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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
7
A garbled OCR notice promotes classified advertisements for real estate auctions, rentals, and situations wanted. It mentions free ad space for youth employment, publication timings, and low rates, asserting Topeka State Journal offers the cheapest daily medium with local circulation and weekly rates.
Fragmentary 19th century notice lists an orienting statement for advertising on a Web Perfecting Press and multiple incomplete help wanted items. It mentions white girl employment, a Western Avenue address, and various unrelated lines about duties and pay, reflecting a chaotic classifieds page segment.
C F Brodiger offers cleaning and repairing services for all lots and gentleman’s properties at reasonable rates. Contact for prompt, reliable work and guaranteed results.
Beausherer, 63, a U. S. prisoner held since February 25 in Shawnee county jail, endures chronic kidney trouble and lacks underclothes. He cannot read or write and fears a pension dispute. a local man, Tom Wilkerson, provided him new undergarments. The article labels the case as a mismanaged United States matter and criticizes the handling by officials.
The first class stateroom on the steamer Mariposa bound for San Francisco will be converted into a prison cell for Murderer Butler. A steel ring is riveted near the Moor to fasten him if needed and three Australian detectives will share the guard duties aboard. He will be exercised on deck at dawn then chained by two captors before reaching Sydney.
Notice from BG Mason asignee of United Press states the news service will cease after the debt on April 7 with operations ending about 2 a.m. April 8. No dispatches will be received from correspondents or reporters and all employees will be dismissed after that time.
A towboat named E-She Towboat Raymond Horr carried the largest coal tow ever floated on the Ohio, possibly on any river. It included sixty bergen loaded with approximately forty seven thousand mixed carloads, with a rear steamer attached to maneuver the tow. Multiple lines of logistic detail appear in the fragmentary report.
Bowling Green Mo April 1 State Bank Inspector Russia closed Citizens' Bank of this city. Bank solvent and to reopen within sixty days. Cause of trouble is hard times and uncollectible debts. Ada Jewett Co receivership named George March. Liabilities estimated at about 500. Dublin April Right Honorable Consingham Plunkett Protestant Archbishop of Dublin dies at 60. Born 183? succeeded title on father’s death in 1?. elected archbishop 1884.
North Topeka items note visitors from Scranton Manhattan and Council Grove. Fraternal Aid initiates twenty members. church meetings and social events at Central Avenue Jackson Street and Vincent Reading venues. Local residents attend, travel, or plan visits to Germany and Tecumseh farms. Miss Bissell wins a music box in a conundrum contest.
OCR fragment notes Missouri Pacific and Fort Scott reference with unclear terms and partial names, leaving an inhabitant or organization attribution and date unreadable. Unable to determine full subject, action, or context from the fragment.
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