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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1896
Page
7
Classified column shows a dense mix of for sale items and trades including folding beds horses and various household goods. Ads mention prices and contact methods with scattered garbled OCR. The section demonstrates typical late era newspaper classifieds with multiple brief offers and requests.
Classified notice listing several job seekers and employers. Mentions Topeka, Leiden, and Lis water events. References dates, postings for Saturday Wednesday and Friday, with ads handed in by a network. Readers encouraged to respond to opportunities and search for employment listings.
A Chicago Herald reminiscence recalls a smoky hotel parlor talk by drummers that led to a haunted hotel night. A dream of a churchyard and a fatal train collision in September 1903 anchors a tale of fate and missed appointments. The incident primes the narrator's lifelong obsession with a bridal chamber motif and a sense of predestined events.
A new memorial building planned for Columbia University will honor wealthy New York donors. Havemeyer Hall, funded by a $400,000 gift from the Havemeyer family, will house chemical and architectural departments with lecture halls and museums. Construction aims for fall 1897 completion amid a larger $3,000,000 campus project on Manhattan Island.
The article details John Jacob Astor's plan to build a 72 foot electric yacht with a 12 foot beam, 4 foot draught, and 50 horsepower electric motors. It will use 440 cells and run up to ten hours, with a canvas auxiliary schooner rig and full electric systems powering light, heat, pumps, and galley. Charles D. Molier aided design. rich mahogany interiors and polished wood enhance luxury. Also notes Lendon's International Banks and a blurb on tiger bones in medicine.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a political scene with Parilaaneus member Ryland and Mr Berns Roy, noting a birthday, a staircase, and a Hodage family memory. It hints at a community narrative across generations and local figures in Eneland and Sugians.
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