Local winter goods sale and bargains offered
Dr L Y Bragg of Hannibal visits Sedalia on business. Stores advertise cheap heating goods and winter stock being closed out to make room for new items. Call 106 West Main. Brighton and Wells noted travelers and a severe cold. A H Chapman family heads to Vinton Iowa. Guenther promotes all winter goods at low prices. Knott editor of the Hannibal News is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Y. Bragg
Hannibal
West Main Street
Brighton
A. H. Chapman
Vinton
Iowa
Carl A. Guenther
John A. Knott
The
Hanni
Local Noteson Business and Moves in Area Markets
Business and social items from the region include M. B. Coleman selling dry salt bacon at 10c per pound and pruning fruit at 5c, Homan of Otterville visiting for trade, and J. Lett’s clerk W. Roley eyed as a railroad commissioner candidate. Rev J W Ferrell of Lamonte and Elmer Painter of Dresden are noted with purchases and visits, plus Lloyd and Lawson offering loans and phone numbers for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Coleman
J. W. Ferrell
Lamonte
J. H. Connor
W. H. Homan
Otterville
McClure Reports January 1902 Tax Collections
County collector E. B. McClure releases January 1902 collections detailing state and county interest, road taxes, and related sums. Figures include entries for six mile road tax and other district receipts, reflecting local revenue activity for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
E. B. McClure
Fire damages roof at 222 East Fifth street
Cold weather and a defective flue sparked an early morning fire at the home of Mrs. Taylor 222 East Fifth street. Firefighters arrived around 8 o clock to find a roof hole where flames had burned through.
Ladies Musical Club Meeting Delves Into Beethoven
At the Ladies Musical club gathering this morning the study of Beethoven was opened and will continue through the month. Miss Beulah Harris led in Mrs. Steele’s absence, and an interesting program was presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Musical Club
Mrs Cohen Called to Warsaw for Father Illness
Mrs H A Cohen left Monday for Warsaw to be at the bedside of her father J Keaton who is seriously ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Bogar
Freeman, Mo
H. A. Cohen
Warsaw
J. Keaton
A Damaged Bank Leader’s Son Becomes a Teamster
Philip Adams a Missouri financier vanished from Fulton leaving his Commercial Bank in crisis. His son Paul Adams, once pampered, took a sand wagon job at 2.50 a day and earned respect for grit and adaptability showing the making of a future businessman.
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Philip Adams
Missouri
Kansas City
Fulton
Commercial Bank
Stanley
Paul
Adams
Mercury
Curious Ways of Owls in Daylight and Night
The New York Sun discusses how some owls hunt by day and others avoid light. It notes that the screech and long-eared owls are blinded by daylight while the hoot, snow, hawk, and short-eared owls see well in both light conditions. The short-eared owl feeds on field mice in winter stubble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thich
New York Sun
Genuine Rocky Mountain Tea Ad at Bard Drug
Advertisement urges buyers to choose the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea made by the Madison Medicine Co. over imitators. Promoted as a great family remedy priced at 35 cents and sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Medicine Co
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Dunksburg Doings In Brief On Local Happenings
L K Porter is sick. Bee branch bridge road will get a new floor soon. Ada Carmack returns home from Sweet Springs visit. Ernest LaRue has pneumonia. Oak Grove pupils plan a spelling match with a short literary program Friday night. Ernest Lea R Tyler and Forest Winston enjoyed sleigh riding with local belles. Mr and Mrs William Settles hosted a dance Friday night with about thirty guests.
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Bee Branch
Dunksburg and
Lamonte
Ada Carmack
Ernest LaRue
Oak Grove
Winston
William Settles
Remarkable Cure of Crop A Little Boy's Life Saved
A Iowa mother credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her son's life. She purchased the medicine from A. E. Steere in Goodwin and administered it per directions every ten minutes, aiding a severely distressed child until relief came. The letter praises the remedy and notes it is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. E. Steere
Goodwin, S. D
Joel Demont
Inwood
Iowa
Wanted Boy to Carry Papers
Short note in The Sentinel seeks a boy to deliver newspapers. Call at the newspaper office at 4 pm or after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel Office
One Georgia Legislator and a Colored Constituent
A Georgia county representative elect discusses his upcoming duties with an elderly colored constituent. The man asks about daily pay and legal power, hearing four dollars a day versus the fourty cents he earns farming, highlighting contrasts in pay and expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Ounty
Digestion Under Hypnotism Stuns Detroit Medics
In Ann Arbor several medical students challenged hypnotist Santanelli to prove control over digestion. A subject eaten a full meal was hypnotized and did not digest for 24 hours, resisting stomach pumps. Doctors then confirmed the food had been processed, prompting student jubilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Santanelli
Detroit Tribuna
Noted cases of injured prodigies and their feats
The article recounts armless and limb impaired artists and performers including Mile. Rapin the Swiss artist with no feet and Miss Biffen who painted with feet. It mentions a Belgian painter copied by an armless man, and Captain Cal E Orton the forger who used a pen in his teeth. It also covers Matthew Buckinger who could play instruments and draw, yet committed domestic violence.
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Mile. Rapin
Antwerp
Miss Biffen
George IV
Earl of Morton
William IV
William Kingston
Bristol
Caleb Orton
Matthew Buckinger
Nuremberg
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Fourth and Ohio Sts
Smithton
I. A. Shepherd
Tipton
Elmer Painter
Dresden
J. H. Bothwell
St. Louis
Taylor
John T. Collins
Sam Grother
McGowan’s Drug
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W. J. Roley
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C. C. Lawson
Katie Building
Bell Telephone
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Cameron, Mo
H. L. Swart
Lafayette
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Albuquerque, N. M
Mes
K. Mixts, Jr
Boonville
Matt. &. Ua Co
Crane Ave
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Green Ridge
Georgetown
Ladies’ Musical Club
Damaer
Fn Sixth Missouri Volunteers
Carstarphen
State Bank Examiner
Terest
Dunksburg Doings
Dunksburg, Mo
Sweet Springs
Ernest Lea
R. Tyler and
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Legislature
Marie Ben
Thriller
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John Valerius
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