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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1899
Page
6
Extremely low round trip and one way rates to numerous destinations offered by M Pendleton Passenger and Ticket Agent Sedalia Missouri. One way to Helena and Butte Montana 3000 dollars. One way to Portland Seattle and Tacoma Was a 31.70. On sale daily.
On December 5 a one way fare plus 2 dollars enables round trips to Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. Passengers may travel to multiple states within the stated region.
The service departs Kansas City at 9 05 AM starting November 4 and each Saturday thereafter. Passenger travels to San Francisco without change via the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway on route through Sedalia, where M E and T train No 1 leaves at 7 15.
The notice describes an excursion by A. and A. P. Ry and So. Pac. Co from Parsons to Waco to Flatonio and San Antonio, continuing to California. Equipment will be Tourist cars with latest improvements and comforts. For special rates, contact a local agent.
Secretary Hitchcock’s annual interior department report notes 91,519 pensioners at year end, a drop of 2,195, average pension value $152.74, and forecasts a rise with Spanish War veterans. calls for biennial exams, limits on attorney fees, and clearer widows pension rules. It also details Nicaragua Canal stock, arid-region irrigation potential, forest reserve plans, and Dawes Commission timing on Indian territory governance.
Reports from Rockport and gulf area indicate higher damage than first thought. Many fishing boats and crews are missing. Thousands of sheep and hundreds of cattle drowned or killed by hail and storm despite refugio Aransas Lamar counties reporting extensive livestock losses. Pelicans and other wildlife perished along the bay shore.
Arthur Burns, a butcher on the transport Manauense, reports from San Francisco that ten men deserted at Honolulu and two vacancies existed before departure. He says the ship leaked three days from port, condensers failed, and the refrigerating plant collapsed before reaching Honolulu. Burns notes the carpenter deserted and that lower state room floors were awash requiring him to sleep in soldiers quarters.
Washington December 2 Assistant Secretary Webster Davis of the interior department will sail from New York next Tuesday for Cape Town South Africa. He expects to be gone at least three months and hopes to see something of the Boer war.
Washington December 2 The treasury statement shows that at the close of business November 29 1899 the debt less cash in the treasury stood at 1 140 091 831 a decrease of 37 750 for the month The figure reflects the ongoing reduction in public obligations as the year nears its end.
A physician at 209 East Sixth Street Sedalia Missouri advertises cures for chronic catarrhal and female diseases with a five to ten dollar price range. He offers mail or express delivery, guarantees cures for syphilis gonorrhea and other conditions, and provides free treatment to catarrh patients. He claims rapid results for gonorrhea and other male ailments and emphasizes noninvasive female examinations while promising cures for eye ear nose and throat issues.
Dr J C Dysart of 209 East Sixth Street Sedalia Missouri is described as a medical graduate of the University of Louisville Kentucky and a post graduate of the Polyclinic of New York. He served in the Women and Babies Hospital of New York and was appointed Regimental Surgeon and served in the late war.
The Missouri Pacific Railway promotes five elegant passenger trains daily in each direction with fast service from Sedalia to major eastern cities. It lists schedules to St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Toledo Indianapolis Columbus Pittsburg Cincinnati Washington Philadelphia New York and Boston with connections east and west and a contact number and office.
One way tickets are sold daily to Portland Seattle Tacoma Spokane Helena and Butte. Travelers can reach these western cities with frequent departures and accessible pricing. The service highlights include multiple routes and regular departures.
Fell and Harris offer the celebrated Mercantile Rye whisky at 114 Ohio Street market shown as a notable liquor sale.
The Sentinel states readiness to perform all kinds of job work quickly at the lowest paces. Corner Fourth and Lamine.
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