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A short reader note urging readers to place a want advertisement in the Sentinel to attract many responses and find a suitable servant.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1899
Page
5
A short reader note urging readers to place a want advertisement in the Sentinel to attract many responses and find a suitable servant.
Advertisement note states three insertions under Wanted For Sale For Rent Lost and Found not to exceed twenty words each for twenty five cents in this column. It outlines pricing and word limit for the small ads section.
Wanted on Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh or Eighth streets west of Ohio one or two unfurnished rooms with board in a nice private family by a man and his wife no children. One room with south and north windows upstairs preferred. Please answer at once giving location description and price and state whether you have other boarders. Address M care SENTINEL office. Reference Rev Felix Hill.
For Rent. Good five room house with stable in a nice locality. Large lot and fine shade. Or would sell on very easy payments. For particulars address or call at go2 West Broadway.
Furnished seven room house available on W Broadway for rent with possession on or before September 1. Call or address Furnished House, Sentinel office for details.
Epworth League social at Epworth Church hosted by Mr Shain takes place Friday August 4 at Broadway and Montgomery venue. Members invited for supper games and fellowship in early evening at the church hall.
Advertises six salesmen positions with daily wages from two dollars fifty cents to five dollars to study workers. Applicants to call at Sicher's hotel room between 8:30 and 11:30 am or 1:30 and 5:30 pm. Apply in person.
Wanted by a German girl for general house work washing and ironing. Wages of 2.25 per week expected. Address Clara Morman 807 West Sixth Street.
Furnished for light housekeeping bedroom sitting room and kitchen separate. Rent 50 cents per week. Call at 318 Hancock and Fourth.
Classified notice offering household goods and carpenter tools including three large olean ders and other plants at low prices. Call or visit corner 5th and Mass for immediate purchase.
Apartment listing offers three rooms suitable for light housekeeping in G10 S Lamine area. Includes basic amenities and access to shared facilities. Contact for viewing and rental terms.
Excavated dirt from the steam heating trenches offered cheap by E. Hurley & Co. Inquiries to John Hyatt at the trenches.
Report notes high temperatures in Sedalia with a 100 degree reading at 1 30 PM. The ad promotes Sutherlands Eagle Eye Sales claiming speedy relief for styes granulated lids and sore eyes with a tube product guaranteed by reputable druggists.
An advertisement from Servant-Harker Drug Co promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy for obstinate summer coughs and colds. W W Merton of Mayhew, Wisconsin, endorses it as wonderful medicine.
Custom furniture at Lodge and Staley's offers couches built to customer specifications. Clients choose fabrics, dimensions, and finishes for tailored living room pieces.
Miss Lillian Pearson entertained the society on North Grand Avenue last Monday afternoon in honor of Miss Edna Van Wagner of Fort Dodge Iowa and Miss Josie Place of Texas. Miss Moore Dawson won first prize in a guessing contest called a Literary Salad securing a gold stick pin. Refreshments of ices and cake were served. Attending were Misses Alice Zimmerman Pansy Fowler Rose Fowler Matie Brosing Tina Norton Moore Dawson Edna Van Wagner and Josie Place.
Miss Ada Kahrs receives a surprise party at the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Harper on East Twelfth street. Friends enjoy games and music with ice cream and cake. Guests include Anna Slagle Maggie Bremer Lulu Bremer Clara Segraves Eva Segraves Celie Devine Rosa Weichel Mae Bremer Effie Bryan Zelma Bryan Nettie Marshal Alice Trullinger Verna Cunningham Jewel Bahannan Nadine Bahannan Lily Harper Mabel Harper Pearl Harper Mabel McCabe Helen McCabe Mrs Bahannan and Mrs McCabe. Masters Louis Julius John Bremer Victor Seffler Willie McCabe Robert Schwarz Bryan. Guests depart about eleven with well wishes for Ada.
Invitations have been issued for a dance at Liberty park Thursday evening after the band concert under the management of Sam James and O G Friemel. Frie mel's orchestra will furnish the music.
A vintage advertisement from Chicago markets Dr Hobbs pills as a free remedy for kidney issues. The line promotes universal efficacy and directs readers to Remedy Co. for purchase.
Fragmentary OCR notes show September prices in July for thin dress fabrics. The text mentions mills or vendors and indicates price points such as 85 cents and 7 cents per yard, with garbled words surrounding catalog or inventory details.
Court referees Lee Montgomery and LA Crawford hear and allow claims of creditors and shareholders against the Equitable Savings and Loan Company No 2 of Sedalia Missouri. The hearing is on August 17 within the building at No 410 Ohio Street upstairs.
Creditors and shareholders are invited to present claims against Equitable Savings and Loan Company at 410 Ohio Street Sedalia Missouri. Referees Lek Montgomery and L A Craworp will hear on August 17, 1599 in the upstairs second story.
Report from the Royal Tribe of Joseph shows no heat impact on business. Applications received yesterday totaled 71 000 dollars in insurance. Subordinate lodges report increasing balances and growing membership with no unpaid death claims and a solid reserve.
Candy Cathartic promotes Constipation cure with Cascarets. Priced 10 and 25 cents. If CCC fail, druggists refund money.
Miss Josephine Irwin of Hughesville is visiting Miss Leora Barrett.
Laundress finds delight in a Red Cross Ball Blue bundle sold for five cents. The ad claims headache relief and a reliable stain remover in a single large package.
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