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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
6
Hicks pursues Nan's sisterly hinted romance under the tutelage of Miss Rodman. She coaches him in boldness and driving, taking him on dances and river outings while the elder sister watches with narrowed approval. Hicks earns a playful diploma before moving on.
Hicks pressures Betty to marry him in a moonlit Casino moment while recalling a prior commitment to Nan. Betty, though silent, hints she may have other thoughts as the emotional scene unfolds with a waltz playing in the background.
The Presbyterian educational board aims to establish a model university in McKinley Texas with the Bible as the principal textbook. Rev William H Craggett announced the plan at Oxford Presbyterian Church noting a charter has been sought and $175000 of the $209000 needed to start the building is raised. The project forms part of a broader plan to create four universities in different regions of the country.
An old drugstore ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it makes the aged and infirm young again by electrifying the body with renewed life and ambition. The ad notes 35 cents for tea or tab let and lists W. E. Bard Drug Co. as the seller.
M A Mihills of Chicago notes the craft of razor making is rapidly Americanizing. He says Americans once could not make razors well and domestic goods lagged, but in five years the science improved, producing blades nearly matching imports. Tempering details include straw color for edge retention and blue temper ruins the blade.
The Caledonian Medical Journal reveals a Highland cure for general debility. It uses sudh nan cabar juice from deer's horns boiled and bottled. A dose is followed by whisky and sugar, though the soup is now often omitted.
The German Economical Society offers two prizes of 25 pounds for a new pigment to tattoo black-eared pigs. White-eared pigs are already tattooed with success, but dark colors fail on dark ears. An extra 5 pounds is awarded for every year the tattoo lasts beyond the first year.
A newspaper advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises to pay $100 for any uncurable case, and invites readers to send for testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A long list documents transfers of properties in Sedalia and surrounding townships. Entries name grantors and grantees with property descriptions, locations, and consideration amounts ranging from 300 to 16,000 dollars.
The passage advises that petty vexations and small disappointments burden the heart more than great calamities. It argues anger wastes energy and hinders others, and that women perform best when cheerful. A light heart aids nimble work and clear thinking, and no misfortune is worse than a sour temper. Encourages maintaining cheerfulness unless witnessing wrong provokes noble rage.
An old Nez Perces chief sells ponies and tries to invest his $20 gold piece by planting it in the ground. He learns from a white friend that a Portland grocer can lend out the money at interest. Each year he visits Portland to watch his wealth supposedly grow.
The Orogo railroad from Callao to Cerro de Pasco is hailed as a global engineering marvel rising nearly 5000 feet in 56 miles and then tunneling the Andes at 15 645 feet, the highest steam powered piston motion in history.
An Italian philosopher Signor Ferriani constructs a scale ranking jealousy across professions with architects at the bottom and actors near the top. The list also places clergymen lawyers and military officers above architects and ranks professors scientists and journalists higher, a classification unlikely to gain wide acceptance.
One fare plus two dollars round trip from St Louis and nearby to Muskoka Kawartha Lakes and Lake of Bays with illustrated literature at Grand Trunk exhibit in Forestry Fish and Game building. Grand Trunk Illinois Central through car line offers Toronto connections to Lake region trains. Publications and train service details available from Grand Trunk Advertising Dept Chicago. Geo W Vaux A G P T A.
WANTED Two first class girls for general housework must be good cooks good wages one to go to St Louis Apply Mrs C W Flower 423 West Broadway WANTED A young colored boy for janitor work Apply at Bente Wilsons law office July 1st
FOR RENT Office room on the ground floor Address M care Sen tinel. FOR SALE A Snap in city property ten acres on Engineer and Tower streets 2500 if sold this week Nice building property Call or write D M Ricks 411 East Sixth Street WANTED Work as a jobber and contractor for stone work Inquire J G Lynn 302 North Grand avenue
Local notice states E P Licklider sells S flour with the signature castoria asserting it is the kind you have always bought. The brief item hints at a brand mark from St. Louis with a typographical error in the text.
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