This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1897
Page
7
Classified ads offer free publication on specific days with penalties for late submissions. Rates are five cents a line, two cents for a week, five cents monthly. Circulation claims are provided on request. visit between 1 and 5 pm to inspect the press and pricing details.
A bustling humor piece follows Mr. Dunder seeking aid after a string of misadventures. Sergeant Hoare listens as Dunder hawks ludicrous accusations and squawks about White, Black, and Green, then gently escorts him out. The scene shifts to a music lesson dispute and a light Dublin World snippet about social shunning and finances.
In a frontier tale set near Cripple Creek, a pale man seeks help after losing his bankbook and selling stock of the Bolly Boy gold mine for 500. Carl Dunder faces ruin as the stock’s true value looms, with talk of a jump into the river and mockery of a failed investment.
A bygone journal excerpt describes a playful Mystery Test entertainment card system. Readers mark numbers one to ten for sample items, then receive a sequence of simple refreshments. The piece blends humor with domestic curiosity and cites Ladies' Home Journal in passing. It also references opal superstition and a travel notice for the California Express via the Santa Fe Route.
A garbled poem fragment voices a cyclist’s fear and a plea to wake a mother as lines drift into a jail wagon scene. A derailed conversation with wagon men hints at a crime or punishment, ending with clipped references to hat, derby, and gendered clothing in a chaotic closure.
Brief, garbled OCR fragment mentioning an Augneh volunteer and bank stress, with disjointed phrases about a household, sion, rillbook, and a casual greeting. Content is largely unreadable but hints at a narrative involving a volunteer and financial pressure.
A fragmentary note asks about the meaning of scuttling a ship and mentions a boy named Pa and terms tied to a hurried pace. The readable text hints at a historical discussion on naval action and speed but lacks full context or clear facts.
A compilation of garbled quotes and stray phrases from various sources shows a traveler’s discharge note, a boy named Jimmieboy teased at a lecture, and a humorous remark about missing castor oil gasped from daily pages. Tone imitates a periodical sampler.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a philanthropist phrase set oddly with distortions. It hints at a quoted remark about heading to Rome, an immediate action, and mention of a woman advancing men to Lae in a book. The readable lines are garbled and no clear event or identity emerges.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.