The Mastodon American and Other Ancient Giants
The article describes prehistoric America with long-vanished seas and giant creatures. It cites Marsh Cope Owen Wortman Osborne and others who studied the bad lands of Dakota and Wyoming. It notes enormous dinosaurs Mosasaurs and pterosaurs, and compares the Mastodon American to a modern elephant, as an ox to a calf, while recounting their eventual extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Dakota
Wyoming
Marsh
Cope
Owen
Wortman
Osborne
Salt Lake
Seyvier Lake
British Museum
Kansas
The Revolving Wheel on Upper Broadway Mystery
Passersby stare at a wheel attached to a building on Upper Broadway as it spins at varying speeds. The mechanism is external and seemingly self operated with curious bystanders offering guesses, while a simple bent axle explains the rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Broadway
The Wheel That Keeps a Crowd Afloat
A bemused simile compares a political shift to a wheel kept turning by a small boy’s shove. The passage notes how a minimal, controlled intervention can sustain a revolution for a short period before fading again.
Princess Louise Turns Sculptor for Royal Favor
Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise earns extra income as a sculptor. She creates busts and statues for social climbers seeking royal notice, including a £20,000 statue for London Morning Post proprietor Lord Glenesk. Other royals like Countess Gleichen and Empress Frederick also work with her chisel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess
Naples
Vladilla Danilo
Montenegro
Louise
Queen Victoria
Marquis of
Lorne
Chelsea
London
Borthwick
London Morning Post
Kensington
Metropolis
Morning Post
Glenesk
Countess Gleichen
Victor Hohenlohe
Europe
Empress Frederick
Germany
Victoria
Marie Therese
Austria
Local residents and travelers mingle at Sedalia scene
Miss Dora Lagstrum resumes cashier post at Carl A Guenther's while E M Hess visits from Boonville on business. Dozens of townsfolk and visitors appear in this Sedalia city roundup with notes on loans, theatre plans, trips, and social calls across Kansas City Otterville Clinton and Pueblo among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Lagstrum
Carl A. Guenther’s
Taylor
E. M. Hess
Boonville
R. A. Higdon
Katie
Carrie Norlin
Sixteenth
Moniteau Streets
E. B. Qusenberry
Tom Sturges
Lamine River
R. L. Bedford
Mexico
Dell Griggs
Pueblo
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
E. Lichtig
Kansas City
City
W. A. Haynie
Hannibal
Henry
East Fourth Street
Lamonte
Luther
Lamone Record
W. T. Thomas
Otterville
W. J. Crawford
F. T. Cooper
Ed Ford
Dresden
William Kilgore
T. L. Dickey
Clifton City
R. W. Griffith
R. H. Gray
Rocheport
C. J. Wilson
Pilot Grove
N. A. Porter
Jonesboro
Ark
J. A. Biddle
Ida
Mary Wesle
Colorado
E. L. Shortridge
Tipton
A. L. Shortridge
W. E. Hiatt
Sedalia
Fort Scott
Hiatt
Lewis Elder
San Diego
Cal
Edward Marvin
D. T. Hartshorn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bryant-Tewmey Dry Goods CO
L. C. Snell
Amusemetns
Opera House
Wm. A. Brady
Lovers’ Lane
Clyde Fitch
L. Cannon
D.D. S
Lgenfritz
Sedalia, Mo
HE Medical Aid Association OF America
E. H. Chapman
Ilgenfritz Builds
Issouri
Granite Lodge
J. C. Parmerlee
M. Hodges
Stalkington
Corning
Pratt
M. D
Iowa Park
Tex
St. Louis
P. H. Hook
Malden, Mo
Crann Ave
Sv. Levis
THE
Princes Louise
C. H. Bente
New York
Chicago
Laura Newcomb
Clinton
C. C. Lawson
Katie Building
Laura Browning
Shelton
J. Hern
A. L. Strang
North and South Railroad
Wood
Brady
W. A. Wilson
F. A. Sampson
W. A. Porter
Concordia
Milton Huffman
Fresno City
Lover's Lane
J. L. Griffith
Sedalia Gas Company
Kirksville
Cumberland Presbyterian
J. A. Rhoades
Wood King
Big Muddy
Gertrude Shreve
Bloomington
Ill
F. H. Gray
Ed Wood
Hail’s
Oneita Union
J. D. Hail Dry Goods Co
Warrensburg
John Lister
Miss Blanche Files
Messrs. S. M. Hodges
C. F. Ernst
E. E. Codding
Grand Lodge
K. of P.’s and
Masons
Ernest Davis
State University At
Columbia
Will Yost
Tillie Goetze
Peter Devine
Harry Servant
Buffalo
N. Y
Stubbs
Sterling, Kas
J. P. Gardner
East Tenth Street
Slater
T. S. McFarland
South Dakota
West
Edward Blades
Philadelphia
G. N. Boutell
West Fourth Street
Mens
Ohio Steel
Albert Kahn
Iin McLaugh
Ohio
Allen L. Russell
Coal & Wood
West Main Street
Russell
Hicks’ Grocery
Ohio Street
Tony
C.F. Boatricht
Chas. E. West
Ohio St
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