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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1902
Page
7
A health advertisement suggests using Scott's Emulsion as a nutritious food supplement for those underweight or not gaining from ordinary food. It emphasizes the emulsion is not a drug and has real value for such cases.
An ad states Drs Cannady Hoffiman offer free treatment if they cannot relieve headaches indigestion habitual constipation and other nervous or painful conditions. They promise to treat fairly and to not charge if they cannot help. Call to consult and see what you have to lose.
A North China Herald account describes a Canton to inland telegraph line with rotting poles and two wires. Inside the office opium divan, smoking and gambling books, clocks with different hours, rusted English, and quarrels with customers mark daily life. A telegram sent on spec to a German mission house is stolen on the return journey, mistaken for a bank note.
Mrs Florence Shipley of Baltimore Maryland underwent an unusual operation at University Hospital on Lombard Street to remove fat under the chin deforming her carotid arteries. Three surgeons performed four slits to reduce the double chin risking ether anesthesia for a possible cure. She remained under cast for two days after.
Sedalia Missouri council convened May 19 1902 in regular session with Mayor Babcock presiding. Items discussed include water company franchise action deferred, Liberty Park ordinance, tax cases, and sidewalk injury claim. warrants credited and library board report filed.
The record details a Sedalia council session approving a bill posters license, repealing a cemetery section and creating a new section, with votes and absences noted. It includes street work authorizations, a brick purchase directive for repairs, and adjournment. A separate public notice advertises reduced travel rates and schedules to western destinations, with dates and prices.
Khartoum reveals a striking skyline with a regal palace, substantial red brick villas, and European stamped barracks. A new Bank of Egypt sign marks the era as the old huts fade from view.
Madam Rosa Marliani of 2925 Wabash Avenue Chicago, a noted French American society leader and president of the French Singers Association, endorses Wine of Cardui for female trouble saying it strengthened her nerves, appetite, and overall health after eleven years of suffering. She claims it surpasses doctors prescriptions and other remedies.
A Demopolis resident claims nine years of illness were cured by Wine of Cardus and Thedford’s Black Draught. The letter extols rapid improvement within a week and urges others to seek guidance from The Chattanooga Medicine Co. while noting $1 bottles are sold by all druggists.
The letter from H. J. Strickfadden editor World Herald Fairhaven Wash credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with preventing pneumonia and multiple severe bouts of croup in his son. The ad notes the product is for sale by Mertz Hale Kautzman Otis W. Smith and all druggists.
Prairie lodge No 25 of the O F. Tuesday night elected F E Hoffman Jr as N G Frank Leech as W G U F B Ritchie as secretary C Evans as treasurer and W J Welk as trustee.
All up-to-date house keepers use Red Cross Ball Blue to make clothes clean and sweet as when new. Available from all grocers.
Count Carlo Aloisio Contarini, long described as the last male heir of the Contarini line, died recently in Venice. The noble family produced eight doges and forty four procuratori, marking the end of a storied era.
W L Jones announces general transfer business in Sedalia with coal wood hauling garbage moving and related services. He advertises loan money at low rates and directs inquiries to the Queen City telephone number 444.
A local freight move identified as No 102 begins from the yard office. Train No 7 is reported not to carry baggage.
Doubtful readers are invited to sample Rembaugh’s ice cream free of charge to judge its quality. The note promises se purity and cleanliness in any quantity and provides a Bell phone number 83 for contact.
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