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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
13
A note highlights scenic tourist sleeper excursions and travel opportunities for visitors. It outlines routes, potential schedules, and regions that may appeal to travelers seeking comfortable overnight journeys.
The Katy announces homeseekers tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to Kansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas points with one fare plus $2 round trip. Sunday excursion tickets to $1.50 fare or less start May, plus multiple tour sleeper offerings St Louis to Mexico California and Northwest routes. Rates to Los Angeles San Francisco May 3 and May 12 18, plus round trips to California from multiple cities. Contact L W Wakeley and C E Michel in St Louis for details and routing via the Burlington connections.
Round trip tickets to Kansas City offered on May 6 7 and 8 with return valid through May 9. The sale highlights limited windows and a quick return option for travelers planning short trips.
The company advertises daily trips from February 15 to June 15 selling one way tickets to all main line California points for 26.85 dollars. Three Pullman tourist sleepers operate weekly on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays.
A travel notice lists fares to multiple Western cities including Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver Victoria at 27.85 and Spokane Pendleton Walla Walla Dayton Lewiston Pullman Baker City Ellensburg at 25.35. Other routes show Salt Lake Ogden Butte Helena Missoula 22.85 Livingston Logan 20.85 Billings intermediate points 17.85. Los Angeles San Francisco offered with eight departure dates May 3 and May 12 to 18 and good to July 15 with liberal stopovers and two one way options. Information available at ticket office or by return mail.
The Burlington extends the greatly reduced one way colonist rates to the Northwest and to California until June 15. The offer helps travelers save from fifteen to twenty dollars on fare.
Round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars are sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to the west and northwest, including also Mon.
Brief OCR fragment shows train service between Sedalia and Warsaw with labeled directions North Bound and South Bound and partial times. It indicates departures from Sedalia and Warsaw but details are garbled and unreadable.
Foot comfort powder advertised for corns bunions and sore feet. Sold in druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
Miss Addie and Miss Virgie Dempsey hosted a Royal Tribe of Joseph evening with dancing cards and refreshments. Guests included Miss Florence Dorsey of Illinois and her brother Harry Dorsey, chaperoned by C. C. Lawson and Auburn Farris, with many local attendees.
Sedalia resident Mrs A Wittstock reports relief from a lame back and recurring ache after using Doan's Kidney Pills from W E Bard Drug Co. She says half a box resolved the latest attack and her health improved since using the treatment. 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Company sole US agents.
A brief note promoting Timely Topics No. 2 argues East Texas is rapidly developing as a truck and fruit growing region. The pamphlet urges readers to see Texas resources as illimitable and invites mail responses to Katy at 500 Wainwright, St. Louis.
Public warning against mercury based catarrh remedies. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as safe, mercury free and effective when taken internally. Mention of price 75 cents per bottle and availability from druggists. Testimonials offered. Hall's Family Pills praised.
With unexcelled facilities for handling all classes of laundry work the Monarch Laundry offers a modern and perfect service to the public. Chas. Van Antwerp, proprietor. Phones 183.
Miss Elia Bourge of 47 Ashland Boulevard Chicago Ill writes to Dr Pierce praising Golden Medical Discovery. She had suffered years of catarrh with headaches burning eyes and nose and says the medicine cured them and improved her voice and well being.
Advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for eczema and skin ailments. Claims internal use revitalizes blood to heal sores and scars, with free samples and medical advice offered by the Blood Balm Co. Sedalia distributor W. E. Bard Drug Co. listed.
An old ad claims Rocky Mountain Tea revives the body for 35 cents. Sold by W. Fe Bard Drug Co, promising whole body well being and renewed vigor.
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