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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1902
Page
6
Amos J. Cummings recalls a hotel room challenge to a violin duel with West, Mississippi Senator Vest present. He borrowed a rough fiddle, played The Arkansas Traveler, earning cheers from twenty moments and waiters dancing. Vest mocked him as a mere fiddler after the contest.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, often from catarrh, and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 guarantee for any uncured case. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and lists Toledo, Ohio as the company base.
In Dexter Missouri on a Thursday night Fred Riddle shot and killed Gus Laws an ex marshal. The fatal ball hit Laws just over the left eye after Laws insulted Riddle at the bar. Riddle about 20 years old Laws held the former marshal title.
The Blood Balm Co volume announces 10 000 free treatments of Botanic Blood Balm in Atlanta Georgia to cure blood and skin ailments including ulcers eczema scrofula pimples boils rheumatism and cancer like conditions. Free medical advice provided until cured with address to Atlanta Ga.
California Missouri voters approved a $10,000 jail project at a special election held Thursday. The proposal, defeated last November by a small margin, follows a county jail fire last September. Construction will begin soon on the new facility.
Marshall Missouri grocer Ww. Umbarger says Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy for all ages and the household should never be without it. He notes trying many kinds but finds this one superior for children and adults.
W O Terry resigned as assistant cashier and director of the Lamonte Bank to join Sedalia National. At a Lamonte bank directors meeting last Saturday, C E Terry was elected to fill the position.
Take Rocky Mountain Tea now for year round wellness. Described as the greatest renovating medicine. Priced at 35 cents. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Eliza F. Swearingen of Sedalia has been granted a widow's pension of eight dollars per month.
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as easy to take and pleasant in effect. They cleanse the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels and are for sale by all druggists.
Harry W. Osgood from Versailles Ohio and Mattie B. Martin of Sedalia Missouri were granted a marriage license in Kansas City. The couple are ages 25 and 19 respectively and will wed Saturday.
When you wake with a bad taste in your mouth you may need Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cleanse the stomach improve appetite and make you feel like a new man. Sugar coated easy to take pleasant in effect.
Mrs George P B Jackson of Thornby place returns from Washington D C where she was the guest of her parents Senator and Mrs West. Miss Jackson will remain in Washington as guest of her grandparents until after Easter.
A nursing mother’s poor health affects the baby and Scott's Emulsion is promoted as nourishing and strengthening. The ad claims it can enrich scanty milk and help thin or weak babies grow sturdier. The firm offers a free trial and cites Scott & Bowne in New York. Separately Baron B F Gregory orders ten polo ponies from an East expert who trains for Fcethall Keene and others.
Mrs. Will Sargent of Georgetown leaves for Pueblo Colorado to join her husband who has relocated there.
A testimonial from C. E. Hooper of Albany Georgia praises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for biliousness and constipation claiming they restore health after years of discomfort. The ad emphasizes their gentle safe action and lack of gripping effects. Distributed by W E Bard Drug Co.
Will Higginbotham traveled to Warrensburg today. The visit appears routine with no additional details or events reported.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Iowa writes she suffered kidney trouble for years and after trying five doctors without benefit three bottles of FOLEY S KIDNEY CURE cured her Otis Wright left on the fast mail this morning with Sam Myers whose territory he will learn
Chas. Bender of Erie, Pennsylvania praises Foley’s Honey and Tar cough medicine as the best in the world. Cigar salesman R. C. Combs departed this morning for Warrensburg.
Tom Clapton departed for Topeka this morning following a Sunday stay in the city.
Advertisement claims surgery not needed for piles and that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures these cases instantly. Says it also treats scalds cuts burns wounds bruises sores and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit products from W E Bard Drug Co.
W. T. Morris spent Saturday in Houstonia hosting a land purchaser from Illinois along with two buyers from Iowa, signaling regional interest in local real estate.
A claim extols Banner Salve as the merit cure for piles. It states immediate relief and rapid healing with no rival salve matching its effectiveness.
Mrs. M A F Fulkerson who has been visiting her son Dr Fulkerson and family here the past two weeks returned to Warrensburg this morning.
Advertisement notes indigestion as a common cause of irritability and trouble and promotes Dr Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide as a remedy to restore stomach health and household happiness.
Bert Wright, a lumber salesman, arrived from the East Saturday night to spend Sunday with his family.
Advertises Rocky Mountain Tea as great medicine for children with year round health benefits. Product priced at 35 cents from W. E. Bard Drug Co.
J R Holly of Macomb Illinois reports his wife found perfect relief from a severe chronic stomach trouble after using several bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He says she could not eat an ordinary meal before, but is now cured. doctors and remedies had failed. The product advertises digestion of any food without dieting. W E Bard Drug Co.
W. A. Nichols of the New York Poultry and Egg company traveled from Hermann Missouri to Warrensburg after a Saturday business trip and departed this morning.
Between eleven oclock in the morning and closing time on January 25 1901 A F Clark a druggist in Glade Springs Virginia sold twelve bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He notes it has sold well for years and earned high customer satisfaction with many citing its cures.
Eight or ten young men lease the Lamonte opera house and elect Paul Weasell president Dr. H C Mitchell vice president Woodie Fowler secretary Jodie Staples treasurer James D White door keeper W F Ferrell manager They plan seating improvements and will place a piano there for permanent use.
Coughs and lung troubles are claimed to be cured quickly by One Minute Cough Cure. It purportedly softens mucus and eases inflammation, not just temporary relief. Justice of the Peace J Q Hood of Crosby Mississippi and W E Bard Drug Co endorse its immediate effectiveness.
After a short illness of heart trouble and pneumonia George Ginder Jr died at his father’s home five miles south of Lamonte. He was about 23 years of age. After funeral services his remains were interred in Walnut church cemetery.
Henry T. Crook of the Asheville Gazette reports severe rheumatism after getting his feet wet. He tried several remedies before using Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which he says cured him within two thirds of the bottle and has prevented further rheumatic pain. Sold by all druggists.
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