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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1904
Page
7
Eastbound passenger and freight trains depart from the East Yards at 6 30 a m with arrivals and departures listed for multiple services including the Joplin and Omaha routes. Westbound Kansas City Division trains No 515 No 451 and No 504 freight run daily with evening and morning departures and a partial timetable shown.
Mrs. Sallie Sturgess of Sedalia visits relatives. Mrs. J. D. Craighead leaves for Fort Scott Kansas to reside. Percy Wimner and wife depart for Wellington Kansas. Fred Daily goes to Pittsburg Kansas after visiting his mother. Dr. J. P. Walker and daughter Edith attend the St. Louis fair. Robert Shaw visits from Lawton New Mexico. Flem Hughes and wife return to Sedalia. Ennis Courtney selling goods to merchants. F. W. Terry of Beloit arrives for a week's visit and world fair trip. Miss Myrtle Sellers of Marysville visits after Dalhart Texas trip. Mrs. M. Smith and Augusta of Albany Georgia leave for St. Louis to visit relatives and attend the fair. Miss Reubie Davis accompanies. Clifton Garton and wife visit Jasper Wilson family. W. P. Sellers heads to Wellington Kansas for summer thrashing. Miss Loueva Crawford of Kansas City visits grandparents. Frank Hughes and sister Mrs. Rodman give a musical at the M E church. Mrs. Rodman a pianist and praised. George Wolf and wife return home to Eldorado Springs after visit.
City Council of Sedalia Missouri invites bids under ordinance condemning wooden sidewalks on Lamine and Cooper streets and Pettis, Main, and related blocks. Brick sidewalks to replace condemned sections. Bids due July 18 1904 with $25 certified check. City reserves right to reject all bids. C E Baker seal date June 22 1914.
City council ordinance dated May 16 1904 condemns wooden and defective sidewalks on Harrison avenue and Missouri street segments from Twelfth to Fifteenth streets and blocks 2 3 4 5 9 1 and 6 with abuttals defined. Replaces condemned sidewalks with brick construction and bids due June 22 1904 per mayoral approval May 18 1904.
The council votes to condemn existing sidewalks across multiple blocks in Sedalia Missouri and to replace with brick sidewalks where needed. The measure covers Harrison Avenue Missouri Avenue Osage Avenue Twelfth and Eleventh streets plus adjacent blocks and authorizes demolition of old concrete paths where absent. The plan, approved by the mayor on the 18th, includes establishing standards and proceeding with construction in Ritter's Addition and surrounding subdivisions.
Schlitz Export Bottle beer for family use delivered citywide now on sale by C. L. Keck agent. Office corner Third and Engineer, Q. C. phone 19. Monarch Laundry offers soft wheat ern facilities for family washing with reasonable prices and wagons and two phone lines.
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.
An advertisement urges customers to mail soiled linens for cleaning at Longan's Steam Laundry. It promises a fragrant, sweet finish and notes the business is clean and reputable, appealing to good dressers.
Sedalia real estate loan disclosed for $50,000 with Sete Sedalia Trust Company. Brandt and Grote are noted as sellers of the S. flour, described as famous.
Big Four offers excursion fares to Lake Chautauqua Cincinnati and Atlantic City with sale dates in July. Prices range from 9.25 to 23.25 dollars. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine receive July sale windows. Tickets available at the Big Four ticket office in Kansas City or city agents in St Louis.
A divinity essay by an English schoolboy quotes a biblical scene with a misrendered line. The passage reads Come forth but he came fifth and lost the jobb Morral Git up urly. The New York Tribune notes the humorous wording.
A kestrel shows extraordinary vision able to spot a mouse from a height where it appears invisible to humans. The note highlights the bird's remarkable powers and hunting skill.
C C Lawson, attorney at law, offers money to loan services from rooms 10 8 9 at the Katy building. Phone 467.
Sedalia Real Estate Loan Co advertises money to loan on Sedalia real estate and Pettis county farms with lowest rates and the privilege of partial payments. W L Porter presides. J M Licklider sells beautiful S.
Gentlemen and ladies are pleased with our thorough laundry work. Systematic careful effort ensures we finish by the promised day and guarantee quality. Give us a trial order by calling 154.
Round trips to Yankton Chamberlain Fairfax Bonesteel depart fay and third daily. Tickets sold July 1 to 22. Good until August 15 with liberal stopover privileges.
Travel deals list M., K. & T. Chicago to Detroit and return fares with limited return dates. Details include $16.30 Chicago to M. and T. routes, sales through Sept 30, and Oct 31 return limits, plus one-way party tickets for five or more at one-third regular fare to Indian and Oklahoma Territories and parts of Kansas. Additional Detroit to Chicago round trip at $18.30 with July 4–6 sale and return to August 15.
Fourth of July special fare announces one fare plus 50 cents for round trip to all Missouri Pacific points and to locations in Arkansas Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma on all lines. Return valid through July 5.
One third fare each for five or more on a single ticket. See us for territory details.
Agency advertises a July 2 to 6 convention trip to Eldorado Springs with return for 4.00 dollars. Sale runs daily July 1 through September 30 for a 30 day limit and features access to the fair and convention.
Round trip tickets to Missouri Kansas Indian Territory and Oklahoma points priced at one fare plus 50 cents except where one fare and a third is cheaper. Sales run July 2 3 and 4 with a limited period through July 5.
A brief feature highlights the astor line and markets the signature scent noted as the timeless choice. The copy touts enduring style and the trusted legacy associated with the brand.
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