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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1903
Page
8
Travel deals list city by city with varied ticket sale windows and stay lengths. Prices range from 0.85 to 33.35 with provisions for good dates and return limits. Note mentions of Pullman service and overnights in multiple Midwest resorts.
The Katy announces homeseeker tickets on the first and third Tuesdays each month to Kansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas points with one fare plus $2 round trip. Excursion tickets Sunday May 11 offer one fare round trips to $1.50 or less areas. Through tourist sleeper St Louis to California and City of Mexico runs weekly. pitman conductor aboard. Special rates to Los Angeles San Francisco and through routes until June 15. Also schedules to Mexico via Mexican Central Railway and northwest routes via Katy.
Ordinance No. 505 enacts widening of Massachusetts Avenue from Lot 10 to Thirteenth street in Sedalia Missouri. The measure condemns about 20 feet of land along the east ends of Hasting's addition lots 8 9 and 10 for street purposes. City Engineer to secure dedications and assess damages if needed. takes effect after May 16 1903.
The notice states daily ticket sales run February 15 through June for all California main line units at 6.85 per one way. It mentions weekly Pullman tourist sleepers to California and trains on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays.
Portland Tacoma Seattle Van couver Victoria to be $27.85. Spokane Pendleton Walla Walla to Lewiston Pullman Baker ity Ellensburg and intermediate points $25.35. Salt Lake Ogden Butte Helena Issoula intermediate points $2.85. Livingston Logan $20.85. Billings and intermediate points $17.85. Los Angeles San Francisco eight dates May 3 and May 2 to 18. Good to July 15 for return. Liberal stop over privileges one route and return another. Full information at ticket office or by return mail.
The Burlington Railroad extends greatly reduced colonist rates to the Northwest and California through May 12 on round trips. Special fares from St Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago apply with travel via Denver Colorado Salt Lake City and Seattle area routes. Travel dates run weekly with a 60 day limit, offering sleeper excursions and scenic connections. agents L. W. Wakeley and Chas. E. Michel invite inquiries at 604 Pine Street St Louis.
Advertisement touts Mother Gray's Powders claiming to cure seas fear fever and stomach headaches in children. It promises worm removal and features a sample mail offer with address Allen S. Olmsted, Le.
J W Murphy a wholesale and retail liquor merchant begins major work at the corner of Main and Ohio streets with a ten inch lowering of the first floor and a complete new front.
Mme. Ratozzi, a celebrated beauty and singer, proclaims her face grows fairer and cheeks deepen with color, eyes brighten since using Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents through W. E. Bard Drug Co.
Crescent Tent No. 4 K O T M will hold a regular review tomorrow Tuesday evening at 730 p m Com W S Shepard and A L Allen named as officers in charge of the meeting C A R K
Wm M Riley of 1611 East Fourth Street reports years of backache and kidney pain ending after using Doan's Kidney Pills from W E Bard Drug Co. He states the medicine reached the root of the trouble and now he has no kidney or backache. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole US agent. remember the name Doan's.
The remains of Helen Marguerite Book three year old daughter of Engineer John E. Book and granddaughter of Judge and Mrs. D Kinsey arrived from McKittrick Missouri and were taken to the Kinsey home at 1203 South Massachusetts. The funeral was held this morning at East Sedana Baptist Church with Rev J B Fuller officiating.
A Rickman family child drank a small amount of petroleum Sunday at the corner of Boonville and New York avenues. Dr. Crawford treated the child who was soon out of danger. An advertisement quotes Dr Stranghoff praising Rocky Mountain Tea as the beautifier for American women at 35 cents.
Public notice warns against catarrh ointments with mercury and praises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It stresses internal use, warns buyers to verify genuineness, and notes price. Also mentions Hugh N Hanna of Indianapolis linked to gold standard exchange commission and a 1990 currency reform bill, born in Lafayette, Indiana.
The piece highlights Atlantic City as the Queen of American Watering Places and promotes access via the Lehigh Valley railroad. It invites readers to send a 2 cent stamp to the General Passenger Department in New York for an Atlantic City booklet.
RECTOR filled carriage calls quickly with both phones, number 146, as the service handle.
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure from cat scratch to burns and boils. It promises healing without scarring, notes use for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles, and lists W. E. Bard Drug Company as the seller.
Walt E. Wright appeared before Justice Smith and was sentenced to ten days in jail. Jim Jennings received five days for the same offense.
The text claims weekly body tissue loss and decline without digestion, urging Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to enable digestion and digestion to rebuild blood and strength, targeting indigestion and stomach troubles.
An ad asserts catarrh of the stomach comes from repeated indigestion and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and catarrh. It claims the product digests food, sweetens the stomach, and is sold by W. E. Bard Drug Co.
A Sedalia event reports more than 1200 bottles of Crawford's Iron Brew sold on Saturday, highlighting strong local interest in the beverage. The note underscores vigorous sales in a single day.
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