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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
3
Rev James Myers preaches on the epidemic of self murder at First Christian Church Philadelphia. He links suicide waves to social pace and neglect of religion, urging faith hope and love as remedy while warning against unbelief and despair.
A collection of humorous child remarks and a tale about family religion at dinner. Jokes include Tommy fearing his parents wooden wedding, Willie misreading a play, Helen preferring pie holes, and a boy noting liquor despite temptation. Also a minister dinner scene ends with the quirky counting-out rhyme and an awkward grace.
Ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia offer wide vestibules plate glass and steam heat with Pintch gas and safety features. For rates routes maps contact J. W. McCrary P T A Sedalia Mo. Reduced one way California rates set at 3430 to San Diego through Redding with branch line rates proportionate.
Fragmentary notices show Gent Assembly Presby Church in Minneapolis offering goods for May 16 17 18 with a return policy through June 3 and Dunkards Roanoke Wa listing May 18 19 sale with a return option through June 24. Names and places are partial.
One way fares to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at 31.70 dollars with intermediate points priced no higher than these levels.
Listing of several fraternal and medical group rail fares with sale dates in June. Mystic Shrine Buffalo and Shriners events in Buffalo on June 14 15 with round trips around 25.80. Woodmen of America Kansas City offers 2.85 with June 3rd to 12th return limits. Sangerfest at Moberly Missouri offers 33 with sale dates June 6 7 8 and return by June 9. Columbus Ohio Medical Association fare 18.55 for all trains to St Louis arrivals June 2 3 5 with return by June 13. Tickets on sale June 11 12 and valid to July 2.
The Elks announce $755 round trip tickets on sale June 19 and 20 for travel to St Louis with good return options through June 24. Tickets available through participating offices and travel agents.
A Pullman tourist sleeper runs from Kansas City to Portland in 72 hours, departing Thursdays at 6 40 PM from Union Station. The car offers maximum comfort at minimum cost, with porter service and no train changes for passengers headed to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Ticket offices listed with contact numbers.
Send no money and distribute seed coupons to receive a sample package of choice seeds, $1 worth of coupons, and full particulars. Mail your name and address with a 2 cent stamp to American Seed Co. 335 Broadway New York today for a sample pack.
A large stack of monuments is on display at the Sedalia Marble and Granite Co yard. C. H. Heynen, North Ohio St.
An advertisement urges readers to switch from coffee to Grain-O a grain based drink praised as healthful invigorating and appetizing. It emphasizes Grain-O is not medicine but nourishes like a food with a rich seal brown color. Price about 4 times cheaper than coffee and available in 15 and 25 cent sizes.
Mrs. Rey Putman is reported very sick with stomach trouble, drawing concern from family and friends who pray for her swift recovery.
An old advertisement notes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for skin burns scalds and skin irritations. The brief copy touts healing properties and mentions domestic use.
A tarsier from the Philippines has arrived at the National Zoological Gardens in Washington. The animal, described as owl faced with a monkey body, stands about squirrel height. It moves with night activity and is often found perched high in new growth while sleeping during the day. Its night squeak and eye pupils changing shape are noted.
An examination of long headed and bullet headed people by Dr. John Beddoe in Science Progress. It discusses perceived intellect by head shape, Cambridge student results, and historical shifts among Greek and Irish populations. It suggests the enduring, unambitious commoner as the fittest survivor.
A recent arrival from America recalls an incident in the smoking room where a passenger repeatedly urged another to drink. After two ignored invitations, the third pleasantry elicited silence until the man set aside his paper and responded with a measured remark about the glass before him.
A collage of quirky advertisements from various eras and places includes an undertaker touting air tight coffins, a dentist promising painless extractions, a farmer seeking a housekeeper, and a room for a young man. Also shown are domestic notices from the London Times and a Schleswig-Holstein court summons for a drowned seaman to appear or be declared dead.
S William Long recounts a tale of an old Scot who endures long sermons but presses on Sundays. A coachman waiting for his riders asks if the minister is finished. The old lady retorts that the sermon had long since ended but the minister will stop.
The Washington Star quotes a conversation in which an American questions money in politics and a Spanish statesman insists the smaller in government will not receive twenty millions.
Opens February 23 in the heart of the Ozark mountains offering a mild bracing climate and wild scenery uplifted by unequal medicinal waters. Cheap excursion rates advertise Pullman sleepers from Kansas City and a handsome illustrated pamphlet by Bryan Snyder Frisco line St Louis Mo.
Residents on West Broadway plan a street game on Seventh Street to raise funds for the city hospital association. They will play for money marbles or chalk with gate receipts donated to charity.
An advertisement claims sufferers of right side tenderness fullness and dull heaviness have torpid livers. It states DeWitts Little Early Risers will promptly and permanently relieve congestion and open bile ducts, calling the pills good and available at Servant's Pharmacy.
A horse and buggy owned by Chas Moses ran loose on Ohio street about 9 pm. Driver Frank Krensky was thrown from the rig near Broadway and Ohio as the horse turned toward Second. The vehicle and animal clattered into the Capital building corner with no serious injuries or major damage reported by nearby onlookers.
A mother from South Burgettstown Pa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her child from a severe attack of whooping cough. After giving a few doses she observed improvement and a single bottle cured him entirely. For sale by all druggists.
Ben McCloskey departed yesterday afternoon to Cripple Creek to oversee Sedalia mining interests. He asserts Sedalian properties are strong and expects a promising strike site.
A vintage foot care ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cool tired feet, relieve swelling and sweating, prevent blisters and bunions, and ease tight shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free trial package from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
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