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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1899
Page
6
John Zachert a San Francisco mining expert claims old Russian boundary monuments contain charts of Russian possessions and that duplicates exist in St Petersburg He believes an expedition could locate the line and the charts would aid in settling the Alaska boundary dispute.
A Temple Texas notice promotes Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism with a two months treatment per bottle. Dr E W Hall of St Louis is the inventor and Servant Harker Drug Co. sells it locally with testimonials from W R Tyner dated April 16 1899.
Warrenton Banner reports Prof HW Steininger plans a Sedalia studio and a conservatory of music. He will move with his family around August 15, already has 21 enrolled students, and calls the outlook flattering. The community regrets their departure.
The United States transport Senator arrived from Manila with its flag at half-mast for Col Alexander Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment. Hawkins fell ill with bowel cancer during the Philippines campaign and died at sea near Yokohama after sailing from Manila on July 1 with 38 officers and 721 enlisted men.
Capt. E P Hall and Dr. Thomas R Featherstonhaugh returned from Harper s Ferry with seven bodies of John Brown s raiders. The remains are to be buried near the grave of the leader they followed in North Elba New York.
George H Jacobs of Thompson Conn praises DeWitt s Little Early Risers as prompt pleasant and non gripe causing. He claims they cure constipation arouse the torpid liver and give clean blood steady nerves a clear brain and healthy appetite. Servant Harker Drug Co.
W M Sommerfield and family visited Sedalia last evening en route to Milwaukee Wisconsin where he will assume a position with the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. Sommerfield known locally as Little Willie carries about 300 pounds and was formerly the Katy agent at Windsor, one of the line’s popular figures.
A dated promotional text touts Cascarets as a beauty aid to purify blood and clear skin blemishes. It cites a price of 10 cents to 50 cents and claims satisfaction guaranteed at druggists. A testimonial from B L Nance credits One Minute Cough Cure with quick relief for a sick child.
Guthrie Oklahoma August 2 The total assessed valuation of taxable property in Oklahoma as found by the territory board of equalization is within a few thousand dollars of 43 000 000, nearly 3 000 000 more than last year when the board raised values on average 35 percent across the territory.
The operating committee of American Smelting & Refining Company decided not to reopen the Denver and Pueblo smelters at the scale urged by the state board of arbitration. They published a card saying the arbitrating committee's decision is unjust.
In Junction City Kansas a young individual confessed to two offenses as reported from the local precinct. The unusual August date appears garbled but the case centers on dual admissions of guilt. Further details were not provided in the fragment.
Sedalia Steam Laundry promises customer satisfaction with experienced workers. The ad invites try us for good work and provides contact Tel. 154. Gro. W. LonGan, Prop. The Alamo barber shop offers children’s hair cuts for ages up to two years.
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