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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1899
Page
8
A crowded ad notes Topeka Woolen Mill and Barnum Co offerings with deep discounts on blankets coats and shawls. It highlights extra heavy woolens, new prices around 2.48 to 3.19, plus 25 percent reductions on dresses capes and cashmere items, urging shoppers to act before prices rise.
Advertised sale touts novelty and plain dress fabrics at deep discounts. Dress trimmings last season's at a fraction of cost. Jet sets and buttons priced low, with velvets, silks, and velvets offered cheap. Also touts carpet warp and cotton batting with marked savings.
A box of ladies hosiery in various qualities and finishes offered at heavy discounts. Items include Rockford knit tights, fleeced, pin stripe, rifle thread, ingrain, and extra heavy double sole socks with prices after reductions. Also nearly all 75c to $100 lines slashed to 45c, plus a selected range of ribbons at half price and remnants 25 percent off.
A cluttered 19th century trade card lists pins needles combs and various bargains. It touts cheap sewing supplies, hats, coats, overalls and shirts with bold subheads and price gaps, noting reduced goods from Silk Neckwear to Linen Collars and Kids Gloves alongside fabric suiting and menswear discounts.
The Crawford band concert opens tonight with Mrs. B. Hollenbeck and the local Ladies' Quartette. Prof. Lewis Lindsay Dye will perform Friday and Saturday at the Crawford Theater with talks and lectures. New Pullman sleeping cars run daily from St. Louis over Vandalia Pennsylvania ShortLines to Pittsburgh and beyond. Dr Rhodes has moved to Hi Kan Ave for quick services.
J S Banks a barber who stands long hours complains of back strain and illness from kidney issues. He describes past ineffective cures before using Morrows Kidneys tablets, which he credits with fast improvement and eventual recovery. He urges others to try the remedy and continue until cured. Manufactured by Gait Sea Ce Stemints Cosine.
Real estate transfers listed include J Gidden to John H Prixell for 550 on lots 157 and 69 Tenth Avenue West Youngs addition plus several other parcels in Highland Park and Rideways subdivisions. Named parties include J T Willard, A H Thompson, Davis Capland, Fannie Shaub, John A Gilbert, Prudential Investment, and more. Also notes a Philadelphia pharmacist driven insane by grip and treated in Washington with a Miles Medical Co appeal for readers to seek advice. Also mentions Santa Fe tickets and Hotel Oxford meals for livestock association events.
A wrecked vessel near Port Royal reported off Hilton Head resulted in the loss of lifeboats. Coast guard and local authorities coordinated search and rescue efforts as weather conditions were assessed. No further details on casualties or vessel name were provided in the fragment.
Savannah Feb 15 Two boats with men from the wreck of the steamship William Laygrence remain missing along with fourteen aboard Boat No 4 Captain Wills vessel Lawrence of Merchants and Miners Transportation Co ashore near Hilton Head Island off Port Royal bar after striking rocks Saturday morning The crew endured a long cold night at sea before reaching a buoy off Port Royal where some were rescued The missing include Second Assistant Engineer Morrissey and several crewmen Others frostbitten and in perilous condition as tugs search the wreck remains divided into two sections The Clifton route from Beaufort halted to transfer rescued sailors and ships Cynthia and McCarley are on the scene The Germanic liner also features in brief notes about hull damage and salvage efforts.
The captain of the American tank steamer Weehawken, which rescued two women and children from the Hamburg American Bulgaria after a severe storm, says two other steamers stood by Bulgaria as waves battered them. Weehawken’s boats were wrecked, making return rescue impossible, but he believes the Bulgaria did not founder.
New York reports last month import of cut stones valued at 1,033,970 and uncut stones at 604,011. January 1897 figures show cut 52, uncut 59,615. Dingley tariff lowers duties, cut stones taxed about 10 percent while uncut stones enter free, suggesting smuggling prior to last year.
London reports heavy speculation over Barnum & Bailey’s circus remaining in Britain rather than returning to the United States. The English company capital totals 400000 pounds, with James A Bailey taking one third and becoming chairman of the board alongside George Starr and M C Caddon.
The Moon couple of Munroe Falls welcomed their nineteenth child. Of 16 survivors, 15 remain single under parental roof. Parents German in descent. father 48 and mother 40. No twins. ten boys and nine girls.
Kansas City February 1b One long delayed case of Jesse James charged with complicity in the Leeds Missouri Pacific train and Pacific express robbery will be called in the criminal court tomorrow Judge D W Shackleford will preside and both sides are ready to proceed The prosecution claims alibi witnesses will be punctured and evidence will support W W Lowe's confession that a broken shaft was used by the gang Witnesses who saw James and others repairing the shaft near his residence are said to have been found The case could speedy convict James and greatly advance prosecutions against related defendants in the robbery
Millionaire miner Joseph de La Mar, famed for wealth and eccentricity, plans to remarry his ex wife Nellie Sands in Paris after a troubled marriage. Once divorced, he pursued illicit correspondence, filed for divorce, and reportedly kidnapped their child before reconciliation appears possible. The couple now contemplates living in London briefly before remarriage.
London commentary reports the Philippines as American property and questions length of military actions to restore order. It argues Americans should not interfere with local religion and notes Tagal peasants may be freer from official oppression than elsewhere.
The excerpt questions the Hindoosianse peasant risking life and home to contend with rulers beyond his power to defeat. It argues Americans boast of their ability to produce trustworthy leaders. It notes Europe’s stance that the Union's Reserve force holds little promise for global security.
The Germanic brought two Scottish collies bound for J Pierpont Morgan. With pedigrees missing a $2000 rate was charged at New York customs. Officials may refund the duty if papers prove the dogs are for breeding use.
Isadora Duncan, famed New York dancer beloved by the city's social elite, will perform in Chicago at the end of February arranged by Jean Waldren. Her yearlong acclaim stems from original dance works inspired by poets and masters, drawing interest from prominent Eastern leaders including Mrs William Astor and Whitelaw Reid.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as essential after La Grippe, claiming it heals nervous prostration, weak heart, and sleeplessness. The copy cites testimonials from GEQ A Andrews and others in Great Barrington and Princeton praising rapid relief and restored health. It notes a free trial offer of a kit including Nervine, Pills, and Liver Pills sent upon request.
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