Weather forecast notes fair nights and warmer trend
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Tuesday with likely fair conditions Wednesday. Warmer temperatures are expected in the northern portion on Tuesday.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1899
Page
4
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Tuesday with likely fair conditions Wednesday. Warmer temperatures are expected in the northern portion on Tuesday.
Ramsey who won the three mile at Liberty Park last Tuesday accepts Frank Padgett's challenge for another race. He will be ready to race in the first week of August or as soon as possible after. The fifty dollar stake will be posted with a reputable stakes holder once Padgett provides the coin. Padgett offers two to five miles if the three mile limit fails.
Hermann H Meyers aged 65 died of apoplexy Saturday night at his home 1703 South Grand Avenue after falling ill at supper. He was with Dr M T Collins but died within three hours. He leaves six children John Herman August William Clara and Annie. Funeral is tomorrow at 9 am from Sacred Heart church.
A vintage ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea to gain weight, contrasting it with failed laughter therapy and inviting readers to Fleischmann's Pharmacy. It touts ice cream soda and patient tone suggests a local drugstore offer.
W M Gallaher of Bryan Pa says after forty years of trying cures One Minute Cough Cure is best it relieves instantly and cures throat and lung troubles. Servant Harker Drug Co also advertised. The board of education meets this evening to elect a new secretary and treasurer.
News arrives of the death of Mrs Ellen Sweeney aged about 70 at her Clifton City home. Her body will be moved to Sedalia for interment beside her late husband.
Miss Georgia Maddox became Mrs J E Dey in a 8:30 last night ceremony by Father Healey at St Vincent's parsonage. Dey, a Katy conductor between Mokane and St Louis, married with attendants Mr L R Conner and Miss Della Steele. The couple planned housekeeping in Mokane after a Katy flyer departure at midnight. Ice cream and cake served by St Vincent's Ladies tomorrow evening.
A woman in a street car complains that men grow less courteous in rapid transit. She counts 16 men who crowd the car while she stands in her prettiest gown, fearing the erosion of chivalry and the future of femininity in the city. She jokes about addressing them, but refrains to avoid public confrontation.
W E Bowersock, the photographer who spent months in Sedalia, returned today and plans Sedalia as his permanent home. He lauds Sedalia as the best town in Missouri outside Kansas City and St Louis, with only Joplin ahead.
The infant son of Mike Maroney 317 East Boonville lost a finger today when a hammer in a playmate's hands caused the mishap. The item appears in a local column mixed with humorous notes and ads including ice cream soda prices and a Rocky Mountain Tea reference.
An old advertisement lists ice cream soda at 10 cents from Ott's drug store and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve marketed by Servant Harker Drug Co as a cure for piles to prevent recurrence.
A Chicago man fired with anxiety over a missing railroad ticket causes a stir among friends during a farewell dinner. The ticket reappears in a newly sewn pocket the next noon, ending the spree as he departs quietly for Philadelphia after toying with suspicions about his sanity.
Mrs. Ferguson wakes her sleeping husband George reporting a noise downstairs and a peck of apples in the pantry. He dismisses the alarm as she begs him to check, grabs his revolver and hurries downstairs. The tension centers on a supposed burglary turned fruit discovery.
An old advertising claim promotes Cascarets as a cure for constipation. It offers 0c and 2c sizes with a money back guarantee if CCC fails, detailing a drugstore refund policy.
The Republican convention to nominate a successor to R P Bland will be held in Jefferson City on August 4. Delegates totaling 132 are distributed among Callaway 12, Camden 9, Dallas 10, Laclede 11, Moniteau 11, Morgan 9, Pulaski 5, Cole 14, Cooper 18, Maries 4, Miller 11, Osage 11, Phelps 7. J A Schear of Sedalia reports his child’s life was saved from croup using One Minute Cough Cure. Servant Harker Drug Co. invites readers to see a Rocker and Fancy Stand giveaway at the Boston Store, 506 Ohio Street.
An advertisement promotes Sutherlands Eagle Eagle Eye Salvo as a fast curing remedy for styes granulated lids and sore eyes. The product comes in tubes and is sold with a guarantee through general druggists.
A sales pitch urges readers to place ads in the Sentinel Want Column reaching 2,500 homes daily for 25 cents per twenty words, three times. It highlights quick, cheap transactions for buying, selling or exchanges.
A collage of short ads seeks repairs cheap housing sale items and positions. Listings include a light survey, a 7 room two story house with 8 lots, a leather-top buggy, a stenographer position, lost Yale keys, second hand typewriter, a beauty service ad, and a cheap black coat and vest.
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