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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
7
A fragmentary advertisement notes a July clearance sale featuring new model prices on lace curtains and dress stays, with limited details on widths, lengths, and pricing. The source includes garbled text about hair curlers and side combs, indicating a general discounted fabric and vanity items display with incomplete figures.
A Topeka perspective on summer travel urges readers to flee the heat, proposing mountain and lake trips, steamer excursions, and the value of planning breaks. It praises imagination in anticipation, discourages city confinement, and suggests railroads sponsor broad itineraries.
Ex-Congressman Otis denies misquotes about the Colorado colony and Debs movement. He says Colorado Co-operative company formed in 1894 by Colorado parties, not Kansans, and is a joint stock venture with mixed features. He advocates Social Democracy of America and Cooperative industry, urging careful method, proper support, and pioneeringKansas as a testing ground for a broader labor movement.
Washington July 1 Representative Simpson of Kansas introduced a resolution to appoint a five member committee to investigate the sugar trust, alleging the American Sugar Refining company has created a giant monopoly via watered stock unfair competition and legal combinations. The committee may summon persons and papers to assess the impact on agriculture and commerce and the cost to consumers, with possible quo warranto action to annul the trust. Electric Bitters advertised as a tonic for old people with bowels and kidneys, no alcohol, 50 cents to $1, at J. K. Jones drugstore.
Soma miners on Cow Mountain near Cripple Creek report a remarkable cavern opened by a shaft fall. A rope descent revealed stalactites and crystal formations, with a 9 foot gap at the entrance and a wide chamber described as an underground storehouse of rock and ice. Photographs captured with torchlight show fanciful ice figures as plans are made for deeper exploration. The Rock Island Route offered trains to Colorado Springs and Denver with schedules noted.
Relief in six hours according to Great South American Kidney Cure claims. Rapid relief of bladder and kidney pain, urinary passage discomfort, and water retention in men and women. Sold by Geo. W. Stansfield and Sim Drue Co in Topeka. Also notes a precinct caucus for Democratic delegates. Diarrhea Elsam and Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup advertised with generic claims.
Annie Besant continues lecture tours in Saintreator and Gales Intrat as part of a national circuit through Minnesota Ohio Indiana New York and New Jersey She meets members in Topeka and plans receptions for new members The Santa Fe cheap excursion offers travel to Arkansas Arizona Oklahoma and Texas with round trip fare and liberal stopovers Also advertised are De Witts Witch Hazel Salve and a Steam Laundry service plus Sterling Silver belts and a Kansas travel deal
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