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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
6
A local prospectus promises 1000 new names by March 1 1901 after a prior gain of over 500 subscribers. No lottery or strict rules will govern the effort with both daily and semi weekly subscribers eligible. A jar in the Premium Stamp Store window at 503 Ohio Street marks the entry plan.
A sealed half gallon jar filled with No 4 shot reaches within an inch and a half of the top. Judges will count the shot on March 1st, and readers are invited to guess the quantity before then for a prize.
G Vacher of 157 Osgood Street Chicago reports his wife suffered a severe la grippe cough that improved instantly with Foley's Honey and Tar. He says the 50 cent bottle cured her cough entirely and notes prices 25 and 50 cents at all druggists.
A collage of antiquated notes and ads. It mixes literary allusions with local commerce and public notices. Drug advertisements promote Foley’s Honey and Tar and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Local posts praise a Lady Postmaster at Chilhowee and a Jefferson City political stance.
A Mountain Grove resident boasts a vast reading list as a college professor, subscribing to fifty six newspapers and magazines. Advertisements promote cough remedies and skin salves, with local pharmacies offering Chamberlain's tablets for stomach and liver relief.
Two youths report a real white ghost seen in Houstonia over the past week, prompting local chatter and a curious town mood. The item blends sensational note with a faded rural newspaper voice from the period.
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