Real Estate Ad Rates and 1896 Circulation Note
Classified ad rates are five cents a line or two cents per week and per month. The text references average annual circulation for 1896.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1897
Page
7
Classified ad rates are five cents a line or two cents per week and per month. The text references average annual circulation for 1896.
Harper's Bazar enters its thirtieth volume in 1897 with fashion journalism by Katharine De Forest and New York fashion details. weekly shorts, diagrams for gowns and children's clothing, and designs by Sandos Saude and Chapuis accompany serials by Maria Louise Pool and Cxteve Thanet. features include What Women Are Doing, Outdoor Woman health and pastimes, music reviews, Embroidery and Needlework, and regular columns by Colonel T. W. Higginson plus answers to correspondents.
An old subscription note promotes Harper's Bazar for one year at four dollars with postage free in the United States Canada and Mexico. It provides Harper & Brother as the mailer at P O Box 959 N Cikyr.
Special Correspondence from Monte on January 18 reports actors and actresses are hospitable and generous yet spend freely. It notes good fellows among the profession help the needy, citing Rose Coghlan and others, and recalls Kee Rankin and wealthy peers who could aid yet varied in how they financed a handout.
The passage portrays Maggie Cline and a broker sharing money from various pockets as they assess an applicant. It recalls famous actors like Rankin, Barrymore, McKee, Hermann, Wallack, Billy Florence, Ned Garrigan, Nat Goodwin, and others known for philanthropy or frugality, contrasting generosity with restraint and the fate of several performers.
A nostalgic portrait highlights actors John L Sullivan Lillian Russell Fanny Davenport Cissy Fitzgerald and Rose Leland as generous benefactors who gave away fortunes to fellow artists. The piece praises their charity despite extravagance and notes one died penniless, prompting reflection on the noble spirit amid the theater world.
Special Correspondent reports St Louis seeing a carnival of crime as thieves roam the city with little fear. A watchman is told crime happens daily while Judge Murphy, of the criminal court, clashes with police over procedures. The judge has denounced movie papers and once fined attorney Knapp for contempt. If the pattern continues, citizens fear rising crime before Murphy’s term ends.
An Electrical Review report notes an order for a 14 inch projector placed in Siam, unexpectedly routed from Singapore, claiming the request came from a dark king of Borneo. The item signals cross‑region demand for military or signaling gear.
An elderly veteran recalls his capture at Chickamauga during the Civil War. He describes the march to prison, meager rations, and the stark poverty felt aboard the freight cars. He shares memories of hunger, rough treatment, and the moment the prisoners sang together to ease their ordeal, marking it as the saddest chapter of his service.
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