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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1900
Page
6
The Sentinel endorses Sedalia institutions in this column, praising first class goods and urging readers to patronize every listed business. Each merchant is recommended for reliable quality and worthy support.
A display of business cards lists Moerschel Brewing Co makers of draught and bottle beer with phone 214, C H Heynen marble and granite monuments, F Walch's Boston Cafe confectionery and ice cream, John O Fisher Solitaire cigars, and T K Barley farm machinery including Giant Hay stackers and Meadow Lark cranes.
The United States holding company reports outstanding insurance exceeding a billion dollars, more than twice any rival worldwide. Its surplus crosses the billion dollar mark as it marks its fortieth anniversary and expands financial strength.
The described figure stands as more than double the amount held by any other firm at the close of its fortieth year, underscoring its dominant market position and sustained growth over decades.
Officer Boultz answered an alarm from frightened citizens Saturday afternoon near Thirteenth and Massachusetts. They reported a man walking along the railroad track as the source of trouble and police hustled him out of town.
Mattie C Beck of Lincoln Missouri and Lee L Border of Kansas City were licensed to wed in Kansas City this Saturday. The notice endorses DeWitts Little Early Risers as the best liver cleanse, easy to take and never gripe, advertised by Arlington Pharmacy.
The Burlington Northern Pacific Express offers through service from Kansas City and St Joseph to Lincoln Northwest Nebraska Black Hills Montana Washington Tacoma Seattle Puget Sound and Portland via Billings Montana with through coaches chairs and sleepers. Also trains 15 and 23 connect Kansas City and St Joseph to Nebraska Colorado Utah Pacific coast and Northwest with California excursions and additional routes to Chicago St Louis Omaha St Paul Minneapolis. The piece lists officials L W Wakeley and L J Pricker and notes a public notice style. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised with a medical claim and debt figures from 1885 to 1892 in the same column.
Merchants must pay the 1900 ad valorem tax by November 1. Prompt payment requested at the collector’s office as final settlement for Pettis County, Missouri, is due this year. John E. Rector, Collector.
The old reliable Prof. Con McHugh announces the reopening of his cleaning and dyeing establishment at 518 East Third Street. Patronage is respectfully solicited from friends and customers.
New bargain racks offer wallpaper rolls priced from eight to forty cents. Customers save about half their money with late and stylish patterns now in stock at Dexter's Book Store.
Money to loan from $1,000 upward on chosen real estate security. Farm loans offered at six percent interest with moderate expenses. Partial payments allowed. John H. Bothwell, Sedalia National Bank Building.
Lieutenant Governor J. H. Fletcher from Santa Clara writes praising Krause headache capsules as curing headaches and aiding miners in Colorado. He says Aberdeen Hecla and Britton druggists will stock them and endorses sharing the address with sufferers. Sold by Ott's Drug Store and Otis W. Smith.
Steamers depart San Francisco about every fourteen days carrying mail to the Philippines. Transports carry mail at domestic rates. No regular sailing schedule is maintained.
Pehl's Fulton Market Bar and Wholesale House at 109 and 115 West Second Street offers autumn and winter provisions for the inner man. The store features renowned liquors and wines at low prices with a money back guarantee for the family trade and convalescents. Also wholesaler for Anheuser Busch products. Peter Pehl.
Average annual wages for anthracite miners in Pennsylvania were under 300 dollars before the strike. Operators did not back the strike to push coal prices higher.
An Arlington Pharmacy advertises One Minute Cough Cure as the only harmless remedy that provides immediate results for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles It claims to prevent consumption and promotes safety within the household.
A Kenton fair features electric belts with dry mustard for sale. Krause's Cold Cure promises relief in 48 hours for colds, claiming no nausea or constipation and pleasant taste. Priced at 25 cents and sold by Ott's Day Store Otis W. Smith.
W L Jones calls attention to a general transfer business including coal and wood hauling garbage hauling and moving of all kinds. Orders may be left by calling telephone number 369.
Prices at Chestnuts and Candy Palace range from 3 cents per roll to 40 cents, reflecting a varied confectionery lineup.
A fragment notes N. M. Hinshaw on the Mokane local is laying off and contains a homely adage about birth and life sparked by Rocky Mountain Tea, described as a great lubricant and main spring greaser. The piece urges readers to ask their druggist.
A. M. Ames, the Katy brakeman, is laid off as part of railroad staffing changes.
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