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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1902
Page
3
The supplier states ownership of 500 tons of good prairie hay ready for contracted delivery. They offer to supply to any party desiring hay, delivered at any time at the prevailing market price. Address to Huston is implied for contact.
A fragment references Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar and warns against stock speculation in March. It notes there is no speculation in a Sentinel want ad and lists other months as dangerous.
Copy for this column should be in before 10 a m to insure appearance the same day. FOR SALE FOR SALE OR TRADE Nice five room cottage corner lot and a store building Will exchange for small well improved farm Address C No 401 West Tenth Sedalia No 213 dime WANTED To rent the rooms upstairs 116 East Fifth street Will give possession April 1.
Classified notice announcing a five room house on the west side for sale or trade. Includes details such as a good well grape arbor and stable with overall improvements. Cash price offered and a two week completion window. Address given as 613 Ohio Street.
Advertisement seeks a 6 to 6 foot white girl for general housework. Inquiries directed to S Urban at 606 West Second Street. Dated March 11.
Advertises $10 daily earnings for agents selling gaslight burners that fit coal oil lamps, require no chimney or wick, and produce clean light. Claims 200 percent profit and sample free from Enterprise Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. Beginning April 1 union barber shops to charge 5 cents extra for shaving the neck.
WANTED a buggy horse to use for feed to telephone Cohen's Hot Stuff Coal company. A young man with 1590 dollars capable of doing office work can get a two fifths interest in a business that will make big money and handle the financial end. Address R. I. M. Sentinel office.
Four neat appearing ladies are sought to distribute Atlas Oats samples. Apply to Mr. Benson at Huckins House before 7 30 today or Wednesday before 11 am.
A compact collection of aphoristic lines argues that locomotive firemen are practical heaters, laziness stems from decayed philosophy, and every man carries a degree of selfishness within himself. The piece uses sharp, economical statements to challenge comfort with complacency.
The Chicago Times Herald lists playful labels for authors and critics, naming Samuel Emiles as the most cheerful and Howells as the noisest while Longfello is tallest and Haw thorne the most flowery. Other figures receive titles such as the holiest Pope and the happiest Gay with Chatter on noted as the most talkative and Alikep side as the most distressing.
A traveler nears a mountain farm and meets a tough apple butter stirring maid who refuses water, quips about mountain women, and asserts the craft must not be stopped. The encounter ends with the narrator riding away, noting the contrast between expected courtesy and the maid's independence.
A garbled California military note questions ownership of a great seal and mentions a dragon motif with unclear references to Cuina io and TM Cleveland. The fragmentary text lacks coherent facts or identifiable dates.
A humorous meditation on aging and misjudgment. The author reflects that true ability is shown by recognizing error quickly and notes fortune favors those who endure frowns. It adds quips about gray hair, danger of corkscrews, and the peculiar privilege of learning from experience.
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