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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
3
Mrs. Emily S. Carson of Austerlitz Michigan suffered long from catarrh affecting digestion and health. After trying remedies with no success she used Peruna and Manalin, improved after a day, and by six bottles felt well eating sleeping and regained flesh.
An analysis of marriage trends shows fewer marriages per population, rising ages at marriage, and a surge in divorces from 1860 to 1885. Factors include urban life, women's education and independence, new economic roles, and shifting domestic expectations across England, Wales, and the United States.
Mamie doubts attending the Department Store Employees ball but Katie learns tickets were marked down from 1 to 97 cents, sparking reconsideration. Yonkers Statesman notes the sale details and price cut context.
Albert Marshall writes from Dawson and describes his Klondike experiences with brutal cold and hard labor. He recounts sinking holes for gold, fast sled work, and sparse rations while praising northern lights and native dogs. He also criticizes Canadian police and paints a vivid picture of Dawson and its rough commerce and prices.
A local sale announced by Carl A. Guenther runs for fifteen days starting Monday May 8. Telephone contact at 219 provided for inquiries.
A mother recalls her boy nearly dying from whooping cough and credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with a rapid recovery after a few doses. She notes the medicine cured him entirely and endorses it as the best cough remedy her household has used. Sold by all druggists.
Dr J C Walden traveled to Kansas City yesterday to visit his daughter who is suffering from inflammatory rheumatism.
The advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve for weak and sore eyes at 25 cents. Recorder Lee Looney issued a marriage license Wednesday to Uncle Ely Wright and Susan Tucker of Smithton. The groom is 65 years old.
J. D. Bridge, editor of the Democrat, Lancaster, praises One Minute Cough Care as the best remedy for croup and childhood coughs. Servant's Pharmacy advertises the product. Ascension Day services are at 8 o'clock this evening at Trinity Lutheran Church led by J. F. Seibert. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as healing with no scar. Servant's Pharmacy.
Mrs. M J Warren of Sedalia visits daughter Mrs Logan Barrow four miles north of Lincoln. One Minute Cough Cure advertised as a cure.
Retired captain recalls a poison snake box on a cargo ship causing a near mutiny after a hole opened in the snakes box during a storm. The crew suspected the snakes escaped while the box was damaged before port, and an inquiry traced the shipment to a consignment of one box of snakes. Also notes a stray item about a boy’s scratched face and a hog breeder’s letter from Northwest farmers.
In a Manchester bound carriage Mr A and Mr B discuss Lady Laipton with sharp judgments. Mrs C and Mrs D rebuke the disrespect while noting the conversation reveals gossip about a titled woman and her appearance and propriety.
A North Dakota lad, son of a Baptist minister, repeats baptism by immersion after close parental instruction. He recently filled a tub of water in the kitchen and, capturing the family cat and her kittens, attempted to perform the rite on them.
A Mrs Maude professes happiness over her engagement to Lord Soffenoff while lamenting the suitor’s affection for her. The exchange reveals amusement and certainty that a breach of promise cannot occur due to his ardor.
A fragment notes talk of a copper combination and a new move by the police commissioner as discussed in the papers. The line hints at a reform or strategy affecting municipal law enforcement.
A Civil War era letter from Col. F. S. Pursell describes Military Station No. 26 in Buena Vista Cuba opening with Maj. Russell B. Harrison first to mail the first letter and receive the first stamp. Pursell notes receipts over 1500 dollars and recounts passengers including Garcia family members drawing sympathy from Americans. The piece ends with an ad for Dee Witt’s Little Early Risers as a torpid liver remedy.
New Pullman Tourist Sleeper runs Kansas City to Portland in 72 hours departing Thursday evenings at 6 40 by Union Pacific. Fastest KC Portland service with maximum comfort and minimal cost. Carriages carry ladies and children alone and porters accompany each car. Ticket offices listed and J B Frawley available for details.
These through sleepers from Kansas City depart at 10 40 a m on the Burlington Montana express via the Northwest Main Line and Billings Route. They offer the only through sleeping cars for first or second class passengers from Kansas City to Montana and Washington with daily first class through service to St Marys Montana beginning March 12. Written inquiries to Ww J C Snaresn St Louis Mo Kansas City Mo.
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