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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1899
Page
3
John searches a tool box for a blue pencil as his wife quietly marks a blue cross on the wall to commemorate his habit of misplacing items. The scene ends with him noting the chalking as a rare success.
Cartoon caption exchange shows Ally Sloper debating a lost dog with whimsical mispronunciations and playful banter about color and ownership in a humorous public-facing line.
Gwilliams asks Flint about his health and jokes about the grip. Flint fears the grip and mentions taking large doses of asafetida pills. Mrs Flint is away in the country, and Gwilliams comments that he does not blame her.
Advert for Servant's Pharmacy touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as fast healing with no scar after any wound.
W D Steele was summoned to Lexington this afternoon to conduct business.
Advertisement promises lasting relief from constipation using Cascarets Candy Cathartic. If it fails to cure, druggists will refund money. The copy emphasizes a ten cent price and a single tablet dosage.
A passenger challenges a man with side whiskers in a crowded streetcar. The whisker critic argues reform is needed and insults him, prompting a threat of violence. The exchange shifts to a quip about appearance and intellect before the critic departs with a final remark.
A discussion on pulpit position at a church room ends with an architect proposing the shown layout to improve rear seating flow and collections. The scene shifts to Wm. Kosted & Sons as a figure dodges a blow and exits with cheerful resignation. Medalla Federation of Labor announces weekly meeting at Hall No. 210 South Lamine street inviting all union men.
A Chicago mail-order house sells rural wagons via catalogs. A West Virginian farmer wrote in longhand twenty years earlier and again now that its reply is typewritten. His humorous jab mocks the store for printing letters and the era’s changing means of communication.
A seasick passenger insists on enduring the voyage despite illness and vows to fight it out. The prosecutor’s plea wears on the court, but the defendant’s lawyer moves to the jury without argument and wins the case.
Grain O offers a coffee alternative touting stomach relief and better digestion. The ad claims Grain O tones the stomach strengthens nerves and provides nourishment with price points at 15 and 25 cents per package.
Rev. L. P. Cain returned this afternoon from Minneapolis where he attended the general Presbyterian assembly. He visited Ice cream sodance at Lleischmann's Pharmacy during the trip.
I suffered 25 years with a cough and spent hundreds on doctors and medicine until I used Dr Bell’s Ping Tar Honey. This remedy strengthens weak lungs and saved my life. J. B. Rosell Grantsburg Illinois.
An Irishman sees a donkey saddled and decides on a cheap ride. He hops on but the donkey bucks so hard his hoof catches a stirrup. Shore, says Pat, if you are getting on I am getting off.
A woman laments a man's unwanted attentions and suspicions arise that he pursues wealth. Her friend contemplates motive, musing on whether the father’s fortune draws him. A Tit-Bits style micro-scene captures social intrigue.
In Sedalia on May 18 1899 Mrs F B Parker writes to praise Prof S W Axtell for curing her long battle with dyspepsia and constipation after twelve doctors failed. She reports lasting relief five months without medicine and urges others to seek his drugless treatment. Also notes Axtell recently graduated eighteen students who are all practicing and improving.
A dialogue between a visitor and a convicted murderer reveals a plan to trade gifts for contraband. The inmate proposes exchanging a dozen bouquets and five pink neckties for a plug of tobacco and a file.
A reader is urged to use the Sentinel want column to list items they no longer need in exchange for goods they want. The message promotes low costs and broad trade potential through classified ads.
Advertisements under various headings such as Wanted For Sale For Rent Lost and Found appear in three inserts for twenty five cents The notices include a parlor heating store bargain sale old papers seven pointer pups California Boss candy receipt for two hundred dollars and a point lace handkerchief found at a ladies musical event Reward offered for return of the handkerchief at 617 W Fifth Street
Job notice from Moyer's Hotel in Green Ridge Missouri seeking a reliable female worker for general hotel duties. Address the hotel to apply.
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