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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1895
Page
3
The W. W. Manspeaker Mercantile Co announces exclusive handling of Chase & Sanborn bulk teas. Each can bears the C S name and supposedly guarantees first class contents. Moyone Teas are touted as the finest grown, and ten ounces are urged for trial.
A grocery ad lists Richardson & Robbin and other names offering boned chicken turkey fowl ham tongue and potted meats. It advertises seafood such as clams lobsters salmon and oysters, cheeses including Edam and Sap Sago, imported and domestic choices, olives, and coffee brands with prices. The garbled text mentions WEW OLIVES 20c quart and Chase & Sanborn coffee priced at 2.22.
Fragmentary record shows Sugar entries priced at 82.00 for an 28 pound batch and a 6 gallon gas purchase valued at 2.222.222 noted under Mason's store ledger. Includes unclear names and items, suggesting a local supply and sales log with mixed spellings.
A sensational 1890s style advertisement claims parasites at root cause dandruff eczema and hair loss while promising cures from German Hair Restorer and German Chigger King. It touts instant skin and hair improvements with bottles priced a quarter to one dollar and lists Topeka Kansas offices and drugstores selling the remedies.
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Manxaxt Lace Idaho Aug Indian Agent Teter from Fort Hall reservation reports that settlers caused the killing of peaceable Indians in Uintah county Wyoming. He urges investigation for prosecution of guilty parties. Gov Richards of Wyoming denies white aggressors and claims only one Indian killed.
A Springville party locating three quarter sections of a vast stone deposit, deemed concretionary limestone by Dr. Talmage, offers a stone harder than marble yet softer than onyx, free of iron, suitable for pillars and decorative uses, with plans to form a company to develop quarries in the region.
Manchester's canal traffic for four months this year rose 128,000 tons more than in the same period of 1893, with earnings $50,000 higher. April business was twice that of last year, transforming early doubts into proof of a thriving enterprise benefiting Manchester's industrial growth and trade opportunities.
Sunday excursion advertisement offers round trip fares of 1 dollar on Union Pacific trains to Kansas City for August 4, valid on both excursion and regular services. Similar return trip to EKanssa City by Guion Pacific also lists 1 dollar fares on excursion and regular trains.
A Western railroad president misplaced his false teeth after a jolly New York dinner. The dentist, urged by the guest to rush the job, completed them in time and received double his bill. The tale ends with the president praising the dentist and paying promptly.
A barber window sign offers a share and a theater ticket for 15 cents. The barber explains he gives away pauses to patrons to help a struggling theater fill seats, a practice noted amid reports of “deadheads” in the audience. Royal Baking Powder facts cite cream of tartar usage in the United States.
A party of visitors is forbidden from entering a locked workroom where 150 women embroider carpets. The manager explains the rule stems from preventing distraction, as each woman might lose two minutes, totaling 200 minutes for the group and equating to five hours of lost work.
At the close of 1780 Cornwallis defeats Gates at Camden and overruns Georgia and South Carolina. Tarleton and Ferguson crush Patriot bands as NC falls toward Virginia, leaving no organized force to oppose him and plunging the patriots into a bleak hour before a border response by western backwoodsmen. Kansas City and return, Santa Fe route, Bundey, August 4th, fare $1.00.
The report details gamblers like John North, Walt Hamilton, and Kid Taylor fined after police observed illegal games near 333 Kansas Ave. Chief Wilkerson cites deterrence as strategy, while a Kentucky anecdote lampoons spelling folly and a Detroit tale notes a beggar's questions about charity. Royal Baking Powder promos end the item.
Scotch-American Investment Company sues Lela Raper and others in U S circuit court to foreclose a $2100 mortgage on 200 acres amid a Raper family divorce. Also notes Marshall’s band concert at Garfield Park Sunday afternoon and Peerless Steam Laundry pickup service.
Horrox, Kansas, Aug 3 relay of notes recounts Five Fast Heats with Lawman the Plough Horee clinching the three minute pace. The meeting draws near 10,000 paid admissions amid fine weather and strong judging by C. H. Sampson, A. C. Jordan and Bert Trickle. Miss Williams of Silver Lake suffers a fall but recovers. Concierge and Myron McHenry win top events. Nearby items note Gen Harrison declining to speak at Clayton and Denver July rainfall records.
Wheat opened weak in Cubcasco then rallied before turning weak again as gains in St. Louis and New York faded. Prices in both cities fell after the early rally and the local market followed. September gold shipments influenced declines with declines from 683 1/2 to 681 1/2 and back up to 634 1/4 as corn opened easy, then rose with wheat before retracing with the broader market.
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