. Picturesque Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and its wonderful healing mineral waters reached via the Wabash railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway . Residence of Alderman John S. Lewis Ettenson Buikliny An Ideal City for Homes While Excelsior Springs has hitherto been chiefly representedas a health and pleasure resort, it is also an ideal place for a home—although no especial appeal has been made to secure that classof people who are looking for a good place to live. the city canshow as many handsome homes as any city of its size in the coun-try. During the past few years this f
. Picturesque Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and its wonderful healing mineral waters reached via the Wabash railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway . Residence of Alderman John S. Lewis Ettenson Buikliny An Ideal City for Homes While Excelsior Springs has hitherto been chiefly representedas a health and pleasure resort, it is also an ideal place for a home—although no especial appeal has been made to secure that classof people who are looking for a good place to live. the city canshow as many handsome homes as any city of its size in the coun-try. During the past few years this fact has dawned upon theminds of home lovers as the many elegant cottages built during thattime attest. With nearly every modern improvement and conven-ience there is every reason to believe this will become as great acity for homes as it is for health. Views of a few of the many ele-gant cottage homes are shown elsewhere in these Excelsior Springs Bottling Companys Plant An All the Year Resort Excelsior Springs is not merely asummer resort, but it has become anall the year round resort. The sum-mer months are pleasant and one canreadily find comfort amid the coolingshade of woods and dells where thereis an utter absence of malaria andmosquitoes. It is a charming retreatfree from the noise, the heat and dustof the large cities and one can easilyhere lay aside the burdens of life fora season and bid dull care be very seldom happens that the nightsare too warm, for the heated days arefollowed by cool evenings, even duringmidsummer. Indeed, one could notfind a more charming time to visit thiscity of health than during and November. The air issoft and balmy then and nature ischanging her garb of green for one ofscarlet and gold. Nature in the fallmonths is robed in her most entranc-ing and gorgeous colors and the seek-er after recreation, rest and pleasurefinds them in the fullest sense, a
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