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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
10
A post show walk in daylight leads a young couple to discuss the performance and star Aubrey De Vere. They note the singer’s last note, the supporting actress, and Marginal judgments about the audience’s taste while planning shopping after the show.
A fragmentary lecture by Hope Jones discusses love as the driving force behind ambition and social ascent. The text weaves anecdotes from ancient and fictional figures to illustrate love's power, including Alexander the Great and Diogenes, while exploring longing, appetite, and the paradoxes of affection amid public life.
A fragmented reminiscence follows a man who loves and pursues wealth, marrying after dramatic self-improvement. He rises from a ward speaker to courting a beloved, risking public life, with a mix of affection, vanity, and luck. The memoir-like passage weaves love, politics, and social ascent into a single, hazy narrative.
A rambling tale traces Q Hope Jones and Marvius Simmons through love, politics, and failed bachelorhood. The narrator urges bold folly for affection, extolling love as fuel for ambition while lampooning social pretensions and promising a travel stipend from a future congress.
The Philadelphia Bourse front on the 4th Street is being coated with paraffin to protect Virginia stone from disintegration. Heated paraffin after vapor treatment opens pores and forms a waxy protective layer. Workmen suspend platforms, heat the stone with coal engines, and apply the coating. The project, costing a large sum, aims to preserve the 3 million dollar building’s exterior, likened to treatments used on Egyptian obelisks in Central Park.
Fragmentary notes list various secretaries and locations including Morris County, Neosho County, and Newton Show related items. Mentions include W R Gisiune and B Wallner with affiliations across Grove, Be Horticu, and Wichita. Text is garbled but indicates organizational roles and county fair context.
Fragmented OCR notes list fairs and agricultural events across Kansas and nearby states. Names of associations, secretaries, and locations appear amid garbled places and dates, indicating a column of society notices and upcoming exhibition announcements.
Fragments of classified ads list various for sale and exchange items including kitchen fixtures, electrical fittings, carpets, laundry equipment, a gasoline burner, and stock shares. The scattered notices mention addresses and dates but are incomplete, reflecting a bustling local marketplace listing.
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