The Great Special Sale of Checks and Stripes
A fragmented notice describes a wholesale sale event featuring checks and invisble stripes in multiple colors. Details are unreadable, but the piece signals a promotional sale at a retail location.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1901
Page
8
A fragmented notice describes a wholesale sale event featuring checks and invisble stripes in multiple colors. Details are unreadable, but the piece signals a promotional sale at a retail location.
G W Mathis and wife convey 119 percent acres in Lamonte township to B G Blair for 4500 dollars. Sylvester F Kelso and wife convey property in Northeast Sedalia to Porter Real Estate for 500 dollars. Porter Real Estate to Kelso transfers west side of Lamine street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth for 750 dollars. Jesse M Slaven and wife to J L Lantz 80 acres in Blackwater township for 2200 dollars. Mary A Randolph and husband to James H Jeffries land in Heaths Creek township for 1600 dollars. G Alsbaugh to John A Sparks property in Lamonte town for 200 dollars.
An advertisement promises eight pieces of new full sized copyrighted music for ten cents plus 36 pages of illustrated stories and articles. The publisher values the music at $4.00 and labels the offer fair and square. Address unspecified.
A description of oversized bedding items featuring mismatched fabrics and satin coverings. The text notes varying textures and sizes and emphasizes bold contrast in color and material. No additional events or actors are identified.
Mr. Douglass Lane will assist Mr. Williams in the new store. The pair prepares for a forthcoming business venture and coordinates roles for the opening.
The legendary Victor Lee, famed as the Wizard, appears tonight at Wood's Opera House in Sedalia. Audiences expect high sight gags and perilous aerial feats once more, with tomorrow and Tuesday nights offering a fully dressed magic show amid a troupe of entertaining assistants.
An old ad urges buyers to quit being a rube and choose Tuck Cigars for quality and prestige. It praises the trade with good smoke, money, brains, and skilled workmanship, noting Tucks cost more but build a reputation through the best tobacco. Available for sale everywhere.
The report notes teams will be engaged under present contracts for about thirty days or longer, outlining a planned schedule and potential implications for upcoming games and negotiations.
Prof. C. D. Thompson of Knob Noster Schools declined the Eldorado Springs superintendency after his board urged him to take the post. The Eldorado board then invited Prof. R. L. Netherton of Sedalia High School biology to accept, but he also declined despite a higher salary offer.
Cc C Williams opens a general merchandise store at 209 West Main Street in the room erected by John Hovx and formerly occupied by a previous tenant.
The two weeks at Lamonte ended Saturday night with a voting contest for the most popular young lady. Miss Ethel Higginbotham won with over 5200 votes and received a silverware prize.
H. J. Babcock of Lockport New York arrives in town to supervise an extension of Economy Steam Heating mains. He is registered at the Hotel Huckins and will stay several weeks as work on the steam heating plant progresses rapidly.
George Menefee arrived from Lexington on Saturday night to bid on the grading contract for the river route west of Lexington, involving 150000 cubic yards. Al Heck, who also holds a contract on the same river route, was among the visitors.
Lon Luther of the Lamonte Record helped nurseryman G. H. Shep hard at the St. Louis fair. Their fruit display won second sweepstakes and several minor prizes.
In our furniture stock you will find unique designs beyond standard styles. Beautiful pieces are desirable and iron beds range from 5.00 to 20.00, with plainer designs from 2.50 to 4.50. Come in time.
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