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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1899
Page
7
The St Louis sleeper departing Sedalia at midnight is open to passengers at 8 50 p m Through sleeper to Chicago leaving Sedalia at midnight arrives Chicago 2 30 p m with through connections east. For low rates one way and round trip to assorted points call or address OM Pechneron Passenger & Pieter Agr Medatin Mo
One way rate to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego posted at 3436 dollars with daily departures indicated.
One way to Helena and Butte Montana 3600 dollars. One way to Portland Oregon Seattle and Tacoma Washington 31.70 dollars. On sale daily.
Epworth League in Indianapolis offers round trip tickets for 1505 dollars on sale July 18 19 and 20 good to return through August 20 1599.
The notice lists excursion dates July 4 and 18 August 1 and 1s September 5 and 19. One fare plus $2 covers a round trip limited to 21 days to Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico.
A special train departs Sedalia at 7 a.m. on July 20 1599 for Eldorado Springs. Round trip fare is two dollars. A returning train leaves Eldorado Springs at 6 30 p m the same day. Attend the eighteenth annual celebration described as a big time for everybody.
Fort Scott Kansas hosts the annual log rolling by the Woodmen of the World on August 1 1999. The event begins at 7 00 a m with a round trip fare of one dollar. A returning special train departs Fort Scott at 1130 p m the same day and ample seating is available.
Round trip fare is 2.95 dollars for the Eldorado Springs celebration. Tickets go on sale July 16 and 18 with final return on July 21, 1899.
Sweet Springs promotes its waters as the ideal western resting place with hotel and cottage accommodations at reasonable rates. A medical and surgical sanitarium sits on the grounds and prospective guests may contact Wm. Cott M D for details.
The Missouri Pacific lines announce ten daily trains through Sedalia with enhanced comfort and safety features. Reduced one way rates to California apply to all main time points, San Diego to Redding inclusive at 34.30 dollars, with proportionate branch-line pricing. contact J. W. McCrain in Sedalia for maps, routes, and information.
One way rates to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at 31.70 with intermediate points not exceeding these figures. Pricing applies to the listed destinations and aligns with standard regional fares.
June 25 to July inclusive round trip fares listed for Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake Ogden St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Superior. Fares range from 15.05 to 34.55 with return validity until October 31 for most cities and go days for Salt Lake Ogden through the period.
A Cincinnati offering lists June 26 27 and 28 sales with a return period good until July 5 for customers buying now. The note emphasizes limited sale duration and return eligibility.
The Missouri Pacific advertises July 1–4 round trips within 200 miles at one fare, return by July 5, with minimum 56 cents, and 21 day return tickets to many U S states. Also notes National Teacher’s League LA offer and various routes, with names Prof G V Buchanan and ticket agents. A second feature cites President McKinley and affectionate impressions from a Norman magazine excerpt. Also a brief blurb for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers.
Advertisement for printing services offering 76 page note heads and 100 envelopes with printed addresses for 200 pieces total at low costs. Promotes 4 cent address printing and 106 round cornered cards at 75 cents, plus 500 blank cards cut from card board.
A notice promotes affordable bill heads for small merchants offering 100 bill heads or statements for 50 cents, proposing a neater alternative to scraps of paper for writing bills.
An advertisement promises two letter heads or note heads, 100 envelopes 100 cards 100 statements and bill heads and 100 advertising circulars for $2. It notes a former price of $5 and urges small town merchants to order by mail with remittance, calling attention to city neighbors at a low price.
Prof. L T Weeks of Southwest College submitted a poem to Century Magazine which he believed worthy. His wife Ida Aheporn Weeks teased his literary vanity and warned of trouble ahead as time passed, and soon a setback followed, puncturing his pride.
A historical fragment notes that among 1.45 billion people about 250 million wear no clothing or houses, several hundred million live in huts, and 500 million are civilized. It closes with admonitions titled A FEW DONT'S including kindness to women, avoiding worries, and shedding grudge holding.
A vintage advertisement promotes Grain-O as a non coffee food drink. It claims healthful benefits, invigorating taste, and a rich seal brown color. Marketed to children and families, it is described as pure grain based and nourishing, priced at 15 and 25 cents.
Leslie's Weekly quotes sailors reflecting on Admiral Dewey's leadership and character after Manila Bay. They praise his fighting prowess and calm presence aboard the Olympia while noting questions about his fit for the presidency. The men describe his bold leadership and personal style during action.
The notice promises hundreds of Minnesota lakes camping grounds and trout streams available for summer trips. It mentions Circuit Tours via St Paul Duluth Great Lakes Mackinaw Detroit and Buffalo and fast Burlington Route service to the north. It lists IC Bramhall T PA Kansas City LW Wakeley G PA St Louis.
W M Gallaher of Bryan Pennsylvania touts One Minute Cough Cure as the best medicine after forty years of trying remedies. He claims it relieves instantly and cures throat and lung troubles, via Servant-Harker Drug Co.
Advertisement urges homeowners to contact Bailey and Smith at Equitable Building and Loan Association for straight loans to save houses.
Candy Palace advertises fresh canteloupes and ice cold water melon with ice cream soda for five cents. Fleischmann's Pharmacy appears in the notice with contact by phone number 218.
The Physic Garden at Chelsea, once a Hans Sloane endowment, is preserved from sale by London Parochial Charities trustees who will fund about £800 annually to maintain it. Critics note botany gains but question its parochial charity basis while acknowledging the public value and historical links to the Apothecaries' Society.
The article lists origins for various nuts. Almonds originate in Asia, Barbary, and Morocco with imports from Malaya. Cocoanuts come from the East Indies, the West Indies, and Pacific islands near the equator. Hazelnuts grow across Europe and Asia including Greece. Hickory nuts are American and exported to Europe. Pistachios come from Syria and Greece. Chestnuts are eaten in the Mediterranean and not ground in America.
The final London edition of the Great Tory book weighs eleven and a half pounds marking a notable end. The publication's concluding issue signals a historic finish for the series and its readers.
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