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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1895
Page
8
A vintage retail advertisement from The Star highlights a wide range of groceries with itemized prices and promotions. It touts Ankoria coffee with a silver plated spoon offer, mentions sugar, beans, corn, oats, soaps, baking staples, canned goods, sauces, crackers, and dried fruits, aiming to lure customers with bargain pricing and a broad product selection.
A local market advertises meat and lard specials including sugar cured hams bacon and dry salt meat per pound. Lard and table lard are priced, and a section markets California table peaches pears apricots and plums in large quantities with per dozen prices. Assorted fruit baskets are available on request as they clear stock.
A Kansas sheriff visits Jackson County Missouri and jokes about opening court with an organ and song. The Missouri sheriff contemplates using the same idea. The tale ends with locals joking that Missouri sheriffs defend their methods against Kansas rivals.
Topeka resident Ernest Hocan presents In Old Tennessee a dramatic minstrel style show with antebellum themes, negro melodies, cake walk, railroad scene and steam boat race. Hogan plays Uncle Pete with new songs and dances as the act travels tonight and tomorrow after noon and night.
The Rock Island time change takes effect Sunday April 7 affecting Topeka schedules. Train arrivals and departures from Nos 1 2 3 4 13 25 26 82 are adjusted with new local times at North Topeka depot. Also noted is an advertising cough syrup offer by W R Kennady at 112 114 West ltd Peerless Steam Laundry.
Mayor Harrison will surrender the office tonight and devote time to his Mission township farm six miles southwest of Topeka. He plans to plant 8,000 trees this spring and scatter them over the property, beautifying the farm, and will build large carp fish ponds. He aims to balance city duties with personal business and farm interests.
John D. Knox continues as a "hook agent" with strong success in books, while a Topeka real estate sign on East Sixth Street misleads, as he rarely visits the office. Despite tough times, Knox stays active on the streets, selling books with notable faith in the business and earning a fair salary.
Attractive illustrated book on fruit raising in the Ozarks highlights the Olden fruit farm in Howell county and the southern Ozark belt. Mailed free via EK Lockwoop Kansas City Mo. The Stats Journal’s Want and Miscellaneous columns reach Topeka readers daily.
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