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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1895
Page
4
Local edition notes prices for home delivery and mail subscriptions, with weather outlook for Kansas. The column discusses politics, tariffs, gold versus silver, and city governance debates, highlighting calls to remove Dr. Mitchell, party maneuvers around Reed, and economic concerns about banking and savings among northeastern states.
Partial list of children's toys with prices includes steamboat wagons chariots toy stoves ferris wheel magic lanterns trains iron banks horse wagon and stable toy pianos horns doll dressers and fancy tops mostly priced from 5c to $2.50 suggesting a local shop catalog itemization.
A catalog listing various fancy goods including poker sets, work boxes, jewel boxes, albums, toilet sets, and mirrors with prices ranging from 50 cents to $6.75. Also notes silver trimmed items such as vests, suspenders, and cigar cases, plus celluloid memoranda tablets and leather bicycle marks with silver name plates.
Express wagons priced at 15 20 and 25c tea sets 5 10 15 39 50 75c and 2 50 whips 5 and 10c bull chasing boy with red rag 47c kaleido scopes 5c china doll heads 5 10 and 20c baskets for work for lunch etc 5 10 and 15c untrimmed.
A price listing details jointed dolls 19 and 25c to $3 for complete outfits. Includes pat and kid bodied dolls 25 and 35c to $1.50, bisque jointed 29c to $1.25, undressed felt bodied 25c, and tool chests 1.50. Worths costumes offer dolls dressed with hat shoes and suit from 35c to 3 dollars.
New stock includes umbrellas with mother of pearl handles and sterling trim in paragon frame, steel rod options priced at $7 to $8.75. Wood handle umbrellas with sterling silver trim range $6 to $8.75. Also listed are dominoes 25c 75c and $1, old maid 20c, earma 5c, kansas history 5c, harma 25c, checker-boards Tic telegraph boy 15c.
Children's picture books priced 4 to 25 cents while leather bound Bibles run 50 cents and above. Star books and Beas volumes listed. Dickens complete works 15 volumes for 5 dollars. Lytton 13 volumes at 5 dollars. Waverly novels 12 volumes for 3 dollars. Cooper's Tales five volumes 2.39. Leather stockingles five volumes 39.84. Thackeray ten volumes 3.75. Other standard authors’ novels from 1 cent to 1 dollar depending on binding.
Prof Samuels advertises eye based treatments with testimonials from local readers. He claims his preparation kills germs, restores hearing, strengthens health, and cures kidney trouble and weak lungs by addressing underlying vitality damage. Cases include Jeltz of Topeka Ledger and J M Harvey with noted weight gain and deafness reduction.
Catcaco December 16 Evangelist Moody collaborates with the Bible Institute Colportage Association to supply every convict in the United States penitentiaries with Christian literature outlining the way of life.
Holiday fare list announces round trip pricing up to 200 miles with tickets valid through December 24 26 and January 2. One third fare for the return trip. P Rowley city ticket agent notes athletic rooms open to the public Tuesday evening with admission 25 cents.
North Topeka items include Carl Goff’s sick boy, A B Cramer at McPherson, Prof W H Waston back on his mare Helese, and L G Li. Kansas City visitors, church services, moving plans, and police notes. Upcoming Kindergarten dance at Union Pacific hotel, floor committee list, local vendors, and Hamilton wall wrestling tonight with 25 cent admission.
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