Battlecries of Engine Masters and the Battleships of Rail
The article contrasts American locomotive crews with English drivers, noting English meetings demanding government exams for high pressure engines. It cites American enginemen as knowledgeable but modest, trusting designers, while criticizing overconfident actions abroad. It discusses load and weight limits, boiler strain, and the practice of pulling 60 wagons per engine versus British concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
North Eastern
Day
Plumb
North Eastern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Britain
To all the engineers who made 60 miles an hour
Locomotive Engineer salutes engineers who achieved sixty mile per hour speed sixty years ago, recalling a milestone in rail achievement and locomotive work.
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Praised
Quote from Chas Bender of Erie Pennsylvania endorsing Foley's Honey and Tar cough medicine as the best. A casual author remark notes having 11 children, and a light anecdote about a book agent being booted from a porch leads to a humorous aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOLEY
Chas. Bender
Erie
Barber shop vows unchanged prices despite rivals ad rates
The Union Regulator states it will not raise barbershop prices beyond 15 cents for a haircut and 10 cents for shaving, despite other city barbers charging 5 cents extra after April 1 and 15 cents on holidays. Neck shaving remains free at Billy's Place, 110 Osage St.
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Union Regulator
Osage St. Billy's Place
Osage St
Banner Salve Targets Frost Bites and Chilblains
An advertisement declares Banner Salve as the quickest cure for frost bites and chilblains, claiming it is the most healing remedy in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner
Your Debt to the Accumulated Wisdom of the Ages
A brief reflective piece urges acknowledgment of the debt every individual owes to the store of human wisdom built across ages. It frames learning as a duty tied to education, culture, and progress, inviting readers to engage with past insights to inform present action.
Sedalia School District to Seek Tax Increase in 1902 Vote
The Sedalia School District announces a proposed tax rate rise to 75 cents per $100 valuation to fund schools. The annual election on April 1 will decide the increase, with total school levy expected to equal past years due to board estimates for interest and sinking fund. A. W. McKenzie serves as secretary of the board.
Word of Advice and Strain Question in Chicago News
A long-haired versemaker asks for feedback on his strain, while the busy editor jokes there will be no kick coming if he promises not to strain himself again. The exchange mirrors a Chicago News flavor with light wordplay.
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Chicago News
Rocky Mountain Tea Restores Vitality
The ad claims Rocky Mountain Tea restores vim and vigor, boosting mental and physical power with a warm tingling life sensation. Price listed as 35 cents. W. E. Bard Drug Co. promotes the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Tea
W.E. Bard Drug Co
Junk men offer free gold watch for junk items
Sedalia Junk Co announces a free gold watch for rags bones old stoves rubbers bottles zinc iron and other junk. Their wagons collect all kinds of junk from Main and Vermont with telephones 1000 and 263 available for contact.
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Main and
Vermont
They Didn't Do It. How 60 Miles an Hour Was Made 60 Years Ago
A Columbus reader recalls Edward Estwistle claiming he ran 31 miles in 30 minutes with Stephenson's Rocket, but the tale is questioned since he would have been thirteen when the Rocket began. The letter suggests the older man may have died in a railroad wreck, noting a miner’s tale of supposed escapes ending with everyone killed.
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Dr. Pierce
Shopshire
Ballou
Shelby Co
Ohio
J. C. Baker
Columbus
Edward Estwistle
Stephenson
Stevenson's Bacon and Meats Demand Grows for Local Market
Old papers for sale at this office. DESERVEDLY POPULAR. Stevenson's breakfast bacon hams and lard are increasingly used by the best restaurants and neat homes. The Sentinel hopes patronage will grow enough to double the packing house and meat market capacity.
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Stevenson
The
Sentinel
Three Months Trial Subscription Offer for Musical Magazine
Mail 25 cents and your name and address to Every Month Publishing Co at 1123 Broadway New York City to receive a three months trial subscription. The offer promises four new copyrighted musical pieces full size each month along with reading matter and illustrations.
Three Months for 25 Cents Musical Magazine Trial
Mail your name and address with twenty five cents for a three month trial subscription to a music magazine published by Every Month Pub. Co. at 1123 Broadway New York City. Contains four new copyrighted pieces each month in full size.
Preserve Your Harness With Neats Foot Oil
They will last twice as long by using Stevenson's Neats foot oil. On sale at the Packing House at O P Wilcox's Harness Store and at Charles Hob perseverance's.
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Stevenson
Neat
O. P Wilcox
Charles Hoberecht
Want Column Ad Says Advertise What You Don’t Want
The note invites readers to advertise unwanted items in the want column. It frames the column as a space for listing needs and unused possessions. The brief promotes clear posting and encourages readers to fill gaps with concise descriptions.
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Sedalia Wim
Courtney
Nnue
Sedalia
Sujin
Somerville Journal
Beara the
Pasmens li
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Pettis County
Wisdom of the Ages
Stort
George P. Rowell & Co
Spruce Street
New York
A. W. McKenzie
Quer
P. H. Sangree
Sangree
LAMM
Partn Lawyers
Ohio St
Sedalia, Mo
West Main Street
J. K. Holdner
P. G. Stafford
Occu
Espenschied
Hoffman
Ohio Streets
W. L. Jones
Telephone
Queen City No
Sedalia Steam Dye Works
South Lamine Street
Queen City
the Plaza Barber Shop
West Third Street
Chas
Sedalia Junk CO
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Ling
Allen L. Russell
Coal & Wood
Plv
Tele
McGinley Bros Grocers
R. M. Scotten & CO
South
Bell
Q.C
China
Ohio Street
Most Beautiful Musical
Illustra
Broadway, N. Y. C
Machine and Agricultural Works
T. K. Barley
West Main St
George B. Goodrich
Eighteenth
Marvin
Bell Telephone
A. J. Tucker
Ilgenfritz B
Ld’g
Sedalia Mo
Osage
E. H. Thapman
Tigenfritz Blag
Every Month Pub. CO
Broadway
New York City
Pettis County Realty
J. H. Bothwell
Sedalia National Bank
York State
Merry War Lye
Star Tobacco
Granger
John E. Rector
W. Main St
Insurance and Rental Agency
Trust ,Co
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