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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
3
A dramatic advertisement announces that consumption is cured. Dr T A Slocum, described as a great chemist and specialist, offers four large free samples to afflicted individuals demonstrating remedies for consumption and throat chest and lung troubles.
A grieving young woman visits a cemetery and discovers a blind mother and her found daughter share a hidden bond. Clara learns she is the mother’s long-lost child, adopted out years before, and reunites with her at the gravesite. The revelation links two families through fate and memory.
A series of visits and homecomings fill a Sedalia week. A Brumley leaves for St Louis, Maude Herold and Alberta return there, and Vincent Terry returns to Kansas City after visiting relatives. Local residents, teachers, and guests travel between Sedalia, Kansas City, Joplin, and Paola with gatherings and house parties noted.
An ad declares DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured a 20 year pile case from Summerton S C and touts skin disease relief. It also promotes Foley's Honey and Tar for throat and lung cures and offers Pettis county arm loans at 5 percent interest with partial payments. Also mentions J H Bothwell attorney Sedalia in the National Bank building.
James S. Boyle, a Homestead shoemaker who had been blind for months, was knocked down by a trolley and later woke saying he could see. He identified objects and family members after ten hours, baffling opticians. He had deep head cuts and bruises but felt no pain amid his joy.
Willie Edward Graham aged three and a half months was found dead in bed by his mother on Wednesday. Dr H B Cole reported the child had been dead for over an hour. Funeral arrangements pending and to be held Friday.
In Yoakum Texas a large dry goods firm led by J M Haller is praised for distributing De Witts Little Early Risers. The pills are recommended to relieve taste headaches and morning sluggishness with a palatable dark brown flavor sold by W E Bard Drug Co.
Winchester Indiana citizen W. Lynch reports his son survived a membranous croup attack after one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. He praises the product and urges refusals of substitutes. Arlington Pharmacy sells the remedy.
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