Classified Wants Laughable Raggety Man Ad
The Raggety man who works for pa is praised as the funniest sight. References to watering horses feeding hay and low pay illustrate a humorous want ad vibe. Copy deadline is 10 a m to appear the same day.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
6
The Raggety man who works for pa is praised as the funniest sight. References to watering horses feeding hay and low pay illustrate a humorous want ad vibe. Copy deadline is 10 a m to appear the same day.
For sale or trade a five room cottage on a corner lot and a store building. Will exchange for a small well improved farm. Address C 401 West Tenth Sedalia. Also for sale the Cain Spot Cash Grocery at 114 West Main Street, Sedalia. One of the best businesses in Sedalia for the amount invested.
Property notice offers a cottage for rent sale or exchange at the southeast corner of Tenth and Engineer streets. Contact E R Blair at Sedalia National Bank for details.
A small classified notice seeks a suitable work setting for board outside school hours and Saturdays. Applicants are directed to Sedalia Business College located at Fourth and Ohio for details.
An Enterprise Manufacturing Co. circular promotes Brilliant Gaslight Burners for private and public buildings. The device requires no chimney or wick, makes no smoke or dirt, fits any coal oil lamp, and promises high profits for agents with sample free. Located at Box 483 Cincinnati Ohio.
Short classified ad seeking a reliable man to take orders in the city and a man with his own rig for country work. Good pay and expenses. Call 10 to 12 a.m. at 220 South Prospect. 3-3 tie.
A classified notice seeks a horse purchase and provides a contact at 220 South Prospect. The fragmentary entry reads as a simple buyer request with a street address for replies.
Classified notice seeking a young woman to learn the craft of setting type. Application directions point to the Rosa Pearle's Paper on the second floor of the Hoffman building, specify hours 3-4 etc.
WANTED two or three furnished or unfurnished rooms suitable for light housekeeping. Address E. D., Sentinel office.
Flat Creek notes report W J Davis traveling to Smithton for road duties as road boss. Pinoak school ends March 7 after six months with praise for Mr Monsees. Roads between Flat Creek and Sedalia remain muddy despite Emmett Bolton’s overnight drive. William Moon plans to move to Lutman, renting J C Khars’ farm. Ramsdel to take over Williams’ property around March 10. Farmers aim to sow oats and plant potatoes while Christian Eicholz visits Sedalia on business. J H Wise moves from Pettis to Callaway county farm, returning to corn and hog farming after leaving town.
W. E. Bard Drug Co promotes Rocky Mountain Tea with a cash-back guarantee. A 35 cent per package sale encourages families to try the product or return it for a refund if it fails to keep the family well.
Will Hemphill and Lloyd Smitt conducted a business trip to Pilot Grove to advance their patent piano harp. They met with local officials and discussed potential manufacturing and licensing steps for the invention.
Coughs colds croup and other throat and lung troubles are claimed to be quickly cured by One Minute Cough Cure. The ad asserts it softens and liquefies mucus reduces inflammation and removes the disease cause. Justice of the Peace J Q Hood of Crosby Mississippi and W E Bard Drug Co endorse its immediate effectiveness.
Minor Jones and Eva Henderson, both described as colored, wed Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony conducted by Justice Kinsey.
A. F. Clark, a Glade Springs Virginia druggist, sold twelve bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy between eleven in the morning and closing time on January 25 1901. He praises its performance and notes long-standing Virginia use and customer satisfaction. The remedy is advertised as effective for coughs colds and grip and is for sale by all druggists.
Duck hunting is reported fine at Schell City Missouri with several local sportsmen enjoying the hunt. They sent in a tally of 115 ducks Monday signaling good action and ample birds.
Ww W Umbarger of Marshall Missouri says FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR is the best cough cure available. He has used many kinds and prefers it for both adults and children and notes their household keeps it on hand.
An advertisement urges early treatment of consumption with Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil and fresh air. It promotes using Scott’s Emulsion for both nourishment and recovery and invites readers to sample and buy. It also notes a business update on ice cream machinery and candy store renovations in Ohio Street and Pearl Street, New York.
A passenger recalls a Pullman misadventure with an English traveler who disliked smoking and snored loudly. The narrator and a porter tease him about a wake up call for snoring, only to learn the sleeper was Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston. The piece ends with a cough syrup plug and a humorous street scene of a cautious shopper.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions CAS ORIA and Alves buying at Sears. No clear event or identities to determine a coherent news item.
A box social was held last night in the First Congregational church parlors organized by the church's young people.
Professor Isaac Farris was called to Fayette last night to attend the funeral of his sister who died in Colorado.
The notice promotes Dr Loyal Ford's Dyspepticide as a cure for indigestion and household harmony. It also reports Mrs J B Toomay arriving from Carthage for a short visit, and recommends Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for waking with a bad mouth taste, cleansing the stomach and boosting appetite.
A quirky Washington Star excerpt records a superintendent testing a job applicant for a streetcar conductor. The exchange trades on misdirection about how a woman exits a street car, followed by remarks on a dog described as highly intelligent and loyal. The banter highlights playful dialogue and character quirks.
A boarder notes China would not object to one reduction, asking what that reduction is. The answer: the indemnity.
The telegraph and express companies are used without hesitation when necessary to obtain fresh medicines from Arlington Pharmacy.
An old advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea as great medicine for children and urges parents to use it to keep kids well year round. It promotes a 35 cent price and credits W. E. Bard Drug Co. as seller.
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