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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1899
Page
7
A shopper story reveals how American shoe makers use cipher numbering to hide sizes. Clerks explain numbers like three and four can mislead, while blind markings and half sizes create confusion. The piece highlights sales pressure and customer frustration over unreadable sizing.
I M Mickey was elected clerk of the court of visitation in Osage City. The position pays 3139 yearly and restricts rail passes for family members. Mickey, editor of the Free Press, previously wrote for the Leavenworth Times and now runs the paper with Dr Ellsworth at Emporia State Normal. The item includes era ads and local business names.
New York April 1 3000 quarts champagne 3600 quarts wine to be served to about a thousand diners at a Jefferson day dinner in the Metropolitan Opera House. Boxes will be attended and a grand kitchen on Thirty ninth street with forty cooks to prepare courses including soup mushrooms brook trout spring lamb and desserts. Van Wyck will preside and outline Democratic policy for New York and the upcoming national platform.
Report from Honolulu under April 3 describes land deals by LAL Thurston A W Carter and others on Groseman and related estates. It notes stock issuance, land transfers, and sugar industry tensions tied to the Hawaiian political and economic scene.
Jefferson City Mo April 18 The senate has passed a bill imposing a 1 cent per gallon inspection tax on beer made and sold in the state and 2 cents for labeling each package or case. Two cent inspections on Dettlex Beer shipped out of state will be free. The bill is expected to raise about 540000 dollars annually.
The notice advertises Pacific routes with reduced fares to Portland and Puget Sound points and Helena Montana Utah destinations. It lists contact agents F A Lewis and J C Fulton in Portland Spokane and Butte, plus Rock Island Route option. Also mentions American Steam Laundry services and a rolled cigar promotion.
Philadelphia April 12 the fourth day of ex Senator Quay's conspiracy trial opened at 10 o'clock. Witnesses described how bank books were kept and entries recorded while defense noted missing ledgers and suggested books were burned. Testimony covered deposit and cash book entries and that records matched checks, with defense questioning the link between a red Dock and bank books.
Wallace leads a rout as Sitk 1k plays a game against regulars, winning 4 to 1. Observers praise strong batting and fielding, noting key hits by Ygliace and Misehird Bip. The Ex-Press ranked lineup dominated, while fans hope for further improvements before the season ends.
Leavenworth April 11 The Harris Shoe Company organized with capital 325.60 and charter granted yesterday. Factory at the penitentiary in Lansing uses contract convict labor. The plant employs 40 men, producing 100 pairs daily and will add 2 more workers to reach 65 total. Additional items note travel and baking powder adverts.
A brief notice lists a matinee event titled High Class Vanderilin on Saturday with accompanying items sae a06 and 2c. The readable fragments indicate showtimes and admission details are forthcoming in this local brief.
An Independence mother left her two year old girl with Mrs Finney for a weekly three dollar and fifty cent board while seeking a better job. After a week the mother returned but could not pay and a local charity paid the keeper fees. The child was surrendered to the mother after funds were raised.
In New York on April 12 a Jeffersonian dinner for 319 Democrats will feature elaborate floral decorations. American beauty roses, ferns, silinx, plumosa, and ribbons adorn two grand tables with horns of plenty. Swans and celestial vases decorate the remaining thirty-two tables as music prefaces the event with a new march by Prof. Fanciulli.
Coffeyville April 12 John B Elliott wired from Denver that the funeral party and remains would reach Coffeyville Thursday evening, one day late. The service is set for 2 o'clock P M, with no plan changes if the coffin arrives Thursday evening.
A weather office message notes cyclone probabilities during a mid interval, with observers naming Tornado fears deemed inaccurate. The era mentions ministers unsettled by coughing congregations prior to a cure and lists several local firms including Geo. W. Stansfield and A. Kane & Co.
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