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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1899
Page
5
Advertise in the sentinel Want Column to reach 2,500 homes each day. The affordable rate is twenty words three times for 25c. Place your sale, rent, or exchange notice quickly and cheaply.
The Sentinel reports an executive session lacking full disclosures. Talks centered on current revenue bonds, a $37 000 issue, and a potential Chicago firm proposal, with a securities election seen as a path to issue up to 40 000.
A fragmented classifieds notice lists a Warner-A survey, cheap repair, Mus seller contact at Mertz & Hale's, a seven room two story frame house with eight lots for sale part down, inquire F B Hour at Ohio and Twenty-second, a CuneEarp leather top buggy, inquire 919g West Fifth, a young lady stenographer position with no salary limit, and two Yale keys on a small ring with a call and pay instruction to the SENTINEL office.
Classified notice seeking a standard make typewriter with delivery or mailing to Miss Lulu B. Williams 139 W Cooper St for shampooing service at 25 cents. Also offers a late Curaro fine black coat and vest size chest 37 worn few times, reference Janitor Katy depot.
Nettie Wareham appeared before Judge Rogers for killing her infant, waived preliminary examination, and was held to the grand jury in $1,000 bond. Other defendants, E H Thomas and John Church, received six days for trespass. Minnie Hearn and Laura Lewis granted continuances for peace disturbances and assault respectively.
A brief notice notes furniture items including a bed and couch available at Lodge and Staley's in California. The listing highlights the store as a source for home furnishings and emphasizes local access to the described pieces.
Circuit Clerk Pat Longan enjoyed a serenade by Blind Ike and his hand organ this afternoon. His favorite selection Dixie was played several times to the delight of court house officials.
Fleischmanns Pharmacy and Ice cream soda shop cited. N H Robinson editor of the Cole Camp Courier and his wife traveled through the city last night en route to Galena Illinois for a visit at their old home.
General Pando defeats Alonzo in Bolivia's contested 1896 election, forcing Alonzo to flee to Chile. The revolt follows longstanding turmoil as Pando leads guerilla resistance from Andean strongholds. Bolivia, landlocked and high in the Andes, with 2 million people and 1.5 million Indians, has a history of revolutions after presidential contests.
Miss M. M. Rowles reports a violent encounter where an ostrich charged a kaffir near a camp. The kaffir threw kerries, missed, and the bird kicked him, lifting him into the air. Several bystanders restrained the ostrich with a lasso, dragging it away as the man died from injuries after reaching the farm.
A fragment quotes Ally Sloper in dialect humor about claiming territory and walking across someone else’s ground. The note captures comic streetwise banter and character voice in brief dialogue.
Francis asks to marry, but the response reveals a twist of human nature. She agrees after his perseverance, yet he admits indifference once the chance arrives. The scene ends with her silent gaze and his wary humor about desire.
The article traces asbestos as a fibrous crystalline mineral known as stone flax in Germany and pierre cotton in Quebec. It notes Quebec mines dominate production, with output rising to 9,860 tons worth 1,260,000 in 1890 but retreating to 12,200 tons worth 430,000 by 1896. It details uses from yarn to insulation, gloves, fireproof linings, and steam packing.
A Chicago parent faces a puzzled reply from his young daughter who asks why mirrors reverse left and right but not top and bottom. The humorous exchange highlights a child’s faith in parental knowledge and the strange logic of everyday objects.
Poem fragment contrasts squandered chances in music and grief with the missed act of voting on election day. The piece hints at a talcuzin powder servant named Harker as a contextual figure within the verse.
A rider who had just learned to bicycle raises concerns about a wheel from a recent dealer, fearing the wheel may snap in two at any moment. The exchange suggests a dispute over a defective bicycle component and the risk posed to the rider.
A puzzle editor offers a prize for sentences that read sensibly forward and backward. Several pairs are shown illustrating reversibility, with lines about society, life, love, honesty, politics, religion, and daily habits. The task is to apply the same rule to the remaining phrases.
A long heavy South African wagon with a canvas cover rides on four high wheels drawn by sixteen to twenty oxen. The animals are fierce looking yet patient, with horn spans up to eight feet. A rapaz opener leads the team while a driver follows with a brutal whip, and a small boy guides the front oxen.
The excerpt surveys varied notes from history and science including turkey origins in America and England in the 16th century, late 19th century freight weights, Korea's size by comparison to Britain, Christian Science churches in New York, Cape Colony diamond value and profit in 1898, the Duke of Cambridge’s age, glove cutting crafts, France versus Germany manpower, Milan origin of milliner, dogskin wear in northern China, and dog skins produced from young dogs.
Wealthy travelers adopt European style aliases to avoid attention. W K Vanderbilt used Mr Everard Green in Florida and Cornelius Vanderbilt traveled as Charles Verner in Rome. Queen Victoria and Wettin relatives also employed false identities to move unnoticed.
Verestchagin shows Napoleon in a Russian winter coat while another artist painted Christ life scenes without visiting Palestine. He notes John the Baptist's hair styling as misinformed. Whistler planned a portrait of a Scottish philanthropic knight but sent influenza news instead and another artist completed the painting. The piece suggests eccentric author’s neglect of appointments.
An attempted burglary occurred shortly after midnight at the home of W J Sears a lumber salesman located at 213 East Sixth The burglars fled after cutting part of the front window.
A collection of old observations on begging across civilizations and eras. It notes punishments for beggars in ancient Greece Rome and Germany, the rise of beggar guilds in China, and a comparison of Europe and America as fields for the trade. The piece adds quips on fame health and character.
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