These ads are extracted from the "Business Locals" section of the Osceola Sentinel.
April 28, 1904
Reduced Rates via Burlington Route
Springfiled, Ill. June 4th, 5th and 6th. One fare plus $2 for the round trip.
Indianapolis, Ind. June 26th and 27th. One fare plus $2.25 for the round tirp.
St. Joseph, Mo. June 28th, 29thth and 30th. One fare and one third fare for the round trip.
Atlantic City, N. J. July 9th and 10th. One fare plus $2 for the round trip.
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 15th, 16th and 17th. One fare plus $2.25 for the round trip.
Des Moines, Ia. June 20th and 21st, 1904. One fare plus 50 cents for the round trip
Boone, Iowa, May 23 and 24, 1904. One fare plus 50c for the round trip.
Mason City, Iowa, June 6, 7 and 8, 1904. One fare for the round trip.
World's Fair and Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. April 30 to November 15, 1904. Season tickets 80 percent of double the standard one way fare for the round trip. Sixty day tickets one and one third of the standard one way fare for the round trip. Ten day tickets one and one fifth of the standard one way rate for the round trip.
San Francisco, August 15 to September 10th. $48.60 round tri.p. Diverse routes some higher.
Homeseekers tickets sold every 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month. One fare plus $2 for the round trip. For information relative to above call on or address, John J. Teeter, ticket agent.
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June 9, 1904
Office rooms to rent in McNeil block - Lloyd Thurston.
Smoke La Cedella. Manufactured by Barnhill & Shawver.
New line of buggies, road wagons and wagons just received at Wassom & Son.
Bulls for Sale:- W. W. Rarick has five young, full-blooded bulls for sale; eligible to register.
Fifty dollars will buy an A No. 1 Registered Polled Angus bull, one year old. J. A. Bone, Grand River, Iowa
Drs. Roberts & Groves, physicians and surgeons. Office in Lamson block. Phone 137. Residence phone 95.
Sentinel subscription rates $1.00 to Clarke county readers in advance. Otherwise, $1.25 Please be prompt in renewing at advance rates.
For Sale: - Seven head fine young Hereford bulls from twelve to eighteen months old. Purebred. F. M. Keeney, Liberty, IA Woodburn R.D. 1.
Five Per Cent Farm Loans- Banta & Banta are prepared to make farm loans at 5 per cent and small commission. If you want a loan do not fail to see us Office southeast corner of the square Osceola.
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June 30, 1904
McFarland's ice cream sold only at the Arlington. Any quantity.
Curnes & Co. shiped a car load of hogs from Groveland to Ottumwa.
Girl Wanted--For housework. Enquire at Merck Pharmacy before Saturday evening.
Last revised April 19, 2009