This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1903
Page
10
Morris-Oak, mahogany and weathered oak furniture offered in 40 styles across hall and reception, dining pieces with wood cane leather seats in elm oak mahogany, high chairs for youths. Various items include Turkish lamps, brick leather, and mahogany tabourettes, stools, cabinets and china closets. varnish finishes match chairs. new adjustable mirrors noted.
Upholsteries and draperies offered with short lengths and bolt pieces marked down. Latin damasks priced at $2.00 reduced to $1.50 to $3.00. Frou Frou Drapery Silk from $3.25 to $2.00 or $2.50. tapestries from $1.00 to $4.50. Mercerized tapestry $2.50 down to $1.50. Limited widths up to 50 inches. Discounted pillow and chair coverings suggested.
Oriental Piece Draperies advertises a special sale on drapery silks and Madras fabrics with prices ranging from 50 to 75 cents for silks, Cretonnes from 1.00 to 3.50, and Cretonnes at 1.75 in bulk. The list highlights various cuts and price points including 1.25 and 1.75 Cretonnes and multiple Madras options.
A series of price reductions is shown with current sale prices replacing older amounts. Each item lists original cost followed by the reduced price, including several price points and a final note indicating the new lower cost.
Police court reports a disrupted service at a B Street Baptist church after Pastor Few Mag White declined to preach amid factional pressure. Officers pursued a night of disorder at area joints with raids, arrests, and erasures on docket records.
The city railway has spent 300000 toward a 400000 reconnection project. General manager L B Myers says excess costs are not disclosed while work continues on loops and a new single end car fleet. Directors approved completing the project and adding car fenders to reduce accidents. A summer theater at Vinewood Park was proposed with vaudeville and comic opera.
Judge J C Pollock will begin his duties in the federal court tomorrow. He will hold court in the judge's chambers at the federal building and will dispose of a number of small matters in both the circuit and district courts over which he will preside. He will not recall the jury for any business at this term. On December 14 he goes to Fort Scott to hold the November term, and after that he will be in Kansas City. The commission appointing Judge W C Hook to the bench of the circuit court of appeals arrived in Topeka Saturday and was sent to him at Leavenworth by George Sharitt. Judge Hook will reside in Leavenworth. The court of appeals sits in St. Louis, St. Paul, and Denver.
A long, handwritten appeal to Governor Bailey seeks the Medora township justice of the peace seat in Reno county Kansas. Henry Hartford, 66, a cattleman and pension applicant, urges independent appointment without influence and cites military and farming credentials plus connections to Comrade Ware and Roosevelt-era reforms. The letter portrays a man hoping for a public post after decades of effort and pension battles.
Sharon Ohio December 7 The Sharon works of the American Steel eel company resume operations today after a shutdown. The report notes the restart follows bank reopenings and reorganizations affecting local employment and wage levels.
An Ohio paper reports Grant G. Gillett formerly of Kansas and Mexico has purchased property in Ohio. The Fort Ohio Democrat notes Gillett, described as having wandered the United States and Mexico, was involved in a real estate deal that included the transfer of the W. J. Boyer home on West Trn Street to Gillett of New York.
Berlin reports a historic rise in Germany's population growth rate based on newly tabulated statistics. The data show the rate reaching 92.31 per 1007 in 1861, up from 15.40 in 1901, with the apparent cause linked to a general decline in mortality and other demographic shifts.
The record notes a death rate figure of 2.56 fm 2buz, contrasting it with a prior value of 208, indicating a notable change in the metric.
Dean R Low underwent an appendicitis operation in Kansas City and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. He had a recent fall at a Kansas City horse show, resulting in a broken leg, and was briefly out of bed after the accident. A confusing note mentions union buttons and a rule book for the S Sits Railway company with unclear context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.