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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
3
Ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia promise wide vestibules glass and brick touches steam heat gas lighting and safety. J W McCuary P & Tf Sedalia Missouri provides rates maps and information. Reduced one way rates to California set at 34.30 with proportionate branch-line rates statewide.
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway offers Sedalia sleepers on the Katy flyer open at 8 30 p m for travel to St Louis and Chicago with through connections to the east. Through sleeper to Chicago leaves Sedalia at midnight arriving 2 30 p m. Low one way and round trip rates to various points offered by inquiry.
One way fare to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego is three dollars and thirty cents on sale daily.
One way to Helena and Butte Mont three thousand dollars. One way to Portland Ore Seattle and Tacoma Wash thirty one seventy dollars. On sale daily.
Advertises a rail deal with multiple July dates and August dates plus Bietabee 5 and 19. One fare plus 2 dollars for the round trip. Valid for 21 days. Regionally named destinations include Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico.
Special train departs Sedalia at 7 00 a m August 1 for Fort Scott round trip only 1 00. Returning train leaves Fort Scott at 1130 p m same day. Plenty of room for everybody.
Hannibal Missouri hosts an Emancipation Celebration with a special round trip at 1.50 dollars. A Sedalia to Hannibal service departs at 4 30 am in August and returns from Hannibal at midnight in August.
Special round trip excursion from Sedalia for $1.00 departing 6 45 am August 4 1899. Return from Moberly at midnight August 4th. Prompt and affordable travel offer for local residents.
A community notice urges homeowners to get straight loans to save their houses, recommending Bailey and Smith as the source for options and guidance.
One way fares to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane are 31 dollars 70 cents. Rates to intermediate points not to exceed these amounts.
A travel sale lists round trip fares from June 25 to July 11 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for 21.55, Glenwood Springs 33.85, Salt Lake and Ogden 34.55, St Paul and Minneapolis 15.05, Duluth and Superior 22.35. Fares valid until Oct 31 for return dates, Salt Lake and Ogden limited to 90 days.
A Cincinnati vendor offers tickets for June 26, 27 and 28 events at 16.55 dollars with a return option valid through July 5.
On July 1 2 3 and 4 rail lines within 200 miles offer a single fare round trip with return valid through July 5. No round trip under 50 cents.
Missouri Pacific announces sale dates for round trip tickets to many points across the west and southwest. Tickets are valid 21 days for return with liberal stopovers, minimum fare around 900 dollars, and multiple sale windows including June 20, July 4, July 18, August 5, September 5 and 19. Special routes to Pueblo Colorado Springs Denver and other western cities. agents available for full details.
Tickets sold for night trains on July 31 and all trains from August 1. Good to August 15 with extension to 31 upon 50 cent payment. Only 20 hours if No 4 is excluded.
A newspaper notice advertises affordable printing services including 100 note heads or letter heads with printed addresses for $1, plus 200 total pieces with address printed on each. Also offers 100 round cornered cards for 75 cents and 100 cards cut from cardboard for 50 cents, highlighting value for business or personal use.
An advertisement encourages small merchants to use bill heads or statements, offering 100 bill heads for 50 cents and suggesting a proper writing surface rather than scraps of paper.
A local ad touts a $2 print bundle offering 100 letter heads envelopes cards statements and advertising circulars. It urges small merchants to order by mail with payment and promises delivery to Seda lia and small towns.
A city hair dresser notes many customers buy hair dye and hairpieces for friends rather than themselves. They test shades to match the buyer’s hair, often carry purchases home personally, and fear brain injury from dye though shop says it is safe. The scene portrays selfless shopping for others and the common practice of gifting beauty items to friends.
A Spokane art scene note recounts William A Pinkerton viewing a 1590s water color by Ludcke the Cow Boy Artist. The painting derived from a Reno Nevada gambling house robbery legend where a masked highwayman cried Hands Up and held patrons at gunpoint until the crime ended.
Ludcke known as the Cowboy Artist testified in court that he could draw a scene showing a man with a pistol covering multiple people at once as witnesses described. The sketch titled Hands Up illustrated the claim and related to the courtroom proceedings.
The article states London residents drink 175 million gallons of water and 158 million gallons of ale annually. It estimates that packing the ale into 4.5 gallon casks and laying them end to end would form a line over one third of the earth’s equator.
The piece argues Cromwell did not suppress Christmas or music in cathedrals, nor dismiss Westminster Abbey’s organist. An organist was appointed in 1655, theaters closed due to civil war, revival began in 1656, and Cromwell is portrayed as a patron of Milton, Walker and Cooper, and Simon the coin-engraver.
The Colorado flyer offers the fastest dining car service between Kansas City and Denver. The train departs Kansas City at 6 30 pm and arrives at Colorado Springs 10 45 am Denver 11 00 am the next day. Contact Joan Sebastian Chicago for Manitou and the Mountains.
A free 100 page illustrated booklet shows Northwest sites from St. Paul to San Francisco and is suitable for libraries schools travelers and offices. To obtain send six cents postage and address to Chas S Fee Northern Pacific Railway St Louis or St Paul and request Wonderland g9 with details for rates and information.
The Burlington Route introduces a new daily night train from Kansas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska and Colorado. Departure from Kansas City at 9 45 p m and St. Joseph at 12 midnight, arrival Denver 6 20 p m. Alongside existing westbound routes this adds to a broader passenger train plan, with California excursions and tourist sleepers also advertised.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease a powder poured into the shoe. It relieves tightness from new shoes and bunions gives instant comfort for swollen feet blisters and callous spots. Cures ingrown nails sweating hot aching feet sold at druggists and shoe stores 25c trial package free Allen S Olmstead Le Roy NY.
Advert reads Kodol Dyspepsia Cure fully digests food without stomach aid and heals diseased digestive organs. Claims to be the only remedy doing both and to permanently cure dyspepsia. Servant Harker Drug Co.
Enjoy your evenings on the porch free from the pest of mos quitoes. Eclipse Mosquito Chaser will help you. Servant Harker Drug Co.
Extensive arrangements by the Masons of Kansas City and Missouri for a special Rock Island train to Colorado Springs via the Great Rock Island route. Departs Kansas City August 5 at 6 20 pm, arrives Colorado Springs Sunday morning for breakfast. Denver option joins at 11 am. Cheap round trips to Cripple Creek Georgetown Salt Lake Grand Junction. Tickets via Rock Island Colorado Springs to Denver and return. Sleeper reservations urged.
The Union Pacific line runs from Kansas City to Portland every Thursday evening at 6 40 in 72 hours with no change. The tourist car emphasizes comfort at low cost and is suited for ladies and children traveling alone. Porters accompany each car and tickets are at 1000 Main Street 1038 Union Avenue and Union Station. For details contact J. B. Frawley.
The Northwestern Lines offer reduced rate summer tours to resorts in Northern Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and the Michigan peninsula and to the Great Lakes region. Tickets on sale daily with return validity to Oct 31 and stopover privileges. Information and circuits available from A L Fisher Tray Pass Agent 823 Main Street Kansas City.
A Chicago couple’s frugal journey abroad is recounted in a compact volume by Will B. Hunter of the Times-Herald. The book explains how they traveled and what they saw, and it is offered through F. M Byron, western agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Co in Chicago.
An advertisement promotes The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey by Murat Halstead. Described as a 500-page 8x10 inch volume with nearly 100 halftone illustrations and a color map. Price listed at $1.50 with large demand, big commission, and free outfit from The Dominion Company, Caxvon Building, Chicago.
Wanted. Every Sedalian who can afford ten dollar shares payable one dollar per month per share to help establish a home industry employing dozens of hands. Send postal card for prospectus or call at SENTINEL office. Address W E Good secretary P O box 155 Sedalia.
A local laundry offers family washing at 20 cents per dozen at Bowman and Dorn. Service highlights include quick turnaround and reliable garment care for households in the area.
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