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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
7
A prominent railroad man in Austin, Texas, witnessed a Court of Appeals judge order a single dish as if it were a train. The waiter explained the joke by saying the judge wanted his dinner fast, so the waiter served a "Katy Flyer" in a punny meal brief.
A Katy Line official receives a Rock Island Texas report detailing cigars made from weed grown on Post Oak sandy soil at Hallettsville. W B Hawkins yields about 15 pounds per acre, 1000 cigars cost 13 dollars to produce, selling at 30 dollars per thousand, netting 17 dollars per thousand. Altair County land offers thousands of acres at 4 to 6 dollars per acre.
Mr. Geo A McNutt, M K and T passenger agent, lodged in a Nebraska town. He asked for a bath, and the proprietor shouted for supplies, then explained the pick was to dam up the crick. The tale frames a humorous misstep in a small town hotel.
Tips for elaborate entertaining with menu tweaks and service ideas. Includes a request for elderberry blossom wine and elderberry wine recipes. Describes a white elder wine method using sugar water egg whites elderflowers yeast raisins and a six month aging period.
A collage of blackberry recipes and food notes including syrups creams and molds with instructions for quantites and temperatures. It also lists plum and biscuit batter ratios and soup stock basics. The page promotes Indian place names and advertises free descriptive literature from Grand Trunk Railway and a cold cure product with a 25 cent box.
Railway timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple lines with notes on baggage, starts from yards, and various freight and passenger services. Following is an old medical ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming constitutional treatment and offering a $1000 reward for cures, with contact details.
Classified notice offers the Jaynes residence on Broad way Sedalia for sale or rent on favorable terms in good condition with steam heat connected to the district system if desired. Contact John H. Botwell, Attorney. Also promotes a trip to Atlantic City with Lehigh Valley Railroad booklet offer via 2 cent stamp.
The Sedalia Missouri City Council invites bids for replacing condemned wooden and defective sidewalks with brick on numerous streets including Jefferson Pettis Main Boonville Saline Fourth Seventh Lamine Broadway Missouri Montgomery Pacific and Prospect. Bids due August 3 1903 with rights to reject all bids. Witness dated July 1903.
An old newspaper piece promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a foundation for health and digestion. It notes sale by W E Bard Drug and includes claims about blood nourishment and digestive healing. Also mentions Cod Liver Oil and a Grand Trunk Railway timetable pamphlet offer and a household goods for sale ad at J G White's.
Summer tourist tickets go on sale June 1 at greatly reduced rates to northern and eastern resorts. Inquiries via local Katy agents or write George Morton G P T A M K T Ry St Louis MO for details.
An advertisement style notice urges readers to request pamphlets on Missouri apples. It highlights the Katy line region and its bearing toward apple production. The piece asks for carpenters and builders with applications directed to American Car and Foundry Co in Madison Illinois.
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