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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1903
Page
13
Practical tips from Annie Graham Rockfellow on furniture placement. Focus on bed spacing away from walls to reduce light on eyes, a candle stand, and a clock at the head. Include a doorway swing toward the bed for screening, a closet door setup to hide within view, and a windowed pressing table. A sturdy portable washstand and a full-height U shaped screen aid privacy and versatility.
A neighbor with fine oriental rug collection shares care tips from Good Housekeeping. Hang and beat rugs on the right side monthly to avoid thread breakage. sweep with a broom along the warp. Large rugs are washed twice a year with garden hose and sun drying. small rugs soak in water, scrub, rinse, and sun dry. Never send to cleaners.
A female contributor contrasts American and English manners toward women. She notes Americans treat women as capable, while Englishmen often talk down, implying ignorance. She predicts after years of change women’s minds will grow stronger, and the phrase weaker sex will fade.
Daily sale of excursion tickets to Colorado and Utah resorts at about half rates with return limits all summer offered by the agency.
A list of residents headed to the State University at Columbia this year includes Misses Louella Hoffman Rud Fitzgerald Margaret Sneed and Messrs Walter Ducker Reuben J Gentry Lee M Gentry Harry Glenn Frank Wobart Josephus Ikenberry Walter Dandy Stanley Battersby Will Ilgenfritz Charles Rodes Roy Dalby Gentry Estill Robert Baldwin and Dinmitt Hoffman.
Advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion enabling unlimited eating. Claims the remedy prepares the stomach for reception and digestion of wholesome food and helps transform it into healthy blood. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Company.
In Edwardsville Illinois a small church building sold for 12 dollars at public auction. The transfer followed a dispute over church jurisdiction in Ridge Prairie and a threatened court fight. New trustees urged by Rev J Will Summers sold the building to Julia Allen, to be moved. the site to become a cemetery.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a universal cure for eczema itching humors warts boils carbuncles and skin sores. Claims internal use purifies enriches blood and restores health citing free samples from Blood Balm Co Atlanta and local availability via W E Bard Drug Co.
A Decatur Michigan woman recounts dramatic relief from heart and nerve symptoms using Dr Miles Heart Cure Nervine and Pain Pills. She praises the products as a god send and shares a Laurene Muscular Rheumatism anecdote where two Pain Pills freed a woman from pain, urging others to try the remedies.
The program runs on the first and third Tuesdays each month offering about half rates to view superb western and northwestern crops and assist buyers in securing homes in that fast growing region.
Read about round trip tickets to Minnesota resorts and the state’s 10 000 lakes. Burlington lines advertise travel options and a request for boarding houses and hotels with a trip description.
A mileage book for the Missouri Kansas Texas line, favoring W. H. Crisman of Green Ridge, was lost on Thursday August 27 in Sedalia. Finder rewarded upon return to the office.
The office effects of the late Dr. R Wilson Carr are offered for sale at 300 West Third Street Sedalia Missouri. Includes static electrical battery glass case table battery walnut furniture medical books air pump and nasal throat apparatus hot water heater and other items. Apply to Mrs R Wilson Carr 421 West Seventh Street Sedalia Missouri for details.
Boies Bros and Co list Sedalia properties for exchange and cash sales. Offers include 153 acres in Johnson County Missouri at $30 per acre with $1750 encumbrance, 1120 acres plus 100 cattle and 15 horses in Clark County Kansas for Missouri farms, cash Kansas property $8000, and several Missouri and Kansas land exchanges. Also notes unimproved prairie at $2 per acre and a 640 acre upland prairie in Edwards County Kansas with 500 acres cultivated. Includes 240 acres alfalfa ranch in Arkansas valley Kansas and 160 acres in Benton County Missouri to trade for a Sedalia home.
Advertisement for Ozomullion Food Co promoting a vitalized Cod Liver Oil emulsion. Claims no stomach irritation in hot weather and benefits invalids with weak lungs, impure blood, pale cheeks. Free trial bottle offered with 10 cents postage to 98 Pine Street New York.
Passengers may stop over at Niagara Falls without extra charge on through tickets to New York or Philadelphia via the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE My well improved and finely located farm of 40 or 120 acres adjoining S. E. city limits. Call or address for particulars Van B. Wisker WANTED A man cook for general cooking Steady job good wages Apply Kemper Military School Boonville Mo
J C Wilcox carpenter practices patchwork and repairs specializing in sidewalks and fencing. Residence listed as 617 Wilkerson Street with phone 812 two rings.
Dentist Dr. W. M. Carter relocates to ground floor of the Hoffman building at Fifth and Ohio. Pettis county realty offers start at $1,000 and up with lowest rates and best terms. Farm loans available at 5 percent with partial payment privileges through J. H. Bot, Attorney and Counselor, Sedalia National Bank Building.
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