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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1897

Page

5

Waterville and environs discount sale items at dawn

In Waterville and surrounding areas a discount sale lists clothing and hardware bargains for tomorrow. Pants, suits, overalls, shirts, underwear, and caps are priced at 20¢ to several dollars. cheviots, cassimeres, and worsted suits feature prominently. Hardware offers covered dishes, plates, and tins at reduced rates with limited stock.

Marr String & Son Mike Waterville Drive Waterville Denen Esquimave Syeyeg

Millinery Sale Ads From Waterville Catalog

Waterville millinery items advertise baby caps at 2.95 and 25e, trimmed hats at 2.00 from a former 2.50, and a line of sailors hats priced around 35c. Spring powers in all shades are highlighted as a sale feature with assorted trims and decorations.

Waterville

Groceries list itemized with various brands and goods

A dense catalog of grocery items including sugars coffee canned goods starch flour and soaps plus fresh produce and tobacco. Also lists dried fruits beans oats eggs and other staples with assorted package counts and brand names.

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Shoe Dept Specials at Waterville Prices Drop

Catalog of footwear savings featuring calfskin, kangaroo, and cordovan options. Includes Lot numbers 1 through 10 with Waterville prices near 1.50 to 5.90 and “ours” discounts. Men and misses styles cover calf, patent, dong, and kid button shoes with various toe shapes and welted soles.

Waterville Water Ville Hub Gore Hutton

Our Meat Department in the Cut

A garbled grocery list from a historic newspaper page highlights meat cuts and other products with scattered pricing. Names include sugar cured items, bacon, anchovies, mackerel, salmon, lard, butter, and clothing items like union suits and shirts, all referenced in a jumble of OCR text.

Isles Solari

Flour Ad Sparks Eye Catch for Bays Flour

An eye catching ad touts Bays Flour as the best flour on earth. The brief copy invites readers to try the product, claiming superior quality and visibility through a bold searchlight style graphic.

Earth

Curtains. aes Cream Zace Curtains ay a quallt: pee a

Curtains appear to be described with errors and unclear wording. The readable fragment mentions cream colored drapes with questionable quality notes and a possible typo or misprint. No clear events, people, or organizations are identifiable.

Hendersons Red School House Shoes Price List

Hendersons Red School House Shoes offers box calf, fine dong, and calf varieties. Prices listed in front counter include one for social use and another for herring, with units priced at 85 cents for a lot.

Dry Goods Bargains Showroom Sale Ad

A dense list of fabric and sewing goods with prices across muslin, linen, damask, tablecloths, ticking, silks, satins, wool dress goods, linings, prints, and ribbons. Includes goods like 26 inch unbleached muslin 34 cents per yard, unbleached sheeting, damask table linen, cravats and gloves, and assorted corsets, with sale emphasis on quality and variety. Local outlet promotes long lists of fabrics, trims, and notions at marked-down rates.

Badass Lonsdale Mittens Waterville Windsor

Senate Passes Railroad Bill With Amendments Defeated

After a long day the Kansas Senate approved the railroads measure, striking the maximum rate schedule, while amendments to substitute the house bill and to fix rates were defeated. The bill leaves maximum rate setting to the railroad commission after hearings, with enforcement via court action and potential penalties for noncompliance. The fate of railroad legislation remains uncertain as the bill moves to the House, where passage is unlikely without changes.

Aenate Senate Committee On Railroads Senate Lamb Woodson County Republican Party The State Journal House Householder Yeas Messrs Benson Braddock Caldwell Campbell Cooke Helmick King Lupier Mosher Pritchard Titus Young Mrmstrong Battey Coleman Farrelly Fulton Hanna Hart Helm Hesdin Kahnsoh Jumper Lewelling Matthews Morrow Reser Ryan Shaffer Sheldon Sterne Stocks Wallack Zimmer Railroad Commission Harris Board of Railroad Commissioners Shell Board of Commissioners Commerce Muandamus Supreme Court of State of Kansas Supreme Call

Chancellor Snow's Circular Letter to Kansas Legislature

Chancellor Show of the state university issues a circular to both houses urging support for the university and defending its funding. He warns that cutting expenses will drive away top faculty, lower the university to a second-rate status, and harm Kansas students seeking higher education. He cites comparisons with Colorado Nebraska Missouri and Iowa to argue for sustained investment and notes the impact on 975 students and their families.

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