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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1899
Page
4
Sedalia firm Bowman and Dorn now operates the best laundry in the West after closing a deal yesterday. The purchase transfers control of a Kansas laundry business to the Sedalia firm, promising updated services and regional expansion.
John W. Bowman and Emil Dorn acquired the Speth laundry in Kansas City after Mrs. Speth’s death. The firm already operates a smaller Kansas City laundry and plans to run the new property with Charley White overseeing the Sedalia-linked venture.
The shop offers umbrella re covering for all sizes with customers waiting service. Prices range from 60 cents to 1 dollar 75 cents depending on the umbrella.
A Grantsburg Illinois resident claims 25 years of coughing and costly medical care ended after using Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. The testimonial asserts the remedy strengthened weak lungs and saved the writer's life.
Notice to readers to place rental housing or livestock sale notices in the SENTINEL Want column for broad public exposure and higher odds of successful listings.
Sentinel notes that ads under Wanted For Sale For Rent Lost and Found may be inserted up to twenty words each, three times, for twenty five cents per insertion.
Classified notice seeking boarders with or without rooms at 42 East Sixth Street and a position as nurse or light housekeeper. Apply at SENTINEL office or contact G. E. Dugan at 116 East Fifth Street for reent.
Dr J R Mayhew former Keeley Institute physician announces Sedalia practice for curing drunkenness Morphia Cocaine and Tobacco habits. Offices in Hotel LeGrande parlors with hours 9 to 12 am 2 to 5 pm 7 to 8 pm Sundays 9 to 12 am. He emphasizes he is not a no doctor but has come to Sedalia to locate permanently.
Missouri ad highlights ten daily passenger trains through Sedalia with wide vestibules plate glass dust and cinder proof steam heat Pintch gas and safety. For rates routes maps and general information write J W McCauley P T A Sedalia Mo.
One way fares to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Spokane set at 31.70 dollars with to intermediate points not exceeding these rates.
One way fare to all main line California points from San Diego to Redding set at 34.30 dollars until further notice. Proportionate rates apply to branch line points within the state.
The notice outlines ticket validity windows for May and July travel from Louisville and T. P. A. points, with prices such as $16.55. It states sales on May 14 and 15 with return validity through May 20, and July 3 to 5 with extensions to August upon deposit plus a 50 cent fee for rail and lake trips.
A sale listing at Gent Assembly Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis offers items for May 16 17 18 with a return window good until June 3. The notice specifies prices and terms for returns.
Boarders with room in private family sought at 1401 South Osage Street. For rent three rooms at 505 West Fourth Street. Household goods for sale Tuesday and Wednesday forenoon at 514 Kentucky Street. For rent a four room cottage at 214 West Tenth Street. Apply East Looking at the Leader.
Sale notice from Dunkards in Roanoke Virginia listing items at 27.90 with a sale May 18 and 19 and good until June 24 for return.
Parlor heating store offering bargain sale at AX address. SENTINEL office listing details and contact for purchase.
A small classified notice seeks a bargain bug sized about nine by twelve inches. The item is labeled as a “WANTED Bug” and references the QT Sentinel Office as the address for contact or delivery.
Classified note seeks a girl for dining room work at Hotel LeGrande. Inquiries directed to the hotel located in the city. No other details provided.
The direct line from St Louis Union Station via Merchants Bridge without a tunnel reaches Springfield Petersburg Pekin and Peoria Illinois on the C P and T L KR R system.
A travel sale advertises round trip tickets at one fare plus 2 dollars to all points in Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas and many states across the Southeast and West. Limited 21 days for return with stopovers allowed on the going trip. For details, see or write. Southern Baptist Louisville. May 8 and 9 sale at 15.65 good until May 23 for return.
Mystic Shrine Buffalo lists a $25.90 offer for goods with a sale valid through July 2 for return by boat or rail.
The Elks post a two day sale on June 19 and June 20 with goods offered at 87 55 terms and return policy valid until June 24.
The Richmond Va Bb Y P A announces a sale running July 10 11 and 12 with a list extended to August. A 50 cent fee applies on payment and the sale is good until the listed extension date.
Nat's Baptist Society in San Francisco lists a price of $61.85 with a sale for May 14 15 16 and a return good until July 15. Dumb Presley Church in Denver lists $21.85 with a sale on May 15 and 16.
A reader cites Boatright's at 1022 East Third Street as the place for bargains prefaced by a note about a hidden wedge in Tony's tale.
Advertises Murat Halstead authorized biography of Admiral Dewey. Claims 500 plus pages, 8x10 size, nearly 100 halftone illustrations, color map. Priced at $1.50 with large demand. Commission offered, outfit free, address Dominion Company Caxton Building Chicago.
The City Collector report for April lists totals of 1,782 67 from real and personal taxes for 1896 97 and 98, merchant ad valorem, cemetery lots, licenses, and penalties. Distributions include General expense 994 75, Interest and coupons 508 36, library 58 7 Six mile road district and cemetery accounts credited.
Smoke Peter Kuhns extra Havana. K H Farley went to Rocheport today. J H Bowron left today for New Franklin. Mrs A McVey visiting in Northeast Missouri. Mrs Hollenbeck of McAllister Springs in the city yesterday. John Baldwin Dres den stockman spending the day on business. Mrs C C Gilliland leaves Sunday night for Vermont via St Louis and Kentucky. Mrs J B Crutcher 309 West Fifth leaves tonight for St Louis then Kentucky. Miss Mabel Beiler leaves tomorrow for Chicago for extended visit with Miss May Belle Haire. John Montgomery Jr leaves tonight for Chicago to attend McCormick Seminary. Mrs N E Howland and little son from Memphis arrive tomorrow to visit Mr T E Gregory. Rev Louis P Cain leaves tomorrow for Chicago for McCormick Seminary commencement.
Help wanted ad seeks a reliable man to manage a new branch in the local vicinity. Respond with good references and mention the paper. By A. T. Morris Cincinnati Ohio. Illustrated catalogue 4 ets postage.
John Ahrens has led a major revamp at Liberty Park since last fall with help from another worker. New features include low gas pipe fencing, rustic seating, trimmed trees, and a cleaned lake area with willow trimming, plus plans for flower beds and 30 inch sewer tiles for plant beds. The author urges immediate macadamized drives from Third Street entrance to the hall and through the grounds.
The effort to move the G A R state encampment from Kirksville to Sedalia this year failed as Kirksville refuses to yield. Sedalia will not seek the 1900 encampment but aims to back Dr. Bronson for commander.
The fragment references One Minute Cough Cure and a license, followed by a list of names and places: C G Reyes and Mary E Gerschen of Lutman, John Murrell of Green Ridge, and Myrtle Cauliflower of Sedalia.
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