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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1904
Page
10
A jumble of classified items includes real estate transfer notes and numerous want ads. The listings mention properties and tracts, agents sought, and sales notices. Also appears calls for agents and salesmen with commissions, plus a permit application for intoxicating goods.
A terse sales note proclaims a patent on sand based brick and says samples of sand and brick will be sent on request. It promises high yield and low cost, urging readers to mail sand and receive brick samples. References to coats, rock faced brick, and a company in Honbam, Dex appear in garbled form.
Found items include a hat and trimming between 6th and 7th, with instructions to claim and pay ad fees. Various Fort Rent rooms offer furnished and unfurnished options on Jackson Street, Harrison Street, Madinon Street, and more, with details on features and prices in the late 19th or early 20th century style. Names, addresses, and directions appear scattered, with a note about a reward and a royal avenue reference.
Brief OCR fragment shows a notice seeking a couple without children to work on a home or farming task near Topeka with vague references to locations like West of Topeka and related names. Details are incomplete but imply a domestic or labor arrangement with a fixed duration and unclear responsibilities.
A pending municipal ordinance to close groceries on Sabbath days prompts mixed public opinion. At the latest grocers meeting, only one official opposed the plan while leaders urged action last month. Lawyers question enforceability, and officials seem reluctant to push a dead letter without broader support.
Doctons are coming as medical societies prepare meetings in Topeka during the first week of May. Four medical groups including Dental, Homeopathic, Eclectic, and allopathic societies will convene, with State Homeopathic and State Eclectic joining the sessions. Attendance is expected to grow, aided by a larger overall membership and a recent merge of Goldenfeld Medical Society with the state society.
A patchwork Denver April 1 telegrams report Governor Nas ordering remaline troops from Cripple Creek to stand by and return home. Other notes mention Mrs. Etter Schaat facing a pistol incident in Charlottesburg with a note on Panama relations and labor strikes near Port Panama. A mass obituary for Arthur Macy recalls four decades with Drudstreet. A bankruptcy petition and a political stroke for Gen Hancock’s heir are also noted.
Classified column highlights include por sale misc miscellaneous bargains from wholesalers and packing houses. ads mention springtime real estate bargains and an upcoming paper with especially attractive lists. local listings feature sale items from Bennett and Bea, various farm and household goods, and livestock including horses and cattle. numerous small ads note items for sale such as pool tables, furniture, bricks, stone, and building materials with contact details in Topeka area listings.
For sale real estate notices show multiple properties including a seven room house with water sewer and electric, price 1750, located near street intersections. other houses with features such as shade fruit trees and paved streets, prices 18 and 500, lots for sale on W Fifth Street in Johnson Place Addition, and several additional listings with varied prices and locations. Strauss Agency handles several sale notices.
Classified ad fragment lists Z. T. Fisher properties on Jefferson corner offering multiple rooms and houses for quick sale. Mentions low prices, easy terms, and rental potential with rooms, outbuildings, and adjacent parcels. Includes misc contact hints and jumbled phrases from a busy 19th or early 20th century real estate listing.
Non resident owner offers a cottage on two lots with cistern near Gentral vk. Down payment suggested eighty nine dollars and balance due later. Property listed by HA Strauss Agency with terms described in terse, fragmented notes.
A fragmented Topeka page lists multiple merchants and services including Barker Supply Co, Pennsylvanian brands, Davis Mercantile, and several manufacturing and hardware firms. It mentions monuments, wagon builds, foundry work, tent and awning outfits, carriage repair, and various tailors and dress goods. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and product lines appear in dense ad-like blocks.
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