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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1894
Page
3
A Kansas City note discusses investing money as a science and how today’s low prices in the Pur Dept may yield profit next December. The piece argues buyers should compare present costs with future values, predicting stronger bargains now than next year and detailing how price gaps represent potential profit.
Sealskin coats in several elegant styles with early season prices listed. The sale highlights include Navy Handsome Seal Coats with high collars and full backing at 245 dollars and other variants priced around 245 to 559 dollars. Some items sold as is without warranty.
Persian Coats presents a sale with several coat styles described as high quality. Items include full back designs, large collars, and rich materials with two to three distinct styles offered. Early season prices listed, with substantial markdowns from original figures to current sale prices such as S207 and S274 for different sizes.
A garbled sale notice lists Bocharen Coats and PurCapes including Elvetric Seal and Stinch with early season pricing hints. The fragment mentions items, assorted lots, and a sale at carb with referenced price terms S98 S10. Unable to confirm full details due to incomplete OCR text.
Mail order ad offers black hair muffs and maifs at reduced prices. Includes electric cape seals, astrakhan maffs, and mink scarves with discounts, listing prices from $1 to $5 and a range of children's seers.
The Art Dept presents etchings up to 150 dollars, water colors from 30 to 57 dollars, oils from 195 dollars to 50 cents, engravings from 1 to 5 dollars, photographs from 1 to 30 dollars, and other items in a varied display.
The North Kansas Poultry Show will run January 1 to 6 in Atchison, held in a large Commercial street store room. The North Kansas Poultry Club, formed three years ago in Atchison, will back the event with about two hundred premiums and free express shipping on exhibition birds. The show promises extensive entries and strong interest statewide.
The home talent minstrel show at the Grand last night drew a crowded Topeka audience. Forty Topeka young men performed in varied costumes with jokes and musical numbers. Notable acts included John Sargent, J F Myers, and Alderson with a lively woods scene. A few jokes about Smoky Row and a druggist reference drew criticism. overall the charity event featured many locals from Topeka and Lawrence and highlighted entertainment rather than scandal.
The article lists multiple congregations across Topeka including anted Brethren church, North Topeka Baptist, Westminster Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, First Baptist, First Church of God, St John’s A M E, German Lutheran, and Church of Christ. It notes morning and evening sermon topics such as Faith or Feeling and The Merchandine of Religion, evangelistic events by Sir Robert Cartwright, and a baptism at Duckard’s Oakland church. Also mentions local civic items and ads for local merchants.
The Oakland woolen mill project stalls as a track switch dispute blocks delivery of $25,000 machinery from Maine. Santa Fe must finish spur work and resolve right of way, with $2,750 second payment held up by the mill company awaiting machinery arrival.
The Santa Fe Route announces Homeseekers Excursions with round trips at reduced fares plus 42 for 20 day holiday travel. Tickets allowed to Colorado, Oklahoma Indian Territory, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana with specific fare dates and return validity, agents listed. Prescott & Co and Read the Want ads note relocation and listings.
North Topera column recaps social news from the north side including officers elected for the year, visits from Marion, and Salvation Army headquarters moves. It notes church sermons, a bridge incident near Osage City, local entertainments, and a GAR auxiliary election with officers listed. Adds ads for Swift & Holliday and a business dissolution notice for Stellen & Shelden at 702 Kanaan Avenue.
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