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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1899
Page
5
An old ad explains affordable classified pricing for ads. It offers 20 words three times for 25c under headings Wanted For Sale For Rent Lost and Found. The column promises wide reach with 2,500 readers daily at a quarter per insertion.
The widow of late Congressman Richard P. Bland is prostrated by his death and left nearly penniless. She had known ten days earlier he could not recover and had been ill since last winter. Mrs. Bland, still weakened, faced this loss as her husband returned to Lebanon Missouri from Congress shortly before his illness worsened.
Classified items include rooms for rent at 403 East Third and at Hotel Ringo Mexico Mo. Barber shop with four chairs for sale. Lost gold bar pin with A of pearls. reward offered at Sentinel office. Jersey cow with neck chain. call R A Todd 316 Randolph. Parlor heating stove for sale. Cattle wanted for pasture 24 miles west at 75 cents per head. seller Harve Seibert.
Woman seeking a pleasant room at the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Osage. Preference for a lady tenant.
A local ad invites readers to mail or bring their address to Miss Lulu B Williams at 139 West Cooper Street for a shampooing service priced at 25 cents. The notice reflects a small town commerce promotion and directs potential customers to contact the proprietor.
The U S gunboat Wilmington a light barft vessel of 1392 tons with eight guns and a crew of 150 travels at fifteen knots up the Amazon from the Atlantic to Iquitos 5000 feet above sea level.
The law firm of Ross and Bohling dissolves. Judge A L Ross returns to Versailles to become president of the city’s oldest bank. John D Bohling remains and continues legal practice. Rail timetable notes for Sedalia to Warsaw on July 4 outline departures and arrivals. Rocky Mountain Tea advertisements claim to improve skin and vigor. Katy Dispatcher Reeves laid off with Joe Goodfellow replacing him.
The famous Indian doctor has moved permanently to Hotel LeGrand to treat weak and diseased eyes with promise of relief before patients leave his office. He also offers relief for rheumatism neuralgia and other moving pains. Kidney urinary diseases and dropsy are treated. Two new summer cars, unused, are prepared for Fourth of July use.
Governor Stephens will call a special election in Missouri’s eighth congressional district around September 1 to replace the late Richard P. Bland. Names listed include Gen Fred Bell and D W Shackelford among others from Calloway Moniteau Laclede Phelps and more. Sedalia Warsaw & SW railway offers round trip tickets on July 4 at limited rates.
Judge J D Dale who earned many friends with his strong defense of West and Stubblefeld returned to Shelbyville this morning. He may soon decide to move to Sedalia and would likely be warmly received if he makes Sedalia his home.
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