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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1901
Page
7
John and Malachi O'Brien opened a coal vein on G D Davis stock farm eight miles south of town in Spring Fork. The cannel coal, tapped to three feet, shows promise of great value and may spur mineral development and capital in the Sedalia region.
Chas R ogle of Atwater Ohio says he suffered kidney trouble and used Foley's Kidney Cure. After four days he could return to work and is now entirely well. The statement appears in a drugstore testimonial.
Judge James Lowery Fort of the twenty second judicial circuit won endorsements from Southwest Missouri Democrats as their candidate for the supreme court nomination.
A. J. Snell of Summer Hill New York feared stomach pain would spoil a party. A friend recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses cured him and let him enjoy the event. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
The Landes family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance and tributes after the death of their dear child Ruth. Dated Hughesville December 14 1901. G W Landes and family.
Advertisement promises FO LEY'S HONEY AND TAR can stop a cold after exposure or at onset when taken promptly. It claims certainty and urges purchase at all druggists.
Local Daughters of the Confederacy prepare to honor eighty six residents of the Confederate home in Higginsville with Southern Cross of Honor badges. The gesture recalls past service by the grizzled veterans.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as strengthening throat and lung tissue. It asserts the product treats coughs colds and bronchitis and promises to keep them away with a peculiar action on the throat and lungs. The copy invites readers to sample the remedy via Ott and Bowne of New York.
Dorsey W. Shackleford aims to remove the duty on wooden pulp to slash paper costs. The Bloomfield Vindicator warns big corporations shielded by current tariffs may evade restraints unless drastic measures restore free competition and repeal tariff laws.
Business like man or bright man or lady sought to take orders for Wilbur's stock food compounds liniments oils and ointments for distemper heaves colic galls and cuts and for Fyricide dry powder fire extinguisher. Endorsed by fire chiefs and underwriters with testimonials at office. Fyricide sold at Ramsey's Racket three dollars. Apply 10 to 2 Room 20 Royal Tribe building Sedalia Mo.
The listing describes a large clothing stock including 300 brand new pants 200 second-hand pants 500 coats and overcoats 500 underwear items about 300 hats 300 shirts 200 gloves and mittens 200 shoes 100 boots 200 rubbers and 100 overshoes all new. Items offered at about half their value as a clearance sale at 209 West Main Street.
John Kaiser promotes 25 cent meals at 116 E. Second St appealing to Pettis County and nearby towns. Sunday dinner priced at 50 cents and meal tickets are only for regular boarders.
Wilson heaters claim to be the only absolutely air tight wood heater that burns chips cobs knots roots or any fuel. The unit keeps fire for forty eight hours and a complete line is offered at P Hoffmans.
An elderly Toowoomba resident named W C Wockner extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy after a two month severe cough, claiming it cured him. The letter praises the medicine and urges others to try it, noting it is sold by all.
The article lists the ten longest Senate terms, naming John Sherman Ohio Thomas H Benton Missouri William R King Alabama Justin S Morrill Vermont George F Edmunds Vermont Henry B Anthony Rhode Island Hannibal Hamlin Maine William B Allison Iowa John P Jones Nevada and Charles Sumner Massachusetts with terms ranging from 30 to 23 years. This historical roster highlights lengthy service by notable senators across states.
Advertisers claim satisfied people are the best sellers for Foley's Honey and Tar, noting it as a splendid remedy for coughs colds or sore lungs. All druggists carry it.
Walter Brill, city circulator, presented each Sentinel carrier boy with a handsome pair of gloves. He planned to save them for Christmas but Sunday morning’s cold weather made immediate gifting sensible. The boys were highly pleased.
An old advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as a brain booster for workers and promises double-distilled pleasures. The Madison Medicine Co markets the product branded as a health tonic and urges readers to ask their druggist for the 35 cent price.
Prairie Queen Lodge No 18 of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen met Friday night and elected officers including John Lingle as master and George Yeager as secretary. Grievance committees for M K and T and Missouri Pacific were named with Charles Moore and George Anderson chairing respectively. Steve Simecosky was initiated.
An advertisement promotes Dr Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide as a night friendly remedy for indigestion. It claims a sound stomach aids sleep and digestion improves, urging readers to buy from all druggists.
Windsor coal best for cooking and heating priced at 3.00 per ton with full weight guaranteed delivered. Also dry and green wood offered, cord or stove lengths at low prices. Call at yards or by phone 412 East Twelfth Street Queen City phone 21 bell 84.
The Amer ican Federation of Musicians local elects officers Hermann Busch president John Brandt vice president John Routon secretary George Dryan financial secretary W J Callies treasurer and O H Otten D L Gross and C G Ogle trustees.
George E. Dugan of 116 East Fifth street adds a fine line of picture moulding and offers framing at reasonable rates. Bring your pictures and have them framed now. Telephone 142.
A Fulford Maryland resident recounts a long illness and bed sores. He says DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him completely claiming it is the best salve on the market and warns against counterfeits.
An advance pitch for Buck's Hot Blast Oak burner claims it is the greatest twentieth century wonder and the most economical soft coal burner. It supposedly consumes all gases and smoke and makes no clinkers and is available for viewing at P. Hoffman's.
Dr T T Major & Son advertise limited time dental work at low prices due to drought. Full set eight dollars gold fillings one dollar and up amalgam fifty cents cement fillings, gold crowns and Logan crowns details, bridge work, painless extraction, office at 410 Ohio Street opposite courthouse.
A brief note advertises FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR as a cure for colds coughs and lagrippe urging use of the product and warning to beware of substitutes available through all druggists.
The advert touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the best in the world and notes two ounce packages priced at five cents each.
A holiday drawing in Arlington offers a chance to win a beautiful doll as a Christmas gift. The event draws participants and promotes festive community spirit on Christmas Day.
Boston Cafe states it wholesales and retails fresh produce, and serves them on their table, maintaining a constant stock of fresh items for customers.
An old advertisement touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughing and lung weakness. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. S. L. Yeager of Oxford Kansas and urges doctors to consider prescriptions based on years of use. Publishers: J C Ayer Co.
East bound and west bound passenger and freight schedules listed for Missouri Pacific Railway No. 6 2 4 8 10 and No. 122 No. 121 local freights. Lexington Branch Nos 72 74 198 with arrivals and departures including through routes Nos 2 4 going north and east and Nos 1 3 53 freight lanes. Through service No. 3 4 stop at Franklin Junction Sedalia Warsaw and Southwestern lines. South bound Sedalia Warsaw timings noted.
The Southern railway announces its winter tourist season with enhanced operations across its lines in the South linking Florida Cuba Mexico the Pacific Coast and Central America. The service promises to be the most superb ever offered for the season.
The Nebraska Colorado Express now departs Kansas City at 9 35 p m arriving Denver 3 15 p m next day three hours quicker The schedule offers five hours in Denver for business or visiting before continuing west via scenic Colorado sleeper chair cars and dining cars The Burlington also runs a morning Denver Express at 10 40 a m and offers California excursions from Kansas City on Wednesdays and Thursdays by through tourist sleepers via Scenic Colorado
Travel prospectus promotes the Burlington Northern Pacific Express as a fast daily route to the Northwest. It invites readers to draft trip proposals for quotes and printed matter, listing R. H. Crozier and executives in Kansas City and St. Louis for inquiries.
The notice advertises sweeping reductions on all trimmed hats at BOGAR located at 317 Ohio. It urges customers to see hats priced at 1.00 and 1.50 dollars before buying.
Owen Brown relocates his stock of sheet music and musical merchandise to 514 Ohio Street and invites friends and customers to visit the new store location.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a path to happiness and warns against imitations, signaling early 20th century laundry product marketing.
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