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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1902
Page
8
The McLaughlin brothers invite readers to visit and view their upholstered furniture selections to solve the problem of furnishing a home. They offer guidance and a opportunity to see the range in person.
Local store advertises a ten percent discount on couches and davenports for the week. The piece also covers a Missouri Pacific division shift being postponed due to incomplete Jefferson City yards and concerns over river route readiness amid a delayed World's Fair.
Classified notice offering 20 word or less want ads under the Want Column for 25 cents cash. Submit copy with payment at the office or at Otis W. Smith Fifth and Engineer streets Arlington Pharmacy 508 Ohio Street Dow Drug Co 200 Ohio Street.
For sale notice states shade trees offered by F. Taylor Cain. The brief ad identifies the seller and item type but provides no location or pricing details.
Road cart offered in good order with canoe top. Call at 120 East Third Street. 4-11 date noted.
Advertising copy touts Brilliant Gaslight Burners that fit coal oil lamps, require no chimney or wick, and produce clean light. Claims no smoke or dirt and promises agents 200 percent profit with a free sample from Enterprise Manufacturing Co., Box 483, Cincinnati, Ohio.
For rent four or five rooms either furnished or unfurnished at 916 South Lamine. Also wanted four hens ready to set this week at Sentinel office. Address and references appear in the public notice section.
A terse notice urges consulting the palmist at 209 East Sixth Street before making changes, with a cryptic line about dates and plans. The fragment hints at last minute decision advice or a cautious approach. No further details are given.
Finder asked to return the plain gold band ring to the Sentinel office. The notice dated 4 15 requests its return to aid the owner.
John Wattey a hotel porter from Muskogee Allan Hoo a section laborer from Dallas L M Cattrell a section laborer from Kimball and J C Douglass a fireman from Denison listed as arrivals at the hospital in a brief social notice.
Engineer Sam Pace resumes his run after 52 days laid up by mail crane injuries and received full pay during recovery. Fred Fritzdick of Boonville quarantined in St. Louis for small pox while employed at Missouri Pacific shops. Barney Tillberry attends his sister in law Mrs. Frank Tillberry's funeral in Franklin Junction. The Missouri Kansas and Texas line will operate the Fort Scott Iola and Western between Moran and Piqua after today. Katy Engine 291 burst a flue near Windsor at 4 am while No 5 was ahead, Engine 413 sent to Windsor to take the southbound.
An old classified style note promotes Dow Drug Company as the fast solution when you need the right item in a hurry, offering two contact phones, 259.
A Pettis county Mason leadership calls all members to a Thursday 8 o'clock Mason Hall session to discuss funding and construction of a Masonic Temple on ground cleared by cannon fire. Shares will be offered so every Mason can buy in, with trustees Archibald Campbell J. W. Mallery E. E. Johnston and W. H. Powell approving.
Local union members met at the First Christian church last night. An executive committee session followed to plan for the upcoming State Convention in this city.
Farm loans at 6 percent with partial payment privileges offered by J H Bothwell attorney at Secalia National Bank Building. Dr T T Major & Son advertise limited time dental work with prices for full set, gold fillings, gold and platina fillings, amalgam fillings, cement, crowns and bridge work. Painless extraction claimed with office at 410 Ohio Street opposite courthouse.
We offer top Windsor coal for cook and heat at 3.90 per ton delivered. Also dry and green wood in cord or stove lengths at the lowest prices. Call at yards or by phone. A. J. Fults & Co., 412 East Twelfth Street. Queen City Phone 21 Bell 84.
Al Summers was arrested late Monday afternoon by Special Officer John Evans of the M K and T railroad for alleged theft of a large iron load. He was found with about a thousand pounds of iron on a wagon and resisted arrest before being jailed in the county jail.
Kindling product praised as best and cheapest fire starter on the market. Describes it as neat compact and clean with customers saying they cannot do without it. Also advertising stove wood and high grade cooking coal. Both phones 26.
Heynens on North Ohio Street offers a complete assortment of fishing tackle and baseball supplies at bed rock prices for Decoration Day shoppers. P Hoff man invites customers to see the lowest prices before buying.
R H Waggoner state president of the Christian Endeavor Union speaks at the union meeting addressing attendees. The text notes his title and role but provides no further details on location date or agenda.
Buy gasoline stove or refrigerator garden tools and chicken wire of P Hoffman at bottom prices. Leave your order for gasoline.
Laundry ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes. Each 2 ounce package costs 5 cents and claims to brighten fabrics.
Advertisement note explains want ads in the Evening Sentinel yield results. Twenty words run three times for 25 cents cash. The reader is advised on placement to maximize response.
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