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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1904
Page
7
A department store advertises deep discounts on shoes for men women and children and lists sale prices on dress goods including white muslin drawers cambric shirts and lace trim. It highlights 3-4 line items and emphasizes quality and value with prices from 7c to $3.50 and notes guarantees on footwear.
You can plan to paper two or three rooms this spring and are urged to view the new patterns and compare prices. The ad touts 25c wall paper, 20c Amness wallpaper, and 1bc wallpaper as affordable options.
The Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile company marks its first setback in five years as it rebuilt from a small North Topeka store to a wholesale enterprise. Founded by George W Parkhurst and W H Davis, the firm grew from a tiny grocery to a $1,000,000 annual goods trade with multiple branches in Hutchinson, McPherson, Emporia, and Arkansas City, while expanding wholesale operations and adding partners over time.
The pre Lent social season tilts toward crowded dances and private receptions. Steinbure's cotillion tops a list of fashionable events with Jerry Flack leading the dance for Miss Hambleton. Mrs Sterling H Poney hosts in Louisville while Mrs Mary Thornton Merriam and M Lacey Van Guilder wed in Kansas City.
Miles City Montana February reports cattle fed at an Omaha distillery got access to liquor when a wrong handle was pulled. About 31 000 of alcohol was consumed by roughly 2000 head, with the animals drinking eagerly and without seeking any chaser.
In Oalton Ohio on February 16 the Gallon National Bank with 70000 capital shut down by order of its board due to inability to meet demands. A national waste examiner has been named receiver. The bank had deposits totaling 350000 as of January 22.
Twenty nine boxes of lace valued at about twenty thousand dollars were secretly moved from Zion City to Waukegan then into Chicago aboard a special Chicago Milwaukee Electric express early Saturday. The secrecy and unusual routing, instead of the usual American Express line, hint at trouble brewing among Zion lace makers.
Mrs Sophie Devos aged about 07 in Waukegan fled with boarder Alfonse Roegien after leaving a note claiming she was too young to be with her husband. She took her two children and $690 from her Roseviss money, found the house locked when Devos returned from work, and vanished with the boarding man.
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