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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1896
Page
8
The store advertises a stock of cloaks with markdowns from 25 to 33 percent off regular prices. Shoppers are urged to view the north window for proof and then visit the cloak stock to purchase high quality garments at the lowest prices, with many better grades even lower.
Thousands attend the Pure Food Show in Topeka with admission set at 15 cents. The event features Mrs DS Sutton as commissioner for decoration and cooking lectures at Ingleside. Officials listed include AP SoS Buttati, Hutt, and others overseeing transport, theatre, and education, with reports of broadly favorable votes and community support.
Paris dispatch reports Vittorian Bardon Muivver Hatyy and Peahettie Copper wired to President Faure asking for the Legion of Honor for Ming Sivan Berphendt in connection with fetes Imer bong. The decision faced opposition from the chancellor Marie Horihani’s admirers as the matter nears officer approval.
In a December 9 interview from Rhars New York Andrew White expresses uncertainty about cabinet offers and party letters. He notes no confirmed position and says he would consider returning if offered but cannot confirm any definite plan. He mentions questions about President Mehinivy and revival services.
The garbled text hints at a city scene with references to prisons, officials, and public notices. It mentions a meeting at the Minion center, various local figures and institutions, and a sense of routine civic affairs amid disasters and court notes. The piece reads like a late era local column with scrambled names and places.
A fragmentary account describes a worker injured at Western Union premises on Fourth Street while handling wires. The incident involved a freight traffic scenario and possible damages from a rope entanglement, with injury details and company insurance noted.
Raymond Christman of Amsterdam builds a costly cemetery monument for Florence Haun, the woman who killed her lover Charles Laundry and is jailed in Auburn. Christman, a Baptist church member, claims Haun dies of consumption and seeks her pardon, naming her Florence Viol Christman in memory of a child.
A heavy quake struck yesterday across Pacific ports in the Republic. The first shock occurred around 9:80 a.m. with subsequent jolts noted at various towns. No casualties reported. Frederick F. Church, famed American landscape artist, arrived for a winter visit. President Dina opens the Amecu branch of the Mexican en fratus, drawing enthusiastic recognition.
An informal meeting of Metropolitan Pragmatic company stockholders approved moving Fourth, Madison, Sixth and Eleventh avenues to underground trolley service. The plan covers 43 miles of track, affecting major avenues in the city. A society invitation urges voters to register names at 814 State Silver Headquarters for state records.
A brief sale notice highlights a $1 colored Faille Francat item while stock lasts. The ad emphasizes limited availability and a low price, urging quick purchase before materials run out.
Washington reports the house approved several substantial bills including a pension and private mail carrier measure. The private carrier bill would allow towns without free delivery to appoint local carriers for a one cent per letter fee, with appointed individuals handling collection and delivery. The pension provisions reduce expenditures by about 75,000 and implement check payments, with other agency cuts totaling 20,000.
A described rail excursion via the Santa Fe route on December 15 traverses several states including Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona with a return window of twenty-one days. For information contact the passenger depot or Cromwell and Jeffers at North Topeka post office. Also promotes a photo views book of South Missouri scenery by the Kansas City line and offers free mail and button repair services by Peerless Steam Laundry.
In Topeka Indy shoppers learn our Black Wool Dress Goods line is now more complete than ever with 40 inch Jacquard Mattetesse and 46 inch Priestley's Cheviot Diagonal offered at low sale prices while they last. Also Finetta Novelty and Priestley's Karl cloth appear in white and other colors at affordable rates.
Textile ad item lists various dress fabrics with discounted prices. Includes 38 inch white novelty goods 29 cents, 46 inch German plaids 75 cents, silk wool 59 cents, and other colors and patterns while supplies last. Reads like a late 19th or early 20th century fabric sale notice from a department store.
Fragmentary notice describes transportation rates and limits for travel to Kanhas and Topeka. Mentions Bergreen, Migrante, and FE NIPPS. Provides unclear figures like 200 miles and 240 percent, with contact cues for further information.
Fragmented OCR lists streets and intersections around Topeka for a fire alarm system update. Mentions Morse ann Jackson Street Kansas Avenue Mustroud Street Gordon Taylor Street Lubtent Morrisog Street Grant Street and many others with references to fire station locations Second Avenue Foren Avenue Ports Avenue Sixth Avenue and east west borders.
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