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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1899
Page
8
A local sale offers four suit lots with deep discounts on silk lined tailored styles. Historic catalog notes vivid descriptions, low prices, and large skirt values, touting quality fabrics, pearl buttons, and rainbow taffeta linings as part of the bargain spree.
Teffta silk petticoats offered in two lots feature varied colors including old rose turquoise blue black purple red and blue with wide flounce and ruffles. Reinforced with featherbone reeds boned for extra fullness and priced at 98.
A catalog announces an extensive range of ladies and children parasols with changable silk handles in white china silk black twill and plaid patterns. Prices span from 18 cents to 4 7.50 with elaborate ruffles, chiffon accents and lavender borders. Many items claim exclusivity as one of a kind with large selection for the little ones.
Earl J. Stephenson of Windsor won a cash prize from H. Smith, superintendent of Prudential Life Insurance, for writing forty applications in Sedalia, beating the prior record nearly twofold and surpassing agents from Sedalia Boonville and Jefferson City. He is praised by local friends and family.
An advertisement touts Grain O as a coffee alternative made from pure grains. It claims healthful, invigorating qualities and a rich seal brown color, costing about 44 cents and marketed as a genuine nourishing food drink for all ages. Also mentions Missouri Berries and Candy Palace with phone number 218.
Smoke Peter Kuhns Extra Havana Col left for Texas. J A Fults is in Kansas City today. J F Elliott traveled to Lamonte today. Mr. Perry Deweesa departed on a business trip to Kansas City. Annie Mullaly is ill at home in Georgetown. Mrs Allie Bane of Tipton visits her husband at 516 East Fifth. Joe X Wright, former Sedalia printer, in the city yesterday guest of friends. Joe Hubbard reports progress in Joplin. Miss Alpha Bigley of Knob Noster visiting Miss Fannie.
Mrs Amanda Moore formerly of Clinton Missouri, widow of John A Moore, was burned to death last night near San Fernando, while alone in a house that burned to the roof. Neighbors found her body in a ditch after she ran there to extinguish the flames, evidence indicating the victim attempted to extinguish the fire.
Wallace returns to Warrensburg to enter the normal. James Brown a Missouri Pacific section man of Georgetown is reported very sick with spinal meningitis. Mrs J A Kelley of Nevada and Mrs Will Cloney of this city will leave for Colorado. Alderman Martin repaints his residence at 223 East Sixth. Mr and Mrs YT Thaxton of Butte House Lis visit their uncle John W Baldwin. Mrs Catherine Warner former grand chief of honor and Miss Anna Prentice deputy attend grand lodge meeting in Carthage. An accident at Fleischmanns Pharmacy caused a lamp to ignite clothing and household damage.
Henry West completed a 90 days’ sentence and was released today. his wife vanished and is said to be in Omaha. West offers a claim it was a whip or be whipped.
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