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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1904
Page
7
A local public announcement introduces Wasson as a candidate for superintendent of public transportation. The notice outlines the selection process and timeline for the official appointment by the city with emphasis on public involvement and transparent procedures.
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds including F Peters and wife to J W Foose for 1000 dollars with lots 2378 and 2315 Lincoln, and Cedar St area. Buren ty and W Barieny conveyances for 3000 dollars. Cedar Street and Cedar Street Beatva additions noted. Also public notices: coroner candidate H H Kelth and several Shawnee county political announcements for Republican primaries and state senate candidate declarations.
Wanted situations show a mix of copy for a man to write good city references in Detroit and a nurse for a child, plus a clerk or typist position. Also offers for a western market sewing machine with pitting attachment, no experience required, paid weekly and easy payment terms from United States Woolen Co Detroit Michigan.
A fragmented classified page lists multiple help wanted notices including female chambermaids and hotel staff at various addresses in Capital, with positions like chambermaid, cooks, waitresses, and hotel workers. Additional lines solicit agents for a selling program and sales roles, plus a sales manager remark and distribution details.
Multiple advertisement fragments describe furnished rooms for rent including front rooms, weekly terms, and options for board. Mentions Hancock Street, 7 Monroe, 30 Harrison Street, and nearby areas with references to hoarding houses and main amenities. Also notes a piano sale and other classified items like a restaurant listing and household furniture.
A crowded Topeka area notice lists multiple farm properties for sale near Shawnee county. It includes a 4 acre parcel with peach trees on Meriden road, a 7 acre farm with a 7 room house and outbuildings, and a 1 acre property with a 6 room house near Washaye. Also offers one of the county’s finest building sites near Rochester Road, and various farm implements, stock, and stock items for sale or sale parts. Contact details reference W. Conner and C J Neuman in Topeka and North Topeka.
Real estate and assorted notices advertise a six room cottage near 1th and Harrison, Nine home price 17 per room, eight lots near Kansas Ave with rent 2,320 and a sale at 7,750 per acre. Also listings for 10 acre farm near Fairview, poultry supplies vendor Isaac N. Fown, funeral directors ads, lost and found items, and educational private lessons offered on Tyler Street. Includes undertaker ads and miscellaneous small notices.
An assortment of local business lines including Jeweler and Optician James B. WGayden offering watches diamonds silverware and spectacles. Dentists and Physicians with office in Kansas. money lending. stamps seals and tools. florists advertising broad product lines. railroad timetable items for westbound eastbound and north south routes with sleep car reservations info.
Fragmentary OCR of a railroad timetable mentioning Union Pacific Eastbound, Kansas connections to Salina and Topeka, with references to daily and Sunday service and an effective July date. Contains garbled words and partial station names but indicates passenger train numbers and routing details.
Channing A. Bartow presents a portrait of Colombia amid political turmoil and economic distress. The piece details military weakness, high debt, and monopolies, alongside rich resources, varied climate, and a diverse population. It notes education, religion, and infrastructure gaps shaping a nation on the edge of upheaval.
A beggar who died in a French hospital kept a devoted dog by his side. The animal stayed by the grave for days after the funeral, then was auctioned at Rue des Ecoles. An offer by M Miretta of the Society for the Protection of Animals surpassed 40 francs, and the dog sold for 44 francs.
A Milan slander case, the first to cite telephone abuse as defamation, pits chemist Signor Venturini against Barrister Signor Gusnharetto. Venturini, unpaid client, demanded payment by phone and verbal abuse, with the barrister present.
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