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Newspaper

Sedalia Evening Sentinel

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1904

Page

7

Seer Postpones Reported Event At 6 30 P M

A brief OCR fragment notes a 6 30 p m time reference and mentions a seer. The readable text provides no clear event, location, or participants to identify a fuller story.

Wry German Orchard Owner Appeals to Honest Thieves

In 1903 a German notice by H. Spengler humorously asks would be thieves to spare produce and enter by the gate. He requests lanterns and warns against damaging trees while promising future access to keys and a better harvest for all sides.

H. Spengler

The Cat and Its Pedigree In a Petticoat

Little Marjory hears about an Angora cat with a splendid pedigree. She finally sees the cat and returns home excited, remarking the pedigree is a pure white six inch plume like the ostrich feather on her mother's hat.

Little Marjory Chicago Record-Herald

The Hidden Elf Who Plays My Head The Pipes

A Pittsburg Dispatch verse medley speaks of an inner elf who controls thoughts and actions. The speaker describes a sly, merry double self who toys with vanities, makes wrong seem right, and moves the poet like a puppeteer across the world.

Pittsburg Dispatch

Schlitz Export Bottle Beer Now Sold by Keckegert

Delivery across the city for family use advertised by C L Keckegert at Office corner Third and Engineer. Q C phone 19. Announcement notes chocolate nut sundaes at Farris and mentions a modern department for handling with reasonable prices. Also references Monarch and Sedalia Grocer Co selling flour.

Where They Take Things Easy in Mexico

The Mexican Herald extols Mexico as a motherly tropical land offering rest from debate and sunshine. It imagines a future when Americans seek repose and annexation, with Mexico’s banner reaching the great lakes amid a united, joyful people sharing mole de guajolote on Thanksgiving.

Mexico Great Lakes Mexican Herald

Thieves Found Resting in Abandoned Budapest Theatre

A Budapest police officer spotted a man entering an empty disused theatre with a key. Reinforcements formed a cordon, the theatre was entered, and many thieves were found sleeping in beds fitted into the boxes. House breaking tools and stolen goods were seized.

Budapest

Genealogist Helps Seek Ancestry For Colonial Dames

A Somerville genealogist recounts letters from a woman seeking aid to trace her posterity and another claimant in the West asserting descent from Sir Walter Raleigh via the Mayflower. Separately, Sedalia real estate loan notices advertise money to loan from Sedalia Trust Company with attorney C. C. Lewson listed in Katy Building rooms 10 8 9 and phone number 467.

Somerville Colonial Dames West Walter Raleigh Mass Sedalia Real Estate Sete Sedallia Trust Company C. C. Lewson Katy Building

Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Promoted For Digestive Health

An advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a superior stomach strengthener and blood purifier. It claims to cure poor appetite dyspepsia indigestion flatulence bloating heartburn headache and nausea and urges readers to try it at all druggists.

Names of Little Japs in Japan

The Washington Times notes Japanese babies avoid living relatives names to prevent confusion. Girls often receive names linked to nature such as Plum Blossom or Lotus Flower. Boys, especially among the lower classes, may begin life labeled Tiger or Bear, not as a compliment to others.

Japan Washington Times

Light-Giving Insects The Cucujo Firefly Of The Tropics

The Cucujo is the firefly of the Tropics and the brightest of light giving insects. Thirty eight yield one candle power and bromide plate photographs capture their illumination. In Cuba people confine them in paper lanterns for night travel and indoor lighting. Women adorn dresses and hair with them.

Tropics Cuba

Vaccination History Cited From Ancient Hindu Text

A Madras Mai writer cites a passage from the silent Hindu book Sada tham describing inoculation. It says to take fluid from a cow udder or human arm, lance it into the arm, mix with blood, and induce fever of smallpox. The note implies Jennerian ideas existed centuries earlier.

Madras Mai

Surgeons to Form New Ribs at Baltimore Hospital

Raymond Moore an 18 year old patient at Baltimore University Hospital underwent an unusual operation after pneumonia caused pus in the pleural cavity. Dr Hamilton Brown removed the sixth and seventh ribs on the right side and inserted rubber tubes to drain the chest. He expects new bones to form in about six months.

Raymond Moore Baltimore University Hospital Baltimore Hamilton Brown

Will Condition Rejected Inheritance Archaic Test

A court overturned a strange will that required a beneficiary to drink all the water in a sea to inherit. The trial questioned the will’s legality, and the court awarded the legacy without the drinking condition, upholding common sense.

Dr Miles Heart Cure Endorsed by Satisfied Patients

A vintage testimonial ad for Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine touts dramatic heart and nerve health benefits. Edward Knapp of Wilkersville Ohio describes relief from rapid pulse and kidney issues after six months, weighing 130 pounds then, up to 110 pounds and strong seven years later. Mrs J M Holloway of Geneva Indiana claims complete cure after initial benefits. Endorsements come from druggists and the Dr Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.

Miles Edward Knapp Wilkersville Ohio Geneva Ind Dr. Miles Dr. Miles Medical Co Elkhart

Wing the Ushered Guest and the Lesson Gone Too Far

In California the Andersons hire a Chinese servant Wing who proves unable to distinguish greeting guests. After a staged lesson, Wing answers a visitor with a mismatched card and bluntly refuses entry, saying tickee no good and no can come. The tale ends with the door closed.

Celestia Andersons California Wing Miss Anderson Ram’s Horn

The Microbe of Baldness

A quoted New York Sun remark portrays a baldness specialist cynical about hair loss and hat etiquette. The anecdote suggests a bald headed man could inspire scalp decline and warns others to avoid his hat.

New York Sun

Blood Feuds in Afghanistan Explain Tribal Honor Codes

In Afghanistan blood feuds span tribes with avengers striking at relatives of murder victims. Retaliations escalate until entire families are wiped out. Heads of families symbolically bury two stones to mark a feud's temporary end, then disinter them once peace is restored.

Afghanistan

Dear Little One and Temptation in a Chicago Verse

A reflective poem by S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald contemplates the speaker’s gratitude and fear as a parent figure toward a child. The speaker asks how strength would hold if not for the child’s presence amid temptation and moral challenge.

Little One S. E. Kiser Chicago Record-Herald

Dresden Opens Locomotive Driver Apprenticeship School

The Locomotive Drivers Association of Saxony spearheaded a Dresden initiative to train locomotive driver apprentices aged 25 to 30. The program, supported by the city council, the technical school, and Royal State railroads, covers German, arithmetic, graphics, and locomotive mechanism.

Dresden Locomotive Drivers’ Association of Saxony

Italian scientist finds women less sensitive to pain

A noted Italian scientist reports experiments on over a hundred women showing they are not more than half as sensitive to pain as men. He argues women suffer less in various operations and dentistry agrees with the finding, presenting a merciful view of female pain tolerance.

Bears the Signature U Bears the Signature

Fragmentary text appears to reference a product claim and an advertising slogan for a flour brand. No clear event or people are identifiable. The readable bits suggest marketing language rather than a concrete news item.

Veterinary Services At J W Menefee Barn Sedalia

Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College offers full line of instruments to treat domestic animals and obstetrics. Prompt day or night service provided. Located at 101 W Main Sedalia with two phones for contact.

Sedalia Ontario Veterinary College

Round Trip Fares Offered in Minneapolis Sale

Round trips priced at $15.20 with sale dates June 26 and 27. Tickets valid through July 15. Purchasers in Minneapolis may take advantage of the limited offer.

Detroit Sale Details With Return Privilege

A Detroit sale lists prices at 18 dollars and 30 cents, with goods sold on July 5, July 6, and the 7th, and a return privilege ending August 15.

Detroit

Opening Rosebud Reservation Round Trip Fare Sale

Round trip tickets from Rosebud Reservation to Yankton Chamberlain Fairfax and Bonesteel offered at one third fare. Sale runs July 1 to 22 daily and remains valid through August 15 with liberal stopover privileges.

Rosebud Yankton, Chamberlain, Fairfax and Bonesteel

Round Trip Sale Notes and Sleeper Baggage Issue

Round trips sold all day June 27th, good seven days. Baggage checked not good in sleepers. Brandt and Grote cited as part of the report with unclear context and names.

Big Four Excursion Tickets From St. Louis

Big Four announces excursion rates to Indianapolis Lake Chautauqua Atlantic City and Cincinnati with return options. Tickets go on sale June 27 28 July 8 9 17 18 and 29 through the Big Four ticket office proxy and Chestnut Street Kansas City and city agents in St. Louis.

ST. Louis Indianapolis Spd Lake Chautauqua N. Y Atlantic City N. J Cincinnati Ohio B. P. O. Ellis Big Four Ticket Office Chestnut Street W. Green T.P.A Kansas City E. E.cowles City

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