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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1899
Page
3
Gov. Thomas of Colorado vows to recall the regiment from the Philippines if McKinley and the secretary of war ignore his communications. He warns of possible legal action and potential Supreme Court involvement to challenge presidential authority over volunteer troops.
Farmers planting corn and county affairs fill Warsaw notes. Perry Towens ill. Walter Morgan and I B Walker visit. County court session last week. Henry Lay in Sedalia. Judge Heimsoth moved on to Mora. Sidewalk and curb contract to G W Kemp of Sedalia. local business activity praised.
Beloit College of Wisconsin won the twenty sixth annual Northwestern Interstate Oratorical Association contest in Lincoln Nebraska. Dudley H Ferrell of Tarkio College Missouri placed fifth and A Northrup of Kansas Wesleyan placed eighth.
May 8 in Plattsburg Missouri Robert Cushenberry a Black man was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of a city marshal. The verdict returned after deliberation by the jury and will trigger sentencing proceedings.
George M. Leonard, marshal of Cameron, was killed at the Cameron railroad station before dawn on March 16 by a man he had arrested for burglary. Cushenberry, arrested in Kansas, was tried in March with the jury 11 to 1 for conviction.
A South Burgettstown mother recalls a boy nearly dying from whooping cough and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with his recovery after a few doses. The testimonial notes the product as the best cough medicine at home and mentions it is sold by all druggists. Brereton travels to Windsor for a new job with S. W. Majors & Sons.
Medicine advertisement claiming lung irritation leads to consumption and that De Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey cures it while strengthening the lungs. It promises prevention of coughs or colds settling in the lungs and lists a price of twenty-five cents at all druggists.
The planned trips to St Louis on the 12th may be scrapped as the Mississippi River has fallen, hindering Nashville’s passage up the channel. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are advertised for regulating bowels. At Columbia there are about a hundred field day entries for the ninth and tenth inst. The Eagle Eye Salve is sold for 25 cents. The university of Missouri baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday June 4 1899 by Atwill of Kansas City.
A free street fair at Pilot Grove attracted a large audience with free entertainment and lunch. An afternoon horse auction fetched good prices, benefiting breeders and other local interests.
J. D. Bridge of the Democrat in Lancaster New Hampshire endorses One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for coughs colds and croup in his family. The endorsement appears in a Servant's Pharmacy advertisement touting the product.
A message reached Constable Robb from R O Henderson stating he would return the Queen City Cornet band property if not prosecuted. The arrangement is sat isfactory.
A fragment from a local page mentions a cough care product or advice. The readable text centers on a brief assessment of what occurred and who spoke. The passage lacks clear dates or proper names to identify a fuller event.
Store announces big sale with $12,000 in new stock added daily. shoppers flock to bargain counters as discounts reach 20 percent off or eight cents on the dollar. Manager Carl A. Guenther says crowds of happy buyers fuel the event.
A compilation of notes and anecdotes includes mentions of a proposed arch for the St Louis World’s Fair, various politicians and officials, and several personal vignettes about families, veterans, and public figures. The item presents a miscellany of names, achievements, and social observations from different regions.
A mother notes after dinner that Helen, not yet three, has food on her lips and asks about it. Helen replies with a straightforward line, “Only my lips.” The fragment then mentions Kittin ace[d] a letter from someone unnamed.
Berne cyclists wear dark blue frieze capes with peaked hoods for winter rides, a picturesque look. In Shanghai, a Chinese rider is blamed for reckless riding through crowded streets, even removing a handlebar while performing tricks, leading to a collision that injured a woman and damaged her bicycle.
An assortment of notes reports long lasting icebergs in the Atlantic and a survey of global topics. Police in Mexico City study English while half the world’s ships are British and could be warships in two days. Italian antiquaries claim Julius Caesar ashes found in Rome. Paris actresses wear paper lace that appears real yet is inexpensive.
Twelve years ago one sailor in every 106 died by accident. Now the rate is one in 256. Calico print works use 40 million dozen eggs annually, wine clarifiers use 10 million dozen, and photographers plus other industries consume many millions as demand rises faster than table usage.
A collage of curious claims notes lifeboat launches dating to 1700, gender death ratios, madness recovery odds, London's annual footsettle volume, Russian marriage limits, and exaggerated hair and nail growth figures. The piece reads as a satirical or folkloric miscellany with inflated durations and sensational outcomes.
A Frenchman reportedly ate Boeuf a la mode with potatoes bread and claret every day for 23 years except when sick. A Bristol resident ate beefsteak for 45 years. A local man claims nuts alone sustain him with no ill effects.
The auragia albens plant, acclimated in New Zealand, attracts moths with a strong perfume and whitish flowers. Moths enter its deep calyx to sip nectar, then are captured by two jaws and killed, providing a mechanical insect control method.
English judge Sir Henry Hawkins resigns, famed for stern justice and sharp wit. Stories recount his replies to defendants, including a swindler who claimed he would not live seven years and a prisoner who swore innocence before a verdict. Hawkins then proceeded to pass sentence, emphasizing theatrical bravado versus law.
During the annual meeting of the women's missionary society a March thaw turned to slush as rain fell. The minister presided with his wife and eight workers, they singing a hymn when the pastor's wife faltered on the fourth line. They stopped laughing and the pastor offered to choose hymns later.
The description outlines a direct line from St Louis Union Station through Merchants' Bridge to Springfield Petersburg Pekin and Peoria Illinois on the C P & LR R. The passage notes no tunnel is used in this intercity connection.
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