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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
2
The Sedalia council discusses a sweeping water supply plan seeking annulment of existing contracts with Sedalia Water and Light. A new twenty year agreement would require periodic rate revisions, filtration, a Lake Tebo to pumping station pipeline, and stringent pressure standards with penalties for shortfalls.
On motion of Mr. Scally the report was adopted and the water company was ordered notified to confer with the committee. Roll call shows Aves Fulkerson Letts Meuschke Parks Scally Staton voting yes, Hodges and Stafford voting no. On motion of Mr Menschke a warrant for 82.50 was ordered to Sedalia National Bank to pay coupon on 100 dollar bond.
The passage describes emaciation as a sign of consumption and asserts that weight gain indicates recovery. It claims patients with chronic coughs, bleeding lungs, night sweats and weakness were cured using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, noting weight increases as proof of improvement.
The fragment claims a remedy named Bitters offers the best evidence of value and will cure various illnesses. It reads like an advertisement asserting cure and efficacy without concrete details or verifiable claims. The text is fragmented and lacks clear entities or dates.
The council instructed the public building committee to seek proposals to renew guttering on the market house and replace window casing. Improvements at the cemetery were referred to the committee with power to act. An ordinance renewing license terms and several licensing changes were read and passed across multiple readings with votes recorded. A tax levy for 1902 was approved, and multiple bills were allowed. The city notified the former owner of 121 East Main Street of property purchase details.
An engineer was told to notify plumbers to remove licenses per ordinances. Letts reported no sidewalks on East Twelfth Street and a low place at Thirteenth and Ingram Avenue. Hodges said the street and alley committee would report next meeting on all walks ordered by ordinance but not laid. Meusehke moved to authorize renting the Goodrich building. A warrant for 3454 dollars was ordered for interest and exchange on funding bonds. Council adjourned at 11:50. Attest C. E. Baker, City Clerk.
Sedalia resident George Davis testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved a three day backache and have not recurred. He bought the remedy at W. E. Bard Drug Co. and praises its effectiveness for kidney trouble. PFoster Milburn Co. Buffalo is the U.S. sole agent. remember the name Doan's.
Charles Bard writes friends and customers he is in New York making full purchases of jewelry novelties and bric-a-brac and invites calls to inspect on his return.
The article touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, describing it as constitutional treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $100 reward for any failing case and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
The 1902 tax books were handed to the county court today, marking the official start of the new tax season.
A reader questions the ethics of a grocer selling sand as sugar and a druggist offering a substitute for Madison Medicine Co's Rocky Mountain Tea, asking what judgment should be passed on such misrepresentation and commerce practices.
L Jones of Hughesville dies Monday after lifelong spinal trouble. Parents were taking the child to St Louis when she became fatally ill on the way. Burial conducted at Prairie Chapel.
A reader cites a family cure for summer diarrhea using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The note urges keeping a bottle at home, especially in warm weather, and states the product is available from all druggists.
Hughesville Baptist church plans improvements and hosts a revival led by Revs. Thomas and Wood starting Sunday July 27. The event promotes spiritual renewal and community participation in Hughesville.
A Verona Missouri narrator credits Kodol with easing indigestion, enabling her mother to eat anything at seventy six. The testimonial urges treating cause, not symptoms, noting Kodol rests the stomach and strengthens the body by digesting food.
Rev. Zeb Thomas of Liberty visited the city last evening en route to Clifton City where he and Rev. O. L. Wood of Lamonte will conduct a three weeks revival in a large tent.
J. A. Kelly of Henderson North Carolina shares a personal experience with Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He used it for a summer dysentery attack and found the remedy controlled the trouble faster than previous treatments. Sold by all druggists.
Thomas Durrill of Green Ridge and John Fish of Holden have been granted pensions. Durrill receives eight dollars per month and Fish two dollars per month.
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