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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
7
Want Ads of 20 words or less run under classified heads in this column 3 times for 25c cash. None accepted for less than 25c. Send copy with cash direct to this office or leave at Otis W. Smith Fifth and Engineer streets Arlington Pharmacy 508 Ohio street Dow Drug Co 200 Ohio street.
Sale notices include shade trees offered by F Taylor Cain and an auction of one lot 45x120 at Twelfth and Stewart. Also furniture and horse gear with a Surrey a Phaeton harness saddle and bridle, plus two shoots weighing about 100 pounds each. Inquiries to 1105 South Ohio and 502 West Main.
An 19th century classified style notice promotes $10 daily earnings for agents selling gaslight burners. Claims no chimney or wick needed and no smoke or dirt, fits any coal oil lamp, promises 200 percent profit and sample free. Box 483 Cincinnati, Ohio.
A first class advertised rental seeks a tenant for an eight room house with cellar kitchen and laundry room stable and buggy shed fine shade and best paved street in the city Water is supplied in house and yard The place will be put in first class condition Location is 720 West Fourth street Apply to G E Dugan at 116 East Fifth street
Advertises for a bookkeeper position with strong references. Provides address 916 South Massachusetts for applications.
Rent available for a good blue grass pasture with ample water close to town. Inquiries should be directed to Drs. Dunkin the Osteopaths at Sixteenth and Arlington Heights or contact their office at Nos. 3609-10 Hoffman Building.
Classified notice offers trade requests for weapons and medical services with doctors Dunkin the Osteopaths in Arlington Heights and a Hoffman building address dated April 20.
Advertisement seeks a manager for a new Sedalia branch. Apply with references to Alfred Morris a Cincinnati wholesaler. Include contact details and timing note dated 3 20 d2tp.
Desirable six room cottage at 616 North Grand avenue available for rent. Fruit, water and good neighborhood. See J. K. Kidd at LeGrande hotel for details. Dated 4 20 d3p.
The notice outlines a monthly WE Katy Tuesdays travel option with a unified one fare plus 2.00 dollars round trip across Kansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas. Travelers may use the service for the stated price structure on designated Tuesdays.
Northwest Settlers benefit as Burlington advertises very low rates. Savings cited for farmers and merchants, with emphasis on accessible credit and competitive terms offered by the financial institution in the region.
Advertises very low one way colonists rates for March and April 1902 by the Burlington Route to Portland Tacoma Seattle Puget Sound $25.00 Spokane area $22.50 Butte Helena district $20.00 with through coaches cars and sleepers to Butte Helena Spokane Portland. Includes Denver Northwest via Billings connections. Contact agents or write R. H. Crozier L. Wakeley TPA 823 Main St Kansas City Mo. September travel window and limits noted.
A rail travel advertisement lists round trip and one way fares to multiple destinations in March through September 1902. Cities include Dallas Los Angeles Asheville Springfield St Paul San Francisco Portland Denver Minneapolis Tacoma and more. Tickets sold on set dates with limits through October 31 1902.
Eastbound trains show arrivals and departures with local freight No. 72 and No. 198 arriving at 10 p m and 2 05 p m. Westbound services include Nos 73 and 71 departing at 6 00 a m and 2 55 p m. Through Nos 3 and 4 run south toward Franklin Junction via Sedalia Warsaw and Southwestern routes.
A baseball team of colored men from Sedalia has formed for the season and will be named the Sedalia Browns. The lineup includes William Crump left field Ollie Brown center field John Abbott shortstop Gen Foster right field Lon Porter captain at first base Lee Pierman second base J Ruby third base George Shack pitcher B Watson catcher R Smith and W Wiley as substitutes.
The M., KK. & T. company will begin at once the construction of a brick platform at its depot. A car load of brick arrived today to start the work, which was delayed months ago due to brick shortages.
A Chicago Tribune note reports a shift in car design toward simple polished wood surfaces. Old elaborate carvings and inlays are replaced to reduce dust and ease cleaning, with upper berths raised when closed to improve space for lower passengers.
The Nebraska Colorado Express departs Kansas City at 9 35 p m and reaches Denver at 3 15 p m next day, three hours quicker. It offers afternoon time in Denver for business or visiting before westward travel through Colorado. The morning Denver Express departs 10 40 a m, with through tourist sleepers to California via Scenic Colorado each Wednesday and Thursday.
A dated travel pitch from R H Crozier T P A offering Northwest routes on the Burlington–Northern Pacific Express. It invites readers to describe trips for quotes and free printed matter, listing end points Kansas City, St. Louis and officials L W Wakely and Howard Elliott.
C. C. Lawson attorney at law in the Katie building handles private loan matters. Bell telephone 467.
Clear white clothes advertised as a sign of Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz package priced at 5 cents. Also promotes First-class cakes and pie by Rembaugh at 616 Ohio.
Florimella cream and a clear complexion offered at a half price in Arlington. The ad promotes a beauty product with a bold discount, targeting local shoppers seeking skincare and beauty solutions.
Sedalia Junk Co announces a pickup service for junk including rags bones old stoves bottles and metals. The firm offers a free gold watch as a prize and advertises wagons to collect junk from Main and Vermont with telephone numbers 1000 and 263.
A young man who called on a Brooklyn sweetheart at 10 30 p m was arrested after the maid mistook him for a burglar. The magistrate lectured him on late calling and discharged him, leaving him wiser in the eyes of local justice.
A virgin gold nugget weighing 82.18 ounces troy was melted at the Helena Montana United States assay office after failed preservation attempts. The piece reflects mid nineteenth century industrial themes and the exchange of ideas between American invention and English capital and labor.
An old ad copy discusses blood history from bone marrow to liver and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a blood-building tonic. It claims the product is a nutritious aid for nourishing new blood and restoring color to pale faces, with a sales pitch and address for Ott & Bowne in New York.
George C. Hale, serving thirty years as fire chief in Kansas City, was removed by Mayor Reed on Monday night. Assistant Chief Edward Trickett was appointed to succeed him.
Stevens Livery Barn offers first class work for horse clipping while you wait. Located at 209 South Osage Street, Osage. Telephone 167.
Advert for agents to sell Life of T DeWitt Talmage by his son Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage and Christian Herald editors. Endorsed by the family, promising large profits for quick movers. Outfit ten cents, write Clark & Co 222 S 4th St Philadelphia PA. Mention this paper.
A longtime Sedalia craftsman at 213 West Main Street offers stove repair, stressing his local roots since 1865 and intent to stay in the community with customer support.
We offer the best Windsor coal for cooking and heating at 3.00 per ton delivered with full weight guaranteed. Also selling good wood, dry or green, cord or stove lengths, with the lowest prices. Call at yards or our phone.
A Sedalia Missouri advertisement promotes Fyricide, a dry powder extinguisher claimed to stop fires instantly. The message, from the General Western Agent of Fyricide, seeks town and county agents and offers a four minute churn dasher and butter maker priced at 75 cents to one dollar, with delivery by mail order.
Fishing tackle and baseball supplies complete assortment at bed rock prices. See us before you buy. P. Hoff man Ulu. homemade candies are wholesome and pure Rembaugh, 616 Ohio.
A short merchant note advertises Red Cross Ball Blue 2 oz package for 5 cents to whiten fabrics. It also mentions home made candies and clean bread available at Rembaugh's bakery.
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