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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
3
Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener arrive at the seat of war to direct campaigns. British commanders assess fronts as troops move toward key theaters. Commanders vow to press offensive amid logistic strain and growing casualties.
London reports tension as Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener arrive with 50,000 troops to bolster the front at Ladysmith. Posts from Frere Camp note Free Staters attacking and Transvaalers retreating amid claims of boosted morale and possible command changes. Stretcher-bearers head to the front as Boer successes spark enthusiasm in western Cape Colony.
A mixed layout advertises Hall's Great Discovery kidney and bladder cures and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from users including D. W. Cartuse and Frank J Cheney. Also notes personal health updates and travels of P G Paddock and J E Bouldin with references to Druggist vendors Servant Harker Drug Co and J E Bouldin of Austin.
J. H. Baker, superintendent of tele graph construction for Missouri Pacific, inspected the Carondalet line yesterday in celebration of the 28th anniversary of his connection with the road. The Carondalet line was the first part built.
L. T. Travis of Selina Georgia, an agent for Southern R R, endorses One Minute Cough Cure as harmless and effective, claiming immediate relief for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles via Harker Drug Co.
Elizabeth Ratermund of Lincoln turned 39 and received a pleasant surprise on January 2 marking her birthday with friends and family.
Public notices praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a universal cure for croup supported by testimonials from M. V. Fisher and others. Local druggists Servant-Harker Drug Co J N Kautzman Otis W Smith advertise the remedy. Also mentioned Banner Salve and T H Callis traveling to Springfield Missouri to buy cattle.
A Kentucky woman, 59, praises Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as the best grip cure and lung bronchial remedy available. The product is advertised as sold everywhere. Green Ridge travelers J S Ream Ira B Perdue and John Ridenour arrived Wednesday morning on the Katy.
Prof H W Steininger chopped his foot severely with an axe while splitting kindling and is expected to recover. W S Shepard, Katy shopman, badly injured a hand on a planet and is improving slowly, losing use of three fingers and likely to miss work until spring.
August Flower remains the leading medicine in the civilized world for indigestion and nervous complaints. The ad touts its use to cleanse the bowels, regulate liver action, and relieve dullness and headaches with a few doses in liquid form. Sample bottles are advertised at A S McGowans and Otis W Smiths W Concannon, the express messenger who was slugged and robbed, visits Lebanon Missouri, still unsettled mentally.
Promotion of Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with refund offer. Mentions Grove’s signature on boxes. Includes testimonial on One Minute Cough Cure curing pneumonia and whooping cough. Notes bank directors election and local business ads. Mentions Jefferson City statute volumes.
If Banner Salve fails to cure piles a money back guarantee is offered. A. S. McGowan and Walter Seeger of St. Louis act as district superintendent here for the International School of Correspondence replacing J. W. Crume who is in a St. Louis hospital awaiting hernia operation.
Readers are urged to place proposals in the SENTINEL want columns. With hundreds of readers, most any proposition will find a buyer or seller, as many people seek to buy or sell through the notice section.
An old recruitment notice seeks sales agents across the Western and Southern States to market a new self-adjusting rubber and leather shoe sole. No capital required and demand described as quick selling.
Classified items include two furnished rooms over Me Ginley s grocery at 116 East Third for rent and a request for a white girl to do general housework at 1216 South Kentucky. Also notes about The Black Flag store offering cash for household goods and loans, plus a lost gold frame spectacles on Fourth Street with reward.
Wantrenv A B Fristee promotes hauling services for freight coal and wood with contact at 240 for moving work. The ad highlights moving and freight hauling capacity and invites customers to call.
Wanted several bright and honest persons to represent us as managers in this and nearby counties. Salary nine hundred dollars a year plus expenses. Permanent positions with straightforward salary. Office work mainly at home. References, self addressed stamped envelope. Dominion Company Dept. 2 Chicago.
Classified notice seeks reliable agents to distribute War in South Africa and the Dark Continent by William Harding. Claims $100,000 in gold to be shared among salespeople, high commissions, 30 days credit, freight and duty paid, sample case free. Address The Dominion Company, Dept. V, Chicago. Miss Doyle went to Green Ridge Wednesday.
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