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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
8
A mixed sale lists remnant fabrics and odds in a discount catalog. Items include embroidery remnants, lace and trim, hosiery, corsets, belt samples, handkerchiefs, jewelry remnants, men’s and women’s wash goods, shirts, overalls, and white goods sold at deep cut prices with many items quoted per yard or per piece.
Mrs Murtha offers private sittings daily from 10 am at 210 East Sixth Street. Public notice claims she is acknowledged by the press and that clients are positively satisfied with her readings.
Dr D Laverne's Nerve and Brain Tonic Tablets claim to restore nerves and brain power and cure nervous diseases and sexual weakness. Sold by mail for $1, offered by Aug T Fleischmann of Sedalia Missouri.
An ad copy touts Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salve for treating styes and sore eyes with a tube format and a guarantee from druggists. It also mentions a local sales agent position with Liberal salary and no capital, asking for details from Shepp Company in Philadelphia.
A crowd faced Police Judge Burress as several trespassers, drunks, and vagrants were judged. Alton Ralph, Wm Douglass, and Wm McGaugh fined $10 for trespass. James Shobe $2 fine. William Fallon $2 plus $15 for disturbing the peace after denying a watch theft. Bailey jailed four days for disturbing the peace. Winston Chaney’s case postponed. Other minor sentences included 17 days for Luther Porter and five days for Tom Callis. Bettie Palmer’s assault case was dismissed.
A banker finds a counterfeit $16 bill and uses it to settle debts from the butcher to a farmer to a merchant to a wash woman who owes him $10. The note is later recognized as fake, leaving who lost and who benefited unresolved as the puzzle asks.
A dated advertisement urges readers to ask their druggist about Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it is the greatest blessing to women. The text targets female readers and promotes a medicinal product.
The SENTINEL requests a copy of its weekly issue May 25 1899 and daily issues April 1 15 and 29 1899 October 4 17 18 and 26 1598 and November 3 4 21 and 24 1595. Subscribers who can return these copies to the SENTINEL office will be rewarded.
A Warrenton pastor writes from Aug 9 99 praising Prof H W Steininger for seven years at Central Wesleyan College. The letter urges Sedalia to consider him for directorship of a local conservatory, noting mastery in violin and piano, skill as orchestra leader, choir work, and strong character.
The note suggests a large Seda lia street fair will draw an immense crowd and many friends will visit. It recommends buying extra beds, springs and mattresses, dining tables, chairs or rockers before the event. Lodge & Staley’s at 208 Ohio Street offers three floors of house furnishings with cash or easy payments.
Dr T T Major relocates to 410 Ohio Street above Morey and Crawford's office and advertises a top quality central Missouri dental practice. He holds exclusive rights to the Morris Process for thin flexible rubber plates and to Alvatander for painless tooth extraction.
Wanted paint customers bring us your bill and let us figure on it will save you money Ott's Drug store offer aims to attract buyers by promising to review existing paint bills for potential savings.
Adults with cold symptoms who visit A. S. McGowan or Ots W. Smith receive a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. Limit one bottle per person, no children without parental order. Claims include past massive distribution and physician endorsement with a 75 cent bottle as proof or cure. Sold by dealers worldwide.
The Sentinel proclaims readiness to perform all kinds of job work on short notice at the lowest prices, noting its location at Corn er Fourth and Lamine.
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