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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
7
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant potent laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims cleansing the system, easing colds fevers and headaches, improving kidney liver and bowel function without irritation, and warns to seek the full company name to avoid imitations.
Topeka March 21 the Journal misreported that Capt P H Coney and Paul Grinstead were arrested for sending unmailable items. The federal grand jury has indicted Coney but no warrant issued yet. the error came from a clerical docket entry which listed an arrest that did not occur.
Judge Sam Davis received a Miami written letter dated March 10 describing a congressman and his wife touring Florida scenery in bloom. They plan a Cuba visit for a week to ten days and will pass Key West Tampa Bay New Orleans Memphis and Kansas City on return, aiming Marshall by April 11.
Arlington Pharmacy promotes the original De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a genuine remedy for piles sores and skin diseases. The ad urges readers to request the authentic product.
John W. Hamilton proposes Carrie Nation join his Ten Nights in a Bar Room company with a written contract offering $300 a week. He advises her to accept this over joining a circus or vaudeville, with plans to tour early next season.
An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as the greatest spring blessing for the American people. It invites readers to ask their druggist this month and promises health benefits.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Burton of Kansas parts his hair in the middle and slicks it down on both sides. He will share with Senator Kean of New Jersey the distinction of this unique grooming among U.S. senators.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a fifty cent remedy insured against Bright's disease, diabetes, and other ailments, urging readers to buy from druggists.
The Muldrow Press lists a sliding scale for notices. Plain announcements with short sketches cost $2, those with fancy sketches $5, and a full defamatory write up of all alleged misdeeds is free.
Advertises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with a trial bottle offer at Arlington Pharmacy. Ten doses cost 10 cents. Open invitation to write or visit the store for a sample.
Starting March 19 a tourist sleeping car departs Kansas City Tuesday nights at 9 05 for Los Angeles and San Francisco via the M K T railway with intermediate points. For particulars address A C Miner T P A M K T railway Sedalia Missouri.
The Rev. G. H. Ayers, an ordained M. E. minister, will open a first class restaurant and rooming house at 108 Osage Street within the coming week. The establishment will be thoroughly overhauled, painted white, and marketed as one of the city’s cleanest.
A Texas wonder claims Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, seminal emissions, back pain, rheumatism, and bladder irregularities in men and women, with a two month treatment per bottle. Major distributor J R Hall, St Louis, offers mail delivery for $1 and testimonials. sold by Servant Harker Drug Co and other druggists.
A Huntsville Missouri notice from August 1 1900 reports a patient cured of kidney and bladder trouble after one bottle of The Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery and recommends it to others. The item also advertises The White House first class accommodations Crescent paint and City Drug Store.
A humorous local piece describes the Buffaloes fraternal order in Sedalia. It notes easy dues of 11 cents and a playful initiation process. The article mocks test questions and ritual phrases like Buy and libations, and mentions lodge rooms at conspicuous crossroads near The Sign of the Flagon and Cask.
A muscular man, entering a house after a confrontation with a woman at the gate, discovers a husband and wife caper. The intruder is hustled out by the legs and threatened, only to learn the wife staged the scene with her coat, exposing his bluff as he flees into the night.
Their promptness and pleasant effects make DeWitt's Little Early Risers the most popular pills wherever known. They are described as perfect for liver and bowel troubles by Arlington Pharmacy.
A dated health notice promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as bilious relief. The pills are claimed to cleanse the liver and bowels without griping, urging readers to use them for digestive comfort.
A newlywed couple shares a playful moment while honeymooning. An old man opposite them, after hearing they are newly married, reveals he has married three times and is now headed toward a fourth, declaring love and marriage as “paradise boiled down.”
The lone operating fountain in the city remains active at Arlington Pharmacy, emphasizing its continued function amid surrounding closures.
A Philadelphia Press quip features a clock lamenting a man who winds it up while a calendar notes the man and his peers stopped work long ago. The clock asks about idle time, and the calendar jokes that taking a month off refreshes it.
Sir Wilfred Lawson recalls an anecdote about an idiot asylum where a keeper tests when residents are fit for discharge by placing them in a yard with troughs and running taps. The inmates bail out water, some continue, while those not able to cope stop the tap.
A playful exchange warns Mary about the perils of political life. A man predicts cartoons will mock her appearance and fashion if she runs, but Mary chooses to stay home to keep life peaceful.
Sedalia Missouri stockholders vote to elect nine directors at the bank on April 1. Polls run from 10 a m to 2 p m. Notice issued by order of the board of directors. Adam Ittel, secretary.
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