Mittens Sale Includes Ladies and Children's Pairs
Sale of mittens offers ladies and children's heavy yarn mittens in black and colors, available in all sizes. Price 19 cents a pair.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1904
Page
2
No Trade Check Boosts New York Spring Orders
New York Feb 5 Special telegrams from correspondents of the International Mercantile Agency report winter weather has slowed traffic across the country. Northwest weather and heavy snowstorms have restrained shipments while wholesale orders for spring goods pick up steam as dealers show cautious optimism amid these conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Agency
United Sies
Oynids
Miny
Northwest
Sanative Cuticura Ads Claim Health Benefits for Women
An extensive promotional piece extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as essential antiseptic cleansers for female health. It links relief from ulcerations inflammations irritations and nervous disorders to routine use, touting safety economy and broad cosmetic benefits.
Cotton and steel gain, mills reopen as demand rises
Trade reports show cotton mills abroad and in the south resuming activity with supplies lasting into July or September. Demand for cotton goods improves, steel and iron center orders rise, and independent sheet makers lift prices. War rumors affect markets while New England trade expands and rail freight recovers in Pennsylvania. Snow and weather limit cattle losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inet
Cleveluail
Wall Wtujet
Shaw
Paris
London
New England
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Colorado
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Local Ledger
Listings show Daisy B and Davie transferring to TJ Haney for 1250 dollars a parcel on aw 3439 12. A Sage transfers to Anna FY at Whiteride for 100 dollars. Mrs Hall to F W Rake on Lafisette street and Veale’s addition. J W Maxwell and wife to F W Northington describing west half of lots 614 and 516 Van Buren in Hontoon’s addition. HB Ford and wife to A Ford for 1 dollar with Ash street Bris fora Miller’s addition. Chanilnn to J Monroe for 670 dollars involving Cap and north half of 2 Buchanan street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy B
Davie
TJ. Haney
A. Sage
Anna FY
Hall
F. W. Rake
Veale
J. W Maxwell
F. W Northington
van Buren Street
Hontoon
HB. Ford
A. Ford
Foo
Inistia
Ash Street
Bris
Bag of Gold Stolen in Burlington Road Car
Chicago February report notes a safe bag of gold valued between four and five thousand dollars stolen last night from an Adams Express car on the Burlington road at Sterling Illinois. Express agent Harmon removed the bar and packages for delivery. a thief entered during the task and fled with the gold. Hobbed While at Dinner East Orange New Jersey February Jewel robbery at the Dill residence valued six thousand dollars during a dinner party. Maid spotted the intruder and Mr Dill seized a firearm and fired one shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Feb. S
Adams
Burlington Road
Sterling, I
Harmon
Sterling
East Orange
N. J
Janes B. Dill
Smeyer
Butler bribery trial opens in 1899 house case
Near the end, a jury is seated in the trial of Colonel Edward Butler of St. Louis on a charge of bribing members of the House in 1899. The case began today and is expected to go to the jury shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulton
Edward Butler
St. Louis
Apples A Luxury In Topeka Oranges Roost Market Edge
A Topeka street scene contrasts apples and oranges with a barrel of Jonathan apples and a bin of oranges on display outside a grocery. The card proclaims oranges cheaper than apples despite Kansas apple orchards nearby, noting crop patterns, railroad shipments, and orange transport to markets. Also reports two brief deaths: Dr John C Jones dies during a tooth extraction and Mrs Joseph Schwartz dies in Pottsville while kneeling to pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
I Nhs
Binske
Jonathan Hem
Toseka Wat
Big Red Trust
Ozarks
Colorado
California
Kansas
Rate War in Sight Steamer Lines Fall to Agree on Freight Tarif
Major conference of Atlantic to UK steamship lines in New York fails to renew the two year old minimum freight rate pact. Brokers report the old agreement effectively dead for ten days as forward contracts disrupt talks while London lines hint at a new pact. Represented routes span from Newport News to Portland Maine and include Canadian Pacific ships. continental lines were not present.
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New York
Fep
Pears Hasnet
Ines
Atlantic
United Kingdom
London
Newport News
Portland
Canadian Pacific
Continental Lines
Woman in Kentucky Asylum Swallows Light Globe
Mrs Rowena Martin a 40 year old inmate at the central Kentucky asylum for the insane in Louisville swallowed an incandescent light globe yesterday. She remained alive but in precarious condition. After breakfast she walked through a ward with harmless patients and wrote to the superintendent as “mother” before eating the globe. Two attendants assisted and reported no visible crackling or external damage.
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Louisville
Rowena Martin
Central Kentucky Asylum For the Insane
Chinese Checkers Contest Concludes After 520 Years
A 520 year remote ancestor initiated Chinese checkers in China 320 years ago and finished last night in Cleveland. Ong Led of Buffalo and Hep Ying of Chicago were final players, with games once halted by a death now completed. Ancestors of Ong Lees and Hop Yings were noted as keen game students. The unfinished status was recorded and preserved, later found by descendants who completed the contest in this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
China
Ong
Buffalo
Hep Ying
Chicago
Ong Lee
Hop Ying
Move to New Jersey Urges Lesh Across River by Loan Firms
New York reports a relentless DA campaign drives major loan companies to Jersey City. Agencies across the U S shift operations remain under scrutiny as victims are urged to send payments there. Authorities plan to block mail use and pursue legal action while one borrower returns papers as evidence. A separate incident recounts a daring hat chase on the Waynesboro Branch railroad. A passenger helped bystander Gossert recover after somersaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
District Attorney's Office
Jersey City
United States
Man Fights Bear Near Yellow River Bridge
John McCoy of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin fought a bear family yesterday in dense woods near the Yellow river bridge. He killed the mother and her two cubs after seeing the windfall and endured several bruises with his clothes torn. Four shots were needed to kill the mother bear.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John McCoy
Yellow River Bridge
McCoy
Hear From Dowie Gate Arrival in Honolulu
Zion City reports Dowie and his party have reached Honolulu after a voyage and will proceed to Samoa then on to their next destination by February 12. Misa Mason, the organist removed by Dr Speicher, has returned to New York. Bert M Rice, former musical director, plans to leave Waukegan. John Vollmar, secretary of the board of public works, wed Mary Koenig after nine years together. Vollmar is a widower with a large family. An undetailed note mentions a $6,000 bequest to Tuskegee School. Mrs Annie Moore, former Altoona teacher, dies leaving a will that provides outright $96,000 to Tuskegee Institute, with remaining bequests split between Tuskegee and Lincoln University.
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Waukegan, M
Zion City
Honolulu
Dowie
Samoa
Misa Mason
Speicher
New York
Bert M. Rice
Waukegan
la Crosse
Wis
John Vollmar
Board of Public Works
Mary Koenig
Vollmar
Tuskeges School
Altoona
Annie Moore
Altoona High School
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
Tuskegee
Lincoln University
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John B. Spear
Kansas Avenue
Zoo
Millville
John C. Jones
Ferdinand Jones
Samuel McDonald
Pottsville
Joseph Schwartz
Cal Vieza
Peight Tarif
New Jersey
FEO
Waynesboro Branch
Quincy
Gosrert
Gossert
Cunningham & Co
State Journal
Congress
the Fitwell Shoe CO
Kansas Ave
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