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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1895
Page
8
A broad sale features discounts across clothing and fabrics. wool challies, silks, organ dies, and dress goods cut to 25 to 39 cents. Ladies wrappers and suits marked down. men’s underwear and shirts reduced. curtains, damasks, linens, and towels offered at substantial savings. Parasols, silk umbrellas, and accessories included with many items selling under half original prices.
A newspaper listing details heavy markdowns on lace curtains finishing braids bias velveteen dress facings knitting and crochet silk feathers fans ostrich tip fans and continuous hooks and eyes. Items include 3 1 2 yard lace curtains reduced from 2 50 to 1 75 and other patterns with substantial price drops across multiple linens and trims.
Helen Louise enters the police station seeking to whip a neighbor who lets chickens into her yard. She demands payment for the act and refuses advice. The chief warns of a $5 fine or five days in jail. She declares she will not back down and contends she will show no leniency toward the neighbor.
The well known Southern Kansas lawyer Judge J D McCue was attacked by Geo Brewington three miles east of Independence. Brewington followed the judge, struck from behind on the right cheek with a cane, then repeated blows on the head and body. McCue fought back, took the stick, and fled into a store. Brewington was arrested at home. The motive appears to a former court suit Brewington lost for $90. McCue sustained a welted cheek and head wound but is not seriously injured.
A Kansas list records individuals holding life insurance policies of fifty thousand dollars or more. Names include James W. Parker and LeRoy T. Parker of Atchison, M. W. Levy of Wichita, E. Bennett of Topeka, John Mulvane, C. M. Condon of Cawego, Perry Hatchingon of Marysville, and J. D. Watkins of Lawrence, with varied amounts up to one hundred ninety thousand dollars. The report notes some discrepancies and misprints in locations and figures.
A clipping lists drastic markdowns on garments with 10c and 124c items, all wool black Crepons cut from 1 to 59c, and Fine Scotch Madras Shirtings reduced to 19c. The offers indicate deep sales on fabric and clothing items.
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