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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
7
A Paris fashion note suggests wearing price tags on garments as a social signal. It argues tags would reveal investment in new outfits, fuel store rivalry, and become a playful yet impractical trend, with ornate designs and potential vanity.
A Austin railroad executive at a restaurant notices an appellate judge order lunch as a Katy Flyer. The waiter explains the joke that the judge wanted his dinner in a hurry, so the server served a rapid train themed meal.
General Passenger Agent George Morton of the Katy receives a letter from Rock Island Texas land agent detailing cigars made from tobacco grown at Hallettsville on Post Oak sandy land. W B Hawkins raised 800 pounds per acre. 15 pounds yield 1 660 cigars selling at 30 dollars per thousand. Manufacture and sale cost about 13 dollars per thousand leaving 17 dollars net profit per thousand. Altair county has thousands of acres of similar land purchasable at 4 to 6 dollars per acre.
Mr. Geo A McNutt a Chester fieldian passenger agent for the M K T Railway, in Nebraska, asked for a bath at a hotel. The proprietor called for soap towel and a pick. The conspiratorial joke hints the bath would be spoiled by damming up the crick.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison ulcers cancer eczema scrofula and skin diseases. Claims to heal sores and relieve pain by cleansing blood. offers free sample by mail from Blood Balm Co Atlanta and mentions Sedalia W E Bard Drug Co as seller.
Experts guarantee perfect satisfaction in all laundry work. Shirts collars and cuffs treated with AI style finest workmanship. First class service at Longan's Laundry.
The article promotes a Bird’s-Eye View of the World’s Fair 1904 buildings, to be mailed on receipt of 10 cents. Prepaid postage is requested by sending to George Morton J K & T Ry Box 911 St. Louis Mo.
On Saturday at 1 pm W S Thomas and Co will sell 200 head of high bred range horses at the Hinsdale barn two blocks north of the Missouri Pacific depot Seda lia. The sale includes thirty heavy brood mares with colts by their side and is conducted by Col C J Hieronymus.
A Sedalia resident explains persistent backache from heavy lifting and morning pain. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills from W E Bard Drug Company for relief, recommending them to others. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U S sale agent. remember the name Dean's.
Through tickets to New York or Philadelphia allow stop overs at Niagara Falls without extra charge on Lehigh Valley Railroad routes. Passengers may enjoy a extended stay while continuing to their final destination.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad markets a luxury service on a limited time route. Passengers can ride the Black Diamond Express with through tickets to New York and Philadelphia and stopovers at Niagara Falls during travel.
East Bound flyer No 3 and No 49 and No 117 depart at 6 30 p m 8 20 a m and 2 55 p m from Sedalia through Warsaw and Southwestern South Bound trains leave Sedalia and reach Warsaw at 8 30 a m and depart Warsaw at 11 45 a m
A delightful outing at any season with through tickets sold at your railway station. Travel via the Lehigh Valley railroad on America s Great Double Track Scenic Highway. Send two cent stamp to the General Passenger Department for a descriptive booklet.
The World's Sure Cholera Cure guaranteed or money refunded. Available at drug stores in 6 ounce bottles for 20 cents or bulk at 1.50 per gallon sold by druggists.
Letters from Women claims Kodol cures indigestion and stomach disorders by aiding digestion. The text argues that weak stomach juices prevent transforming food into blood and that treating the organ itself ignores the root cause of nutritional deficiency.
A testimonial from Mrs. J. W. Coosaticn of Milo Center New York proclaims Kodol Digests What You Eat relieves indigestion and stomach pain. The ad notes bottles cost one dollar and trial size fifty cents, prepared by E. O. DeWitt & Co Chicago and sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Advertising copy touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a safe laxative that eases constipation biliousness and liver trouble without griping or harming mucous membranes. Sold by W E Bard Drug Company.
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