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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
7
Fragmented OCR outlines advertising rules for Topeka State Journal notices. It mentions submission times before deadlines, Saturday Wednesday windows, and penalties for late ads. It emphasizes the paper’s reach and a WebPerfecting press capability.
An officer recalls a dull garrison life in a provincial town. At the only club, a young man, Mertens, wins large sums from a banked pile of notes, while suspicion of theft arises. A club warning exposes the would be thief, and the captain defends him. Years later a widow reveals the son’s sacrifice and gratitude for the captain saving his name. the son dies in battle, and the mother hands the chancellor’s sergeant’s badge back to him.
An authority on training for women outlines simple routines to improve health. Instructions include a daily cycle of exposure to cold water, a five minute routine, a brief dunk, and consuming Rot liquid before activities. The fragmentary text is unclear on specifics but suggests a structured daily regimen.
In New York on August 2, twenty Huckster vendors operating push carts blocked the Brooklyn Bridge entrance in Park Row. Fourteen fined from 50 cents to $1 at Rex Market Court. others to be arraigned today. Five Oak Street police officers were deployed as vendors persisted at the entrance.
In Ogden's Grove six hogsheads of fifty year old wine from the King of Wurtemberg private cellars were shared at the nineteenth Schwaben Verein festival in Chicago. The consignment, placed in casks by Carl Kohnlein, master of the royal cellars, has long been part of the king's gifts to Chicago.
W H Culp displays a forum box at his office on Kansas avenue to curb sidewalk chitchat. The contraption shows Forum Time sixteen minutes and a ten minute limit for speakers with phonograph attachments to argue the money question.
The notice advertises a round trip fare via Santa Fe Route with one fare plus $2.00, sale Aug 29 to Sept 1, final return by Sept 30, Denver Sept 14 1896. Enquiries to Cromwell Teffers North Topeka post office or Santa Fe depot Fifth Street. Also promotes Beges Diar hoea Balsam as a vegetable remedy for diarrhoea with druggist agency.
National Democratic Party convention notice in Indianapolis on September 2 with round trip fare details and sale dates August 30 31. Tickets available at Cromwell Jeffers North Topeka Santa Fe depot and at Firth street foot. Garfield Garvey agent. Also ad snippets for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers mineral water Dee’s Witch Hazel Salve and Stansfield products.
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