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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1894
Page
3
A bustling advert lists numerous goods from 3 inch candy to cream cheese and imported cheese, with oranges, oysters, nuts, dates, figs, and mixed candy. The dealer invites orders from out of town, asking customers to specify amounts and third item details, promising to source items not in stock.
A fragmented OCR item appears to reference a shoe trade or sale involving men’s footwear with terms like fine sat and Keane. The readable bits suggest an advertisement or notice about men’s shoes and prices, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
Henry Smith, a sergeant, barely survives a mining accident in a Kansas well. A three pound powder can exploded as he climbed, scarred his face and hands, and knocked him near death before rescuers pulled him to the surface. He is under care and recovering after surgery and anesthetics.
Sportsmen report a quail abundance this season while civic notes mention a Topeka jail service by Wheaton evangelist and baptisms at Metnny College. Local incidents include stolen buggy, a $46 fraud hint, and a barge of Christmas events. Key names include Captain Heary Ring of 51. Louis and Nobers L. Gage. The piece also lists community lectures at Washburn and state teachers meetings with speakers Melmyrs and Gileadi.
Thieves entered A T Sharam's dry goods shop at 615 Kansas avenue last evening via the rear door and stole about $40 in silver. Velvet and ribbon littered the back area as the thief dropped goods while fleeing, possibly injuring themselves on the steps. A.P. reports: The Danville Register in Iowa switched from Southern A P to Associated Press leased wire service.
Sixteen applications for city membership noted as the local capital judge’s court shifts to civil business through January. Gas and electric committees ordered to test new burners for city adoption. Topeka bank clearances up 2 percent from last year. tank clearances at 215 percent. Minor legal sketches include a sidewalk damages claim against the city falling through and a barn dispute involving Nick Childs. Masonic bodies schedule annual meetings across Topeka this week with officers elected or degrees conferred on several dates.
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