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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
3
Ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia offer wide vestibules steam heat and comfort. For rates routes maps and general information contact J. W. McCuary P and T A Sedalia Mo.
Rail line announces reduced one way fares to California destinations. The new rate applies to main line points in California including San Diego and Redding with $34.30 for the San Diego to Redding leg and proportionate pricing to branch lines California wide.
One way fares to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at 31.70 dollars. Rates to intermediate points not to exceed these.
The Missouri Pacific offers round trip tickets on multiple summer dates to British Columbia and many Western states. Tickets are valid 21 days for return with liberal layovers and minimum $9.00 rate. Special fares include National Teachers Los Angeles group and Colorado routes, with return by Sept 4 or Aug 31 depending on date. See Prof G V Buchanan or Mo Pac agents for details.
St Louis sleeper on the Katy flyer from Sedalia opens to passengers at 8 30 pm. Through sleeper to Chicago leaves Sedalia at midnight on the Katy flyer arriving Chicago 2 30 pm with through connections east. For low one way and round trip rates to many points contact C M Pendleton Sedalia Missouri passenger and ticket agent.
One way fares to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego offered daily with reduced rates. Passengers can choose 34 30 or sale daily options as advertised.
One way to Helena and Butte Montana costs 30 dollars. One way to Portland Oregon Seattle and Tacoma Washington costs 31 dollars and 70 cents. Tickets on sale daily.
A fare schedule lists round trip prices valid for 21 days with one fare plus $2 for travel starting July 4 and 18 August 1 and 15 September 5 and 19. Destinations include Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico.
A free 100 page illustrated book covers the Northwest from St Paul to San Francisco. Send six cents for postage to Chas S Fee, Northern Pacific Railway, St Louis or St Paul to obtain Wonderland. It aids in travel, vacation spots, hunting fishing and homes.
Burlington Route introduces a new daily night train from Kansas City and St Joseph to Nebraska and Colorado. Departure at 9 45 p m from Kansas City and St Joseph arrival in Denver at 6 20 a m. Additional to existing long distance services with weekly California excursions and tourist sleepers. Agents Bramhall Wakeley Elliott coordinate details.
Powdered foot comfort claims quick relief for tight shoes, bunions, swelling, and sore feet. It promises curing ingrown nails and sweating with a trial offer and price of 25 cents. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. free trial package advertised by Allen S. Olmstead of Le Roy, New York.
A medical advertisement touts Kodo Dyspepsia Cure as digesting food without stomach aid and healing diseased digestive organs. It claims to permanently cure dyspepsia and is presented by Servant Harker Drug Co.
Servant Harker Drug Co advertises Eclipse Mosquito Chaser to help homeowners enjoy evenings on the porch free from mosquitoes. Promotional copy touts pest control for outdoor spaces.
Sardon stores notebooks like Balzac for his work. Yang-Yu, China’s peace conference delegate, studied at Harvard College. Bailey of Texas is a crack shot at sixty yards. The Princess of Wales is an avid angler. her daughter, the Duchess of Fife, is the family’s best fisherwoman. Theodore Roosevelt Jr wanted a Rough Rider uniform. his father refused. Governor Stone’s Pennsylvania library holds 2,000 volumes on the state. The Queen of Belgium backs a league to protect race industries. McKinley walks in Washington alone. Cleveland was shadowed by detectives. James J. Cavanaugh at 108 is New England’s oldest man. He was cursed by George IV and heard Napoleon. Saburo Shimada is nicknamed Shabero for rapid delivery and stenographers’ hourly rush. Fraulein Mestorf, museum director, turns 70 and is named professor by Emperor William.
A collection of aphoristic lines on love money politics and society. Witty maxims explore marital choices gender behavior religious devotion personal ambition and consumption habits. The voice hints at humor social critique and practical wisdom without a single narrative thread.
A collection of humorous quotes from multiple papers notes absurdities in political and social life. Items mention Dr Jameson planning parliament run, quinine price rises, a garret versus first floor habit, eggs from the same crate, and pocket chess boards diminishing whist in smoking cars.
A Chicago traveler recalls Melbourne figures Cole and Hosie. Hosie died at 68 after making a fortune from three penny Scotch pies, funding a theater and Turkish bath, and secretly aiding Melbourne charities before adding a hospital wing in 1889. Cole survives, Hosie did not.
In Sweden the reindeer feed on reindeer moss, a prized lichen growing on bare rocks across Lapland. Domestic Siberian reindeer are larger than Lapland’s wild stock, and the deer thrive when allowed to roam and forage. Attempts to feed hay or grains failed. moss can be eaten by humans with a slightly acrid taste.
The Church of Our Savior in Moscow was the world’s most expensive church, built to celebrate Moscow’s deliverance from the French. It cost about 4 million dollars, the largest expenditure on a church to date.
A historic transport note describes sleeping car service from St Louis offering routes to Northern Michigan resorts, highlighting travel convenience and regional resort access for passengers.
A newspaper pitch extols Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It provides nourishment without medicine and is described as healthy invigorating and appetizing with a rich seal brown color and coffee like taste. Children are said to thrive on Grain-O and it costs about 14 cents for 15 ounce and 25 cents for 25 ounce sizes.
Dr J W Angle of Smithton will relocate his family and begin medical practice here. The Angles will reside at 420 East Fourth while establishing their home and office.
George H Jacobs of Thompson Conn says DeWitt s Little Early Risers were more effective than blood medicines and pills. The tablet prompt pleasant relief without gripe, curing constipation and arousing a sluggish liver to action for cleaner blood and steadier nerves. Servant Harker Drug Co.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful nervous feet growing nails and relieves corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and treats sweating callouses hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents in stamps. Trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Dr LaVerne's French Pennyroyal and Tanzy Tablets offered as a monthly medicine for relief of painful irregularities. Claims obstructions removed from any cause and guaranteed harmless. Mail order for $1 to Aug T Fleischmann Sedalia Mo.
Quarterly publication by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway invites farmers to read the Western Trail sent free for one year. Address requests to J Oan Sebastian G P A Chicago.
A letter praises Allen's Foot-Ease for absorbing perspiration in gloves and easing new shoes. It claims the product keeps feet cool and comfortable, noting its pure ingredients. Physicians and nurses are invited to verify purity. Available in drug and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples from Allen 5 Olmstead Le Roy NY.
Extensive plans by Kansas City and Missouri Masons for a special Great Rock Island train from Kansas City on August 5 at 6 20 pm to Colorado Springs for breakfast Sunday. Option to go direct to Denver arriving 11 am. Cheap round trip side trips to Cripple Creek Georgetown Salt Lake Grand Junction. Reserve sleeping cars now through A H Moffet GS WPA and USG Hough TPA Kansas City Mo.
Leaves Kansas City on Thursdays at 6 40 pm and reaches Portland in 72 hours. Fastest connection with one car change only for long trips. Features include comfort for ladies and children and continuous travel to San Francisco or Los Angeles with porters. Ticket offices listed and J B Frawley contact for details.
Northwestern Lines announce summer tours to fishing and resort areas in Northern Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and the Michigan peninsula with east Great Lakes travel. Tickets at reduced rates on sale daily good returning until Oct 31. Omaha route. stopover privileges for Greater American Exposition visitors. Information at 823 Main Street Kansas City A L Fisher Tray Pass Agent.
Will B. Hunter recounts a Chicago couple's economical journey and sights seen, summarized in a little book. The edition is offered by F. M Byron, western agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Co, Chicago, who invites readers to request a copy.
Advertisement for Murat Halstead biography of Admiral Dewey priced at $1.50. Claims huge demand and offers big commissions, outfit free, and a quick reply from The Dominion Company, Coxon Building, Chicago.
Wanted. Sedalian buyers of ten dollar shares at one dollar monthly to fund the Sedalia Fruit Gardens Canning and Nursery company. Prospectus available by postal card or at SENTINEL office. Address W. E. Good secretary P.O. box 155 Sedalia.
Bowman and Dorn advertise family washing service priced at 20 cents per dozen. The notice highlights affordable laundry options and local business offerings in the community pages.
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