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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1897
Page
7
The Topeka State Journal advertises free classified notices under the heading Situations Wanted or real estate and auctions. Advertisers must submit by Wednesday morning for publication the next day, with limits on word count and days of publishing, and no obligation on the advertiser.
A fragment notes pricing at five cents per line or more for a period and records an average circulation of the first six months of 1587, indicating a historical newspaper pricing and readership figure.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a newspaper promotion and a want ad listing a man for willing bay and a bright able smart boy of honest temper with horses. It mentions Sirorn, Drmeeatind circulation, and various place names like Settler creek and Hanane west wide, with stray phrases about presses and selling.
Sealed proposals will be received until 22 o clock September 9 for sundry carpentry, wood flooring, windows doors and wainscoting, plus repairs to arches platforms dome and stonework. Plans available Aug 7 from the state house architect. Bid deposits required. performance bonds and eight hour law compliance. Governor Leady and Secretary Bush announce.
Sealed proposals are invited by the Board of Trustees of the State Charitable Institutions for erecting and completing a building to house Kilotle and imbecile youth at Windel, Cowley County Kansas. Bids cover all work and materials except heating, with plans available after August 17. Bid bonds, eight hour work provisions, and contract entry within five days apply. bids to be sealed and addressed to W. X. Brown, President. Secretary Wheeler notes right to reject any bid.
The Topeka City Board of Education invites proposals for stationary items including practice paper in sheets and drawing paper in various sizes and quantities. Bids due September 8, 1897, at the Board office. address and supplier details requested. board reserves right to reject. Sealed bids to be submitted by August 24.
The piece portrays a fictional modern war between the United States and Spain staged by college students. It describes student-led mobilizations, mock battles across campuses, quirky weaponry like horn echoes, and satirical chiefs of war as colleges cheer or mock authorities. The narrator lampoons late 19th century conflicts with playful absurdity and political parody.
A Kentucky sheriff Murphy shot and killed a man named Clary Woodburn after forcing entry into the jail and firing eleven shots. Woodburn was wounded fatally though not fatally. the sheriff claimed he shot to kill and offered no further comment. Also advertised are a kidney cure and a bid notice for the AO U W arch with local officials coordinating in Topeka and neighborhood actions.
A period newspaper ad feature promoting Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal cure for bruises sores and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It lists prices and sellers in Colorado towns and mentions Dewitt's Title Early Risers for constipation and other products including Beges' Diarrhea Balsam.
An unnamed man in a tomato house observes a woman’s unvarnished self as years of admiration turn to confession. He declares love, she reveals a painful truth and a transformative choice using a tomato plant as a metaphor for growth from darkness to light. The scene shifts to a domestic tip on whitewash preparation from Ladies' Home Journal.
The article describes a lingering practice of drawing window blinds and hanging white sheets when a death occurs in a house. It notes the custom exists in parts of England, especially the north, with a distinctive death sheet kept in the chamber for generations.
The American Newspaper Directory credits the Topeka Kansas State Journal with the largest circulation in Topeka Shawnee County and the First Congressional District based on signed statements. The 1897 directory will report these figures. State Journal often paid no postage, delivered by carrier or express.
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