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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1902
Page
3
The passage outlines classified ad pricing and rules under sections like Help Wanted and For Sale. It details word limits twelve items per line, costs per word, and minimums, plus obituary and funeral notice rates and envelope submission instructions.
One room with steam heat in a modern house for a man and wife. Address via Sentinel. Also furnished rooms available one large and one for light house keeping. Garden hose and fine glass globes for sale at 218 West Fourth street.
Willow McQueen English anarchist faced derision during a Patterson speech when Jas Staley interrupted and assaulted him on stage. Staley grabbed McQueen by the neck, knocked him to the floor, and delivered a thrashing leaving McQueen with two black eyes and a damaged face.
An advertisement seeks men with a rig to introduce Monarch Poultry Mix, offering $20 weekly and expenses for a year long contract. Include stamped letter to Menarch Mfg. Co. Box 16 Springfield, Illinois. Also a rental notice for room and board in a modern home close in, addressed to "M." Sentinel.
For private loans see C. Lawson attorney at law Katie building. Bell Telephone 467. For rent furnished rooms with electric lights and city steam heat in Ferguson building northeast corner of Fourth and Oho. Terms reasonable. Apply Bente and Wilson.
Ladies urged to have skirts cleaned dyed or pressed at Sedalia Steam Dye Works located at 219 South Lamine Street. All work guaranteed. Phone number 316.
J C Warren, contractor and builder offers fine residences as a specialty. Estimates on all building kinds. Plans furnished when desired. Residence and shop at 672 East Fifteenth street, Sedalia Missouri.
The Nebraska-Colorado Express departs Kansas City at 9 35 p m and arrives Denver at 3 15 p m next day, offering a five hour Denver stay. The train features chair cars sleepers and dining cars and promotes through Colorado travel via scenic routes. The Burlington also runs a morning Denver Express at 10 40 a m and offers personally conducted California excursions from Kansas City on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
An old travel ad invites readers to describe a proposed trip to the Northwest and receive a free printed matter and a low-cost quote. It lists R H Crozier T P A 823 Main St Kansas City Missouri L W Wakely General Passenger Agent St Louis Missouri and Howard Elliott General Manager also of St Louis Missouri.
Pleasant rooms over Bard's Drug Store at 416 Ohio Street offer steam heat and electric lighting for comfortable occupancy.
Advertising copy promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Money-back guarantee if not cured. Box bears E W Grove's signature. Price listed as 25 cents.
A local transit line advertises a round trip fare option priced at one fare plus 2.00 dollars, appealing to travelers seeking affordable return trips.
A transit notice lists a temporary one way fare of 26.85 dollars for September and October, covering all main line points south of Redding on the main lines.
An ad style piece argues that women’s general health rests on local female health and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures. It cites testimonials from Ada Brooks of Kirbyville and Mae Brown of Canton praising the medicines for ulceration, prolapus, and weakness.
A promotional notice extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women with long standing diseases. It claims high cure rates and urges free consultation by letter from Buffalo New York, promising privacy and no narcotics. It discourages alternatives and emphasizes avoidance of modesty offenses.
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers Chicago to Washington and return tickets for 15.85 with sale October 3 to 6 and return by October 14, extendable to November 3. Stop-overs allowed. Also promotes Rock Mountain Tea from W K Bard Drug Co and fresh country produce including Kraut Celery Sweet Potatoes Fish Honey butter and eggs with delivery.
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