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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
5
Local advertisement urges shoppers to exploit true wholesale pricing on sugar. Mentions 19 pounds of granulated sugar and 20 pounds of white C sugar as featured products. No dates or store names provided.
Readable fragments show canned goods and pantry items like peaches and tomatoes soup. Mentions include pineapple rice beans kidney beans pumpkin sardines oysters and mustard along with generic references to brands and quantities.
Vintage advertisement lists dry salt meat sugar cured ham and lard by the pound, flour and coffee deals, oats and ginger snaps, potatoes and seed items, vinegar and tea brands, with notes on low prices and urging customers to compare before buying. Names of brands include Sanborns, Chase, Java Coffee, and Rio Coffee.
Havana Times correspondent reports that a Cuban majority favors accepting any peaceful regime Washington may impose to secure tranquillity. Spanish residents are content if their interests are protected and fair treatment is ensured. The war is seen as establishing the government Washington chooses.
James P. Miller, a Yale student, was arrested for a major book theft spree. Detectives traced him through three stolen volumes to a pattern of professional looting. About five thousand volumes were found in his rooms and home, ranging from deluxe editions to pocket volumes.
Report notes dealers have identified about 3500 volumes in a case tied to professional thieves. Ted is described with pockets full of items as the investigation continues.
Washington reports a wave of promotions after Admiral Bunce dies retirement next Sunday. Commodore Albert Raute rises to admiral, Frederick F. Totgers becomes commodore, Edwin White to captain, C. C. Cornwell to commander, M A Hall to lieutenant commander, T C Fenton to lieutenant, and Hosten L A Kiser to lieutenant. Meanwhile Edward F Lawrence dies in Chicago after a brief illness. he was a leading capitalist linked to major city interests, born in Massachusetts in 1865.
The City Council adopted a Board of Health report urging moving the Salvation Army hospital from its current site for residents’ protection and hospital success. The city will pay moving expenses. a hearing for hospital officials was proposed and a central location near the jail was suggested to reduce patient travel.
The committee of the whole two weeks ago adopted waterworks resolutions authorizing the city attorney to begin warrants proceedings to forfeit the water company charter. The city engineer may hire an assistant to help draft plans for a new plant, and the company is asked to submit a proposal to sell the current plant to the city. Hapgood bond approved for disposing of dead animals with sureties Gordon and Benen. Adams Street opened request sent to Streets and Walks Committee. Christmas funds allocated to a city payroll and departments. Postmaster general to Porto Rico halts mayoral mail practices lacking proper stamps amid fairness concerns.
Special U S to Cuba Robert P Porter reports from Porto Rico and Santiago on sanitary sanctions. Street cleansing, seizure of sewers, and public horsewhippings mark the new order under military rule. Officials praised for administration while economy shifted to fund local sanitation and roads. Porter's notes urge tax and revenue reforms for Cuba's rehabilitation and future governance.
The War Department bureau of customs and insular affairs released its first public report on revenues from new U S possessions, noting customs receipts at the port of Santiago de Cuba for the United States forces up to December. The findings reflect early fiscal activity as Cuba is treated for the moment as United States territory.
A dated financial summary notes gross receipts from customs in Porto Rico up to December and Manila up to November after U S occupation. It lists totals in pesos for customs and other taxes, plus a 2 percent dividend declared by Denver and Rio Grande on preferred stock in New York.
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