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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1904
Page
6
Special prices on laces, linens, towels, silks, shirts, corsets, skirts, footwear, and household items. Includes discounts on Turkish towels, damask, curtain clue, and assorted fabrics. many items offered per yard or per piece with reduced rates. Names of fabric types, garments, and price points highlighted.
Sells & Downs Wil Oper bring their opening act to Topeka on Saturday April 23 with two performances. Prominent acts include the famous Zouaves, Captain Winston's trained Seals, and the Neel of Lerobals. The troupe promises a high quality show with riders, clowns, and novelty acts, aiming to exceed prior performances.
Oscar Leonard, born without a nose, underwent a delicate graft to receive a nose. Dr Charles Frasier performed the surgery in Philadelphia as Leonard endures weeks of torture and hopeful expectations. Surgeons say the new nose should resemble that of an ordinary man, with only coldness noted as a possible early sign. The article also promotes a regional journal called The Earth, urging readers to subscribe.
Col Leutwen reports that in Ongunjira a Western Division force of about 3000 attacked Herero positions, flank attacked, left wing driven back, center and right pressed, after eight hours of fighting the enemy retreated north east and east. Our losses include several officers and men killed or wounded. enemy losses heavy from artillery. No new news from von Glasenapp's eastern division.
Montreal reports high water disrupts railroad traffic with delays from surrounding country. Some riverside areas recede while Vertun remains flooded. no lives lost. Nickel Plate offers rounded trips to Cleveland for Baptist anniversary events and notes no excess fare on routes to New York and Boston. Includes local transit and vendors advertising Cedar posts and Dean's Ointment with broad city references and prices.
North Topeka column lists local business mentions and personnel moves across Topeka. Names include C Myers, Aaron Sheetz, Lena Hohnbaum and Miriam Swift with several store and address references, plus a note on shoe bargains at The Fitwell Shoe Co. 409 Kansas Ave. Also reports minor incidents, church events, and social club notices.
Police officers rush to Bates Place chasing a lead that yields nothing as the Royal again faces a raid. A post mortem salines discussion stirs talk about book charges and color of a man’s hair. Younkin the dog hunter moves through the town with dogs in tow seeking criminals and paying fines.
Residents debate a potential new police chief while a Wichita arrest draws attention. Ed Sullivan faces forgery charges in Topeka, with details of the attempted scam and a chaotic liquor raid described. officers secure a scene as crowds watch, and a funeral procession passes by a tense street gathering.
New York April 11 hearing in Continental Securities Co versus Northern Securities Co. suit moved from Jersey City to April 18 for an injunction against the stock distribution method of the Northern Pacific group. Also reported death notices from Washington and Kansas City.
A digest of short items reports Jane ean ore Ceaswell’s death in New York, mentions a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, and notes Jiminex the Dominican rebel’s arrival with no statement on movements. Also reported are a Philadelphia murder suspect, a university clubhouse murder case, a not guilty plea in West Newton, and the death of lawyer Samuel Hoar. Plus gold shipment plans to Europe, and an under-price shoe sale in St. Louis.
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