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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1901
Page
4
The piece notes the paper as the official Sedalia publication with notices about local bird shooting season, Silk plant capacity, and a historic price claim that a bushel of potatoes once topped four bushels of peaches or apples in Missouri.
James J. Hill, the railroad magnate, works in a plain, modestly furnished office. He speaks softly and cannot hear the ticker in the room. The Queen of Sweden, who sent sympathy to Mrs. McKinley, has long been ill and is now in a precarious health state.
A Detroit poet was arrested in Poland for unpopular verses illustrating risks of censorship. The remark urges Missouri editors to avoid similar peril by exercising caution with controversial poetry and international exposure.
Dr Shir ley Murphy, a London sanitary official, reports that consumption cases rise in exact proportion to the number of people sharing a single room, suggesting overcrowding as the key factor in disease spread.
A reflection on people who feel exalted by imagining social belonging and scorn those pursuing the same path. The piece examines vanity in social aspiration and the coldness toward others striving to imitate elite circles.
A Philadelphia man escaped a deadly pistol shot when a roll of pills totaling 31 000 in his pocket deterred assailants. Authorities warn that anyone in danger should take notice and seek safety measures immediately.
A satirical parliamentary note jokes about disinfection of women in long skirts and suggests walking skirts as an improvement. It reflects on assassinations of Lincoln Garfield and McKinley showing progress while anarchists lag. It also cites Hawaii’s support for settlement with Americans and contrasts a poet Austin Dobson’s early career choice with civil service.
The presidents identified with middle names include John Quincy Adams William Henry Harrison James K Polk Ulysses S Grant Rutherford B Hayes James A Garfield and Chester A Arthur totaling seven. The list highlights how rare middle names are among presidents.
The Sedalia German Society reunion featured golf on the Wienerwurst links and baseball on the diamond. A barbecue fire hosted poker and seven up while attendees enjoyed varied amusements and socializing.
The committee in charge of the Columbia Shamrock race has decided to race the yachts daily. Weather indications for tomorrow are favorable. Also reported, the Yellow Fever Institute received approval for inventions by a woman, and Captain Bob Evans testified to a Schley court that a Washington newspaper claim of destroying the Spanish fleet was the invention of a woman.
The passage laments colonial conquest of Native lands and crowns a brief Indian summer as the sole remaining gift of the deposed prairie king. It contrasts the white’s domination with the land’s fading freedoms and ends by naming the season Indian summer that should not be changed.
Poetic meditation on life’s alternating highs and lows. The verses describe retreat and rally, peace and strife, calm and change. A refrain of hills and valleys frames the world as a pattern of bitter cups and pleasant chalices with light and shade.
E. T. Behrens criticizes Judge Longan for refusing the socialists access to the court house for their convention calling it a bad precedent. He wonders if a protest from 500 socialist taxpayers would bar any party from using the courthouse.
The Ladies' Aid society of the German Evangelical church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Sydney school hall located at Fourth and Vermont streets. Members are urged to attend and to invite new members.
Mr Terebaugh who lives northeast of town had a sale of his effects yesterday preparatory to moving to the Indian territory. The ladies of the Presbyterian church at Longwood cleared thirty dollars by a dinner on the grounds.
Sedalia Missouri announces current year IS01 tax books are placed in the City Collector’s office at City Hall for collection. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. T. E. Sheerin serves as City Collector.
The marriage of Edward McGurren, popular restaurant man, to Lizzie Sullivan, noted Sedalia belle, will take place in the coming month.
Harry Williams, a popular young man, has accepted a position as salesman at the Hub.
Miss Alma Labaugh celebrated with many friends at her Jefferson and Ohio corner home. Music games and dancing provided entertainment while fruits ices and cakes were served as refreshments.
The fifteen month old son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Behrens of the Sixth and Engineer streets corner died at 6 this morning from dropsy. Funeral services will be Thursday morning at St Vincent's church conducted by Rev Fr Healy.
Master Barney Lewis of Dampville son of B G Lewis was thrown from a horse last week and badly bruised with a dislocated left hip. He rests easily and is on the road to recovery.
William Fisher, the man who terrorized Lamonte and was arrested at Blackburn, is in jail awaiting trial. He is described as a homely looking Negro and has not yet inspired fear locally.
The Select Knights and Ladies plan a social and dance at Tiede's Hall next Tuesday evening with preparations underway.
Yesterday Police Judge Truxel released the vagrant on condition to leave town. No other cases appeared on the morning police docket.
St Louis has 17 million dollars in cash or pledged for exposition purposes and expects more. The city also has Chris Von der Ahe to rely on as a fallback.
Doctors will use an X-ray machine to locate the five or six bullets which Jim has ingested or been shot with. The report notes urgency and ongoing medical assessment as authorities search for projectiles.
He has carried an imbedded item within his body for years, details unclear from the fragment.
The highest point in Kansas is Bird City in Cheyenne county at 4 000 feet above sea level. The lowest point is Kansas City Kansas at 700 feet above sea level.
The note hails George B. Cortelyou as the only public figure to succeed despite his pompadour. It contrasts him with Corbett and Aguinaldo, inviting the reader to view those figures in comparison.
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