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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
5
Sedalia Rug and Carpet company announces opening Monday morning at 1057 East Main street. They urge locals to place orders with home shop, promise to fill orders promptly, and guarantee entire satisfaction.
The Caught in the Web company performed last night at Wood's Opera House to a fair crowd. The cast is well trained and capable despite limited stage help. Minnie and Lena Black left for Oklahoma City to visit their aunt H. Black.
Advertisement notes Rock Mountain Tea as a spring and fall tonic for the whole family. Mentions price of 35 cents and credits W. E. Bard Drug Co as the supplier.
A recipe describes making coffee frappe by mixing four heaping tablespoons of ground coffee with a quart of boiling water and a half cup of sugar. After steeping fifteen minutes on an asbestos mat, strain and cool, then fold in stiffly beaten egg white and freeze.
Instructions describe making plum jelly from half ripe plums. Simmer half gallon pulp in water ten minutes, drain juice, strain, then for each pint of juice add one pound sugar and boil twenty to thirty minutes until gel stage to harden on cooling.
The article notes pale green and cream with pink as fashionable tint choices for colonial bedrooms while warning against crude tones. It also discusses King Albert of Saxony, described as timid yet capable, with daytime interviews more common than evening refusals, dispelling myths of lack of courage.
The Sedalia Missouri city council will accept bids to replace unlaid sidewalks on the east side of Carr avenue from Broadway to Tenth Street. The project follows an 1902 ordinance condemning wooden, cinder and defective walks and calls for brick, stone or concrete replacements. Bids due by 5 pm October 20, 1902. council may reject any bid.
Notice states the firm will not be responsible for any debt incurred by its employees unless there is a signed order.
The article highlights two celery varieties Evans Triumph and Giant Solid. Giant Solid is praised as a large growing winter celery with broad solid stems and strong keeping quality. Evans Triumph is described as medium height with broad bases, good branching, and excellent flavor suitable for late winter use.
A private fairyman learns valuable lessons from a creamery brother in the art of butter making. The cooperative exchange highlights shared techniques and flavors within the dairy craft.
California travel specials through September and October include Tourist Sleeping Cars from St. Louis to California on Tuesdays at 8 52 p m and from Kansas City on Thursdays at 1 32 p m. Fares to San Antonio and return 24 85 with sales Oct 15 16 limited to Oct 30. St Louis to San Antonio and return 5 65 sales Sept 29 Oct 2 with limits to Oct 6 and Oct 13 for other Oct dates.
Sunday notices advertise excursion tickets for a single fare between Boon and Sedalia and Clinton with travel to many states including Colorado Utah Minnesota Michigan and South Dakota during June to September. See Katy agent for details and further notices.
Ambiguous note describes routing or scheduling on main lines south of Red Ding for September and October. Mentions California locations and line points but lacks clear actions, dates, or entities.
An eminent preacher living in St. Louis announced his resignation from his charge saying he had been offered more money by another church rather than claiming the Lord directed him to leave. The move highlights financial incentives in clerical positions.
A young woman told a physician in St Louis she was a Variety actress and wished to be vaccinated where it would not show. The physician replied, You had better take it internally then.
A round trip from Chicago to New York is priced at 22 dollars with tickets on sale October 7 to October 11. Return must be completed by October 13 with a possible extension to November 12. For details contact F. R. Lacy in Kansas City or C. F. Daly in Chicago.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the superior choice for laundry use, featuring a large 2 oz. package and urging customers to select the best Ball Blue option.
Lady Henry Somerset contrasts Mrs Nation’s actions in America with England where she could not. She asserts English manners and law would prevent such deeds, noting the difference between American audacity and English restraint.
Soldiers at Mount Carmel Pennsylvania endure many stone bruises as a reminder of their boyhood.
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