Chas Lister Company Draws Crowds at Wood's Opera House
The Chas Lister company pleases large crowds at Wood's opera house with nightly performances and booming matinees. New plays and high standard vaudeville features draw strong patronage.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
4
The Chas Lister company pleases large crowds at Wood's opera house with nightly performances and booming matinees. New plays and high standard vaudeville features draw strong patronage.
Matinee at 2 30 p m features vaudeville and the evening program presents the comedy drama The Danites. Seats are on sale at the theatre box office.
The advertisement claims lasting mind and body health depend on nourishment via a healthy stomach. It asserts Kodel Dyspepsia Cure digests food, strengthens the digestive system, and cures appetite loss, indigestion, dyspepsia, and related stomach troubles. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
A dermatology and chiropody practice named Hart promotes scalp and complexion services located at 132 West Third Street. The listing presents a medical specialist offering care in skin, hair, and foot health from a single address.
Brandt and Grote advertise Vigoral Heath and Big S flour as superior brands with claims of quality and value. The brief notices emphasize product goodness and consumer choice.
Sedalia defeats Joplin 6 to 1 as White plates three hits and Lee hits a home run. Durbin struggles on the mound for Joplin while Cravens works for Sedalia with eight left on base combined. Bauer Davis and Davis among the base hits. Durbin charged with loss.
Fragment lists city pairs and scores or records: uthrie to Topeka, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Leavenworth, Springfield. Details incomplete. no clear event, participants, or dates to confirm a specific match or result.
C Unger of 211 Maple Street Champaign Illinois reports a yearlong hacking cough. After months with physicians and many remedies one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar cured him and he has not been troubled since. Arlington Pharmacy sold it.
A Sedalia wedding was held at the Hammond home on East Sixteenth street with Miss Maggie A. Hammond and Mr. M J Davis married by Rev J Lincoln Ellis. The couple received many gifts and were joined by a large gathering of family and friends including L A Osborne family and others from Sedalia.
Local druggists advertise Worrells Insect Exterminator and Disinfectant as a comprehensive household health and comfort product. Described as a dead shot to all insects, the promotion emphasizes its effectiveness for home pest control.
An advertisement notes India and Ceylon Teal as a refreshing, economical beverage additive. One teaspoonful makes two cups, sold by grocers in bulk or packets.
Police arraigned a group before Police Magistrate Truxell. Four women Stella Smith Ruth Jones Bessie Jackson Ma Bel Ward paid fines for vagrancy. Georgia Gibbons received a fine for late hours. Charles Allen A P Wilson Ames McConney Roy Allen fined for intoxication. M E F R and J A Sampson assessed $25 for similar charges.
Miss Alfie Williams and sister Mrs Johnson with Miss Larena of Moberly visited Judge Parsons yesterday. Numerous locals and visitors from Sedalia, Selalia, Odessa, Jefferson City and beyond attended the State Fair. Notables included J C O Keefe of Moberly, bank cashier W H Powell, and several social guests from Lamonte Windsor Warrensburg and Boonville as fair week continues.
A vintage ad claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea boosts bone and muscle and improves health and happiness for the whole family. Priced at 35 cents for tea or tablets, sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
An Arlington pharmacy advertises Foley's Witney Cure claiming it cures kidney and bladder disorders. The notice emphasizes its availability at the local drugstore.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Piiers as a gentle tonic not a drastic purge. It claims relief for ailments like meat ache constipation biliousness and other complaints, noting they are small easy to take and quick to act sold by W E Bard Drug Co.
Local retailer F. F. Mulcahy advertises the Kin brand flour and Vigoral labeled products for sale. The notice emphasizes the best flour warrants and availability to customers.
Karl Wagenknecht, a Missouri Pacific machinist, fell from a horse on East Sixth Street Thursday evening, breaking a bone in his right leg and sustaining severe bruises. Dr. E A Wood attended and set the fracture. Will Croft, night caller for Missouri Pacific, has returned from Oklahoma visit.
An advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure quickly cures poor appetite weakness nervousness headaches constipation bad breath sour risings and indigestion. Sold by W K Bard Drug Co.
Stonewall Jackson and his wife were arraigned before Justice N. H. Rogers on a disturbing the peace charge after a nighttime quarrel. She was fined 31 dollars and costs. Jackson's case was continued to Saturday morning.
Remedy advertised for women addressing menstrual issues bladder or kidney troubles using a herb formula called Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. Claims to be a safe monthly regulator available at druggists or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample package. The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy New York.
An early 20th century pitch touts Foley's Kidney Cure claiming to cure Bright's disease diabetes and bladder stones. The ad notes Arlington Pharmacy as the seller and urges readers to visit a drugstore for a 30 cent bottle of Worrell's Insect Exterminator and Disinfectant to eliminate roaches mosquitoes and bed bugs.
The notice urges keeping white fabrics bright by using Red Grasse Ball Blue in laundry. It notes grocers carry a large two ounce package priced at cents.
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