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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
3
A dense catalog of foodstuffs and household items with brand names quantities and prices. Items include flour sugar coffee spices pepper salt hominy peas potatoes beans beans and other staples. The fragment appears to be a retail price list or catalog page from a local grocery or general store.
Tomorrow we start in upon special prices in large lots featuring assorted confections. Purchases include 4 pounds of candy, 6 pounds of gum drops, peanut toffy, chocolate cream, handmade creams, cinnamon imperials, jelly beans, mint lozenges, caramels, stick candy, popcorn, pure cream candy, marmalade drops, and varied kisses and cups.
A local advertises fresh nuts and dried fruits with low prices, promoting direct-from-farmer freshness. It lists numerous items including raisins currants citron orange peel and lemon peel, olives pickles and canned goods, plus soaps and California evaporated fruits with price per pound or per can.
Dr Ella Jennings told the New York Humane association that men should be protected by higher moral standards, equal penalties for similar offenses, and a stronger sense of justice. She argued women are morally stronger and can protect themselves, while the newer woman is an enlarged edition of the old.
Offbeat notice lists holiday rates for travel within 200 miles with tickets on December 24 25 and January return options. Mentions J P Kowres City Ticket Agent and free button issuance by Peerless Steam Laundry and Pariness Steam Laundry.
New York crowds reel from a courtroom style clash as M B Curtis sues over Gentleman Joe. He disrupts The Stag Party at the Garden theater and a policeman removes him after he claims he paid $7,000 for the song. Curtis insists he paid $4.50 for his seat as Palace Palwer urges him to return to his seat. Curtis and Paul Potter trade accusations of theft and larceny in a cafe after a heated exchange.
In ten days about 500 New Yorkers depart for Cripple Creek and nearby mining regions. Many expect to amass fortunes before spring. A Broadway ticket office advertises high hopes with banners promising rapid gains and excitement at Cripple Creek.
One third fare for round trips within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24 26 31 and January 1 for return through January 2. For further information see Smoke Little Gem for details.
Nebraskan Senator Thurston in the U S Senate introduces a bill through his Union Pacific attorney. It orders the U S treasurer to compute the government’s claim against the Central and Union Pacific bonds and sell the entire U S interest in the railroad and its telegraph lines on a bid not less than 50 percent of the ascertained amount. The proposal would likely cost the government money and faces stock-payment issues and past bond arrangements.
A Boston obituary notes Ebeo Jordan dies a millionaire after rising from farmer boy to dry goods clerk. The piece chronicles many notable figures who began in dry goods, including Levi P Morton, Charles A Dana, Henry C Bowen, and John Wanamaker, highlighting Massachusetts as a nursery for successful dry goodsmen and detailing various fortunes made in railroads, banking, and politics. The column emphasizes the store counter as a proving ground for future leaders.
A fragmented ad lists yard wide cambric and wool goods, with prices and assorted fabrics. It touts toys, silverware, and jewelry as Christmas offerings, urging shoppers to compare prices and visit the sale for “pure” goods and bargains.
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