large athlete, wrestled the intruder to subdue him and then lectured him on sin before sending him home and retiring for the night.
Indianapolis July 2 James Whitcomb Riley the Troosier poet reveals he wrote a song soon to be published by a major music house He recalls past music work in Greenfield past and describes an Elizabethan style tune with three stanzas He notes limited musical study and lists instruments he has played.
Policemen Doyle and Gillard at the Grand Central station faced a challenge removing a patient from the hospital ambulance. The man stood 8 feet 2 inches tall, dwarfing the officers. To fit, he sat on the ambulance floor with his legs folded, then was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.
A report describes a boy named Louis Wilkins aged 3 years old with extreme growth features. He stands at a railway station presenting a specimen of human development. His shoulders and hands are described as unusually large for his age, while his head remains proportionate.
Word came Tuesday of the death at Jefferson City of Chris Voelker a former Missouri Pacific engineer who recently worked in the round house at Kansas City He is a brother of George Voelker cigarmaker employed at Peter Kuhns who left this morning for Jefferson City to arrange the funeral He was in his fiftieth year.
Judge Longan of Pettis County circuit court watches the Orrison trial as an interested spectator. Billy Steele of Sedalia, a local attorney, also attends, described as bright and brainy.
Strenuous efforts are underway to add a balloon and parachute ascent to the Forest Park celebration. The committee feels certain they will succeed.
The Sedalia National Bank in Sedalia Missouri announces a semi annual dividend of three and one half percent from net earnings of the past six months. It will be payable to stockholders on demand. E R Blair cashier.
The ad notes a display of buggies at Queen City Implement Company located at 214 East Second Street in Sedalia. It promotes a wide selection and urges customers to visit the shop for purchases.
Reports from Warsaw note unusually large river catfish caught this summer with newspapers dropping weight figures and only listing waist measurement. Local anglers report remarkable catches along the river, drawing attention from the community and prompting curiosities about size and fishing success.
The German emperor holds orders of decoration valued around 225000 dollars. His most prized insignia include the Black Eagle, the St John, the Garter, and the Toison dOr. He possesses over two hundred crosses stars badges and other insignia.
Standard mowers rakes hay loader and presses advertised at Queen City Implement Co 14 East Second Street offering farm equipment and supplies.
Detectives guard Edward McLean, 18, son of John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer, amid threats to abduct him. Authorities say risks of harm to the youth have recently reached the proprietor’s ears.
The article notes Japan has doubled its army since the war with China and increased its navy fourfold, signaling a major strengthening of its armed forces and regional posture.
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