World’s Fair Schedule Fragment
Schedules show departure times and daily hours with 7:50 a m 1:05 a m 9:40 p m and 6:30 p m 9:10 a m plus a 17 cent fare. The fragment indicates Sunday restrictions and service gaps.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1904
Page
7
Schedules show departure times and daily hours with 7:50 a m 1:05 a m 9:40 p m and 6:30 p m 9:10 a m plus a 17 cent fare. The fragment indicates Sunday restrictions and service gaps.
Schlitz Export bottled beer marketed for family use delivered citywide and now on sale through C. L. Keck as local agent. Office at Third and Engineer, Q. C. with phone 19.
The article explains a system where credit is freely extended in Japan while cash is seldom demanded. Shops hotels and railways use tear-off chit records for purchases and signatures. Barbers lodgings meals and clothing can be obtained on credit with payment promises lasting up to two to three years. Only railways require cash and most Europeans in Yokohama travel with chits.
A story from the Atchison Globe recounts a Schwab saloon keeper who, upon reaching age 40 at midnight, declines to buy a round. He explains he now has his sense and will not give away things, leaving guests to cover their own tab as the clock strikes.
The poem describes a single rose sent with hidden love and a life filled with hope. The speaker reads the rose’s petals as a message of devotion from a beloved, promising lasting memory even as the flower fades. It reflects romantic longing centered on one rose’s fragrance and meaning.
Information will be filed with the prosecuting attorney against all merchants and manufacturers failing to take out state and county licenses on or before July 1 1904. Minimum fine for doing business without a license is 50 dollars per day. E B McLure, Collector.
If you've never tried our work it is time for you to send us your soiled linen. We'll return it fragrant and sweet with the finest finish. Good dressers appreciate a clean laundry doing a clean business.
A note offers a $50,000 loan on Sedalia real estate through SEDAVUIA Trust Company. Brandt and Grote advertise the sale of the well known S. flour brand as part of the listing.
Big Four offers excursion fares from St. Louis to Indianapolis Lake Chautauqua Atlantic City Cincinnati with return options. Tickets go on sale June 27 28 July 8 9 29 and July 16 17 18. Contacts include W P Deppe city agent E E Cowles and C W Green.
The advertisement claims Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters strengthens the stomach and purifies the blood, preventing pain after meals. It promises cure for poor appetite dyspepsia indigestion flatulency bloating heartburn headache and nausea and urges purchases at all druggists.
City of Sedalia Missouri invites competitive bids to replace condemned wooden sidewalks with brick along multiple blocks on Lamine Cooper Pettis Main and Cooper streets and Ritchey additions. Bids due by 5 p m July 18 1904 with $25 certified check. City reserves right to reject all bids.
Demolition of wooden and defective sidewalks on Harrison Avenue and Missouri avenues between Twelfth and Fifteenth Streets in Campbell’s addition Sedalia Missouri. Plans call for replacement with brick sidewalks where condemned and existing walkways. Names and parcel details listed for Lots and Blocks across multiple segments.
City acts to condemn portions of Harrison avenue Missouri avenue Osage avenue and Twelfth and Eleventh streets in Sedalia to replace brick sidewalks with new walkways. The measure covers multiple blocks in Ritter’s Addition Cotton Brothers’ and Letts additions and includes construction of sidewalks where none exist. The ordinance passed May 16 1904 and was approved by the mayor on May 18 1904.
Sedalia Real Estate Loan Co advertises real estate and Pettis County farm loans with the lowest rates and the privilege of partial payments. 404 Ohio St. W. L. Porter, president.
Kroencke and Cordes supply the famous S flour in a storefront patent era ad. The notice highlights brand prominence and local retail availability.
Gentlemen and ladies praise our thorough laundry service. Systematic careful work ensures we finish by the promised day and guarantee quality. Try a trial order, you will not regret it. Phone 154.
Round trips to Yankton Chamberlain Fairfax and Bonesteel offered at one third fare with daily departures July 1 to 22. Tickets good through August 15 with liberal stopover privileges.
Baggage checked and sleepers not available for the service. The seven day period covered by the sale was indicated as good.
The M K T announces sales on Chicago round trips at 16 dollars 30 cents with return by September 30 and October 31. Harvest excursion one way for five or more costs one third of regular fare to Indian Oklahoma Kansas. Detroit to Chicago 18 dollars 30 cents with return by August 15 for July 4 5 6 sales. Indianapolis round trip 15 dollars 20 cents with return by July 15 for June 25 26 27 sales. On June 27 M K T offers round trips to St Louis at 5 dollars with child half fare and return by midnight July 4. Talk to Katy's agent about the exposition.
One fare plus 50 cents for round trip with exceptions where fare and third would be lower. Tickets available to all Missouri Pacific points and to all points in Arkansas Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma on all lines. Valid for return through July 5.
One-third fare each with five or more on a single ticket. See us for territory and service area details.
A July 2 to 6 tour offers 15 days for returns and a chance to visit the fair and the big convention. The package highlights a national political event and a regional fair experience.
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