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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1902
Page
7
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway promotes low fare trips from Chicago to Washington and return priced at 15.85 dollars. Tickets on sale October 3 to 6 with return by October 14 and extension to November 3. Stopovers allowed.
A Virginia woman laments a cracked heirloom teacup, saying losing china lacks consolation. Her friend replies that losing children is worse, but the exchange notes religion offers comfort in parental grief. The dialogue contrasts fragile keepsakes with family loss.
A fragment quotes a narrator claiming two suitors, Whipper and Snapper, would have married her and noting their later wealth while implying the speaker remains poor. The line appears amid a broader legal or personal dispute narrative.
A dialogue plays with old time maxims on light and ritual. One speaks of accidentally snuffing a candle as murriace while the other links deliberate lamp dimming to courtship.
MrsHelen Lix wife of John Six former Sedalians received a divorce last week in Kansas City on grounds of habitual drunkenness and non maiden name. Helen Miller restored. Miss Miller formerly worked as a bookkeeper at Hl W Meuschke’s dry goods store now with Emery Bird and Thayer in Kansas City.
Field and Farm notes domestic turkeys as a strong bug killer against grasshoppers and other pests. Colorado farmers sugar beet growers and fruit culturists are rearing turkeys to patrol fields and orchards and turkey eggs for hatching are in demand.
A Vermont agricultural writer warns that airtight silos fail when built too tight. Even with well stored corn and early clover, insufficient space for air and moisture can rot silage. A few extra dollars in proper construction prevent costly waste.
A furnished room is available for rent at 306 East Sixth Street. The listing notes the unit includes basic amenities and is suitable for a single occupant. Contact details are not provided in the readable text.
A column offers a method to start a balky horse ninety-nine times out of a hundred by gentle reinforcement. Pat the horse, lift a front foot, tap the nail and frog lightly, then urge it forward while keeping the lines taut. The piece notes the driver must refrain from pulling back. It adds a humorous aside about microbes and a 35 cent drug ad, followed by real estate and loan notices.
Mucky offers top prices for used furniture at the Black Flag shop located at 113 West Main Street. The ad promotes high payments and immediate cash for home goods.
Dr. George A Major successor to Dr T T Major and Son will for a limited time perform dental work at low prices Full set of teeth eight dollars Gold fillings one dollar Gold and platina amalgam fillings cement fillings gold crowns six dollars Logan crowns four dollars Bridge work a specialty Painless tooth extraction All work warranted Office 410 Ohio Street opposite courthouse See W E Bard Drug Co promote genuine Rocky Mountain Tea from Madison Medicine Co instruct your druggist to send you the real product
Advertisement seeks a hard coal stove in good condition. Notify Stanley Coal Co and contact Drs. Dunkin osteopathic physicians at 309-16 Tloffman building via telephone 26.
A reminiscence recalls a bygone custom of growing long nails, with the fifth finger often extended into a claw for signing checks. The piece notes how manicure services bloomed in upscale barber shops, driven by fashionable women and flirtatious displays.
The exchange humorously questions why church bells ring long, suggesting a meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Noises. It then shifts to a mock medical dosage for pigs, prescribing opium and digitalis with age-based adjustments.
California readers learn of low colonist rates via M. and T. on the railway with sleeping cars Leay Louis on Tuesdays and Kansas City on Thursdays both at 8 52 p m for September and October. See the Katy Man for details.
The store stays crowded because goods are bought right and sold right. The reasons given emphasize fair pricing and quality selection driving continual customer flow.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Ball Blue Red Cross Ball Bine and names Pere nurge with unclear context. No coherent event or outcome is readable from the fragment.
Mrs Gary Sell will host a gathering for the ladies at East Fifth Street home this Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. The note mentions paying a fee for a bottle of Miles Cough Bitters in Arlington.
Travel offers list round trips with limited return windows. Clinton and return priced at $1.20 for Oct 27 to Nov 1. St Louis and return priced at $7.50 for Oct 28 to 30. Return limits noted includes Nov 0th or Nov 3.
Help needed as carrier boy to deliver Sentinel. Apply at Sam W. James address for details. circulation area and route not specified.
An old remedy named Miller's Cough Bitters advertised by Aclineton Pharmacy claims to cure coughs and colds. The brief notice highlights its sale at the local drugstore.
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