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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
3
In June the M K T Railroad Passenger Department ran a reading notice claiming we cannot tell fortunes but offer publications about Texas. A Dana Illinois correspondent replied seeking a fortune for a poor woman and sent a baby photograph, receiving a character reading in return.
The M K and T Railroad announces radical timetable changes effective August 1. The Katy Flyer becomes a solid vestibuled train running St Louis to San Antonio with through sleepers to Galveston and Mexico City and reclining chairs to San Antonio and Galveston. Travel times improve to Houston and Galveston with shorter runs from Kansas City to Texas. Sleeping cars start on the Shreveport to San Antonio line via Dallas.
A Missouri Kansas & Texas Bay official boasts of his bright son Johnnie. Mrs travels with Master Jonnie and quotes heaven rules. Johnnie pauses and says he will be bad to join the rest of the family in heaven.
A wandering tramp named Ben earns trust after saving Lisha Blake from a wagon accident. He stays to help with chores and the sick farmer’s recovery, leading to repaired fences, thriving crops, and a blossoming romance with Fannie Blake.
A moonlit exchange fades into a tender scene as one man
The readable text hints at church interior finishes with mentions of ALAMASTINE and decorative details. Fragmentary phrases reference wall costs and renovations, but most of the source is garbled, yielding few concrete facts or names.
The notice lists M., K. & T. trains heading north and east with arrivals and departures. It notes No. 6 Katy Flyer stopping at key points with departure times 12:50 a m and 8:50 p m and a No. 64 way freight at 6:15 a m.
The notice shows trip times and routes with trains named No. 53 local and No. 49 K. C. D and No. 117 serving Sedalia Warsaw and Southwestern. It records departures at 3:12 a.m. 3:17 a.m. 6:10 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 9:10 a.m. with various arrivals and notes on Sunday service.
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