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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1897
Page
6
The Topeka State Journal announces free classified notices for employment sightings published Saturday through Tuesday. Advertisers must submit by ten o clock Saturday morning for upcoming issues and by Wednesday morning for midweek runs.
Bid proposals invited by the State Charitable Institution board for furnishing and laying cast iron water supply pipe from the present standpipe to the reservoir east of Olathe Kansas. Bidders must certify with a bank check of at least five percent of bid. Sealed bids to W L Brown Topeka marked Proposal for Public Work.
Topeka Kansas boards invite sealed proposals for erection and completion of a facility for idiotic and imbecile youth at Winheld in Cowles county. Bids due August 1st 1897 with bonds, plans available after Aug 1 at the state architect and supervisor offices.
A Tennessee possum hunter named Zeb White recalls a fevered confrontation with Tom Smith. After a challenge over jumping, a brutal fight ensues with a bar and the fight ends when Smith is defeated, crippled, and dies weeks later. White notes Smith admitted defeat and wished him well before passing.
The passage recounts Zeb White refusing to kill, recalling a brutal confrontation with Tom Smith after the Civil War era. A hunter and wife urge courage as a bear and a final showdown test Zeb’s resolve and grit in a rough frontier scene.
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