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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1895
Page
8
The Star Grocery touts wholesale pricing against retail with emphasis on value across staples. Local shoppers are urged to save small amounts daily, with a broad list of canned goods, meats, dairy, and household items priced to attract regular customers.
A small listing notes fruit jars available in multiple sizes including one dozen pints one dozen quarts and one dozen thirty four gallon units in a concise sales item from the period.
Mrs Annia L Diggs, a Denver visitor and noted Kansan writer, announces a move to Colorado to establish a cooperative colony in Montross County, San Miguel Valley. Plans include 3,000 acres claimed under desert land laws, a main ditch to irrigate crops, and a cooperative school for 12–15 children taught by Brown, a Kansas State University graduate.
Report describes young Ruffians breaking into glass cages and stealing specimens from the ornithological collection in the state house. Birds were torn, feathers scattered. locals warn that boys cause more damage than weather and time. The note urges supervision by grown people and mentions Colonel Watren ton's upcoming Friday lecture.
The Topeka Athletic Association expects a revival next month with a series of match bowling games. Current records include F. B. Dawes and Ed Broderson at 268, W. Thurston 269, and duckpins star H. R Curtis 130. The group plans new baths and general improvements, plus a Labor Day final between T. A. A and Auburn with P. J. Hindmarsh pitching.
T. Banker Forest of Thayer urges a voter ballot on free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. He suggests two party-affiliated officials per polling place collect separate pro and con ballots alongside regular ballots and report a public count to gauge true public sentiment. He asks editors and party chairs for feedback.
Thayer Kansas discusses cider selling with Loula Charowhasan fined 25 for Sunday sale. Judgment on assault blamed officer for allowing Louis to strike during arrest. One charge dismissed for lack of proof of keeping a disorderly house. Wheat supply rises as Topeka mills seek grain. prices near 66 cents. Emancipation Day in Topeka set for Sept 21 with Fort Pillow post program. Colonel Watterson lecture tickets selling quickly at Sims.
Col Wood, day clerk at the National, plans to mail two large envelopes around the world. One travels east and the other west stopping at San Francisco Hong Kong Cairo Liverpool New York and Topeka with stamps and signatures of mail clerks and postmasters. The venture tests letter design rather than speed as the routes mirror a prior globe voyage made in seventy nine days.
North Topeka column notes visits illnesses and events on the north side. J. D. Patman of Kingman visits. Jacob Roller’s son improves. Mrs. H. W. Cheney hosts a birthday party. A. M. Petro moves to a new home on Van Buren. Captain Boltinghouse of the fire department hunts doves. several local residents travel or gather for social and business affairs. Local businesses advertise carriages, buggies, hardware and groceries as part of a bustling community scene.
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