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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1902
Page
3
The infant baby of Scott Hayden, colored, died Friday night and was buried Saturday morning. Coal forewarns of cold weather and warns that prices will rise and fuel may be scarce. Stanley Coal Co., 525 East Second Street, urges customers to stock up now.
The article claims Alfred Bell is the wealthiest man on earth with an estimated fortune surpassing 1 billion dollars. It states his income could create ten new millionaires annually and that his entire wealth was built in twenty five years.
The Great Salt Lake, long a Utah resort since Brigham Young's settlement, faces extinction as its water source, snowmelt, and irrigation practices drain the lake. A pavilion over the beach now sits over barely six inches of water, with diversions and evaporation shrinking the inland sea. Prospects include possible artesian wells to renew supply.
A speaker recounts using Kodol for months of stomach trouble and notes dramatic improvement. A neighbor with dyspepsia also benefited after the recommendation, praising the product as a rebuilding tonic that aids digestion and digestion of meals.
Catering done and refreshments furnished for parties and occasions of every kind. Telephone Chas. Watch. Phone 82.
Queen City Implement at 214 East Second Street offers standard mowers rakes hay loaders and presses for farmers and landscapers with prompt in store service and repair options.
A unknown white woman about 40 years old was found dead on the Katy right of way three miles north of Caney. She wore a gray sunbon net and black clothing, had a heavy beard growth, and carried no identifying marks. Investigators suspect foul play. burial occurred Sunday evening. a stick pin near the body may aid identification.
Sedalia resident Mr. P. Brown testifies to relief from back pain linked to kidney issues after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He purchased a box at W. E. Bard Drug Co and reports noticeable improvement during the course of treatment. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the remedy nationwide.
Mrs. Charles Botz and Mrs. William Shultz and their children of Chicago returned Saturday from a visit at Otterville.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a sure internal and external remedy for eczema, itching, scales, pimples, ulcers, and bone pains. It claims to enrich and purify blood, curing deep seated cases, with free samples available from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta and local Sedalia retailer W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Professor Joe Thompson of Macon aged 83, the oldest convert in Macon county, studied religious writings lifelong and concluded Christianity. He sought baptism by Rev. R. T. Caldwell and says his conversion is not due to nearing death. He remains in good health and expects to live to 100 while serving as Macon county's oldest school teacher.
A terse ad from F Taylor Cain announces a large line of guns bought and to be sold promptly before the assortment is broken, urging buyers to come forward quickly.
Advertisement featuring J H Bothwell attorney offering farm loans at five percent with partial payment options. Promotes realty financing in Pettis County. Also notes Rocky Mountain Tea for babies from Bard Drug Company and a promoted baby medicine package.
The Maryville Tribune editor, newly married, asks how many fashionable Maryville women could prepare a simple breakfast for a man. He ponders if his wife is the tenth or one of the nine, and calls for an explanation.
An old advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product in a large 2 ounce package priced at five cents. The copy emphasizes using Ball Blue and features the Red Cross branding.
Louis Wiebrock visiting relatives in Mora Missouri returns home Sunday.
Grocers offer a 2 oz package of Red Cross Ball Blue to keep whites pristine. Five cents per package.
An ad from W. E. Bard Drug Company recommends giving children Rocky Mountain Tea weekly to keep them well. The note echoes a parental health claim without additional details.
The contract to repair the church steeple after a lightning strike has been awarded to the Kansas City firm that originally built the steeple.
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