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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
4
Generally fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday. A fire alarm was sent in this morning from the residence of Dr. Cohen at Main and Vermont due to a burning flue.
Wallace and Co glass blowers at 406 Ohio Street stage last exhibitions tomorrow with a school children focus. Admission is five cents per child who will receive a present as a Punch and Judy show benefits. Frances Williams faces petit larceny charges with trial set for Saturday at 9 a.m. Ensign Lackey notes Salvation Army Christmas dinner aims for 300 to 350 attendees with local donations and a target to expand the donor list.
Resident Engineer F. W. Bailey and his assistant D. Divers returned last night from Clinton where they completed assigned tasks and reported progress on the project.
Pianos offered with a 10 percent discount from current prices through January 1 1900 plus one term of lessons with every sale. Taylor carries Chickering Emerson Ivers and Pond J and C Fischer McPhail Kimball John N Taylor and Gramer pianos at the lowest prices. Chickering and Emerson prices have advanced twice in 60 days with others likely to rise, urging purchases before 1900 to save $50 to $100. John N Taylor 521 Ohio Street. S M Wacker Mer. Also featuring latest sheet music both vocal and instrumental.
Katy official reports N. H. Reid laid off and M. L. Norris, extra, assuming the run. Henry Hudson fined six dollars and costs for practicing fortune telling without a license. Tom Petty files suit for divorce from Lizzie Petty on grounds of desertion.
Dr R S Yancey of the Katy joined Dallas sessions of the North Texas Medical association yesterday afternoon. I W Bailey, replacing A B Thurston as resident engineer for the M K T, plans to move his family to Sedalia from Mokane by year start. Frost damage snaps telephone lines. two Missouri Pacific repair gangs work as only one wire remains connected between St Louis and Sedalia with some breaks toward Kansas City.
Heavy frost last night damaged telegraph and telephone lines, causing outages in several neighborhoods. Crews rush to restore service as residents report slowed communications and stranded deliveries. Local officials urge patience while repairs continue.
An advertisement touts Dr. T Felix Gouraud's Oriental Dream and its companion Poudre Subtile as superior skin treatments. It claims 51 years of tested safety, removal of tan freckles blemishes and skin diseases, with a reward offered for counterfeit sales.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a beauty aid by claiming clean blood and skin. It promises to purify the body by stimulating the liver and removing pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion with 10c 25c or 50c options.
Handkerchiefs in bulk at low prices. Fine sheer material from tc up to 75c. 50 dozen pure linen embroidered handkerchiefs advertised as equal to any 50c goods in the city. Includes plain and fancy styles and high grade pieces.
Promotes Kid Gloves as ideal gifts for ladies with varieties in street dress and evening wear. Highlights new glove colors and styles including two clasp designs and embroidered options. Offers free glove boxes with Christmas gloves over $1 and discounted glove deals plus silk and wool mittens.
In Sedana a store advertises a large assortment of union suits for ladies misses children and boys in cotton and wool at low prices. Highlights include Ladies Natural Grey fleece 50c value closing at 25c grey fleeced 60c suits closing at 1.25 and three-fourths wool fleeced grey suits at 5c. Extra fine all wool white or grey suits priced at 1.19. 48c.
Night robes of Lonsdale muslin with silk embroidery offered at 75c reduced to 8c. Also silk web suspenders with gold buckle priced at 59c.
Advertises eiderdown sacques with a $1.50 value offered at a much higher quality, same style and colors, now reduced to a bargain.
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