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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
2
Lasting sale notice announces 9 to 9 a m tomorrow only. A wide assortment of dress patterns including fancies, mournings, turkey reds, blues from Windsor Pacific and Americans. One dress pattern limit. Also worth sock garments for social wear in all sizes. Magnificent goods.
A sale announces 100 sets of tan colored cotton plush blankets at 10 4 each. Buyers may purchase up to two pairs, with 82 pairs remaining and emphasis on early ordering due to price considerations.
A sales note promotes Kid Gloves across sizes and colors with both clasp and button styles. It emphasizes many units, mentions 45 dozers as an odd inclusion, and frames the season as ideal for buying despite a not ideal season for wearing.
115 dozen men's and women's sample handkerchiefs offered at one third less than regular prices. Sold strictly at regular wholesale price or atrifieless. This is stated as the only way to buy handkerchiefs.
Yesterday’s sale offers a large sample of shirts overalls sweaters and duck coats from Tlen at wholesale prices. The items are described as possibly better than regular stock and are marketed as goods samples.
A Manila dispatch portrays Admiral Dewey as ruler of Cavite with duties spanning sea and land command, hospital care for wounded Spaniards, and guardianship of foreign residents. It details his daily routine, humanitarian acts, constant vigilance, and reliance on rapid communications with Hong Kong and Washington while Aguinaldo and Spanish forces maneuver in the region.
The passage sketches how the Pacific squadron’s library may not be used by the admiral. It portrays Dewey as a devout man with a strong spiritual bearing, walking with a staff of faith and embodying a belief that strength comes from divine support.
A July 15 meeting at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago raised the prospect of a wage cut as the coal industry faces competition from West Virginia and Maryland, with Ohio operators urging lower wages to compete with eastern coal. Representatives from W. P. Read & Co. and J. W. Ellsworth attended as rail interests weighed traffic shifts and potential railroad rate impacts.
New York July 15 The moss rose once common in old fashioned gardens regains favor with growers offering bunches in major shops The bloom comes once a year and is tied to a 200 year old horticultural history tracing to Halland and the Provence grafts The revival draws attention to a species whose exact origin remains uncertain but widely credited to Dutch cultivation over centuries
Report from Hong Kong states imperial forces were crushed near Woo Choo with over 1,500 killed. Thousands of bodies recovered from the river and buried at Woo Chow. Sun Yat Sen allegedly involved in accessing embassy, rebels reportedly plan further advance beyond Shue Hing amid foreign concerns. Electric fans in Santa Fe dining cars noted.
Washington July 15 General Miles will command the Porto Rican expedition of about 25,000 troops plus the fleet. The plan calls for moving immediately to transport Spanish troops back to Spain and to capture Porto Rico, with San Juan and Santiago as key objectives. The result depends on ships, disease control, and the strategic choice of landing zones as the war department readies more liners and assigns transports.
Washington July 15 The secretary of the navy announced drastic steps to rid the department of embarrassment over the Brazilian gun vessel Sictherus bought at a huge price. The ship will be converted into a collier in Newport News after costly evaluations show it cannot be weaponized cheaply. Officials warn it may be useless for sea duty and risky for disease, with little chance of real military value before a possible long war.
Dr. William Beard of Philadelphia, a noted mining expert, died near Valdes Glacier Alaska last May after a snow slide buried him. William Watkins, who accompanied Beard, barely escaped, wandering ten days through snow and hunger before reaching Valdes. Watkins’ letters confirm Beard’s death and recovery of his body.
An old style ad listing groceries and prices from The Star Grocery. Includes sugar coffee flour tea soap and canned goods with emphasis on freshness and value and a money back guarantee. Names of products appear with inconsistent spellings and OCR errors but convey a typical 19th or early 20th century retail promo.
Specials listed for Queensware Dept include Lever Granite preserving kettles, granite dini pans, water pitchers, many glass tumblers per dozen Berry Lou Berry, dishes, cream dish, cups and saucers per set, meat platters, kraut cutters, gasoline containers, dinner pails, galva nized tubs and iron pails, wash boards, knives and forks per set.
Washington July 15 congressional leaders Pearce and Brig Gen Cole pressed Secretary Long to name the battleship Missouri. Long said Pennsylvania preference delayed. Missouri to be used for a monitor instead. Presidents and senators urged action as delegation seeks Missouri honor. The three new battleships will be the Maine, the Missouri, and the Ohio.
New York July 15 William A Eady, kite expert, Frederick M Staton and Harold Ramage tested a night war signal called the shooting star. Two seven foot diameter kites reached 300 feet, releasing a lantern attached to a ground cable. The lantern descended on two cables to avoid breakage, proving night communication possible over long distances.
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