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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1903
Page
7
Travel notices outline events and periods of interest for travelers spanning the 3rd day and the week of May 12 to 18, inclusive. The brief mentions timing without full details, suggesting transportation or itinerary implications.
The Katy offers homeseeker tickets to Mexican Central Railway points with a thirty day limit and a one way plus two dollar round trip option. Special through tourist sleepers depart St. Louis on Tuesday nights to California and other western destinations with set fares and sixty day limits. Through tours to California via Denver Colorado and Salt Lake City are advertised with frequent weekly departures. Traveling Passenger Agent at 604 Pine Street, St. Louis.
Round trip tickets from Lea to Kansas City offered for sale on May 6 7 and 8 with return valid through May 9. Tickets available at local travel office.
The firm offers daily tickets from February 15 to June 15 to all main California destinations for 26.85 dollars one way. Three Pullman tourist sleeper cars operate weekly to California with service on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays.
The notice lists rail fares for routes including Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver Victoria at 27.85 and Spokane Pendleton Walla Walla Dayton Lewiston Pullman Baker City Ellensburg at 25.35. Other cities price 22.85 and 20.85 for Livingston Logan and 17.85 for Billings. It cites eight sale dates May 3 and May 12 to 18 with good to July 15 for return and liberal stopover privileges. Information from ticket office or by mail.
A Texas notice promotes harvest in May with low rate excursions on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. It highlights crops and conditions in the Lone Star State and offers a free 144 page book titled Texas with facts and figures sent by addressing KATY 402 Wainwright St. Louis.
The Burlington extends until June 15 the period of the reduced one way colonist rates to the Northwest and California. Savings range from fifteen to twenty dollars. Tickets priced at $2 are sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to destinations including Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and more.
Service operates north and south trips with departures from Sedalia at 8:30 a m arriving Warsaw at 11:45 a m. Return runs leave Warsaw at 12:45 p m arriving Sedalia at 4:00 p m.
One hundred laborers are sought for track laying on the M K T railroad. Wages are 1.50 dollars per day with transportation. Board costs are 50 cents per day. Apply at the Superintendent's office in Sedalia Missouri.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to cure corns bunions and sore feet. It claims quick relief for burning swelling and pain and notes the product costs 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores.
Princess Louise of Saxony has given birth to a daughter at Lindau Bavaria after deserting her family at Salzburg last December and eloping with M Giron the children's tutor. A Saxon court official with physician and nurses was ordered to bring the child to Dresden three weeks after birth.
The Sorosis club held its final meeting of the season and elected officers: Mrs. T. P. McCluney as president, Mrs. Sallie Potter Sneed as vice president, Mrs. James Rodgers as secretary, Mrs. Henry Lamm as treasurer, and named Mrs. John Montgomery to represent the club at the rest rooms.
A Savannah social leader Mrs Susie Williams praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription saying it restored her strength after a difficult pregnancy. She notes fatigue and weakness from childbirth and urges mothers to consider the medicine to aid recovery. The letter is addressed to Dr. R. V. Pierce.
J. Brown Harris formerly clerk in Probate Judge Parsons office and now with the M K T railway in St Louis was examined by Pettis County bar members Monday and admitted to the bar by Judge Longan. Harris returned to St Louis last night.
An advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation biliousness and liver troubles. The pills claim to arouse secretions move bowels gently and restore gland tone for permanent relief, with continued use preventing recurrence. Sold by W E Bard Drug Company.
Dr. George A. Major offers reduced rates for dental procedures at 410 Ohio Street opposite the courthouse. Full set of teeth, gold fillings, amalgam and cement fillings priced from $1.00 to $8.00, Logan crowns at $4.00. Bridge work emphasized and painless extractions promised with warranty.
An Atlanta based company promotes Botanic Blood Balm promising to cure blood poisons cancers ulcers eczema and carbuncles with testimonials from Robert Ward of Maxeys Georgia and George A Williams of Roxbury. The ad offers a free sample and free medical advice by mail and lists Sedalia and W E Bardree Co as sellers.
A sweeping appraisal highlights a love story set across the Atlantic. The American heroine embodies wholesome charm, with travel hints and social life scenes. The narrative aims for accessible human drama rather than philosophy, appealing to readers familiar with worldly travel.
R M Russell offers repair service for gasoline stoves at 626 East Fifth Street. Bell phone 122 and Queen City phone 262 available.
The notice states cloth 12M0 priced at $1.25, orderable from any bookseller or postpaid by Abbey Press Publishers, 114 Fifth Avenue, New York, with agencies in London, Montreal and elsewhere, promising always interesting works.
An old ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promising a one day cure for a cold. It notes all druggists refund the money if it fails and bears E. W. Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
An excerpt extols health as beauty, noting women’s organ function and city-life effects. It cites Dr. R. V. Pierce, who, after specializing in women’s diseases, found a vegetable-based prescription with remarkable effects on health.
The article describes a vegetable tonic for women developed by Dr. Pierce thirty five years ago and marketed as patent medicine with no alcohol or narcotics. It notes the tonic aids health, cites a letter from the Sisters of the Good Shepherd praising its benefits, and invites consultations by letter to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
Advertises a free 1008 page medical adviser by mail. Requires stamps to cover mailing costs with 31 one cent stamps for cloth-bound edition or 21 for paper cover. Recipient address requested but not provided.
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