This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1900
Page
6
The St Louis Clothing Co launches a week long anti inventory sale with discounts on shoes. Shoes normally priced at 3.00 now 2.50, 4.00 now 3.00, and 5.00 now 3.50, including patent leather and enamel calf styles. Display window shows many bargains.
A seven month old baby orang-outang named McGonigle, in Philadelphia, is being educated by C A Bradenburg with a morse trained girl. The ape lives with children, learns to eat and sleep like humans, and an intellectual program is planned. McGonigle was born in Borneo seven months ago and captured after his mother’s death defense by sailors.
Crowds attract to room 108 as a gifted woman claims unerring power to read life from infancy to old age without questions. She offers love and marriage guidance and refuses fees unless satisfied, with hours 9 am to 9 pm daily including Sundays.
In a forceful speech Shackelford denounces a proposed bill creating a national banking trust. He argues banks should exit governing duties and warns the measure would empower a few hundred banks to issue currency and manipulate prices, harming the poor and risking future debt. He urges voters to oppose it and predicts Bryan as future leader.
Perry Edwards jailed on wife beating charges. Police say he has a history of abusing his wife and, a month earlier, struck his child knocking her head through a glass window and lacerating her scalp. The case is set for Justice Kinzie's court on January 18.
New York financier Mr McMillan, chief stockholder in the street railway, surveys the local property and surrounding gas holdings in Columbus St Louis Buffalo Milwaukee and other cities. Capitalists doubt profitability of the current setup but expect a bold policy to extend into northern coal fields to improve prospects.
Carl A. Guenther says his clearing sale continues with his entire stock of winter goods sold at less than wholesale prices. Frugal buyers should not miss this opportunity as Guenther stresses the significance of his sale.
Old established good-paying job printing business with complete presses and type offered at a bargain in Sedalia. Owner selling to devote attention to other matters. Address Printer care of the Sentinel.
The faculty and students plan to enter the city piano contest offering a fine piano as a prize to the most popular organization. Prof. Wilson urges voters to support the High school as it represents every church society and organization in the city and asks purchases be made with that vote in mind.
The Daughters of the American Revolution offers a gold medal for a destruction, essay, or declamation on a revolutionary subject to a high school pupil at the annual Junior Senior contest on February 22, in addition to regular faculty medals. Many students are preparing themes on revolutionary topics.
Bruce Rader a young farmer from near Peauline wed Lillian Ellis daughter of a Beaman family in the probate court room with Judge Parsons officiating. The couple will live on the groom’s farm eight miles west of Sedalia after a surprise ceremony.
Hoyt’s latest play A Stranger in New York opens at the Grand Opera House in Kansas City and plays a week. It drew crowds with standing room only since opening night. Major Crawford left for Windsor to visit Judge Gallaher who is ill with bladder disease. Mrs Black is in town compiling Pettis county real estate listings. Grain O promoted as a nourishing coffee substitute for children.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.