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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
4
The annual report by Superintendent M E O'Brien shows 2,441,800 fish distributed statewide from the St Joseph hatchery in 1900. Varieties include black bass crappie sunfish wall eyed pike German carp and catfish with water supply and pond usage highlighted as critical improvements.
Advertises low priced muslin undergarments with notes on fit quality and money back guarantee. Highlights gowns, drawers, and various trims, with prices from 19c to $2.00 and mentions travel times between towns Warsaw and Sedalia plus amenities like Baltimore Oysters.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a promotional or editorial line praising a shift in energy or focus toward a "White Sle" project or store. No clear people, places, or events are identifiable to confirm specifics.
In Glasgow a flax crop shortage drives a wholesale linen sale. The stock is offered at deep discounts due to preordered supply six months ago, including 16 inch Bleached Scotch Damask at 55c and a range of damask towels and Huck Towels priced well below typical values. Prudent buyers are urged to act quickly as the entire crop sold in under an hour last year.
The ad announces lower prices on sacks with 9 for 1.25 and 1.25 for grades up to 1.59. It notes customer preference for higher priced sacks and that most stock has been bought, with prices dropped on medium goods as a strategic move.
The ad promotes $3.95 wool blankets sized generously, offered in half a dozen color combinations, with savings on other blankets priced at 2.75 and 7.25 for 11-4 sizes. It notes a surplus stock due to bad weather and urges immediate purchase.
The Huff family of Rockville Missouri suffers severe loss as two children died last week from scarlet fever and a third is reported critically ill. Doctors and nurses have not reversed the illness and the child’s prognosis remains dire. Mrs Huff’s sister from Tipton is with the family providing help.
A persistent lie claims Osage maidens seek marriages with white men for farms and bank accounts. The speaker notes widespread contradicting reports yet stresses the rumor endures among some readers.
Local advertisement touts our own cough drops and pure hourhound candy for colds. Rock candy and granulated sugar now on sale. Bard's offers child’s cups alongside shop info. Phone 218 for orders or inquiries.
Store offers handkerchiefs priced up to 10c for grades up to 20c and 5c for up to 25c grades. Items were mussed from holiday display and some used in rush sales, yet customers may inspect linen and stitching without further wrinkling.
An assortment of new scarf pins tops Bard's display while a monogrammed linen line and a laundry advertisement promote Monarch Laundry services with rough dry pricing. A St Louis hospital case notes $261 found on a patient after a fall alongside a Constipation Cure candy claim. Bard's also lists a child's knife fork and spoon.
Local notice invites work seekers to contact at the Salvation Army hotel on West Second Street. Announcement notes Gilman City lacks a marshal and jail after the former resigned due to council inaction. The clerk P H Longan reports his nephew Ernest Longan died in Maryville Missouri. An advertisement for Dr Hobbs asparagus pills offers kidney cures with a free sample from Sterling Remedy Co Chicago or New York.
The Sentinel advertises a jar of shot on display at the Premium Stamp Store, 503 Ohio Street, with a $50 Haviland China Dishes prize for the guess closest to the jar’s contents. Other prizes are offered and coupons printed in each issue allow paid subscribers to vote. Clip coupons and bring them to the office.
Almost all U S points accessible from Chicago Great Western railways offices with a one fare plus 2 dollar round trip on the first and third Tuesdays of October November and December Tickets valid for return within twenty one days from sale Inquiries may be made through any Great Western agent or at 113 Adams Street Chicago Bard's sells elegant Cut Glass ware.
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