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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1902
Page
2
A column of reader inquiries and anonymous responses covers sunburn cures with lemon juice and milk, oily skin remedies, grease stain removal for coat collars using hartshorn, pennyroyal for mosquitoes, and a furniture polish recipe blending raw and boiled linseed oil turpentine beeswax.
A note explains the columnist cannot advertise wares in these columns though the market offers many breakfast foods. The piece discusses views on photography, defining art photography as images made for artistic rather than conventional purposes. It notes photography has advanced, making pictures more picturesque and portraits less stiff.
Pauline Missouri reports visitors for the State fair from Nowata Indian Territory and Cooper County. H. T. Bolen and Maggie Speece with Denver Hoffman travel to attend with relatives. John Roach trades three calves for a fine colt. Jim Huckaby family from Palisades Colorado plans Lamonte arrival.
A reader asks about photogrpahy life like poses and college courses while others seek advice on health weight gain and sleep. The exchange includes guidance on seashore chaperons Monte Cristo versus Monte Carlo and sleeping positions.
The new British prime minister Mr Balfour, calm amid plunging Scottish land values, says his losses are noted with humor. He recalls Irish MPs trying to rile him in Parliament, and quips he would not have known of his ruin if others had kept quiet.
A Hoboken man in dire poverty pawned his only coat to raise money for two dog licenses and free his pets from the pound, illustrating a rare act of humanity amid hardship.
A New York Tribune quotation laments the bond between distressed people and their dogs, describing it as a common sight where both dogs and owners share a sense of suffering.
Twenty years ago the term midshipman described a young man at the Naval Academy, and the phrase is revived as historians review that era.
W L Jones announces a general transfer business offering coal and wood hauling garbage hauling and moving services in Queen City No 444 guidance to friends and customers.
Dow Drug Co introduces Fruange Cream a new drink at the fountain. The bite size copy notes a modern beverage option for customers seeking a novel flavor experience.
Jamison relates a tale of corn popping on the stalk in spring rains and heat, Pete showing the popped ears at a cigar factory, while chickens mistook flakes for snow. Charlie captured a seven foot snake near Cedar Bluff on Flat Creek last Sunday.
A historical ad declares Allen's Foot-Base powder lets women wear one size smaller shoes with instant relief for corns bunions and swollen feet. It claims to prevent blisters calluses and sore spots and offers a free trial by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An old ad promotes Ball Blue laundry product Stahl Gret Red Cross Ball Blue. The large 2 oz package is offered for five cents appealing to budget shoppers.
The case of George Thompson was dismissed this morning after charges brought by Jord Hickman for disturbing the peace were dropped.
Charles Rodimer the shoemaker reports a monstrous black snake near his shop. The item appears in a fragmentary notice with limited readable details about the incident and location.
A health advertisement notes Dr. R V Pierce chief consulting physician at the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York offers free consultation by letter. It cites a patient Mrs Minnie Tillotson of Potomac Vermillion County Illinois who credits hisFavorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery Lotion Tablets and Suppositories with curing her female ailment after eight or nine months. The ad advertises the Common Sense Medical Adviser mailed free for 21 one cent stamps to cover mailing costs.
A monthly promotional one way fare to all main line points south of Red Ding on main lines listed at 26 dollars 85 cents. The notice specifies travel during September and October only across key California routes.
John Robinson faced arraignment on the charge of assault on Mrs. Minnie Humphrey. He allegedly struck her across the face with a buggy whip last Thursday and was fined £1 with costs.
A circular from Western Ohio and Indiana rail routes announces a single fare plus two dollars for travel on September 3 9 16 and 23 valid for 30 days across Louisville Kentucky region focusing on a promotional transportation offer.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local brief noting Castoria Go Ss Pike, four bad CES entries, and a terse county or city item. Details are unreadable but the fragment implies a reported issue or error in records or equipment.
James A. Robb returned from Independence to deliver twenty six laborers to the Santa Fe railroad company for construction work. He acted as the company’s agent in the area.
The Grand Trunk Railway System promotes a scenic route to Muskoka Kawartha Lakes St. Lawrence River Rapids White Mountains and Atlantic coast resorts. Starting June 23 a daily 3 02 p.m. departure from Chicago offers a Pullman drawing room sleeping car service to Portland and Boston via Port Huron Toronto and Montreal. For tourist publications contact George W Vaux A G P T A 185 Adams Street Chicago.
East Eighteenth street resident Will Jamison lies seriously ill with typhoid and malaria fevers. The boy is considerably worse today.
The Grand Trunk Railway System offers a new summer tourist folder along with other descriptive literature. Applications may be made to George W. Vaux A G P and T A at 1385 Adams Street Chicago for copies.
The article highlights premier European tourist resorts accessible via the Grand Trunk Railway. Descriptive pamphlets and rates are available from George W. Vaux, A. G. P. & FP., 135.
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