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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1904
Page
7
In Orkney during the early 1800s crofts yielded little grain. Men cut a few sheaves, thrash them, and fished at dusk. Women dried grain, ground it in a quern, baked bannocdas, and ate with cod or sillocks. The quern remains for malt and burstin.
A Philadelphia Quaker shopkeeper refused to add hatchets to a blankets sale despite his policy of compulsion. A western buyer warned the tomahawk use by Indians, insisting he would not take blankets if hatchets remained. The buyer left with blankets, hatchets unused.
Cure feverishness headache and summer illnesses in children. Mentioned as used by a nurse at a New York Children’s Home. Claims to destroy worms and ease teething pains. 25 cents at all druggists. Free sample by mail in LeRoy New York.
Notice: Sedalia Missouri City Council will receive and consider bids for an ordinance condemned wooden cinder and debris removal and for sidewalk construction under the city charter. S. flour of W. J. Letts is referenced in the bid context.
The article notes Indian names like Muskoka and Kawartha describing pleasant summer destinations on the American continent. Reaches by Grand Trunk Illinois Central car route between St Louis and Montreal. Effective June 1, special low round trip fares advertised from the Southwest. Literature and timetables available free via Grand Trunk Railway Advertising Department Chicago.
The city council on May 16 1944 approved an ordinance to replace condemned sidewalks with brick sidewalks along multiple blocks in Sedalia Missouri. Bids due July 18 1944 at 5 p m with a $25 certified check to guarantee contract entry. city reserves right to reject all bids.
C. C. Lewson attorney at law offers money to loan. Office rooms 10 and 8 9 Katy building with phone 487 for inquiries and arrangements.
A lyrical line extols Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for blues, promising real joy from a single drink. The verse frames tea as a mood lifter and comforting remedy.
Notice to sidewalk contractors appears twice and mentions W. E. Bard Drug Co. Brandt and Grote selling the famous flour.
Excursions listed include Lake Chautauqua New York 19.25 round trip and Atlantic City New Jersey 23.25 round trip with sale dates July 8 29 for the former and July 16 17 18 for the latter. Also Nobles of the Mystic Shrine tickets 9.25 Cincinnati Ohio and return. B P O Ellis and C W Green and E Cowles provide sale points in Kansas City St Louis. Also notice condemning sidewalks on Harrison Avenue and related street work in Sedalia Missouri with bid deadline June 18 1904.
The city council, via Mayor approval on the eighteenth, authorizes replacing condemned sidewalks with brick on multiple streets in Ritter's and Cotton Brothers additions, Osage and Missouri avenues, Twelfth and Eleventh streets, and related blocks, detailing property abuttals and lot measurements. The measure cites specific blocks, lots, and street segments within Sedalia Missouri.
Sedalia Real Estate Loan Co offers real estate and Pettis County farm loans with low rates and partial payment privileges. W. L. Porter presides at 404 Ohio St. S. J. M. Licklider advertises flour sales.
Gentlemen and ladies are pleased with our laundry work. Systematic thorough careful labor ensures we deliver laundry by the promised day and with guaranteed quality. Give us a trial order by phone 154.
Round trips to Yankton Chamberlain Fairfax and Bonesteel offered at one third fare. Tickets on sale July 1 to 22 daily with good until August 15 and liberal stopover privileges.
The notice lists rail and round trip prices for travel to national political conventions. From St. Louis a 15 day return option is offered at 5.90 with July 2 to 6 sales. Detroit round trip is 18.30 with return valid through August 15. Chicago round trip is 16.30. Sales run daily until September 20 with limited return by October 31.
One way party tickets five or more offered at one third of regular fare to destinations in Indian and Oklahoma Territories and parts of Kansas. Tickets on sale daily through July 10.
One fare plus 50 cents for a round trip on Missouri Pacific system routes and to all points in Arkansas Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma on all lines Good to July 5 for return Eldorado Springs and return 4 00 Sales daily July 1 to September 30 limited 30 days
Round trip tickets to Missouri Kansas Indian Territory and Oklahoma points offered at one fare plus fifty cents where applicable, with exceptions for one fare and third. Sales run July 2 3 and 4 and limited until July 5.
The notice touts a special department with large modern facilities for handling family washing. It advertises reasonable prices and full service via wagons delivering wash to various locations, under the management of Chas. Van Antwerp, Prop.
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