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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
6
Tired readers are urged that impure blood causes fatigue and disturbance and that Ayer s Sarsaparilla will help. A testimonial from Mrs J W Fiala of Hadhyme Connecticut praises the remedy after 12 years of ill health with blood described as turning to water. Available from all druggists. J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass.
A collage notes Florence Nightingale’s age over eighty, Henry M. Stanley’s hair, and a Grant chair relic from Appomattox. It mentions Ensign Evans serving on the Illinois, Treasury Shaw comments on rude treatment, Marconi’s life insurance, Dr. Coulter as head of US Botanical Gardens, A Wendlinger’s tailoring for Confederate and state staffs, Alma Tadema’s knighting event, and a witty remark on knighted painters.
The article notes beliefs about melting hailwater harmfulness and rainwater cures in China, cheap Paraguay banknotes, and postage costs. It recounts a missing Italian banker defrauding $100,000 with a locksmith’s fee note, a Seoul sunset curfew enforcing gate closure, and gendered street access rules.
A brief item notes the Hamburg American line now operates 98 ocean steamers. It also cites global shipbuilding trends with 911 steel ships, 270 wooden vessels, and 72 iron ships among 1,285 large vessels built last year. It mentions street begging in New York via James Ryan, a so called luxurious mendicant arrested for soliciting while driving a buggy.
An ad claims seven pounds of new flesh from a one pound bottle of Scott's Emulsion. It touts appetite, strong digestion, rich blood, and new body strength, urging readers to contact Scott & Kowne of New York for supply.
The report notes a drop in German speakers in Switzerland from 14 of 1000 to 697 per 1000. It also mentions a Prussian law in Lunenburg requiring husbands to be home by 11 pm or face a fine around $2.50, with half paid to the complainant, typically the wife.
An advertisement asserts deafness from Eustachian tube inflammation can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It offers $100 for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills, with closing note to send for free circulars.
A government fish commission scientist conducts careful scientific research. He has developed cures for several fish epidemics that affect hatching stations.
Between eleven a.m. and closing on January 25 1901 A F Clark druggist Glade Springs Virginia sold twelve bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy He notes it has sold well and given satisfaction The remedy has long been widely used in Virginia and praised for cures For sale by all druggists.
Minnesota, famed for wheat and dairy, shifts from Gopher to Bread and Butter state due to flour and butter production. Last year mills produced 26,630,000 pounds of flour and 50,000,000 pounds of butter, establishing dominance in spring wheat and dairy growth.
A Galveston News report recounts a bizarre duel between two culinary rivals in a club. Each prepared six dishes lobsterna in Newbury Welsh rarebit rum omelette tripe and oysters chicken livers saute and stewed terrapin. Both fell ill and required medical care.
A Chicago Tribune noted shift in parlor and sleeping cars from ornate carvings to simple polished surfaces. Pullman and Wagner merged, ending costly decoration that trapped dust. New cars improve space around upper berths and enhance passenger comfort and cleanliness.
A short American newspaper quotation frames virtue as rare, noting that people deserve praise when they choose the right path. The source expresses a moral stance on everyday integrity.
A chief gunner in the navy earns $1,800 annually, the highest salary among noncommissioned officers. Canada supplied 2,924 of 10,819 colonial troops sent to South Africa in the war's first year. A Japanese paper says the US ordered six gunboats from Uraga Dock for Philippine coast defense, each costing 75 000 to 100 000 dollars in yen terms. The Monterey at Shanghai draws many visitors, as Shanghai has never seen a monitor before and public interest is high.
Berlin fire department responses totaled 11 060 in the previous year. The article notes German wheat prices at 35 percent below 1900 levels and discusses the use of the German language in public life.
J R Holly of Macomb Illinois reports his wife found perfect relief from a severe chronic stomach trouble after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. She could not eat normal meals before, but is now cured though several physicians remedies had failed. You may eat any food without dieting as Kodol will digest it. W E Bard Drug Co.
A Brooklyn youth at 10 50 p m went to visit a love interest and was arrested after the maid deemed him a burglar. The magistrate scolded him on late calling and discharged him, noting the episode as a learning moment.
Dr. T. T. Major & Son advertise limited time dental prices including full set for 8.08 and amalgam fillings at 0.60, bridge work as a specialty, and painless extraction services. Office at 410 Ohio Street opposite the courthouse.
A piece of virgin gold weighing 82.18 ounces troy was melted in the United States assay office at Helena Montana after negotiations to preserve it as a nugget failed due to an inability to obtain an exact assay.
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