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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
7
Ruth Lawson of Detroit reports rapid hair regrowth after using Ayer's Hair Vigor, claiming her hair stopped falling out in under two bottles. The advertisement touts the product as genuine hair-food shown to revive thinning hair.
The P Brandt Grocer Co promotes Golden Roast Coffee at 25 cents a pound claiming it offers more cups per pound and better flavor than cheaper coffees. It emphasizes a unique blend preserving strength and smooth aroma, warns consumers about imitators, and notes a long-standing trade built on the blend.
George T. Angell recalls in Our Dumb Animals how Galway man Dick Martin stood in the British House of Commons to defend an animal protection bill, prompting a cock crow and cheers as his bill became the world’s first law against cruelty to animals.
A Pettis county Masonic notice calls all members to a Thursday 8 PM meeting at the Masonic Hall to discuss building a Temple on ground cleared by cannon fire. Shares will be offered so every Mason can buy in, guiding the best course with input from listed officers. Dr T T Major & Son offer dental services at low prices at 410 Ohio Street opposite the court house.
Sedalia Junk Co invites customers to trade rag bones old stoves bottles zinc iron and more for a free gold watch. Wagons collect all junk items. Call for particulars at Telephones 1000 and 263 in Sedalia.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as strengthening weak lungs and throats. It claims a unique throat and lung action that drives out coughs colds and bronchitis and keeps them away. A sample offer from Scott & Powne at 409 Pearl Street New York is included.
Relatives and friends in Appleton City mourn the death of Mrs. Frank Walbridge from blood poisoning at her Sedalia home on Sunday morning April 6. A two week old baby boy survives. Mrs. Walbridge’s husband W. D. Walbridge rushed to reach her bedside hours before she died.
Want Ads of 20 words or less run under classified heads six times for 25c cash. None accepted for less. Send copy with cash to this office or to Otis W. Smith Fifth and Engineer streets Arlington Pharmacy 308 Ohio Street Dow Drug Co 200 Ohio Street.
Road cart offered for sale in good order. Contact at 120 East Third Street. 4-11 date noted.
An advertisement urges agents to sell Brilliant Gaslight Burners that require no chimney or wick, fit coal oil lamps, and promise smoke free light. It claims 200 percent profit and invites immediate contact with Enterprise Manufacturing Co. in Cincinnati.
A brief notice urges consulting the local palmist at 209 East Sixth Street before final decisions. The fragment hints at timing around a 4-15 date and cautions against last-minute alterations.
A financial lender advertises loans from $1,000 and up at the lowest rates available. The offer emphasizes accessible borrowing and competitive terms to attract customers seeking unsecured financing.
A plain gold band ring is missing and a finder is asked to return it to the Sentinel office. The notice is dated 4 15 with a cryptic code d3t.
Sentinel wants ads for wants pages sending brief notices about cakes and other items. Run 20 words three times for 25 cents cash.
The advertisement offers Windsor coal of best cooking and heating quality at 3.00 per ton delivered. It also sells good wood in dry or green forms, available by cord or stove lengths. Customers are urged to call at yards or by phone.
A small newspaper ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder in a large 207 package priced at five cents. It promises to restore faded clothes to white. The copy emphasizes household cleaning use and value.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes a two ounce package priced at five cents and promotes wholesome Rembaugh candies from 616 Ohio Avenue.
Mills Gundling and Standard will begin trial runs in the next three weeks after a stoppage caused by a power plant breakdown near the Standard Lead and Smelting shaft. Prospecting expands across Moreau creek valley from Fortuna to California with multiple drill findings and a possible blanket vein. Roy F. Bane of Merrill Lead buys the Dexhimer farm where the Greenhorn shaft shows promising mineral and ore intervals. R. S. Harris probes Richland creek north of Fortuna, marking first thorough effort to prove new territory with two drills and more planned. success could extend the field’s bounds.
Our new lace curtains arrive with exclusive patterns. We offer a wide range of carpets and floor coverings at low prices for dependable goods. Choose early so items can be made up and ready when needed. Never buy a go cart until you see the National.
The Kansas Oklahoma and Texas point system offers one fare plus 2 dollars round trip with tickets on first and third Tuesdays each month. Dates include March and April 1902 with total 26.85. Routes extend to Reding San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego El Paso and more with cheap rates to Montana Utah Washington. Dallas return 10.45. Annual United Confederate Veterans reunion sales April 19 20 21. Ticket valid April 30 may extend to May 15.
Doctors endorse outdoor living for consumption and lung complaints urging patients to relocate to the West Texas plateau and moderate elevations in Arizona and New Mexico. The open air year round is cited as beneficial, reducing exposure risk while aiding recovery.
The dry atmosphere and ozone west of San Antonio including Marfa Fort Davis El Paso and Tucson favor outdoor living year round. Many East Dwellers avoided death by moving to these areas and regaining health and vigor. Send two cents in stamps for Matter of Health and El Paso and the Health Best to any Southern Pacific agent or J H Lothrop, general agent St Louis Mo.
The notice lists multiple rail fare prices for St Paul Minneapolis San Francisco Tacoma and Colorado routes with specific travel dates in May July August and September. It mentions round trips and limited stopover privileges with limits through October 31 1902 and notes higher fares to certain destinations such as Glenwood Springs Salt Lake Ogden and Colorado Springs. Tickets good to October 31 1902 with various June July August travel windows and higher pricing for some routes. Call or visit the ticket office for full limits and stopover details.
Mrs. J. H. Shultz and her son arrived back at their Ossawatomie Kansas home yesterday following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John M. Glenn.
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