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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1897
Page
7
Geo W Hogerboom M D presents office hours Dietam stat p mm H B Hogeboom D Office hours toem tio 8 pm DRS HOGEROON OF SH Kap Ave Tel 14 Residence ave West Telik Barnes wd
Proposals sealed with bid bond of five percent due by 1 oclock on September Uth 1887 go to the secretary of state Topeka for plastering carpenter work including I beams cradle and steel setting and for north and south steps repairs under executive council laws. Plans available August 31 1897 at the state house office. Bidder must enter contract and bond within two days if awarded and comply with eight hour law.
Bealed bids invited by Topeka city offices and state charitable institutions for furnishing and laying cast iron water pipes from the standpipe to the reservoir, with plans available at designated offices. Bids must be sealed, certified checks provided, and a 5 percent penalty clause applies for nonperformance. The board reserves right to reject any bid. Sealed bids due by specified dates in 1897.
Sealed proposals will be received by the board of trustees of the state charitable institutions until August 1 1997 for erecting and completing a building to accommodate idiotic and imbecile youth in the state. Work authorized under chapter 2 of the session law. Proposals may be seen at the state house architect office and at the institution. A certified cashier’s check of ten percent of the amount of the bid payable to P H Ddisn is required. the bidder may be forfeited for failure to enter into contract.
A fragmented local notice lists numerous intersecting street pairs in the Topeka area including Kansas Avenue Second Street Fourth Street Fourth and Taylor Streets Van Buren Fourth and Branner Streets and other combinations such as Monroe Kious Garfeld and Lincoln Park nearby. The text reads like an index of crossings with partial street names and old style spellings.
A man pursues a dream of love with Daisy, works to earn status, but learns she marries another. He contemplates suicide but is redirected by Daisy’s friend Bessie Thornton, who offers a second chance at affection as moral reflections urge confronting temptation and responsibility.
The American Newspaper Directory is the recognized authority among advertisers for newspaper circulations. It has stood for twenty nine years and offers 100 dollars for proof that its circulation statements are incorrect.
The Topeka Kansas State Journal is named the daily with the greatest circulation in Shawnee County and the First Congressional District, per July 28 1897 figures. The American Newspaper Directory relies on signed circulation statements from Kansas papers and notes much of the edition is delivered by carrier or express with no postage.
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