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Newspaper

Sedalia Evening Sentinel

Location

Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1902

Page

8

Government Rejects All Bids for New Federal Project

Officials announced that every bid submitted for the new federal project was rejected. No details on reasons or next steps were provided, and a new bidding round is expected to be announced later.

Feder

Snored Passenger and English Gentleman in a Pullman

In a Pullman from Cincinnati to Chicago a drummer jokes about snoring and English manners. The next morning he learns the snorer was Reverend Joseph Cook, a Boston pulpit orator, revealing the joke misidentified him as a rude Anglophobe.

Mas Cincinnati Chicago John Bull

Notable Author Descriptions and Pseudonyms

A list assigns superlatives to authors and their descriptors. It names Samheel Smiles Howelils Longfellow Haws Thorne Pope Tickell Gay Chatter Out Aikes side and the Chicago Times Herald as a publication reference.

Aikes Side Chicago Times-Herald

Side Lights On Life Wit and Wisdom Fragments

A compact collage of pithy maxims and quips on aging fortune luck and learning gathered from various periodicals. Notable lines touch on gray hairs relative value piano pride and a jest about Caxton's index and a golfer’s mischief with turf.

Burlap Variety Show at Ka-no-ma Ends The Run

The Ka-no-ma venue hosts a burlap themed variety night inviting attendees to view bold textiles and performances. Local performers showcase creative uses of burlap while audiences explore the quirky art form and resourceful craft demonstrations.

Death Near Warsaw Claims Dr Samuel Baker

Warsaw Mo March 14 Dr Samuel Baker who came to Edwards County four months ago was found dead in his office Wednesday morning The coroner's inquest returned a verdict that he died from an overdose of medicine administered by his own hand but the jury could not decide if it was accidental or suicide His wife and father reside at Waubleau

Warsaw Samuel Baker Edwards Waubleau

Mysterious Wedding Guest Revealed as Private Detective

At a vending reception two girls speculated about a well dressed, grizzled man who attended every large wedding yet mingled with no guests. A bystander reveals he is a private detective guarding presents, a subtle observer of the props and displays amid the social bustle.

Iris Pearson's Weekly

Curious Ways of Owls at Day and Night

The article explains two owl hunting patterns: some owls avoid daylight by choosing hidden roosts while others, including the screech, long-eared, and certain others, see well in day and night. It notes the short-eared owl as a field mouse hunter and a winter visitor from the north.

New York Sun

Easier to Find Fault Than Lose It Agate

A short note discusses the adage that finding fault is simpler than losing it, exploring how caution and habit shape perception and responsibility in daily life.

Standard Oil seeks Warsaw oil house and delivery service

E. H. Hillyard, Sedalia general agent for Standard Oil, visited Warsaw last Tuesday to secure a site for an oil house to be erected in a few weeks. A large oil tank will be placed and oil supplied to customers at their doors. Mr. Hillyard will be

E. H. Hillyard Sedalia Standard Oil Company Warsaw Mr. Hillyard

Farm Fertility Rivalry Sparks Humorous Claim

A Hampden county farmer and a Middlesex county man argue over superior soil fertility. The Middlesex man boasted he could transform a horse into a newly mown Concord field and wake to grass growing over the horse. The Hampden challenger retorted that in Hampden you may turn a horse into a field and not find him next morning.

Hampden County Middlesex County Middlesex Concord

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