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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
8
Silk waist patterns offered in latest effects and superb shadings are reduced to 3 4 and 8 yard lengths. Sale advertised at absolute loss on first cost for balance of the week with silk hose also featured.
Auction style text notes buyers pursuing merchandise priced at various levels. Items described as season’s purchases, bought to sell at high values, now offered at reduced rates. The fragment emphasizes limited stock and the urgency of selling leftovers from a previous inventory.
Thousands visit the washable waist exhibit along the South Windsor street corridor. The display promises unprecedented variety in color and tasteful combinations. Prices are advertised as cheaper here than elsewhere, inviting buyers to explore the season’s finest shirt waists.
Our suits displayed in the south window commanded universal admiration. Other suits on the market lack such refinement and the newest shades and correct style. Remaining pieces will cost 1-4 less than elsewhere.
Topeka society notes a week of dinners and gatherings. E S Rice hosted Santa Fe civil engineering guests at a seven o clock dinner with gifts for J M Meade. Numerous local residents and visitors, including Mrs Bonebrake and Miss Alena Church, attend parties, card evenings, and shopping outings across Topeka and nearby towns.
Fire Marshal Wilmarth completes arrangements for Sixth ward alarm response. Station No. 2, station No. 3, and station No. 4 lines will respond with their respective engines and wagons, chemical service will follow if water plugs are distant, with back up by station No. 1 if needed.
Topeka lawyers surge against a national legal directory that rates attorneys by ability and integrity. Insiders say Dobbs and Stoker push first class marks while Overmyer is deemed second class, triggering calls for a bar association investigation.
A dispute over a city legal directory reveals mixed ratings for attorneys. Judges, subscribers, and firms appear with av and b classifications amid claims of blackmail and errors. Ex Attorney General Boyle is labeled ex third rate, prompting laughter and skepticism about the system.
The United States cable ship Hooker, fitted at York and set to sail for Manila on Monday, will begin laying 250 miles of cable upon arrival to connect the principal Philippine islands. The vessel, a former Spanish prize Panama, has undergone extensive refits and now features a model cable ship build with 225 feet length, 85 feet beam, and 2035 tons.
Nila will take 76 days. The Hooker, a slow boat heavily laden, will not exceed ten knots per hour. Lieut. Col John F. Maxfield will command, with Lieut. Clark as second in command. Capt. Stephen J. Hanton is master, Henry Winter first officer, J B Madden acting quartermaster. Maj. Black joins at Gibraltar. William T. Fee of Ohio traveling with family will serve as consul at Bombay, India, after Colombo trip. Red Cross supplies accompany the voyage to Manila.
Circulation from New York on April 28 reports promoters proposing a New Jersey corporation named United States Silk Manufacturing Company with about $10 million capital. It would consolidate U S silk ribbon and broad silk makers, including major firms declining to join like Cheney Bros of Connecticut and Schwarzbach Huber. Estimated US silk ribbon output 1898 was $30 million and broad silk $49 million totaling $70 million. The plan promises economies to boost profits by $12 million without lowering wages or prices, with the aim of manufacturing at least 9 percent of US goods under one management. Post notices in Montana request attendees for military meetings and events, plus a travel fare mention of $48.55 via Santa Fe Route.
Historical ad notes deep discounts on groceries and canned goods with numerous US brands. Highlights include large sugar quantities, Cal. white cherries and peaches, various canned fruits, vegetables, and fishes, spices, pickles, coffee varieties, crackers, syrups, and meats. Also touts glass jars, baskets, and torches at half price.
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