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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
7
The piece lists a full daily menu including breakfast and supper items such as crab Creole and currant soup, then shifts to a Philadelphia Press analysis noting women writers complain about missing stamped envelopes for replies and incorrect titles. It also describes how to craft braided paper hats as a fashionable, affordable accessory for women.
In June the M K T railroad Passenger Department ran a notice saying they cannot tell fortunes but offer publications about Texas. A Dana Illinois correspondent replied with a self described fortune request, sending a picture and stating she is 38 with a baby, and received a character reading in reply.
The M K T Railway announces August 1 changes to run trains from St Louis to San Antonio on their rails. The Katy Flyer becomes a solid vestibuled through service with sleepers to Galveston San Antonio and Mexico City and reclining chairs to San Antonio and Galveston. Travel time shortens between St Louis and Houston Galveston and improves access to Temple Belton Taylor Smithville Lockhart San Marcos and New Braunfels. Sleeping car service will run between Shreveport and San Antonio via Dallas.
A Missouri Kansas & Texas Bay official’s wife scolds her son Jonnie for being bad. He replies that only good boys go to heaven, then decides he will be bad to stay with his family.
The season favors Louisine and Tussor silks over foulards though both remain popular. Cape sleeves appear on gowns with variations at the armhole or collar, and back-skirt dominates. Lingerie ruffles trim gowns in many styles, with an effective foulard in light brown and red spots edged by ecru hemstitched ruffles.
The Rev. W. A. Sunday told girls at a Desplaines Methodist camp meeting that marrying a man to reform him is misguided. He warned against joining a Keeley Institute style effort and urged independence in choosing suitors.
Society awaits the visit of the Duke of Abruzzi, the handsome cleverest of the Savoy princes. The 30 year old bachelor will appear in the gayest part of the Newport season after the international yacht races.
An experiment at summer start yields a popular hat made from crepe paper. A firm sold 50 hats in four weeks. DIY at home costs about 45 cents, with trims available from shops or repurposed from old hats. Modern touches let fashionable wearers use them for any occasion.
A notice offers Sweet Springs water in cases at $1.50 per case with delivery on request. Order by calling telephone number 14 at Arlington Pharmacy.
A fragment touts pamphlets on Missouri apples and the Katy line region. It invites readers to request materials from Katy at 801 Wainwright Building in St. Louis Missouri.
With unexcelled facilities for all classes of laundry work the Monarch Laundry offers the public a service modern and perfect in every detail. Chas. Van Antwerp, Prop. Phones 183.
An advertisement claims 91 of 100 childhood diseases stem from stomach disorders due to indigestion. It touts Kodol Dyspepsia Care as suitable for children and adults, with a Nashville mother praising its effects on her three year old. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Legal advertisement offering farm loans in Pettis County at 5 percent interest with partial payment privileges. Terms promise $1,000 and up at lowest rates. J H Bothwell, attorney and counselor, Sedalia National Bank building.
Auctions will sell 52 well bred horses and mares adapted to driving and breeding at Hinsdale's mule barn north of the Missouri Pacific tracks on Saturday August 15. For more details contact E. W. Stevens at 209 S. Osage Street.
Summer tourist tickets go on sale June 1 at greatly reduced rates to northern and eastern resorts. Inquire at a Katy agent or contact George Morton G P T A M K T Ry St Louis Mo for details.
Experts in our line guarantee perfect satisfaction in all laundry work. Shirts collars and cuffs are done in AI style the finest work. First class service.
East bound arrivals and departures listed for Missouri Pacific trains No. 6 No. 1 No. 9 and No. 53 along with freight service Way freight schedule. Notes include No. 7 does not carry baggage and No. 102 starts from the yards.
OCR text details multiple train services with numbers and times. No. 6 Katy Flyer stops at key points, departs 12:50 a m, various inbound times listed. No. 64 way freight departs 6:15 a m. No. 53 local operates except Sunday with 6:40 a m departure. No. 117 leaves Sedalia at 2:55 p m. Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern line shows northbound and Warsaw arrival times.
The piece highlights Indian names like Muskoka Clear Sky Land Magnetewan and Kawartha as fitting descriptors for preferred summer spots. It invites readers to request free descriptive literature and timetables by writing to the Grand Trunk Railway Advertising Department at 135 Adams Street Chicago to George W. Vaux A. G. P. T. A.
The notice references private loans with attorney at law C. C. Lawson located in the Katie Building Bel Telephone 467. The fragment provides contact details but no specific action or deadline.
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