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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1897
Page
7
The Topeka State Journal announces free situations wanted notices printed on Saturdays and Wednesdays for Topeka or Kansas readers. Ads must be submitted by 2 o'clock Wednesday mornings. It promises broad local coverage and urges readers to use the classified columns.
Ad line pricing note appears with confusing OCR showing five cents per line or monthly options. Mentions average circulation for first six months, unclear dates or publisher.
Presented to advertisers is shown an application calling Cal and see any assertion between 3 and 5 o'clock. The handsomest fastest most perfect place of machinery in Kansas is the Perfecting Press which prints from two to three complete pages per second.
Public notice for bids on a project in Cowley County Kansas at the State House Architect and State Superintendent offices. Bids due August 12. Bond requirements, eight hour work law, penalties for nonperformance, bid sealing to W J Brown and Beate Chari table Institutions secretary.
Sealed proposals will be received in Topeka by the board of trustees of state charitable institutions until five o clock August 1, 1900 for furnishing and laying cast iron water supply pipe from the stand pipe to the city reservoir at Olathe Johnson County Kansas. Proposals must include bid bonds of five percent payable to P. A. Dolan. The board reserves right to reject any and all bids and bids must be marked Proposal for Public Work.
Rival Chicago groups clashed during the International Christian Endeavor Convention in San Francisco. The Bullock faction led by C S Bullock organized California bound tours and meetings in Chinatown, while E A Ransom’s Golden Rule followers contested Illinois leadership. Entrants exceeded venue capacity, signaling a strong turnout and substantial local impact.
Constantinople July 1 reports say the great powers reject a rectification plan and urge the Ottoman government to remove the obstruction hindering peace talks. Ambassadors from Italy, Britain, and France face recall as their governments express dissatisfaction with Turkish conduct amid eastern affairs. An unrelated telegraph note mentions Norway Berlin dispatches and Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup advertised by a druggist.
In Paris the government narrowly avoided defeat as socialists led by M Miller pressed for immediate discussion of a readjustment of direct taxes. The first division fell 270 to 265 against the government, a later vote 270 to 237 upheld the ministers. Defections in the Right further unsettled the chamber amid wild scenes as MPs shouted and shook their fists.
A fragmentary report describes a procession returning to Eger met by the population singing German lines and greeting with flowers. Police and frontier guards advanced with fixed bayonets as lances were readied, swords drawn, and multiple persons were noted in the scene.
Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passenger Association travels to San Francisco to oversee east bound Christian Endeavor business and rate arrangements for the convention. Western roads vow full backing, contest alleged violations such as stopovers, extended return ticket sales, and commissions in San Francisco to prevent rate demoralization.
Oakland prepares to host 15000 delegates from the International Christian Endeavor conference with a 850 foot table setup along Lake Merritt to serve lunch. The reception and entertainment committees plan guided tours of business and residence areas before the meal to welcome guests.
Governor Leedy has commissioned notaries including O. B Lukens Tharer AF Walker Prairieview D. S. Macey Halstead Ewing McAmany Kansas City J. J. Evans Radford A P Bethel Hiawatha F. M Perkins Lawrence Mathias I Arnoldy Tipton Grace E. McSiroy Wichita Scott E Winne Wichita.
Adjutant General countermands prior order and grants Cottonwood Falls militia company 90 day trial to improve conduct. If no progress appears, the original order to stop hiring of the church bell is reinstated. Meantime, Somersworth New Hampshire notes a new Sunday law enforcement case.
Relief in six hours for distressing kidney and bladder disease claimed by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. The remedy allegedly relieves bladder pain, kidney pain, and urinary passage discomfort in men and women, with rapid water retention relief. Sold by Geo. W. Stansfield and Sim Drug Co in Topeka, Kansas.
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