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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
6
A fragment lists July sale prices on woven plaids stripes and novelties. Includes 30 and 32 inch wide wash goods, yard prices for silks and linens, many yardage amounts, and assorted fabrics such as indigo prints, damask, gauze and moire, with reductions and bulk lots noted.
A July clearance offers deep cuts on lace curtains parasols shirts waists and corsets. Items include 60 inch lace curtain fabric Swiss handkerchiefs and nightwear with prices slashed from two dollars to less than two dollars per item. Also listed are folding fans ribbons corsets and soaps with numerous unit prices and quantities.
Social notes from Topeka recount Mrs S Lauck entertaining in honor of Miss Olive Gundry with many guests from Topeka and Kansas City. Numerous trips and visits cited include Mrs H E Whaley, Miss Mable Hillis, Miss Agnes Walsh and others traveling to Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Colorado for summer outings and family gatherings.
T M James told a Journal reporter his grove is offered to the Committee of Fifteen for the Cinderella entertainment at the Fall Festival. He will help, and the grove may serve if space can be roped off. The taberounds grand stand is a mile away in darkness.
The article notes an offer to ex-President Cleveland to become president of the University of Wirgits in November but faculty debates since finals last month halted action. A separate Paris dispatch denies rumors about Charles Delmonico's mental state, stating he is at the Continental hotel after a recent Aix-Les-Bains cure.
Pan-American youths rose early in Niagara Falls New Jersey on July 16 to view the rapids along Gorge road. They planned to Lewiston to cross to Queenstown then ride to Chippewa, with the day to inspect Cayuga Island and nearby industrial sites linked to the 1869 Pan-American Exposition proposal.
The Connecticut river at Windsor Locks runs higher than any time this year with water about 15 feet above normal. Heavy rains in Suffield damaged crops, especially tobacco, with estimated losses around 50,000 dollars. In Windsor, acres of young tobacco lie under water.
Hermosillo July 16 report that Jesse Grant and associates exploration party landed on Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California and were driven off by Seri Indians. The expedition plans to sail to Guaymas to load more men for another attempt. The Ser Indians are said to be cannibals and the party resisted as Indians from the mountains approached and ordered them from the island.
July market notes show a sharp Liverpool wheat advance of 14d boosting cash and Sept prices while Chicago receipts stay light. Corn and oats weaken on favorable weather with thinning hog demand and firm cattle and sheep trade. Estimates put hog receipts at 17,000. cattle 3,000 and sheep 14,000 with varied regional results and futures activity.
A newspaper ad lists low prices on men’s clothing including boys long pant suits in dark grey or bills cheviot from ages 14 to 19, all wool and cassimere suits, and wide selection of shirts and vests. Clearing sale prices range from $2.95 to $7.95 with various styles and sizes.
Receipts listed for cattle hogs sheep with mixed demand and higher hogs while sheep and cattle show steady to slow sales. Prices for Texas cattle and native cattle, stockers, feeders, and bulls noted alongside grain and market commentary from Topeka and Chicago mentions. Foreign and domestic market cues, grain prices, and weather forecasts accompany the market report.
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