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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1898
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal announces home delivery and subscription options. It lists delivery areas, stand prices, and the newspaper offices including the State Journal Building and a public notice of telephone numbers for business inquiries and advertising.
Chicago faces a sharp drop in shipments east as competition from New Orleans and southern routes tightens. 1897 export totals fell to 335,021 tons from 254,000 the prior year, with gains in packing house products offsetting declines in grain and other commodities. Port Arthur, Galveston, and the new rail routes loom as rivals, signaling a shift in U S transport and export patterns.
A collage of remarks on public figures and cultural figures. John Brows statue supporters seek Rome rest in honor of Ere Lewis the sculptor. Daudet and Figaro payment referenced. New York connections surface from insistent inscriptions and professional ties. Victorian era politicians and reform debates appear, with Gladstone and Senator Daniel tied to celebrations and speakerships. Chicago Proverbs close the item with wry maxims.
In Chicago on January 1 James J. Corbett, former world champion, drew large crowds at Halsferd Street Academy and on the street after a performance of The Naval Cadet. He was celebrated despite a defeat by Pit Simmons in Carson City. The crowd cheered him during both matinee and evening shows, with talks of future bouts and his lucrative prospects in boxing.
Turner resident J A Léesinos leads a survey for an electric rail from Kansas City to Topeka. Conner Bros and Galveston backers fund the project with substantial capital. Engineers promise rapid surveying along the river south side, aiming completion before winter. unclear details and no further disclosures from Lovelane.
A brief ad notes 5 inch Colored Cloakings priced at $2.25 reduced to $1.50 and Moreen Skirtings listed with small price markers 30e 50c 69c per yard, indicating sale markdowns.
Inventory clearance items offered at very low prices to close out. Bleached and brown sheeting, muslin in various weights and widths, with prices ranging from a few cents per yard to about 24 cents per yard. Includes 36 inch bleached and brown fabrics in multiple lots.
A fragmented old classified style list shows sewing items including needles in various forms, dress stays, whisk brooms, stockinet dress shields, assorted needles on paper, metal and crochet buttons on cards, vaseline large bottle, Maria Farina imported Cologne, fancy work baskets and hose supporters. Items appear with unclear values and some garbled text.
A catalog style listing details a range of ladies undergarments including Union Suits in various prices from 50 cents to 2 dollars, wool options at 1.25 and 2.00, black wool tights at 50 cents, heavy fleeced ribbed Vests at 19 cents, and cotton or wool Vests with Swiss wool options.
Likely old retail ad listing discounted undergarments and textiles. Items include men’s wool shirts or drawers, Union Suits at various prices, silk pieces, handkerchiefs, embroidered linens, stationery, and feather boas with promotional prices. Numerous price figures and unit details present.
Garden City Finney county residents mail letters praising alfalfa farming and irrigation. The piece notes 400 miles of canals, cattle and bee culture, and the promise of steady profits in semi arid lands. It mocks eastern readers and urges migration to Finney county for farming opportunities.
Depositors friendly to Senator Rover Matthews from McPherson were alarmed after reports reached they were missing the bank president. The situation follows a prior bank failure months ago involving Kent of the First States, causing concern among the local community.
Beloit Library association reports over 200 volumes and 50 members. Officers elected include Mrs Park Pindles as president Mrs MM Howley treasurer Mrs J M Hamilton secretary and Mrs F T Burnham s librarian. Other items note electric lights for Lincoln and a proposed farmers mill for Wellington.
Laura Knox named editor succeeding on the Pliin dealer as she prepares a new dress and journalistic expansion. Kansas engineers Kelsey Squires Schrader to Paris in September for positions with Paris electric firms. Cob pipe factory at Quenemo to be sold by constable. Maryland reports terrapin prices soar while stock is endangered. call to hatchery station along the Cheanpeeke marshes to restore supply.
An advertisement promotes Dr King s New Discovery free trial bottles for consumption coughs and colds with assurances of cure and physician approval. It includes testimonials from Miss Delia Day of Waterloo Iowa about Beges Hair Renewer stopping her hair loss after two years. A note mentions a concert at Bethany College and a health line about Prosperity from a strong liver and Early Risers for biliousness and stomach issues.
Cornelius Vanderbilt the third returns to Yale to pursue a graduate course after living in New York and abroad. He plans two to three years of study in the Sheffield scientific school with emphasis on mechanical drawing as he works toward a doctoral degree continuing family and property ties in New York and New Haven.
The Standard Oil Company paid a record legal fee to attorney Burrage and Bowlon for work in a major transfer by the Bar state tus company to New England Gas and Coke Company. Trustees Burrage Hegere and John G. Moore oversaw the property move, controlled by Henry Whitby and Emerson McMillan. The check covered services related to the deal.
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