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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
7
State Fair management mails prospective pamphlets and circulars to state press outlining fair features. Advertises Hoffman Special bicycle as best built wheel, urging viewers to inspect at P Hoffman's venue.
E. E. Bouldin and J. M. James were in town Saturday on business from Georgetown.
A Sedalia based fortune teller, Prof Duncan, offers to reveal past and future insights to aid business and love matters. Clients are invited to call or visit at 135 East Cooper Street in Sedalia Missouri for consultation.
One day excursion to St Louis and return priced at 2 50 via the M K T railway on May 17. Travel is by special train arranged by the railroad.
A shopper is advised to use Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes. The ad notes a 202 package priced at five cents.
A brief notice advertises a picnic wagon holding 20 people with contact by phone 263 and 1000. The message signs Keohen Koal Ko and a date code 4-27-dtf.
James A. Glenn Perry Glenn John McFarland Zach MacFarland and J N Dansforth of Beaman were in Sedalia Saturday.
Special train from Kansas to St Louis and return via the M K and T Railway to sell a full line of nursery stock. Stock grown on root graft and guaranteed true to name. Good salaries. Write for terms. Also advertise gas stoves refrigerators garden tools and chicken wire from P Hoffman at bottom prices. Leave orders for gasoline.
An office notices sale of papers and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue Large 207 powder for whitening clothes at five cents per package, highlighting its use for brightening laundry.
Notice cites private loan matter with attorney at law C. C. Lawson located in the Katie building and Bell telephone 467.
An advertisement notes clear white clothes signal use of Red Cross Ball Blue in a large 2 oz package priced at five cents.
A brief ad for Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product. The large 207 packaging is offered at 5 cents.
On Sundays starting May 4 and continuing until further notice, excursion tickets are sold for a single round trip fare between Boonville and Sedalia and between Sedalia and Clinton.
A Milwaukee Sentinel look at early language learning noting six year olds acquire English easily while parents struggle. A child mispronounces forms of to be, prompts a humorous exchange as the mother teaches through corrections. A long debate on a bill to raise salaries follows a prolonged legislative session.
A village churchyard tombstone near Bridgewater Somerset recalls Doctress Anne Pounsberry who died December 11 1813 aged 73. She was a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter famed for healing using herbs and charms. Her remedy for king's evil involved toad legs ground to powder worn in a bag.
The New Zealand Parliament completes its final session measures before the dissolution, passing key acts and confirming legislative decisions in a concluding parliamentary phase.
The Nebraska Colorado Express from Kansas City to Denver saves about three hours, arriving 3 15 p m next day. It offers through chair cars sleepers and dining cars with convenient departures for business or visits to Denver. The Burlington also runs a morning Denver Express at 10 40 a m and conducts California Excursions via Scenic Colorado on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
An advertisement invites readers to describe a proposed trip to the Northwest aboard the Burlington Northern Pacific Express. It promises a low-cost quote and free printed matter, listing R H Crozier T P A in Kansas City and L W Wakely and Howard Elliott in St Louis as contacts.
Excursion to St Louis on May 17 offered by the Viamese Missouri and Kansas Texas Railway with low rates. Tickets available at local ticket agents.
Willis Taylor E F Scott Henry Jones R N Lower Roy Taylor J W Lakin and J B Cartwright of Longwood were transacting business in Sedalia Saturday.
A special excursion to the World’s Fair City departs by the Katy on May 17. Tickets and schedule details are announced by the organizing committee.
Captain E. W. Stevens purchases a fine driving horse from Mr. Hammond near Smithton, marking a notable local acquisition in late spring. The deal highlights regional trading of quality equine stock among residents.
Mrs Sarah Hall and her daughter Mrs Robert Penquite traveled from Horsington Kansas to Lamonte for a week of visiting and sightseeing.
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