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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
3
Wonderful Roots and Herbs promotes Dr. located at 317 Lamine Hotel LeGrande block. His natural weed medicine made on site will be offered free for 16 days. Moving pains are cured in minutes with Instant Relief. Consultation free. Also touts Duroc Mineral Oil Springs for indigestion urinary and bladder issues for the poor.
Washington reports on Otis marriage law in the Philippines allowing established forms with open acknowledgment. It covers gathering remains of American soldiers in Cuba with 129 bodies at Trisconia and nine at Matanzas and burial work along the north coast. It notes a Coast and Geodetic Survey funding limit and a Manila sub-office proposal. The piece also mentions the Green Goods warning stance and a Supreme Court recess. Child labor data from 1870 to 1880 highlights rising wage earners among 10 to 15 year olds and 14-year-olds likely leaving school for work, urging national attention.
Gen Shafter reports to the War Department a full list of 155 soldiers bodies sent to San Francisco via City of Pekin. Unclaimed remains will be buried in the national cemetery at the Presidio. Names include Lewis W Ferguson Howard A Olds George W Vancil and Oscar G Thorne of the Twentieth Kansas.
Washington observers note President William McKinley turned 57 yesterday born in Niles Ohio in 1843. He received numerous congratulations from visitors and a flood of cablegrams and telegrams along with many floral remembrances.
Six fishermen were carried out on the ice north of Menominee late yesterday afternoon and last seen six miles out drifting toward the lake. Prospects of rescue are small as rescue operations are limited.
A group of newspaper men from Iowa along the Illinois Central line visited Omaha and Council Bluffs. They were hosted by local commercial clubs and a banquet was held by railroad officials. In Chicago a Union Reform Party meeting is planned to organize today.
Chicago health inspector F B Thirkield says Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cannot be recommended enough and that it cured his severe dyspepsia. The Cameron Observer lists an obituary titled In Gods Care. A Missouri newspaper man’s secret knowledge quip closes the item.
The State Tribune reports the Commercial Club of Jefferson City may suspend, as the paper notes the group has nothing to do. The item follows claims about remedies and coughing, but focuses on the club's alleged pause or halt in activity.
An ad praises Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a soothing remedy for croup and throat complaints. It claims cronchial affections lose danger with this treatment and urges all homes to keep it. The piece also notes a local paper’s obituary-like verse and a stray holiday item.
A Liberty West Virginia resident endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a universal cure for croup. The ad claims the remedy has saved many children and lists local vendors Servant Harker Drug Co. J. L. Kautzman Otis W. Smith as sellers. A note mentions Rev. Mr. Putman suspending publication.
Cures dizzy spells tiredness stomach kidney and liver troubles. Keeps you well all year. Rocky Mountain Tea taken this month. 35e. Ask your druggist.
Rumors say Moberly city council plans a pay raise for all officials. Editor Buck Kelley warns the move may fail or provoke backlash, signaling tense local politics ahead of any vote or action.
An advertisement urges quick relief from muscular and inflammatory rheumatism with Dr Bell’s Anti Pain described as the world’s greatest best and most wonderful pain killer. It emphasizes rapid effect and universal efficacy for rheumatic pain.
Rev. H. M. Purney conducts interdenominational revival meetings in the Gallatin circuit court room each night drawing great crowds who listen to the evangelist’s sermons.
A. S. McGowan and Jas. Agee traveled to Nevada on Monday. Ben Blair arrived from Boonville on Monday.
The piece notes that gunpowder entered hunting slowly with nobles reluctant to adopt it. It says commoners first used firearms for game, while Maximilian preferred a cross bow. Poachers faced strict controls as firearms supplanted earlier weapons only in the late 16th century for deer hunting.
A Hungarian bridegroom, Mitra Popa from Teregova, races through a railway tunnel to reach his wedding in Zigrad. He enters with dark brown hair and emerges with hair turned white from the stress. the bride accepts him, joking that the change may fade and is covered by insurance.
The article notes 1,133 deaths from snake bites and 291 killed by tigers in India last year. It argues population density and religious restraint hinder wildlife control, contrasting with British efforts to reduce dangerous beasts. It ends with a parable about faith and moral struggle.
A waterspout was sighted sweeping toward Hennessey Oklahoma and, for the third time this year, the town was saved by artificial means. Rough riders bought four cannons and the town pays a man to tend them. When a cyclone appears he rides out with a mounted guard to fire a cannon loaded with salt into the mass. The improvised defense protected the town from destruction.
Readers may place or respond to want ads in the SENTINEL. The paper notes hundreds of readers and suggests most propositions find a match in the classified section.
Wanted ad for A B Fristee the transfer man promises to move you haul your freight haul coal or wood and invites calls to 240 for hauling work or services.
Classified brief seeks a five or six room dwelling or a four or five room unit downstairs in a building partly occupied by others. Preference for cottage style. Apply Dr. J. C. Dysart at 209 East Sixth Street.
The Black Flag secondhand goods store advertises paying the highest cash price for household items and offering money loans on stored goods. L. I. Mackey operates at 113 West Main Street.
Wanted several bright honest persons to represent us as managers in this and nearby counties. Salary nine hundred dollars a year plus expenses. Permanent position, office work conducted at home. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Dominion Company Dept. 2 Chicago.
Rich garden space of 10 acres within city limits with two four room dwellings and one three room house. Includes a good barn for five horses and a large wagon shed with ample water. Bailey Smith 108 W Third Street.
The Sentinel runs a voting contest to pick Sedalia’s most popular school teacher. Votes appear on Sentinel coupons and the deadline is April 1. The winner receives a dictionary valued at 11.75. Also an ad for Buttermilk Soap 3 boxes 9 cakes for 25 cents.
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