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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
7
Fragmented OCR lines present a promotional line about the American Constitution the American Idea and the American Spirit. It mentions daily by mail and annual prices six dollars and eight dollars for weekly and Sunday mailings.
Harper's Magazine promotes an October issue featuring fiction by Du Maurier Stockton Howells Twain and others. It highlights American historical papers by Wilson MacMasters Barnes and excerpts on Sheridan's Ride Africa and Siberia with illustrations by noted artists. Subscriptions priced at four dollars for one year with postage to U S Canada and Mexico.
A long OCR style list details street intersections in Topeka. It names 4 Moras and Jackson Streets, Kansas Avenue with Rathrond and Topeka lines, Grant Street and Topeka Avenue, Fourth Street, Sixth Avenue, Monroe Streets, Buren Streets, and many others. The note ends with a line about cash customers' books at Palace Clothing Co.
A traveling fakir with a 50 cent liver cure tours an Arkansas village. He bets his son Bill can ride a bucking mechanical horse, prompting a comic showdown that ends with Bill failing the ride as silver mine talk and family memories echo through the yarn.
In a rustic quarrel, Farmer Hookernose rejects warnings about threats from slick men selling endless goods under a harmless memorandum that later binds them to a promissory note. His wife presses him as the tale warns of a looming calamity and financial peril tied to the money power.
A weary stranger rejects a dying mother’s plea for a mine bribe while a seasoned talker and others recount sharpers, boasts, and scams. The scene shifts to a prospector asking for fifty dollars to visit his mother, a bitter weave of moral fatigue and streetwise caution.
Salina February 17. The thirty second convocation of the Royal Arch of Kansas held all day with Grand High Priest Busser of Morris delivering a tribute to the late Judge Wow. The grand treasurer reported strong finances with 3414 balance and nearly 700 in charity. Officers for the year elected include Charles E B Monett Kirwan grand high priest Aaron H Connett Great Bend deputy high priest Alexander A Sharp Evan keeper Joweptsky Smith Minneapolis grand scribe Peter Preling Leavenworth grand treasurer Jacob Dewitt Salina grand secretary
The steel market shows a better tone as a result of the freak jump. Full book not yet attended, prices quoted around 10 cents to the valley. Billets show advance and all lines of iron and steel plants participated in the general leveling of orders. An iron and steel manufacturer says the turn in business has come after a long wait, credits the rail pack break as the turning factor. The gentle upsurge spurred other branches of iron and steel into renewed activity.
Kansas City peb 17 General High Cameron a noted Sunflower state figure known as the hermit passed through Kansas City last night en route to witness William McKinley’s inauguration. He attended General Jo Barbey’s funeral.
Bob Fussimmon, newly arrived, visits a blacksmith where Quince of Bis crafts horsehoes. The pugilist declares he has served his time and proves strength by hammering at the anvil, displaying his familiar trades and resolve.
Jefferson City Feb 17 William J Bryan will speak to the legislature Saturday morning and then depart for the West. He will be the guest of Gov Stephens and will address issues of public interest before leaving. A fire at Labette Kan destroyed the grocery hardware store and the Labette Star office yesterday due to a defective tire. Banate Jones pension bill reduced from 60 to 30 by Senate action in Washington. plus church note mentions Americans seeking information through North American Review.
The topics cover morals politics science literature and industry with The North American Review presenting authoritative statements from leading writers. It is billed as a family magazine emphasizing women's interests and the views shaping public opinion and discourse of the age.
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