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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1904
Page
6
A fragmentary verse voice exhorts a Rose to carry love messages and warn of binding bands and threats, with ironic note on a wife's modest financial plan to fund a baby's needs. The passage cites Robert Herrick and hints at a husband with limited income and a wife aiming to save pennies for the baby.
A young mother returns home proudly claiming she started her baby’s bank account by depositing a dollar in the infant’s name. She plans to teach the child thrift using a home savings bank, preferring pennies saved to sweets. The mother, who has tight finances, aims to teach regular saving despite limited funds.
A humorous Q and A style piece on marriage and domestic life. It poses jokey questions about divorce money engagement and in laws, with quips about brides veils temper and mother in law. The tone is satirical and reflective of social norms.
Atlanta man G F Carter praises DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve after a box cured his severe piles. He notes instant relief and urges others to use it. The product is said to heal eczema and skin conditions, sores, burns and wounds quickly, sold by W E Bard Drug Co.
The Taylor Transfer Co operates a general transfer service hauling heavy and light goods and moving household items and baggage to and from all city areas. Prompt reliable service. Office at Northwest corner Seventh and Ohio streets. Both phones 173.
An old advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims beauty comes via the stomach. It promises cure for stomach troubles and lists a 35 cent price from W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Joseph Besse a 12 year old brought a pocket full of penny torpedoes into St Paulus School Brown and American streets caused a panic with 150 pupils fleeing as torpedoes exploded during a Russo Japanese War lecture. He suffered burns on his hands and was treated at the Children's Homeopathic Hospital and sent home at 1249 Longfellow street.
Sedalia woman Mrs. Taylor of 114 West Sixth Street reports three years of pain across the loins and urinary trouble that eased after using Doan’s Kidney Pills from W. E. Bard Drug Co. The ad urges readers to seek this remedy sold at 50 cents a box with Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agent.
An advertising notice for W. E. Bard Drug Co promotes Rocky Mountain Tea claiming swift action.
Norval, son of a frugal shepherd, defies safety to pursue glory. He tracks barbarians ravaging the vale, guides fifty men on a pursuit, and pierces their chief with an arrow. Riding home in triumph, he leaves behind a life of ease to answer the king's call to Carron side.
Ironbrow is described as a pleasant tasting item that is also easy on the stomach. The note emphasizes its agreeable flavor and gentle effect on digestion.
C C Lawson attorney at law offers money to loan. Offices in rooms 10 8 9 Katy Building. Phone 467.
Mrs. G. E. Fenner of Marion Indiana reports severe cough and weight loss but says four bottles of One Minute Cough Cure cured her cough restored weight and strength. Sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
An 1880s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh with a pledge of a $100 reward for failing cases. It promotes internal dosing and mail circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The blurb also notes Louis P Mueller St Louis jeweler dies at seventy four after fifty five years in business.
Particular men praise the laundry work as systematic and thorough. The shop guarantees timely delivery the day promised and invites trial orders with assurance of satisfaction.
Wanted twenty salesmen for a big clothing sale at the Globe Clothing Store located at 107 West Main Street. Also seeking a good girl for general housework in a two person household to go to St Louis with good wages. white girl preferred. Apply Mrs J R Clapton at Fifteenth and Moniteau.
Found a box with several pocket knives. Owner may claim by identifying property and paying this notice at this office. Wanted three furnished rooms for light housekeeping in a good location. Address B care Sentinel.
Rooms available for rent with light housekeeping. options include furnished parlor and bedroom. Apply at 600 Washington Street.
For sale a street lunch wagon in excellent condition, large and fitted in a modern style. Easy terms. Inquire of Dick Boehme at the Elks Hotel.
Office room available for rent on court house square. Inquire of R. C. Combs at 114 East Fifth Street.
A cryptic time fragment lists 12 15 a m and 41 55 a m with pp a, providing no clear event or context.
Round trips are sold daily from April 25 to November 20 inclusive. The return limit is sixty days from the date of sale for each trip.
Nashville travel offer lists a 17.90 round trip price with sale dates May 9, 19, and 11, 1904. Return privilege available until June 6, 1904.
Round trip tickets are on sale from May 16 to May 19 and remain valid until May 31. The offer covers standard routes and may apply to select travel dates and times. Tickets may be purchased at designated outlets or through official channels.
Carthage Missouri round trips priced at four dollars ten cents. Tickets on sale from May 18 through May 26, valid through May 30, 1904.
To Salt Lake Ogden Pueblo Colorado Springs Denver St Paul Duluth and all resorts in Wisconsin Michigan Canada and the Northeast low rate round trips go on sale June 1 long return limits include extended travel windows and flexible itineraries for travelers.
Many square miles of fertile lands in Western Kansas open for settlement as homeseeker rates attract buyers. Union Pacific offers excursion tickets from Kansas City and Council Bluffs at one fare plus $2 on the first and third Tuesdays in April through December 1904. For details contact 7 G. Kalli, A. G. F. and P. A. Kansas City, Mo.
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