Soap James 5 Kirk & Company Rain Water Maker
James Kirk & Company advertise a rain water maker named Soptens claiming it softens the hardest water. They offer a sample for ten cents to attract customers to try the device and its claimed benefits.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
7
James Kirk & Company advertise a rain water maker named Soptens claiming it softens the hardest water. They offer a sample for ten cents to attract customers to try the device and its claimed benefits.
A garbled miscellany of names, places, and events appears. The text references various figures and terms, suggesting a local roundup or collage of brief items, with scattered mentions of people and places amid noisy OCR garble.
The provided OCR snippet is garbled with many misspellings and stray phrases. It mentions various names and terms but lacks coherent events or details to summarize into a clear news item or notice. No definitive person, place, or action can be established from the readable fragments.
Prices for beef and other meats climb amid extended shortages and rising costs. Officials warn supplies may tighten further due to dry weather and reduced stock numbers, with Provisions and wholesale rates showing notable increases across months. The market faces continued pressure as traders expect prices to stay elevated.
Six painters and contractors in Grey warn of a strike at the ungine rate the Bundation to LRree on G new comtetct for the coming ymaee. The master kept the union men to work while contractors sought to stall.
A jumbled older news item describes a basement robbery in which two men held a janitor at bay and fled after police intervention. The aftermath centers on suspects linked to Mexican figures and a confrontation at a shop. Police identify multiple parties including Senor Federico Trujillo and Augustin Athi, with disputes over the election and a school petition noted later in court.
North Topeka column lists social visits, church guilds, and community events. Residents include Mrs. Molle Thomas of Rocaille hosting kin, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis at 25 Madison, and Evangelist Heyden Samson preaching in Alleghany. The Church of the Gospel Sheptend guild meeting, cemetery association, and KN of A entertainment are noted along with a Santa Fe ticket sale and local officer elections.
Seattle April 2 Jones Ben, a man from Fortund, Ore, was found unconscious in a hotel office after a violent incident. He later died in hospital. Letters clutched in his hand and a note blamed a woman and a lover. Police hold a suspect identified as J H Lucka Jones. The incident points to domestic poisoning at Sydenaton Site rents.
Railroad time schedule notes indicate that all trains are exempt from daily exemptions except those listed as daily. The terse notice outlines timetable constraints affecting service for passengers seeking regular departures or changes.
Port Scott April 2. Mystery surrounds the disappearance of 1653 dollars from the estate of Mrs Mary Livey, an elderly woman who died at her northside home on the 11th of last month.
In New York and Rome, McCoy and the LeClares prepare for a notable confrontation. Details are sparse in this fragment, but the matchup involves key figures named McCoy and the LeClares amid early reporting.
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