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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
6
The London Mail notes the private school sector may be hit as an official register aims to weed out unqualified teachers. It predicts many seaside lower-class schools will close as grants hinge on registered staff and parents inspect qualifications before enrolling children.
The article notes Wei-hai-wei, a three year British possession, with a population above 150000 mostly Chinese. It describes villagers as poor and unlettered, governed by elders, with limited literacy and little interest in learning beyond local land and farming duties.
The article notes Paris mushroom production from disused underground quarries south of the city near Sceaux, yielding up to three tons daily and a trade value around 3 million dollars a year. It then surveys desert life, focusing on the addax antelope and Loder's gazelle at the Sahara fringe, adapted to sand and scarce water, with notes on feeding patterns and elusive water sources.
The article explains the royal house designation for Edward VII as head of the house of Saxe Coburg while noting Victoria’s Hanover lineage. It discusses succession and which house heads the crown, clarifying that Edward VII remains tied to Victoria as progenitor of the dynasty.
An advertisement asserts neuralgia can be cured by taking Scott's Emulsion as nerve food. It contrasts internal treatment with exterior liniment and promotes Emulsion as nerve strength. A sample offer from Scott & Bowne of New York invites trial.
A London Leader note discusses the succession lineage, noting Victoria's ties to the Hanoverian line through Edward IV and George III and the debate whether a prince or king inherits from father or mother. It suggests blending houses as a practical solution.
A mother in Ridgewood with three small children and a tall 15 year old set the boy on a trolley seat as she and the others sat around him. The conductor collected five cents as fare amid the odd scene described by the Times.
An East Side boy named Bobbie, six years old, visited his grandfather on a farm. He spent hours observing pigs through a crack in the pen and tried to count them. When asked how many pigs there were he said he counted all of them except one that kept running around. The tale comes from the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Four of the oldest men in the senate occupy seats 11 12 13 and 14 in the front row for the democratic side. Pettus and Morgan of Alabama along with Cockrell and West of Missouri are described as the senior figures, Pettus being the father of the upper house after his eightyeth birthday last year.
Promoters of the American skyscraper in the Strand London abandon a 999 year lease after city refusal and plan to proceed on English plans with a 99 year lease.
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