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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1901
Page
7
Readers share medicine endorsements for Dr Caldwell and Foley's Kidney Cure, advertise a January 24 drill and dance by Company D at Liberty Park Hall with Grege's Orchestra, and note Red Cross Ball Blue advertising. Also mention Missouri road laws and a political reference from the State Tribune.
Mrs. Gilbert will publish reminiscences at Scribner's for three months richly illustrated with theatrical portraits from Evert Jansen Wendell and with her own stage souvenirs.
Minneapolis January 16 veteran actor Joseph Wheelock will lead in a revised Ten Nights in a Bar Room to study delirium tremens by visiting inebriate asylums. Friends warn the method could drive him mad, citing a French actor who went insane after similar research. Felix Crockett of Sedalia Kansas died attempting to catch a Katy train rod for a ride. White has the sale fever and will auction judgments monthly starting January 28 1901 at 116 West Third Street with future sales up to date per Revised Statutes 1899.
A health note praises Scott emulsion for babies growth and relief from feeding troubles. A brief item profiles James Troxel Jr who has traveled near around the globe before turning twenty. Arlington Pharmacy announces agency for Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin with a promise of effective relief and quality drugs.
Constable James A. Robb received a letter from R. J. Renfro, a Clinton stableman, saying Turner Abbington, held for stealing harness, would likely go to the penitentiary. Robb asked about bringing Abbington to Sedalia for a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, but would accept sending him to Jefferson City from Clinton.
A minister stays with a farmer’s family overnight then a man and woman wed at the farmer’s home. The farmer and his spouse sign as witnesses, later discovering a note has been discounted. One farmer was bilked for 450 dollars.
A Mexican war veteran and editor recalls Mexican diarrhoea symptoms from the 1847-48 campaign and links them to pension increase concerns. The item also promotes Krause's Headache Capsules and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with local vendors cited, noting a dance by the Phi Lambda Epsilon fraternity at the Elks hall and urging digestion remedies as essential for health.
The Queen City Leader editor laments Boston precocity and recalls a farmer from Adair county who traveled to Kirksville to report plowing up fossils. He described discovering crinoids from the paleozoic era along with silurian trilobites and branchiopods in the field.
The Gallatin Democrat lauds Gallatin as the garden spot of the world noting more pretty girls and refined people than any city its size, with fewer fools and deadbeats. The quote highlights local pride in the town’s character and vitality.
A playful ad notes how a girl drapes pink tissue over light holes and imagines fairyland, praising Rocky Mountain Tea as the mood enhancer that “bridges rivers, tunnels, mountains” and gathers scattered rays of one’s ability. The product, priced at 35¢, is advertised through druggists.
The piece recalls James H Whitecotton born in Ralls County in 1854 and raised on a farm before graduating from the State university in 1866. It notes a season of high child death from croup and lung troubles and urges One Minute Cough Cure for instant relief in children and adults with throat and lung ailments.
Four young ladies from the University of Missouri YWCA volunteer for foreign missionary work. The ad touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for piles and skin diseases and warns of counterfeit imitations sold at Arlington Pharmacy.
The town of Altamont intends to establish a new cemetery. A cold cure claim promotes Krause's Cold Cure promising relief within twenty four hours, sold by Ott's drug store and Otis W. Smith.
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