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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1897
Page
6
A fragmented note outlines Christmas slipper sale at Cromwell Jeffers Bakery with holiday treats and gifts. It mentions charity or church events at Kiowa Avenue Methodist Church, a bake sale by Mayer's Bakery, and plans for a special service led by Rev. TE Chandler in Osu City. Swarts family updates include a Mexico visit and Park Street relatives.
Record cold grips Denver with subzero readings. Pueblo reports two degrees lower. Holiday excursion fares cut travel costs as Union Pacific offers round trips within 200 miles. tickets on sale Dec 24 25 and Jan 1 for return by early 1887.
Topeka social page lists receptions and parties for the week at West Eighth Street, Harmony Hall, and 492 Greenwood Avenue. Included are notes on Christmas visits, travels to Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, and other cities, with many local families hosting gatherings and entertaining guests. Engraved cards and stationery advertised by Adams Bros Topeka.
A group of American doctors in Topeka advertises a legal cure or compensation contract. They claim rapid relief across diseases including rheumatism cancer and women’s ailments, with free consultation at 113 West 6th Street. The offer targets long sufferers and runs until January 25.
Receipts and bids show hogs active with mixed tone and steady to higher prices. Cattle demand softer with sizable offerings. calves and stockers steady. Cotton closes steady in New York with middling uplands around 7 18. Sugar and coffee see modest movements as markets digest broader feed and input costs.
A dense catalog of fruit vegetables baked goods and meats appears with prices and pounds. Items include peaches apricots raisins lemons oranges melons peppers and canned foods. The ad also lists butter cheese lard eggs and various condiments along with household staples and notes on fresh meat department offerings.
New York December 8 The Herald reports District Attorney Olcott and Captain McCluskey examined a case in which Peter Doggett was allegedly pushed into a mixing machine at the New York Biscuit Company on West Fifteenth Street. A letter from his Irish mother claims another worker shoved him, causing fatal injuries. Coroners ruled the death accidental, though the inquiry proceeds.
Wheat opened quiet with slight losses and weekly comparisons. May futures drifted, then rallied on covering before retreating. Corn followed a cautious path with brief rallies and dull but steady trade as prices shaded lower in later hours.
A noisy market bulletin reports changes in crops and livestock. It notes May wheat up and corn dull, hogs and pork shipments from Chicago and Omaha, with mixed car counts and visible supply figures. Weather outlook is colder, with bids and freight activity varying across markets.
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