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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1899
Page
13
A damaged OCR grocery list items many products with prices and weights. Includes brown sugar candy nuts cranberries apricots peaches pears grapes cherries and canned vegetables. Also lists soaps baking goods flour and various brands and pack sizes. The ad mixes miscellaneous items and promotional wording with inconsistent capitalization.
A Topeka letter criticizes hostile critics of Brigadier General Hughes praising his modesty and long military service and noting a local infantile pillow contest benefiting his veterans fundraiser. The piece lauds his uniformed presence and calls him a model of civic virtue amid city chatter.
War department cables relay updates from Manila and surrounding areas. Troops report en ra gement at Mogat river and Grande River with four enemy dead and five wounded in trenches. one American drowned and another injured, needing clothing and provisions. Insurgents flee with about 1400 Spanish prisoners in the south while U S forces pursue remnants. prisoners in insurgent hands number around twenty three. Casualties include 28 enemy killed and many wounded as Officers report losses and ongoing patrols in the region.
Washington reports the Republican committee schedules June 15 as the date for the national convention. The announcement confirms the party will gather to nominate its candidate. The directive pins the venue and agenda to be finalized in coming weeks.
Washington reports Priadelphia has been chosen as the site for the forthcoming Republican convention. Gold Eye Gleason Or spectacle fitted by Cline Bennett optician at Mike and Good Christmas pres ete 73 Kan Ave.
North Topeka column lists local visitors, rental ads, and merchants at 927 North Kenans avenue. Notices include a Parker Jointless Fountain Pen, magazine subscriptions, and shop updates at Jeffers James. Community events mention whist club at Utton Pacific hotel, Christmas music practice, and school activities. A four year old dies of meningitis at home on North Quincyetree, and Mrs. Altman dies of typhoid in Rochester cemetery records. Family travel plans and local church activities are noted, with committees arranging pictures for Grant school rooms and a Sunday school Christmas program "How the Story was Told."
A chaotic early trading session shows muted activity with buyers awaiting government policy hints. Corn and wheat fluctuated while cattle and hog markets remained steady to firm. receipts cooled and prices varied, influenced by weather outlooks and investor appetite.
Market notes from Kansas City and Liverpool show steady to firm conditions across commodities. Wheat, cotton, butter, sugar, coffee, and hog prices are cited with assorted grading and receipts, while references to Ht co and other cryptic lines indicate mixed trading activity and regional price signals.
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