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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
8
A dense catalog of bargains lists Celluloid Side Comics, buttons, lace, pins, ribbons, wash goods, and a large clothing sale. Men’s suits from 8.50 to 37.50, youths and children’s suits, pants, and corduroy options dominate the notice. Also features perfumes, soaps, and household items in a department store sale ambiance.
Catalog note advertises all new shapes men’s straw hats with large reductions. 100 dozen men’s socks in black and tan, 100 quality force pair. Men’s summer shirts cut to reduced prices. Odds and ends in men’s linen collars valued from 1 50 to 2c each. Ga.
Bargains in Furniture lists various furniture items for sale including dressers with beveled mirrors, solid oak beds, and tufted center tables. Prices and clearer details are obscured by the OCR, but the ad emphasizes special bargains on beds, bed springs, mattresses, and matching bedroom sets in a period style.
Readable ad style notice lists carpets mats linoleums oil cloths with border patterns and wool Brussels rugs. Shows sizes 9x12 10x12 and prices from 9.50 to 14.00, cotton chain ingrains 2.98 to 4.98, linoleum options, Chinese and Japanese matting priced variously.
Fragmentary ad style item urges readers to visit for medicines with a focus on Peruna and Pierce's Prescription. Mindful of limited readable data, it signals a local drugstore promotion or storefront message from an early 20th century period.
Pay Day sale offers several hardware items with discounts. Peerless freezers and Blizzard freezers priced low, plus Maydale hammers, Diston saws, gasoline stoves, glassware, steel ware wash basins, lice killer, and washer outfits feature in this promotional list. Frequent product names include Peerless Freezer models, Maydale hammers, Diston saws, Western Clipper Washer, Blue and White Steel Ware Wash Basins, and a garden hose per foot.
An OCR fragment lists various men and youth shoes with prices and styles such as Russia Oxblood Patent, Calf Seamless, Satin Calf Bal, and Oil Grain Shoes. Includes multiple price points from $1.00 to $3.55 and notes on ladies' Tan Vesting Top Shoes and Tan Leather Top Shoes.
A Topeka area column mixes river imagery with local notes on events. It mentions Shind awaiting a welcome over the river, Fr? scene about a bridge, wagons, and wartime era city life. It reports on civic things like sewer work, river conditions, and various residents travels and visits.
A promotional note explains stomach weakness and loss of appetite with constipation and indigestion. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to strengthen appetite, prevent constipation and dyspepsia, and relieve fever.
Two people die and eight rescuees cling to an overturned yacht Arab IV owned by John Cameron as a fierce storm sweeps the lake. Names of the dead include Mary Taylor a sixteen year old girl, and Harry Jensen a young man. Skipper Arthur Barber and another man were rescued after a long struggle to reach shore. Rescue crews and bystanders work through the night to save survivors and recover bodies from the cabin. The Arab IV had recently competed in Lipton Cup races and finished second.
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