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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
4
Sedalia public library receives a new batch of books funded by Andrew Carnegie. The list includes works by Barr, Corelli, Glasgow, Tarkington, and others with titles such as Tommy and Grizel, Diana Tempest, Master Christian, Isle of Unrest, and Gentleman From Indiana.
A local listing advertises new books including Thompson M Alice of Old Vincennes Twain M That Corrupted Hadleyburg Vincent Hotel de Rambouillet Ward Eleanor Walls Story Betty Wyckoff Workers and Zangwill Mantle of Elijah. Also priced items show butter 15 17 percent per pound lard 8 per pound potatoes 35 per bushel apples 60 flour per cwt seen 1.75 2.00 corn meal per bushel 65 sorghum per gallon 25.
A retail notice advertises a broad selection of men gifts at Roemer and Goodenow located at 214 Ohio Street in Boston. The list includes umbrellas gloves neckties handkerchiefs suspenders collars cuff boxes smoking sets and comb and brush sets among hundreds of items suitable for holiday gifting.
A sale of silk and fancy taffeta ribbons in widths No 5 through No 100. Prices cut to fractions of original: No 5 Silk 3c yard, No 7 5c, No 9 9c, No 12 9c, No 16 1c, No 22 14c, No 40 60 80 19c yard, No 5 Fancy 5c, Nos 60 80 100 Fancy 25c. Discounts range from one quarter to one third off.
The retailer lists Friday and Saturday specials on hosiery and underwear. Items include Ladies Fleece Lined Hose 25 from 40, Infant Cashmere Hose 20 from 29, Ladies Union Suits 69 from 75, Ladies Part Wool Vests 50 from 69, Misses Union Suits 48 from 60, Boys Fleeced Drawers 25 from 38, and Ladies Outing Flannel Night Robes 75 from 1.15 and 1.25.
In the balcony department a small selection of five or six imported dress patterns are showcased as exclusive. Customers may have them made up or DIY, with savings either way. Prices range from $2.25 to $3.50 per yard, with 413 yards per pattern. Two red shades highlighted. A fashion forecast notes red as a leading winter shade from the New York Horse Show outlook.
Ready to wear waists offered in various fabrics and trims. Prices range from $1.00 for all wool flannel to $5.00 for black and taffeta corded styles. Color options include gray wedgewood heliotrope and cardinal with details like brass buttons tucked fronts and bishop sleeves.
Warm weather has kept shoppers waiting for markdowns but we offer significant cuts on women and children's jackets plus winter coats at a third to half off. Our stock includes our own fine items and bargains from makers.
A long list of advertisements appears including wants for blankets and quilts, rental notices for furnished rooms and offices, sales and found items, employment offers from Monarch Mfg. Co and Standard House Caxton Building, a delivery wagon rental request, and a matrimony seeking newspaper man. Names include Monarch Mfg Co Springfield Illinois Chas Van Antwerp and addresses such as 612 Ohio street and 214 West Fifth street. The tone matches a slim classified page with multiple short notices.
The ballot has settled the question of the presidency. It contrasts with earlier debates by weighing leadership choices and civic priorities as the nation looks toward future governance.
A local store promotes a Christmas sale with a wide selection of Morris chairs from five to fifteen dollars, music racks and cabinets two to twenty dollars, parlor chairs four to twenty five, plus sideboards buffets dining chairs and iron beds. The display is in the north window and a ten percent reduction applies this week.
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