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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1899
Page
3
The Katy flyer sleeper from Sedalia to St Louis opens at 8 50 pm and the Through sleeper to Chicago departs at midnight arriving 2 30 pm with through connections east. Low one way and round trip rates available via C M Pendleton Sedalia Missouri Passenger Ticket Agent.
One way fare to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego priced at 34.30 on daily sale. The offer highlights low rates for travel to the California cities with daily ticket availability.
The listing outlines travel dates of July 4 and 15, August 1 and 15, and September 5 and 19. It offers one fare plus 2 dollars for a round trip, valid for 21 days, to Texas Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico.
Fort Scott Kansas August 1 1999 special train will leave Sedalia at 7 00 am August 1 round trip rate 1 00 returning train leaves Fort Scott 1130 pm same day ample seating for all participants and spectators
Round trip rate is stated at $1.50. A special train departs Sedalia at 4 30 am in August to Hannibal and returns from Hannibal at midnight in August.
A special train departs Sedalia at 6 45 am on August 4 1599 for a round trip to Moberly priced at one dollar. Return from Moberly is scheduled for midnight on August 4 with the same service.
The advert promotes Sweet Springs as a premier watering place with hotel and cottage accommodations at fair rates. It notes a medical and surgical sanitarium on site and invites inquiries to Wm. Cott, M., Sweet Springs for particulars.
Helps readers avoid foreclosure with advice from Bailey and Smith of Equitable Building and Loan Association. Encourages securing proper loans to prevent loss of home.
Ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia offer wide vestibules plate glass steam heat and safety features. For rates routes maps and information contact J. W. McCrary P TA Sedalia Mo.
One way rate to all main line points in California from San Diego to Redding set at 34.30 dollars. Proportionate rates apply to all branch line points in the state.
One way fares to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at 31.70 dollars with intermediate points limited to these rates.
Sale offers round trip fares from June 25 to July 11 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Glenwood Springs Salt Lake Ogden St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Superior. Fares range from 15.05 to 34.85 with return validity until October 31 except Salt Lake Ogden good for go days.
A Cincinnati offer lists dates June 26 27 28 with return validity through July 5. The sale price is 16.55 dollars and applies to the listed travel window.
Advertises July 1–4 round trip fares within 200 miles and extended Missouri Pacific routes to many western and midwestern states. Tickets good 21 days for return with liberal stopovers, minimum 90 cents, and fall information via G V Buchanan and Mo Pacific agents. Special mentions include National Teacher's Los Angeles fare and Pueblo Colorado Springs Denver round trips priced around $21. Improve is a call to inquire for details and dates.
Tickets go on sale for night trains July 31 and all trains August 1. Passes valid to August 15 with optional extension to August 31 for 50 cents. Travel time reduced to 20 hours if No 4 is excluded.
An advertisement promotes affordable printing with 100 note heads or letter heads and 100 envelopes, all addressed for $1. Also offers address printing at 4 cents per piece, plus 100 round cornered cards for 75 cents and 100 cards cut from card board for 50 cents.
A brief notice promotes bill heads or statements for small merchants, offering 100 bill heads or statements for 50 cents and suggesting an improved writing surface instead of scraps of paper.
A promotional notice advertises print runs including 100 letter heads envelopes cards statements and bill heads at a price of 2 dollars or 1 dollar previously. It urges merchants in small towns to order by mail with payment and highlights low cost for city neighbors.
A historical note links mental ability to skull size and shape with an adventurous disposition observed in individuals. The report reflects early psychology beliefs, citing measurements and personality traits as indicators rather than modern scientific standards.
The Sylvan Valley News endorsement urges keeping Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand to reduce suffering before a doctor is needed. It cites twenty years of family use and lists local outlets Servant Harker Drug Co Otis W Smith and City Drug Store as sellers on Ohio Street Fifth and West Main.
Professor Houton notes the enduring use of Green's August Flower for dyspepsia liver and stomach derangements and constipation. He cites travelers and businesspeople as frequent users and praises its safety for regular use. Free sample bottles are available at A. S. McGowan and Otis W. Smith. sold by dealers globally.
Hatty Derringer, once with the Second Missouri regimental band, has now joined Wallace's band as reported by the Jefferson City Tribune.
Hamilton Clark of Chauncey Georgia says he suffered itching piles for twenty years before using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes completely cured him. Beware of counterfeit products sold by Harker Drug Co.
The trolley wire of a switch broke Sunday morning at Third and Ohio causing considerable inconvenience for a time.
Residents on Prospect express satisfaction as grading completes on the street. Cooper Street now being graded westward from Prospect, improving access and drainage for the neighborhood.
The Second Regiment band will accompany the trip. Train departs Katy depot at seven in the morning and returns from Fort Scott at eleven thirty at night. Do not miss this excursion with Wow and friends aboard.
The Candy Palace introduces a new cooling natural drink, Celery Berry, served at the fountain. The refreshing beverage blends celery and berry flavors as a modern treat for visitors.
Our employes are all experienced workers which enables us to guarantee satisfaction in every particular Try us for good work Sedalia Steam Laundry Tel 154 Gero W Lonean Prop
Herbert Graffis connected with the Sedalia Sentinel ran down to Warsaw with Superintendent G W Inge on the special. Sol Kingbaker Wand J R Baldwin came for a fishing trip with R A Stephens to Fairfield. J W Baldwin moved his family to Warsaw for a few months. J R Baldwin, Sedalia Sentinel representative, is a candidate for deputy beer inspector.
The notice advertises a railway excursion by M K T railway on August 1st from Fort Scott to Katy depot at 7 am with return at 11 30 pm. It promises plenty of refreshments on the train and a signature statement from Sears.
Don Clark contracted a kissing bug encounter that left him severely disfigured. The incident occurred recently, prompting medical attention and regional concern.
The ad markets Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation with a price of 10 or 25 cents and a money back guarantee if it fails.
Dr LaVerne's French Penny royal and Tanzy Tablets marketed as a monthly medicine for relief of painful irregularities. Claims to remove obstructions and be harmless. Sold by mail for $1 with note from Aug. T Fleischmann Sedalia Mo.
An advertising blurb promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers as a quick constipation cure that supports full body revitalization without gripe or nausea, attributed to Servant Harker Drug Co.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a healthful non coffee drink made from pure grains. It claims doctors order it for vitality and appetite and notes its rich seal brown color and coffee like taste at 15 and 25 cents.
Servant Harker Drug Co announces Wheelon by the gallon for receptions with ice cold delivery. Local patrons may expect prompt service and party-ready refreshments.
A survey of canes and walking sticks across history detailing how gold headed canes served physicians, footmen used hollow heads for stimulants, and the evolution through the French Revolution with the dagger like sticks of the sans culottes and the rococo fashion of the ancien regime.
The piece traces Robespierre’s life from Arras birth in 1758 to his rise in the French Revolution. It details roles as lawyer judge states general public accuser and committee of public safety, notes precipitating executions, and ends with his July 28 1794 guillotine death and a final defiant curse from a woman onlookers.
A fragmentary dialogue captures Ben asking why others won’t reveal what lies beyond the moon. The exchange hints at a desire for forbidden or undisclosed knowledge and secrecy around cosmic mysteries.
Mr Jones captivates listeners with engaging storytelling and pronounced entertaining qualities, while a companion notes his strong ability to hold attention.
Beginning June 4 a new daily night train runs from Kansas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska and Colorado. Departure is 9 45 p m from Kansas City and midnight from St. Joseph with Denver arrival at 6 20 p m. The service is in addition to the carrier’s other Kansas City to west routes and California weekly excursions and Northwest sleepers. For details contact agents J C Bramhall L W Wakeley Howard Elliott.
A free book titled Wonderland promises 100 pages of illustrated content describing the Northwest from St. Paul to San Francisco. Send six cents for postage plus your address to Charles S. Fee at Northern Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minnesota, to receive the edition. P. H. Noel in St. Louis handles rates and info.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad offers a one fare round trip from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all Colorado points and Salt Lake City for August 7 to 12. An excellent Rockies outing opportunities call on agents or write S K Hooper G P and T A Denver Colo.
The National Educational Association in Chicago announces its 14th annual meeting to be held in Los Angeles from July 11 to 14, 1899. The Great Rock Island Route issues a book with views, train routes and rates, available by sending a postal card or letter to John Sebastian G P A Chicago.
The document lists a direct rail line from St. Louis Union Station via Merchants' Bridge to Springfield Petersburg Pekin and Peoria Illinois with connections to the CP and LBR lines. It notes no tunnel present on the route.
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