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Newspaper
Sedalia Sunday Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1901
Page
2
Sedalia prepares a grand secret society headquarters on the Hoffman building fifth floor. The plan includes elegant suites, a large hall, a fine kitchen, and a new electric elevator to provide swift access to the top floor.
An old line promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic for clear thinking and vigor of body and mind. The brief ad urges readers to ask their druggist about the product priced at 35 cents.
The junior society held a Friday afternoon meeting with a program including music by Ruth Shepard current events by Allan McLaughlin an essay by Nina Leiter a declamation by Violet Lovinger a book review by Pearl Luckett a reading by Gertrude Gresham and a society paper by Margaret McNeil and Walter Jenkins.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no cure, no pay. Sold for 25 cents.
City of Sedalia Missouri invites bids or proposals to construct brick sidewalks on Grand avenue east side from Main street to Second street as condemned under an 1901 ordinance. Bids due by 5 pm December 16 1901 with right to reject all bids.
Notice to sidewalk contract bids for Lafayette avenue Sedalia Missouri condemned wooden and defective sidewalks to be replaced with brick on east side from Third street to Broadway. City council approved November 1901 and bids due by December 16 1901. City clerk C E Baker signs seal.
In a drought impacted area Dr Pranier and Son offer gold crown work and extractions at 410 Ohio Street opposite the courthouse. They promise painless extractions and warrant all work. Also advertising bridge work and various pictures at McClellan's footwear.
The International Fire Appliance Co of New York promotes Furicide as a safe non explosive fire killer. Operators are sought in Sedalia Missouri and surrounding districts with promises of quick revenue and endorsements from fire chiefs and insurers. Agents offered a $3.00 grade equipment marketed as better value.
The notice states the Base Burner, priced at $33 today, will be sold for $1 on January 14 if not sold earlier. Sundays and legal holidays are excluded to ensure equal opportunities for bidders.
The Liberty Bell flour from New Lebanon Roller Mills uses Cooper county wheat and is priced at two dollars per sack. The maker claims it is the state’s best flour with top grades kept for high quality bread. extra fine for light bread. Sold by J. M. Cain at Yeater's Old Stand, 112 114 West Main, with both phones available.
The inventory includes about 300 pairs of new pants 200 pairs of second hand pants 500 coats and overcoats mostly second hand 500 pieces of underwear all brand new about 300 hats 300 shirts 200 gloves and mittens 200 shoes 100 boots 200 rubbers and 100 overshoes all brand new. Offered at about half value.
An advertisement offers all kinds of guns for rent or sale highlighting best quality and great variety. The notice presents M H H Company as the supplier.
An advertisement highlights Charter Oak stoves for cooks and Majestic Hot Blast models with door for soft coal, plus Wilson Hot Blast suitable for wood or coal from M H Co.
We offer Windsor coal of best grade for cooking and heating at 3.00 per ton delivered. Dry and green wood available, cord or stove lengths, prices low. Call at yards or by phone. A J Fults & Co. 412 East Twelfth Street Queen City Phone 21.
Miss Marian Cockrell christens the battleship Missouri with a bottle of Missouri wine furnished by a Hermann firm, marking a ceremonial gesture during the ship's launch.
P Hoffman offers a free White House Cook Book to any buyer at Buck's Range or Cook Store within thirty days. The book has 590 pages and is described as the best cook book ever published.
Owen Brown relocates his stock of sheet music and musical merchandise to 514 Ohio Street and invites friends and customers to visit the new location.
Emerson Chickering and Ivers & Pond pianos advertised with a $400 down payment reduced to $140 at John N. Taylor's, located at 514 Ohio Street.
Help wanted notice seeks a competent reliable white girl for general housework. Apply in person at 403 West Fifth street. Payment and hours not specified.
The advertisement proclaims the Baltimore oysters as the world’s best, offered fresh at the Boston Cafe.
The Southern railway announces for the winter of 1901 and 1902 the most superb service ever offered. It operates its own lines over the South forming a key link in travel between the north and south including Florida Cuba Mexico the Pacific Coast and Central America.
Public notice seeking bids to construct a half mile rock road at Longwood north end and a half mile gravel or rock road on Petty road. Specifications available from E R Blair secretary Sedalia National Bank. Contracts awarded December 9, 1901.
A promotional note touts Buck's Hot Blast oak as the greatest twentieth century wonder and the most economical soft coal burner, claiming it consumes all gases and smoke and makes no clinkers, with demonstrations at P. Hoffman's.
John N. Taylor announces relocation to 514 Ohio Street and claims to hold the largest piano stock in the city, doubling previous inventory.
Wilson heaters touted as the only absolutely air tight wood heater manufactured. Burns chips cobs knots roots and any fuel to keep fire forty eight hours. Complete line available at P Hoffman's.
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