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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1904
Page
2
Mr W T Emory of New York personally conducts the sale overseeing distribution of mill remnant bargains. The event promises a vast assortment from Eastern factories as he supervises the display and sale starting Wednesday.
This advertisement highlights a mill remnant sale backed by major mills offering substantial savings to buyers. Items include shirts, waists, pet coats, silk petticoats, walking skirts, underwaists, corsets, robes, cloaks, and dress goods with marked prices and significant discounts.
Old stock sale lists seam less fleeced hose 10c and 25c for 50c packs, cotton flecked seconds 30c for 50c, fleeced union suits 75c for 100c, all linen kerchiefs 10c for 150, linen handkerchiefs 15c for 25c, heavy boy hose 15c, fleeced vests for children 15c, children’s union suits 35c, colors half hose 19c, lisle half hose 28c for 35c, heavy fleeced underwear odd sizes 25c, balbriggan shirts 5c, Lion brand shirts 5c.
New Silk 50c a yard patterns in 15 yard lengths and 75c Taffetas, sold only in 1b yard pattern lengths for 50c a yard. Le Toilet pins 400 count 15c box Passionflower Soap 15c. Wrist bags of walrus leather with nickel chain 35c. Te Ostrage bags 35c inside purse. Embroidered pillow covers half price, complete top back and ruffle. 50c stamped pillow tops with backs at half price. Battenberg center pieces on linen at half price.
Carpet remnants and end cuts offered at half price or less. Ingrain and body Brussels lengths vary from 5 to 25 yards with prices from 35 to 60 cents per yard. Tapestry Brussels and Wilton Velvet remnant lengths range up to 26 yards with half price deals on small pieces. Linoleums and oilcloths under six yards also offered at half price.
Readable remnants list offering Brown Sheeting in 28 to 40 inch widths, Bleached Muslin and Sheeting, India Linen, Dimity, Cambria, Madras, and Lace Stripes. Items priced with percent discounts and odd cents. Highlights include White Waist Goods in Madras and Lace Stripes and Mercerized Waistings. Numerous fabrics in various widths indicate a clearance or sale event at a domestic textile mill.
Several bed spreads labeled seconds due to minor weave flaws are sold at bargain prices. The white hems are neat and the fabrics are described as splendid values with prices ranging from 49 cents to $1.19.
A brief market listing details curtain fabrics and accessories with varied prices. Curtains, lace, and lace curtains are shown with unit costs, plus reductions on odd lots and curtain poles. 才
Short item notes rug lengths in feet and yards including 50c body Brussels 13 yard segments and 1 s yard lengths, indicating fabric measurements and varieties.
Classified rug offer lists Smyrna rugs 30 by 60 inches priced at 1.50 and 12.50 for the larger selection English Mohair rugs also 30 by 60 inches. Sale appears in a brief ad style of the period.
Society notes detail the golden wedding celebration for Mr and Mrs Addison Osborne at their daughter Mrs James T. Larimer’s home in Potwin. Attending were relatives including the Gehorne and Harber families, plus Robison and Miller families, with receptions, dinners, and extensive decor featuring yellow peevling roses and chrysanthemum displays.
Santa Fe unveils two low excursion fares March 1 and 15 to Oklahoma Texas and Pecos Valley with $85 to Guthrie Oklahoma City Shawnee and other points in the territory and $40 one way $15 round trip to Fort Worth Austin San Antonio Houston Galveston and other Texas points Deming $26.50 round trip. Descriptive pamphlets available. T S Ring P TA Topeka Kansas ready to assist travelers
Topeka news items celebrate Washington’s birth with a citywide holiday. Reports mention Mra. Nelson Petro traveling to Beloit for a serious illness, Gov and Mrs talley visiting Halleyville, and George Washington’s birthday prompting post office closure. Local clubs, marriages, school activities, and civic events fill the day’s brief notes.
Patt Moore leads Kansas City and Sioux City notables in athletic circles as gymnastic classes from the Mr A and the Ww GA prepare a full auditorium spectacle. Stars perform advanced work while juniors offer elementary routines in a rearranged seating plan. Later the Topeka Dramatic Club debuts Because I Love You at Crawford with Ellie Incomn directing a strong amateur cast. Santa Fe issues time Table No 21 on Southern Kansas division with No 267 268 revised and new No 261 262 between Havana Cedarvale and Havana Elgin. George E Cole returns from Chicago after a meeting of LInots Mutual Life agents.
Fragmentary OCR text offers little clear narrative, but hints at a purchase or exchange involving a named Kin Ye Kae and a cas tor or bearing reference. No verifiable event, date, or identifiable organizations are readable for a proper summary.
A. A. Hurd, general attorney for the Sarita Fe railway, purchased the Keith Building on Kansas avenue in a sale by George B. Payne & Co for North Western Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee. The property fronts 59 feet and runs 150 feet deep, built of white limestone, with 32 living rooms on the second and third floors. The basement serves as storage, first floor as business rooms, and top floors as living suites. The site, once a printing house, was partially rebuilt after a fire, creating a three story structure. The purchase includes planned re arrangement of the building.
Allan Black joins as clerk in W. J. Healy’s Santa Fe freight auditor office. Herbert Bunning begins as clerk in Santa Fe freight auditor, coming from Atchison. Theodore H. Brannaman resigns as Santa Fe ticket auditor. Streleht Lauck to succeed him. W. Nevill, Rock Island trainmaster, Kansas Goodland, visited Topeka. formerly chief clerk to Rock Island general superintendent. William Boyes resigns as assistant secretary of local M C A railroad group. John Zimmerman to replace him as night score. Albuquerque Elks theater opens February 2 with Weber & Fields performing. 39,500 cash.hatikan side note about Santa Fe tour plans and related long jumps.
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