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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
2
A compact newspaper item lists roles such as President Editor and Bus Manager with contact details noted as 260, reflecting a local office staffing snippet. The fragment suggests administrative lines and telephone listings for staff.
Washington advices warn of a rising Chinese boycott against American goods over rigid enforcement of the Chinese exclusion law. Officials fear immediate harm to U S China trade, with spread to the Straits Settlements and East Indies. In Singapore Chinese merchants back Shanghai guild resolutions to shun American products, threatening broader commercial curtailment. Last year American exports to the East Indies totaled 8 300 616 dollars.
The article notes Sweden will not fight Norway's secession and honors King Oscar's warning that a forced union would benefit Sweden little. It cites Swedish strength, noble influence, and democratic Norway as factors, while public sentiment favors peaceful separation and resists mobilizing reserves.
The piece surveys extreme temperatures across the United States and Canada, noting records from Phoenix to Miles and Yuma to Williston, with historic highs and lows. It cites official and unofficial figures, including a San Francisco 135 degree day in 1859 and a 1876 streak near 10 degrees in the Northeast.
A historical weather note describes September 1882 with temperatures from 100 to 110 in Kansas and Missouri. It recalls a hot spell from June to June 12 1877 with San Francisco at 93, Yuma 114, Spring Valley 122, while Cheyenne at 32. Daytime temps in Yuma never dropped below 103 and average daytime for the month reached 110.
A provocative essay argues that the white race in temperate zones is expanding its dominance, with historical depopulation of indigenous peoples and a predicted future victory through Anglo American and British unity. It asserts Western Hemisphere expansion and global hegemony via economic and imperial power.
Jefferson City July 6 The attorney general Herbert Hadley responds to numerous requests on the legality of the recent game and fish law He endorses the state game and fish warden J H Rodes interpretation as guidance while noting he may not agree with all conclusions However the license amount is small and accepting Rodes construction should stand until courts decide otherwise
Tomorrow wash day reminder for Monarch Laundry at 606 South Ohio Street. Call 183 for pickup by their wagon to handle family washing.
An old grocery ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to keep white fabrics bright. It claims grocers stock large two ounce packages for six cents.
CASTORXL bears the signature and claims the kind your hore is always rough.
This week’s ad lists 16 lb Best Granulated Sugar for 1.00, 1 bottle Extract Root Beer for 0.20, 1 lb Imperial Tea for 0.20, 11 lb Pure Leaf Lard for 1.00, 11 lb Dry Salt Bacon for 1.90, 2 cakes Honey for 0.25, 6 lb Buk Starch for 0.60, 6 packages Corn Starch for 0.25, Cuban Coffee 20c per pound, San Mato Coffee 25c per pound. Ads claim guaranteed freshness and a money-back if not pleased, offer samples on trial orders, with fresh butter, eggs, and fish weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.
In Paris on July 6 officials from France and the United States joined ceremonies for the transfer of Admiral John Paul Jones remains to American naval authorities. An American escort of 500 sailors accompanied the body to the Invalides and then to a French cemetery, ending with transport to Cherbourg and the Brooklyn.
In Valley City North Carolina hotel clerk Mack Hamilton credits two bottles of these famous little pills with curing his chronic constipation. Marketed as a tonic not a drastic purge they ease headaches biliousness and constipation and are suitable for children or adults sold by W E Bard Drug Co.
Baltimore Christian Endeavor hosts opened July events with a quiet hour of prayer and praise attended by hundreds. President King of Oberlin college led the service, followed by a school of methods from 9 to 10 focusing on junior and intermediate Endeavor work along with foreign and home missions.
Polite vaudeville program featuring moving pictures and illustrated songs. Changes to the schedule every Thursday night with new acts. Amateurs contest advertised for Friday nights. See it all on Friday nights.
The plant announces a new collar and cuff sewing machine to enhance precision on garments. It promises improved results and invites customers to try the service.
An observer recalls a single lightning strike during a rainstorm in Ceylon. The bolt traveled along telephone wires, arced to a zinc roof tip, and produced a rifle-shot sound, smoke, and a sulfurous smell. The narrator survived due to grounding of instruments at both ends.
A Boston observer recalls a Southeastern city tale of social clubs and envious factions. A young woman investigates the Daughters of Ferdinand De Soto and proves the founder Ferdinand De Soto died a bachelor, unraveling the ultra fashionable circle.
Sleeper service announced by H. H. Everett, Southwestern passenger agent, starts June 26, 1905. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway will run a through sleeping car from St. Louis at 9 30 a m daily except Sunday to Traverse City Charlevoix Petoskey and Harbor Springs Michigan. Tourists from the Southwest are urged to use the through train to the cool resort region.
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