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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1897
Page
7
The Topeka State Journal offers free Situations Wanted notices on Saturdays Mondays and Tuesdays for Topeka readers, with a five line thirty five word maximum. Ads must be received before 20 oclock Saturday morning and 10 oclock Wednesday for midweek issues.
A terse note discusses charges per line and penalties over a week at a newspaper, citing an average circulation figure and a line rate of five cents. The scant readable text hints at billing and circulation details from the Sratsis months.
An incomplete advertisement describes a fast printing press the Sp-e Web Perfecting Press printing two to three complete papers per hour and a rented furnished room option appears among the scattered details.
Notice from Topeka Kansas dated August 1 187 announces residents were appointed mayor and councilors to create drainage district number one under ordinance of July 11 187. It details district boundaries from Tenth and Washington to Chandler and Eleventh streets and Fisher tract. It states a meeting for August 33 1897 at 8 00 am at the corner of Washington Ave and Eleventh Street to appraise property within the district.
The Topeka Board of Education invites bids for stationery drawn paper pens and related supplies. Bids will be received at the board office and must meet specified sizes quantities and quality. The board reserves the right to reject all bids with delivery to be directed by the board. H. W. Farnsworth secretary. Topeka August 24 187
Proposals for finishing walls plastering and ceiling, flooring, window and door trim, and wall coating in the State Library rooms in the Capitol building. Also arches repairs and dome stone work. Authorized by state laws. Bids due Sept 6, 1887. Plans available after Aug 31. Bid security required.
A narrator recalls a past romance linked to Marcella Wendell and General Odette. Wendell, a wandering artist, meets Odette and Emily Odette while pursuing a life in America and art. Amid war memories and a perilous chase, a fateful reunion reveals love, loyalty, and a long forbidden bond shaped by battles, a warhorse you named Winnie, and a dramatic confession aboard a steamer.
A detailed period craft note explains fashioning a table lamp from a grocery box burlap and thin iron sheets. It guides constructing an eight by twelve inch box with a top hole for a metal lamp point, burlap covering, panel patterns, and iron trim with clawfeet.
A central draft lamp fixture with brass or iron finish can be bought. Use a canopy shade frame and silk paper shade for pleasant light. Vent holes in the lamp box bottom are advised to prevent dimness or smoke from the wick.
Mrs Rorer offers timely advice on canning fruit with care for sound produce and prepared equipment. She details heat steps to prevent jar breakage, air bubble removal, proper sealing, cooling in a dark closet, and checking lids after a week for signs of air and froth. Also tips on furniture care with turpentine and oil for a polished finish.
The Ariroom Kicker editor recalls being mobbed in Grass Valley after a lecture on imperfections. He recounts threats, the chase for miles, and a quixotic escape with a mule. The piece also notes Major Williams dying soon after a drunken return, with a satirical nightride through local enmities and a jail stay for Silas Jackson amid gunfire and a riot act dispute.
A Georgia preacher, Brier Williams, performing baptism in a mill pond, speaks playfully to a candidate asking him to wade out for a razor. The exchange hints at a tense claim about a man with life and a bond, but the scene stays centered on the baptism and the preacher’s wary humor.
A collage of brief quips and excerpts from various papers. Dialogues touch on farming fortunes and crop conditions, domestic respite, a Sherlock Holmes fragment, and street humor. The mix offers snapshot humor and social sway from multiple outlets.
An assortment of clipped quips and slang from early 20th century papers. Witty lines touch on marriage, life sentences, boats, and social quirks, each reflecting the era’s slang and humor. Strong entities include Sing Sing and Chicago Record references.
The American Newspaper Directory is the recognized authority among advertisers and is to newspaper circulations what Dunn and Bradstreet ratings are to mercantile standings. This work enters its twenty-ninth year of publication.
The Topeka State Journal is credited by the American Newspaper Directory with the largest daily circulation in Topeka Shawnee County and the First Congressional District. The directory notes the figures come from signed statements by Kansas dailies and will be issued September 1, 1897. It also remarks that much of the State Journal’s edition pays no postage as delivery is by carrier or express.
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