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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
4
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for tonight and Saturday with moderate temperatures. No significant storms or rain expected. The outlook favors pleasant, dry weather for the period.
Announcement lists T. W. Bast as a candidate for Pettis County collector subject to Democratic convention or primary action.
The New York Financial Review lauds Missouri Governor Lon V. Stephens for strong administration and state progress. It credits his conservative, business-friendly approach with enabling industry to thrive unhampered by excessive government oversight.
Advertisement notes Cascarets candy cathartic promise relief from constipation with a 10 cent or 23 cent price. The copy claims the product cures and offers a druggist refund if it fails.
A bygone editor notes that politics fade while the name of the man who builds up home industries endures in history. The remarks celebrate the lasting impact of a local promoter who fostered small business and manufacturing within the community.
Local dealers urged to place orders for inexpensive Sedalia made stoves. Citizens urged to demand a Sedalia stove from their hardware dealer, supporting regional manufacture and affordable home heating options.
A Sedalia movement forms a home society where each member pledges to buy only home made goods and to wear a Sedalia button to mark participation.
A town may become lop-sided if educational gains outweigh industrial growth. Some argue educated paupers are a worse element to contend with than ignorant individuals.
The M K and T railroad company is accumulating large lumber stores in its yard. Authorities note the material likely serves a non fuel purpose, though the exact use is not disclosed.
The opening of the Chicago canal is hailed as vital for national needs and a potential sole passage to the lakes for war vessels. The piece notes British treaties restrict assembling such vessels in peacetime and mentions England.
The article argues the St. Lawrence offers benefits while US lacks alternatives except a new passage. It claims lake waters entering the Gulf of Mexico could purify the Mississippi and create a fresh navigation route connecting St. Louis and Chicago, despite sewerage concerns.
The Springfield Republican claims Gov. Stephens influenced the board that located an institute for the feeble minded at Marshall. The editor now regrets the move, noting Stephens exposes enemies by calling bluffs and turns bluffing into a dangerous undertaking.
A patent has been issued for a voting machine in Michigan. For more than thirty years Missouri has used some kind of machine to conduct elections.
An old newspaper snippet advertises a 5 percent discount on flour with a ticket inside every Joy Gold or Lexi Kan sack. It reads like a retail promotion from a general store, urging customers to save on flour purchases.
Lot 2 lists 27 fine jackets across desirable styles with prices from 4.50 to 7.00 dollars. The note notes a total of 248 jackets available across the two lots.
No better values to be had anywhere. Finest all wool camel hair shirts and drawers priced at 1.25, Night Robes of Lonsdale muslin silk embroidered 75c quality reduced. Berkley cambric Night Robes 69c. Outing flannel Night Robes 75c to 1.69. All wool blankets in red white grey tan offered in all sizes and weights. Come see them.
A Sedasia department store advertises a large variety of union suits for ladies misses children and boys in cotton and wool at low prices plus a closing out sale on plush and cloth capes with fur trim. Capes Lor No 1 features plush lining and styles worth up to 5.00 offered at sale prices.
Ladies' plush capes offered at Lor stores with fur trim satin or silk lining. Lor No 2 priced $2.98 vs values up to $6.50. Lor No 3 and Lor No 4 feature silk lining fur braid jet trim with worth from $6.50 to $13.00.
Advertises heavy, well made comforts in wool and white cotton fills. Describes value despite rough OCR text, listing prices around $1.19 to $1.25. Implicit sale note suggests affordable home textiles in a general store.
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