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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1902
Page
5
The P Brandtracer Co promotes Golden Roast Coffee priced at 25 cents a pound as economical and stronger flavored than cheaper brands. It emphasizes a unique blend for good strength and fine flavor without rankness and warns against imitators.
Eglantine Riverton is abducted by gardeners who seize her long hair and jewelry after declaring she is held for ransom. They demand money to release her within 20 minutes, threatening to blow the house to Yonkers with dynamite if she is late. She reluctantly prepares for a forced journey, hoping to return with her beauty intact.
In a steel fireproof building, Eglantine hides on the fifty-eighth floor as elevators fail. Two gardeners play pinochle outside. a helper eats on a fire escape. She debates signaling friends and endures an unsettled night with odd food wishes and a sardonic exchange about meals.
Robert Hampton died at his home three miles south of Warsaw on June 7 102 from consumption. He was 20 years 11 months and 4 days old and educated to be a schoolteacher. He lived in Moniteau Pettis Miller and Benton counties and was buried in Balliet graveyard with funeral by W T Swopes.
A Texas judge, father of a present Texas senator, faced a wager from a constituent expecting a firm opinion. The bet was to be decided at a livery stable as a crowd gathered amid talk of weather and crops while a freshly sheared sheep drove by. The judge remarked uncertainly about the sheep’s status, noting it appeared so on one side.
A verbose senator draws mixed reactions as colleagues respond to his whistling during sessions. Some members stifle laughter while others seek decorum, leading to an ongoing debate about conduct and procedure in the chamber.
A New York man named Mullens broke his back and doctors propose to give him a silver backbone without consent from any other nation. Mullens will be the only man with a silver backbone in New York.
Dr T T Major and Son advertise limited time dental work with low prices. Gold and platinum fillings priced at 0.75, cement fillings at 4, bridge work as a specialty, and painless extractions. Office listed as 419 Chief Street opposite courthouse.
The reliable stove repairer, living in Sedalia since 1865, operates at 213 West Main street and pledges to stay in town with community support. Queen City Telephone 364 location noted for contact.
Lawn seats start at 1.29 dollars at the Lodge Staley and Bostion's venue offering affordable outdoor seating.
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