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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1900
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press report notes a colored domestic learning about peaches on a back step. A colored coachman sits nearby and asks how others like the fruit while she explains the seeds scratch the mouth badly.
A Indianapolis Journal snippet quotes two young men lamenting that tall flats ruin romance. One notes serenading a girl on the fifth story with a brass band and megaphone sounds impractical. The exchange highlights urban change affecting courtship rituals.
A short, humorous snippet recalls a politician father who drifted from his usual path and nearly collided with his own home. The family intervened, sharing a light moment as the mother notes the change in him.
In Auto Mobile Magazine Scorcher argues for commas after pretty girl and after automobile and suggests a Gesh after that pretty girl while Putter proposes a comma after pretty girl and after automobile.
A remark about misordered priorities circulates in a light exchange. The comparison suggests a frequent pattern of attempting to force outcomes ahead of underlying causes, provoking playful disagreement and commentary in readers’ letters and columns. The tone remains humorous and reflective.
Mrs Neighbors jokes about a cook giving notice as Mrs Suburban ponders the reason. The brief punch line plays on kitchen tensions in a Chicago News style exchange.
A husband tells his wife he has chosen a successor if she dies. The line is delivered in a grim exchange reported by the Chicago News, highlighting a dark, morbid domestic moment.
A bake shop customer asks for light bread and a new assistant proudly promotes pound loaves weighing ten ounces, a detail from the Chicago News.
A brief quotation from Chicago features a man and a woman exchanging quips on the value of silence in argument. The line highlights restraint as a powerful tactic in debate.
A Chicago News quip notes a sage credits happiness to repeatedly lowering expectations by ninety percent. The wry exchange frames contentment as a mental habit.
A short exchange from Automobile Magazine jokes about a driver smelling of peppermint and the other noting that gasoline scent went unnoticed. The playful line highlights sensory irony in automotive writing.
A short humorous exchange recalls a man told not to despair after his wife runs away with his friend. He tears up at the thought of what his friend endures, striking a rueful, ironic note. The line captures light European wit from Heitere Welt.
A humorous exchange in the Indianapolis Journal features a Sweet Young Thing claiming the Mohammedan religion allows four wives, followed by the Savage Bachelor retorting that no religion lacks the concept of repentance.
A night liner quotes fifty cents a load to three weary men seeking a ride uptown. The men accept the price, securing passage to their homes amid a tense street scene.
The Corn-Fed Philosopher expresses that the joyous flush of youth often faces fear before it can appreciate itself, a reflection on youth and self-awareness in early life.
Severe snow storm interrupts Dresden. local people travel to Sedalia for events while others stay home. Social items include marriages and engagements, school closing planned, a lecture invitation, and local moving plans. Commerce notes cite a citizen’s smallpox bill and endorsements for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with local sellers listed.
The Youth's Companion plans two serial stories across three installments each in its March issues. Cupid Haven by Samuel Merwin targets boys and Sarah Bell by Frances Bent Dillingham targets girls, with twenty five or more additional short stories. A Kentucky woman aged 89 praises Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as an effective grip and cough remedy. A marriage license was issued for W C Finke of California Missouri and Miss Sarah Anderson of Centertown.
The ad promotes Cascarets candy cathartic as a blood cleanser for clear skin and pimple relief. It claims benefits for liver function and body cleansing, priced at ten cents. A second note mentions a County court meeting Monday with contested road cases to be disposed of. It also touts Rocky Mountain Tea by Madison Medicine Co as a disease-fighting drug.
Don Fields, an aged colored veteran and longtime community figure, died Thursday from natural causes. Funeral plans are to be announced by the family.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as unrivaled for piles injuries and skin diseases as the original Witch Hazel Salve. Warning to beware of counterfeit products from Servant-Harker Drug Co.
Report shows Miss Dunlap leading with 958 votes from Summit, followed by Miss Jackson 756 Broadway, Miss Ida Woodward 379 Broadway, Miss Montgomery 373 Northeast, Miss Bowers 300 Broadway, Miss Selah 270 Broadway, Miss Shipley 160 Summit, Miss Eunice Cousley 150 Summit, Miss Dillon 134 Summit, Miss Shaeffer 122 Prospect, Miss Whitstock 93 Northeast, Sister Ursalia 83 Sacred Heart, Miss Nichols 18 Prospect, Miss Gold 15 Prospect. Also an ad for Foyell's Honey and Tar claiming relief from la grippe cough with a 50-cent bottle.
Mrs. M. E. Dewar of Kansas City, who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Harry Servant, departed Tuesday afternoon to spend time in Warrensburg.
Mrs. F E Watson of Aiken Alabama reports chronic diarrhoea for months ended after taking five doses of Chamberlain's Cholic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She credits the medicine with permanent relief and recommends it as the best on the market. Sold by Servant-Harker Drug Co J L Kautzman Otis W Smith.
Mrs. Frank Baird, who for two weeks attended her mother’s bedside in Huntsville Missouri, returned home Tuesday morning.
The Boonville public schools performed Golden Hair and the Three Bears and earned 120 dollars for the library fund. A. S. McGowan promotes Banner Salve as a universal healing salve for piles burns ulcers and skin diseases.
Advertisement for Cascarets candy cathartic promoting constipation relief. Claims cure forever with 25c price and druggist money back guarantee if it fails. Emphasizes educational branding and refund option.
County piano merchants push a deal effectively claiming deals exceed list prices with aggressive language. An Estey piano is advertised as slightly used at 17 dollars, contrasting with higher prices in St. Louis, while a warning notes Sedalia stock must be sold above cost if not kept locally.
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