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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
5
W N ational Railway Training School offers high wages and quick promotion. Firemen start at 100 dollars and can become engineers at 175, brakemen start at 80 dollars and can become conductors at 200 per month. Instructions by mail from 69 Boston Block Minneapolis Minnesota.
A pocket book containing cash and church receipts is missing. A reward is offered for its return to the Sentinel office. The notice is dated December 6.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a gender rights quarrel where one says women should not propose while the other argues men would then have the privilege of refusing. The exchange highlights evolving views on marriage roles.
A buyer boasts about a horse purchased last week that can pass anything on the road. Giles questions if they are traveling in the same direction, adding a casual exchange typical of a Chicago Daily News item.
The M K T announces holiday round trip fares at one and one third the usual price for December 22 23 24 25 30 31 1995 and January 1 1906 with return by January 4 1996. For details contact C M Jacobs T A M K T.
Christmas excursion fares set for December 23 offer round trips to Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania New York and Ontario at one and one third fare. Tickets valid 30 days for return with details at agent M K T for particulars.
Four property and items offered for sale include a seven room house renting for 15 dollars, a six room house at 1200 dollars a year, a three room house at 600 dollars a year, a 14 acre garden spot valued at 1500 dollars, a horse for 125 dollars, an iron safe at 25 dollars, a small grocery with lunch counter, a 3500 dollar stock of general merchandise.
Real estate ads promote new modern 4 and 5 room cottages on full sized lots two blocks south of the Missouri Pacific shops with prices from 950 to 1250 dollars. One fourth cash and the balance in easy monthly installments over 3 to 5 years. Also ads for brick store rooms in Pacific Heights to be built to suit by David Wilson, 315 Ohio Street, with possession in 30 days.
Houses with 3 to 5 rooms for sale on terms one fourth down and easy installments. Prices range 650 to 1400. A vacant lot on East Broadway offered at 250. Acre tracts from 5 to 40 acres near city limits. A 20 acre suburban place improved at 2500. Farms priced 35 to 75 per acre. Vacant lots six blocks southwest of new shops at 125 per lot with monthly payments. Office 110 West Second Street. Phone Q C 215, Res Bell 1779.
Eight room house at Fourteenth and Moniteanu with store rooms on West Second Street and Kentucky Street. Upstairs room 48 by 60 on Kentucky Street between Second and Main. Office and desk rooms at 112 West Main Street. Shade trees and nursery stock offered at 50 cents each. Contact F Taylor Cain, 112 West Main St. Sedalia Missouri.
Fragmentary paragraph notes a Sedalia Missouri residence and office at 409 Seventh Street with Bell Telephone service and contact numbers 660 669. The clipped line suggests an advertisement or directory entry for a professional listings.
Meals to order available day and night from Tuarlie Harris proprietor offering a range of delicacies. Local patrons can call ahead or visit to enjoy freshly prepared dishes.
A man lies in the dust and laments a broken heart as the ambulance surgeon checks him. He reassures the chauffeur that only two ribs and a left shoulder blade are injured, while the chauffeuse swiftly drives away in relief.
The Baltimore American warns of a cloud over a lasting legacy as a man fears being forgotten despite hard work. A Detroit Free Press satire notes prestige shifts with money, with a scientist lamenting a shrinking race and a witty counter from Busyman about pockets.
The article notes the French motor horn is often a siren or railway-like whistle and far more piercing than English. It contrasts the shrill mechanical cries heard across the countryside with the English tongue and the French accent.
The death of Dr. A. M. Westlake at the county hospital ends the mystery of hidden funds he allegedly hoarded. Once ill at the poor farm he roamed grounds seeking lost money, carrying $69 in a rag at death. He spoke of buried wealth in his final days, while a patent remedy advertisement appeared amid his tale.
An American millionaire hits a dog in France and gives a bank note to a nearby peasant who is not the owner. The peasant declines to keep the bill, and months later a driver finds the dog’s skeleton with the bank note attached and a penciled note pointing out the error.
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