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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
4
Forecast from the Weather Bureau notes likely showers tonight and Tuesday with moderate temperatures.
The democratic papers declare trusts menace to public good and call for busting them. They condemn a $6 per ton tariff on white paper as a tax on intelligence and urge editors nationwide to press for its removal to save about fifteen million dollars yearly.
The ad promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute for kids noting it tastes like coffee when prepared and costs about a third of coffee. It claims grain nutrition and urges purchase from all grocers with prices listed at 15c and 25c.
Sedalia Lodge No. 27 Knights of Pythias installed their elected officers Friday night, formalizing leadership roles and recognizing new officers in a ceremonial meeting.
Advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a cure for constipation and promises lasting relief. It uses bold claims to urge readers to try the product for quick digestive relief.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows George, wary of a newly found family, visiting briefly after a worried Mamma asks kin to be kind. Marguerite adds social hospitality but George deems the Hen ry kin as the shoddiest lot he ever met.
An eastbound car rider clad in a wreath declared a funeral tribute from a downtown florist. An elderly passenger denounced John Dash as unworthy of flowers, refusing to ride further as others laughed at the confrontation.
A Ladies' Home Journal method for stuffed eggs uses six eggs slow boiled for twenty minutes then halved. Yolks are mashed with melted butter salt pepper and onion juice, formed into balls in the whites, with optional sardines anchovies or ham tongue for flavor.
Edith Lawrence in Ladies' Home Journal shares a decorative idea from a friend who bought two slipper pairs a pink satin pair and a white kid pair. The pink satin slippers feature gold thread embroidery in a large bowknot, while the white kid slippers are painted with poppies and green leaves. The aim is a useful craft to try next winter.
In Ceylon illness is blamed on evil spirits and exorcists perform night long rites. Masks carved from plaster and painted grotesquely frighten spirits as native chiefs and musicians join in high ceremonies.
The piece argues that calling is not a fixed label but a latent bias that awakens with life events. It notes young people often fear choosing a less lucrative path, while true vocation emerges gradually. It warns against forcing children toward so-called polite careers and highlights gendered expectations in craft and work.
A series of exhortations on virtue and compassion. The speaker argues that excellence provokes progress while pain has utilitarian value for others. Sympathy, beauty, goodness, and patriotism are praised as universal, non denominational forces guiding honest action and humane impulses.
Phillip Warner is very ill at his South Kentucky home and Mrs M E Donnahoe, a veteran music teacher, is sick with pneumonia. Harry Scott, now in St Louis, plans a short visit here. Louie Yonker returns from Vinita Ok where he sold his stock and may stay in Sedalia. Barton Shepard plans Ohio travel. Georges Walker’s son George has pneumonia. Georgetown debates and Tanglenook discuss History as most important study. A panther-like animal terrorizes Georgetown and roams the area.
Louis T. Beck Henry Laupheimer and B. F. Humel were initiated Saturday evening into the Commercial Travelers' Union at the Elks' hall. A social time followed the meeting.
Sedalia receives Charlie Hooker billed as the world champion buck and wing dancer alongside Hoyt's Stranger on February 3. Hooker, once a Sedalian, has not visited for several years.
Sedalia police identify Cora Coffman as the woman found wandering on the streets of Hannibal. No further details on her condition or circumstances were provided.
Advertisement notes a claim to cure a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises refunds if it fails and shows E W Grove’s signature on each box sold by druggists for 25 cents.
Mrs Margaret Hill wed James E Fore in Norman Oklahoma in a ceremony tied to a notorious figure. Fore a county farmer, and Hill the third wife of Alexander Jester alias Hill once jailed for a Missouri murder case from thirty years ago. Cora Smith, Jester's stepdaughter, also married recently in the same period.
Messrs J. J. Henderson J Bodenheimer W J Chambliss John Linhardt and G H Pountain of the local BPOE lodge praised Sedalia Lodge for the hospitality and fellowship during Wednesday night’s Social Session. Jefferson City Lodge members expect to visit Sedalia next Wednesday evening.
Albert Hampe once a Sedalia dry goods salesman and noted Texas merchant failed in Houston with liabilities of 40000 dollars and assets of 29000 dollars. The loss marks a dramatic fall for a leading dry goods merchant in Texas.
The George R. Smith post No. 53 and the Women's Relief corps announce a public installation of officers Thursday night. Comrades and their wives are especially invited to attend.
An advertisement touts "Cures a Cold in One Day" by Dr. D L La Verne using La Grippe remedies. It promises relief from head congestion and headache with a 25 cent price and mentions Fleischmann's Phosphate products.
Advertisement seeks an intelligent man or woman to collect for a wholesale house earning ten dollars per week plus expenses. Address E. L. Sentinel.
A typewritten promisory note for 100 dollars on blue paper is lost. The note may be found by returning it to Bente and Wilson at the Candy Palace. Hickory nuts are offered at 20 cents per peck as part of the sale.
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