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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1904
Page
10
A tangled tale unfolds with a beggar posing as a king, a boastful ruler, and a scheming robber. The king rebukes robbery with death, Mustapha the editor roasts royal pomp, and a court jester plays music while a donkey shivers. Local scenes close with a sharp street vignette of a poor mother and a wandering judge.
State candidate P. Bolmar announces official run for office in Sownee County. Public notice dated November, listing candidacy details and filing information for ballot inclusion.
A noisy mixed page lists real estate transfers, filings, and multiple help wanted notices. Names such as Delting, Smith, Brooks, Tuckerman, and Wirt appear with street addresses like Buchanan Street and Harrison Street, plus parcels including parts of the southwest quarter and blocks in Madison Street area. Employment ads seekLaundry help Chambermaid and Salesmen among general houseworks and farm labor in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas.
WANTED lawn mowers to sharpen delivery men and help. WANTED pasture for 3 or head of cattle with or without a share. WANTED horses to cup, contact Crawford Kids via phone. FOR RENT furnished and unfurnished rooms on Monroe and Polk. FOR SALE miscellaneous items including furniture, stoves, hardware, and horses. Numerous listings mention addresses and contact numbers in Topeka area.
Classified ad fragments list lots for sale on West street with paved street price 255 dollars. Also listings for sale robes sewing machine heating stove illegible and materials. Public notices include permit application to sell intoxicants in Shawnee County and safe sale Thursday. Lost item gold dateline pin reward and stray or stolen note. Renting: houses and modern cottage near 6th and Lincoln with furnace water and two bedrooms.
A garbled ledger of rental and sale items appears including rooms for rent near Thomae and Wabash, various streets and store ads. Listings reference freestanding goods such as watches, typewriters, cows for sale, bricks, sand and cement, plus material suppliers and a metropolitan seller network.
Travel notice for Wabash line to St Louis and Kansas City route details. Court filing in Topeka Waterworks receivership cites April 31 1501 deadline. Creditors warned to file claims against the receiver and probable distribution of proceeds from the water plant.
A fragmented 1900s Topeka classified page listing diverse businesses. Notes include Henkla Bros proprietors at The Fifth Ave opposite Cone, New Midland, W.A. Pattison picture frames, sewing machines, clock repair, grocers, veterinarians J. O. Young, meat markets, hides, elevators and flour mills, wholesale coal, fruit stock, druggists, stallions, Shamrock breeding, Wesson Coal, Sunflower Works, Holcra, False teeth and dental devices.
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