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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1903
Page
7
Nearly unreadable ad lists house rentals including furnished and unfurnished rooms. Mentions store room and dwelling space with water access. Inquiries directed to a local contact at Lowman Pith and surrounding properties near a corner.
Numerous listings advertise a yok sale of jewelry, watches, and various items at Paine Bros. The ad describes discounted goods including diamonds, smart wear, appliances, and odds and ends with many price notes and street locations indicating a broad sale event.
A fragmented sale notice extols a magnetic cure marketed from Topeka Kansas and sold through multiple stores. The ad claims healing for infant and adult ailments, urges readers to mail their “du” to Chivers and Walker’s Drug Stores, and lists several Topeka outlets and products including clothing, furniture, and novelties.
Fragmentary ad notes Chivers cleaners and hatters in Topeka or To Kansas offering pickup or sale of clothing and furniture. Mentions sptm period, telephone contact, and emphasis on prompt response. Contains scattered phrases about stock and items, with unclear addresses and dates.
Numerous farm listings across Kansas including 40 acres near Topeka with 28 acres cultivated and 13 acres bottom timber, a large house with well and cellar, 38 acres in cultivation and timber, orchard land, and several cottages. Also references to cottage near rote and a neat Washburn area listing with two lots and close-in frontage. Listings show contact via phone 960 and agents W Egmbth and RodencSt.
Property listing offers acres in Shawier county fenced farm with orchard and vineyard. 60 acres cultivated, acres meadow and bay land, a four room house, barn and chicken house on a rural road. Agent Ralph E.
A scrambled OCR listing shows multiple sale and rent items. Items include 100 acres southeast of Topic with a new four room house and water, farm tracts in California and nearby towns, several lots with houses on Morris and Chandler streets, a 2 room bungalow, and coal tract opportunities. Contact details reference Ed Kaneas Avenue and W S Anderson Real Estate in Topeka Kansas, among other scattered names.
Auction notice states Wood and Dickinson offer a fine well improved 9000 acre ranch in News County Kansas with 7000 acres more leased grain land. Includes a Hereford herd and tools. Contact Woop and Dickinson for details and viewing.
Topeka broker offers wide selection of farms and city lots in Shawnee County and adjoining counties. Properties include 40 acre to 44 acre parcels with improvements, orchards, and 15 acre tracts near Mt Jackson Street, plus city lots at 27 Jackson Street 1 room homes and 3 room homes on West Street. Multiple farms marketed across eastern Kansas with varying prices and features.
Real estate ads list multiple properties near Kansas Ave, including 5 to 9 room houses, cottages, outbuildings, wells, cisterns, coal sheds, and street-front lots. Prices range from about 560 to 1300 cash with monthly payments. several properties offer cash plus monthly balance, some with nearby utilities and improvements. Contact details for Stephenson & Co. at 08 Kansas Ave.
A flood of land ads describes several Topeka area farms and ranch tracts from 28 to 180 plus acres. Listings note improved dwellings, barns, orchards, pasture, and proximity to Topeka and rail lines. Prices per acre vary, with calls to office for particulars.
Local broker Benedict & Co advertises several properties including a seven room cottage with oak finish and water connections, a four room unit with barn and cistern, and a Topeka Bank Building area listing. Prices shown with quick sale urgency includes $460 for a cottage with pantry and yard shade.
Classified advertisement for Westerfield & Co offering multiple houses in Topeka Kansas. Details include a 9 room modern new house with extensive rooms, 4 room house near shops, barn orchard and river area, pricing around 3800 dollars. Nearby streets referenced include Keunste Ave and Harrison. Local real estate agent contact shows Bell phone 1521.
Several lottom farms for sale and stall tracts of red and unimproved land. Houses for sale to salt purchaser with small payment down and monthly installments. Payment plan mentioned with rent and “paying rent” options, urging inquiry on affordable properties near town.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe public works near Central Park and Quincy Street with references to wells roads and a water system. Mentions HLM WS and Bigvidand Park with some prices or amounts noted as 85 each. No clear dates or complete names.
Farm for sale by Roudebush includes 130 acres bottom land with water, 30 acres cultivated, 21.9 acres built and improved, barn and houses described. Terms include per acre price and rent options. Located near Stormont Ride W Sixth Ave, Topeka Kansas.
A jumble of real estate notes describes multiple homes in Topeka across East Front and West 7th Streets, with rents, sale asks, and owner contact hints. Listings mention modern farms near Shawnee County, orchard, barn, alfalfa, and various parcels around Fillmore, Chandler, Branner, and Kennese avenues, with agents Brown and Miller & Co. active.
Fragmented sale notices list multiple farms near Silver Lake Finney county Minneola and Ford county. Names JOHN HOWARD SCOTT & SCOTT appear with acreages and prices amid unclear terms and locations in Topeka and surrounding areas.
Describes 24 acres with a four room house and two room house, outbuildings, storage, fruit trees and tanks. Mentions windmarks, telephones, and other farm facilities. Notes price range and contacts including G. Alendorf and local undertakers. Eventual sale details unclear but lists multiple local names and offices.
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