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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1896
Page
6
Two large pictures in our Glove department will be presented to the most popular conductor and motor neer on the Electric Railway. Every adult visitor may vote once daily. Children cannot vote. Polls open at 9am on Wednesday December 9 in the rear of the south room and close Christmas Eve at 10. Teachers get ten percent off holiday goods by Sunday School gifts.
A stray fragment notes ACTATONCE, a curious string that may hold little today but marks the day before Christmas in a catalog of oddities. The entry suggests no clear person, place, or event and reads as a vestige from a longer note.
A fragmented tale depicts a thin lone fisherman in a tense scene aboard a boat as a passenger exhorts action and restraint. The dialogue reveals fear, urgency, and a search for calm amid stormy current events and a shifting mood aboard.
A garbled OCR passage surveys a performance scene in Topeka with mentions of an actor or comedian gaining fame, audience reactions, and scattered names and places. The text riffs on theatrical satire and crowd reception, noting uncertain dates and a long list of disrupted phrases.
Bertha Creighton narrates a tale set in an era of grand opera and travel. The piece mentions Beecher stances, a termination, and a discussion of tickets to eastern or western destinations. It details routes via Kansas, California, and nationwide rail lines with pricing and contact points for arrangements.
The report combines scattered figures, market items, and stalls listings with drought notes and receipts. It mentions cattle prices, livestock market activity, and various receipts, with references to specific markets and times, though many lines are garbled and incomplete.
The readable portions describe a trade matter with margins and cautions about agreement and pretense but lack clear names, places, dates, or outcomes. The text is garbled with uncertain figures and terms, preventing a precise summary of actions or entities involved.
The Colorado case weighs whether a state court action arising under federal law may be removed to a federal court. The court stresses that removal hinges on showing a federal question at the outset, and that the record must prove jurisdiction when the suit begins. If not, removal cannot be entertained and the case must be remanded.
Kent, grand secretary of the 10.0., of Kansas, seeks to ban wearing society insignia and related emblems across the state. The order would forbid members from displaying badges such as the Bishop, Mites Crane, and similar marks, with penalties for violations and a broad scope extending to allied fraternal organizations. The note references a proposed law and actions to enforce the ban, amid reporting on related civic and political activity.
Catalog style notice listing various furniture and home decor items such as leather chairs, easy chairs, dining tables, side chairs, desks, lounges, cabinets, parlor suites, rockers, wicker tables, stools, lamps, curtains, patterns, and related furnishings.
Purchases held for Christmas delivery showcase an exceptional array of goods. The trade notes this is the finest selection ever seen, with many items exclusive to the house and highlighted by the two storerooms.
Thompson Bros. advertise properties at 626 Kansas Avenue and 617 619 Quincy Street. No further details provided.
Topeka fire alarm details describe routes and street references near Fifth and Sixth avenues, Crane and Seventh streets, extending to Tenth Avenue and Lawrence Street. The notice mentions Mineral Water and a vendor at 612 W. Eighth Ave, urging readers to come and try the water.
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