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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1903
Page
6
Several short ads list sales and trades including a coal stove, dairy and horse wagon, two seven room houses in a trade, a Jersey cow, groceries stock, a go cart, and unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Locations include East Third Street Highteenth Laamine Katie building East Tenth Street West Third Street and a Sentinel care address.
H. A. Cohen Q C calls for prompt action on work and garbage cleanup, sharing contact number 1000 for coordination.
J C Wilcox, Carpenter, advertises sidewalk and fencing work with patching and repair specialty. Residence listed at 617 Wilkerson Street and phone number 812 two rings.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poisoning skin diseases and cancer. It claims to heal ulcers pimples and other symptoms while offering a free sample and medical advice by mail. Sold locally by W. E. Bard Drug Co Sedalia and available through Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
In Shreveport Louisiana Jennie Steers a Black woman who poisoned Elizabeth Dolan 16 was hanged by a mob at Beard plantation near the scene of the crime Several bystanders fired into the corpse Miss Dolan a planter's daughter had provoked widespread upheaval The mob traced Steers to her hiding place and returned her to the scene for execution Also an unrelated travel rate notice lists railroad fares to Duluth and Wisconsin resorts with a $17 40 to $21 40 range.
Mr and Mrs Will Callies of 422 East Eleventh Street rejoice over the arrival of a twelve pound boy this morning. A separate item advertises a trip to Atlantic Seashore Resorts with through tickets via the Lehigh Valley Railroad offering a booklet on Atlantic City for a 2 cent stamp.
An advertisement touts the Monarch Laundry offering full class laundry handling with modern detail. It lists Chas. Van Antwerp as proprietor and provides phone contact 183.
Excursion rates on daily basis announced with special low fares for Fridays Saturdays and Sundays to attract weekend travelers.
Summer convention rates announced for Mystic Shriners in Saratoga Springs New York C E in Denver Epworth League in Detroit G A R in San Francisco and others Full details at ticket office Sale June 1 to September 30 good to October 31 Lead Deadwood Custer Rapid City and Hot Springs Very low rates apply.
The Katy announces daily sleeper service from St. Louis to City of Mexico with a Pitman conductor in charge. Starting March 17 and on the first and third Tuesdays monthly including December, homeseeker tickets to Mexican Central Railway points will go on sale. The Katy also offers Sunday excursion tickets for round trips at one fare to destinations with fares at or below $1.50, minimum 25 cents. Rates apply to various conventions and meetings. See Katy's agents.
If you use ball blue get Red Cross Bal Blue the best ball blue. Large 2 oz package on ly 5 cents for a limited time. sale note shows a bargain aimed at household chores and cleaning products.
The schedule shows Katy continuing a tourism sleeper train running from St Louis every Tuesday night toward Mexico Arizona and California destinations. The service will loop through multiple states and major hubs as part of a regional tour.
A schedule lists fares for routes including Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver Victoria at 27.85 dollars and Spokane Pendleton Walla Walla Dayton Lewiston Pullman Baker City Ellensburg at 25.35 dollars with intermediate points.
Dr George A Major successor to Dr T T Major and Son advertises limited time dental work at low prices. Full set of teeth eight dollars, gold fillings one dollar and up, gold and porcelain fillings seventy five cents, amalgam and cement fillings fifty cents, gold crowns six dollars, Logan crowns forty dollars. Bridge work and painless extraction promised. Office at 410 Oak street opposite courthouse.
Beginning June 1 Burling-ton Route lowers round trip fares to Colorado and Utah resorts including Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Greenwood Springs and Salt Lake City. Daily rates run about half the usual price with an even sharper cut from July 1 to 10.
An old advertisement pitches Allen's Foot-Ease as a universal foot remedy that relieves stings from corns and bunions, soothes tight or new shoes, and cures sweating and tired feet. It promises easy shoes, and offers a trial package free or 25 cents by mail from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Ray, New York.
John Hanrahan of 135 E. Pacific in Sedalia testifies that after years of recurring back pain he found relief with Doan's Kidney Pills from W. E. Bard Drug Co. The remedy reached the kidney issue and his back became sound. For sale by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Daily excursions to Minnesota resorts begin June 1 offering fare plus 2.50 for round trip. Service covers St Paul Minneapolis and surrounding locales with travel to the state’s scenic areas.
Travel agents advertise cheap summer rates from St Louis and the Missouri River to California with round trips in July and August 1903. Rates show $57.50 July 1–10, $50 Missouri River to California and back, and $47.50 July and $45.00 August from St Louis and Missouri River with an $11 August addition for return via Puget Sound and northern routes through Billings or St Paul. Burlington agents OGLE and WAKELY invite inquiries for rates and routes.
Boies Bros & Co offers Sedalia property for trade or sale. Listings include 640 acres in Edwards County Kansas with mill and house, 640 acres in Pawnee Valley Kansas, 1600 acres in Finney County Kansas, a Pettis county Missouri farm, 240 acres in Pettis County Missouri, 480 acres in Arkansas Valley Kansas alfalfa ranch, 160 acres in Benton County Missouri, plus Western ranches stocked with cattle. Trades include Sedalia homes for farms and cash sales.
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