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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1903
Page
6
A sprawling scanned snippet shows numerous classified listings for WANTED and FOR SALE items. It includes job ads seeking agents and representatives, rentals for rooms and homes, and a large batch of miscellaneous sales and trade requests. Names, addresses, and locations across Topeka and surrounding areas appear, with several references to business and service providers.
Miscellaneous tip sheet lists cleaning, moving and storage services. It promotes telephone or mail contact for various hauling, storage and sewing machine listings with names Bacon Guyhart and others, noting locations near Topeka and references to Keepers of equipment and services.
Real estate ads show Barnes Realty Co and others offering homes, cottages, and farms for sale or trade near Topeka Kansas. Listings mention locations such as Western Avenue, Central Park area, Valley Falls, and nearby towns with prices ranging from small lots to larger farms, many with water and outbuildings. Some notices advertise trade for Kansas City or Oskiand cattle or residence properties, plus rental or payment terms and agent contact details.
An oddly garbled report from St Joseph Michigan describes a ferry incident with strange names and a sense of panic. Passengers and crew are mentioned amid references to a navy or police response and a concern for safety and insurance. The piece reads like a fragmented OCR stranding multiple proper nouns with unclear actions.
Roediger & Son promotes cleaning services with references to various brands and a note about contact through a local superintendent at Jacks Street. The fragment mentions accident cuts, a lodge in Pak a, and pricing hints, all in a period voice. The unreadable OCR yields scattered names and phrases but centers on cleaning service advertisement details.
J F Westerfield offers numerous farms and city properties around Topeka with water, orchards, barns, and improvements. Listings include 80 to 200+ acres in cultivation or pasture, varying from near Topeka to 23 miles away, prices ranging to $40 per acre and up. Also urban houses and rental properties offered in city area.
An advertisement from a Kansas City firm markets a clairvoyant and medium offering psychic services, claiming to reveal lovers, missing funds, and family troubles. It promises no card reading, no handwriting analysis, and asserts hidden wealth or secrets can be uncovered. It lists hours, contact details, and mentions illegal narcotics terms and other products to attract attention.
The Strauss Agency offers a varied catalog of properties including a modern rosin house with several rooms near Crosby’s mill, a convenient Kansas avenue front, and multiple tracts with barn and water access. Prices range around 10m with rents on some fronts, plus other listed cottages and lots in Potwin and Tyler streets. The notice also states the agency will manage local real estate and trusts under Bennere R. Whwelet’s receivership and city properties.
A long OCR listing shows multiple Kansas land parcels from GEO M Noble & Co. Near Topeka and Shawnee county with acreages from 6 to 220, priced from 4 to 5 dollars per acre, including bottom lands, timber, orchards, barns, wells, windmills, and improvements. Various pages note rail access, post offices, and rural delivery. prices per acre and per word vary, with many holdings described in detail.
Advert places numerous properties for sale or exchange. Listings include lots on Hanenck street and Story street near state hospital, several blocks on Isthmus street, and a large house near Grove avenue. Prices range from cash deals to monthly payments. offers sought from buyers and investors. Merriam Mortgage Co. advertises financing and contact details.
A fragmented sale notice describes multiple farms with orchards, timber, streams, and buildings. Mentions 37 acre and 25 acre plots, various improvements, pasture, and potential price ranges. References include terms like bargain and per acre with several unclear locations and measurements.
A reader notes assorted home needs and offers including bathroom refreshes, furniture, and general repairs. The message emphasizes neighborhood trust and price expectations, mentioning firmer bids and nearby locations.
J D Miller Co lists 60 acres milled north of Bilver Lake with improvements at 4 per acre, plus 1000 acres of ruts and farm plots described. Also 4 acre northeast farm, well-improved properties at 4000 and 2750 per acre, plus a 2 story house with cistern and shade trees near corner ith and Clayste with electric car line in front. Merriam Mortgage Co, Columbian Bldg.
Properties and exchanges listed by W M Forbes Real Estate. Descriptions include brick houses for exchange for Ramsay ranch two acres several lots near Governor's building and other parcels with varied prices from 800 to 517 dollars per acre. Several cottages and farms described with location notes six to eight miles from city, and miscellaneous rental offerings.
Real estate ad from Stormont Jill area highlights farms and suburban homes near the city, with many parcels and improvements. Includes acreage, improvements, and terms, noting 16 to 25 acres tracts, small farms, cottages, and a few rural parcels for sale near the center.
Real estate loan offer highlights long term continuity in the mileteri centres of Kareas with low rates for buyers, plus incentives for investors. The notice, from OS AUR TADE CO in Topeka Kansas, markets home sale and financing terms including a 9 percent rate and six room, four bath features, urging inquiries at the listed address.
Property listing describes 109 to 110 acres near Topeka with a brick barn wells water timber bottom land and improved improvements. Includes 400 acres? Noted improvements include a groomed house fenced fields and cattle facilities. Also mentions city properties near state house with multiple modern houses and rental options.
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