Personal notes from Sedalia and surrounding towns
Stanley Hill went to Jefferson City this morning on business. Nellie Bowman visits her brother Harry in Nevada. W. O. Powell of Green Ridge was in the city today. Mrs. W. F. Tuttle arrived from Dresden and will visit Dr. T. P. McCluney’s family. Mrs. H. B. Asbury left for home after visiting B. F. Hughes. Ellen Turner of Kansas City, guest of Mrs. Dan Cooper, left for home. Sergeant Major Ed Highley of the Salvation Army at Sweet Springs will stay until the first. Phoebe J. Wilcox and son Burdsal of Kansas City left after visiting Sedalia guests of Mrs. H. V. Hammond. Mrs. Wilcox was formerly teacher of Grade 1 at Broadway school.
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Stanley Hill
Jefferson City
Nellie Bowman
Harry
Nevada
W. O. Powell
Billy
Green Ridge
W. F. Tuttle
Dresden
T. P. McCluney
H. B. Asbury
B. F. Hughes
Ellen Turner
Kansas City
Dan Cooper
Ed Highley
Salvation Army
Sweet Springs
Phoebe J. Wilcox
Burdsal
Sedalia
H. V. Hammond
Wilcox
Broadway School
To Cure LaGrippe in Two Days Ad
An old advertisement promises relief from LaGrippe in two days using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes money-back refunds if ineffective and features W E Grove's signature on each box. The Jefferson City Tribune lauds Miss Minnie Shaffer from Sedalia as a bright, hopeful convention delegate.
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Grove
Jefferson City Tribune
Minnie Shaffer
Sedalia
Beauty Is Brood Deep and Clean Blood Campaign
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a blood cleansing product. It claims clean blood yields beauty, improves the liver function, and removes facial blemishes such as pimples boils boils and blackheads. The ad promises quick results for ten cents to fifty cents with druggists offering satisfaction guarantees.
Station Lunch Counterman Stricken By Pneumonia
Jim Hawkins, night lunch counter man at the Missouri Pacific station, is very sick with pneumonia, and W. L. Stewart is working in his place.
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Jim Hawkins
Missouri Pacific Station
W. L. Stewart
Marital Record of a Violinist Reveals Twenty One Wives
Adam Peshta, a vagabond violinist, admits he has had twenty one wives. The item presents a sensational biographical note on the musician and his domestic history as printed in the periodical.
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Adam Peshta
Wanted Situation By German Girl In Good Family
Notices seek a position for a German girl from a good family and also a 15 year old boy seeking work. Apply at 1120 E 15th St.
Judge G N Elliott Dies in Topeka at 74
Topeka Kansas December 29 Judge G N Elliott died suddenly at his home from paralysis of the heart. He was 74 years old. He moved to Warrensburg Missouri in 1865 where he served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas and was twice mayor. He lived in Topeka since 1878 and served two terms as probate judge. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Topeka
Kan
G. N. Elliott
Warrensburg
Court of Common Pleas
Herbs Form Base of Servant Harker Drug Co
Readable portions describe herbs that constitute the base ingredients used by the Servant Harker Drug Company in its compounding processes. The article notes traditional medicinal plants and their roles in creating foundational preparations.
An Historic Wheel from Concor dia Brought to Warrensburg
Charles T. Hendrick of Concordia brought an historic spinning wheel from an old German family. He plans to show it to friends in Warrensburg. The wheel is rumored to have a history and was reportedly brought to this country over two hundred years ago.
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Chas. T. Hendrick
Concordia
Warrensburg
Sedalia firm issues photo calendars with colored mats
The Sedalia Hardware and Grocery Co. introduces new calendars featuring photogravures mounted on bright colored mats and the calendar affixed to the lower right corner.
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Sedalia Hardware and Grocery Co
Sate-A Young Cow Fresh in March on Randolph Street
A young cow at 316 Randolph Street is expected to freshen in March. The notice notes the animal’s location and timing without additional details.
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Randolph Street
Davis and Holtom Merchants at Pleasant Green Sign with Parrish
Davis and Holtom general merchants at Pleasant Green have signed to J. C. Parrish for unspecified terms. The notice records a transfer of trade relationship and appointment of Parrish as agent.
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Davis & Holtom
Pleasant Green
J. C. Parrish
Boer Prisoner Rations Tied to Food Entry Policy
Dispatches describe Boer threats to reduce British prisoner rations if Delagoa Bay food shipments are halted. Reports from Ladysmith note extreme heat and enteric fever, with Boer trenches, wired lamps, and fortified positions around Colenso. British heavy guns target Boer positions as patrols engage in skirmishes.
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Great Britain
Delagoa Bay
Ladysmith
London
South Africa
Times
Gatacre
Stormberg
Modder River
Daily Chronicle
Daily News
Frere Camp
Transvaal
Delagoa Day
Daily Mail
Pietermaritzburg
Colenso
Chievery
Natal
Bulwhana Hill
Buller
Change sweeps Sedalia with Morrow's Kid-ne-oids
The notice touts broad support for a local change and endorses Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a remedy for back, kidney and nervous ailments. It cites Mrs. M. E. Farrell's testimonial of relief after using the product bought at Mertz & Hale's and mentions the yellow tablets and liver lax as related offerings from John Morrow & Co.
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Sedalia
Morrow
M. E. Farrell
Ohio
Sixth St
Mertz & Hale’s
Mertz & Hale
John Morrow & Co
Chemists
Springfield
Manila Announces Trade Ports Open and Marriages Legalized
Manila reports provisional opening of Zamboanga Cotabato Davao and Isabela ports to trade with Jolo and Siassi pending appointment of customs officials by Gen Bates. A ruling legalizes marriages performed by judges or any religious clergy, replacing the former Spanish regime standard.
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Manila
Zamboanga
Cottabato
Davao
Isabela
Jolo
Gen. Wheeler
Judge Vindicated as Coffee Mill Declared Whisky Still
The judge was cleared after the Mora find, where Revenue Collector Mountain seized the apparatus among C. J. Eifersen’s effects and officially ruled it a still. The government confiscated the item as illegal property.
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John R. Clopton
C. J. Efifersen
Mora
Chamberlain Pain Balm gains reputation for rheumatism relief
D B Johnston of Richmond says Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved his rheumatism after 1862. He reports a swollen painful foot improved after one application. Sold by Servant Harker Drug Co J L Kautzman and Otis W Smith. Prof O H Tiede arrived from the south this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
D. B. Johnston
Richmond, Inc
Servant Harker Drug Co
J. L. Kautzman
Otis W. Smith
To Cure a Cold in One Day Claim
Advertisement notes a one day cure for a cold with a money back offer if it fails. E W Grove signs each box and the price is 25 cents.
How Eastern Doctors Cures the Bubonic Plague
A dramatic account details doctors in the East attempting cures for the bubonic plague. Victims are said to be sew ed up in the warm carcass of a freshly slaughtered ox, a method claimed to save a single patient amid many casualties.
Loyal Lodge Public Installation Slated Next Thursday
The Loyal Lodge Daughters of Rebekah will hold a public installation of officers next Thursday night. Judge Rogers visiting in Terre Haute is expected home Tuesday. A $20 overcoat belonging to Ed Hurley, the contractor, was stolen from his office while he was absent. Thousands credit Rocky Mountain Tea with quickening blood and brain. ask your druggist.
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The
Loyal Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah
Judge Rogers
Terre Haute, Ind
Ed Hurley
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Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Ott’s Drug Store
W. £. Poindexter
Ohio Street
16Th and
Missouriane
N. B
America
Wilkesbarre
Geo. B. Horner
Lousthe & Nashville
N. Broadway
St. Louis, Mo
Co’e
Peorple
Gen. Funston
New York
West
Dixie
Navy Yard
West Indies
Mediterranean
Charles Belknap
William Littrell
Sydney Gray
Trenton
Tex
Littrell
Gray
Judge Clopton
O. H. Tiede
W Grove
Riverside
W. 2Nd St
Pike’s Peak
Honolulu
Morro Castle
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