Street Promoter Explains Cannes of Success
Gray outlines why the Cannes event drew crowds and how promotions boosted energy and spirit among Topeka men during the event.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
16
Gray outlines why the Cannes event drew crowds and how promotions boosted energy and spirit among Topeka men during the event.
City sees praise for executive committee and volunteers who organized Topeka Street Fair. Officials credit Dr. C D Gray and many merchants for a first great event with widespread attendance, jobs created, and strong city pride. The fair closes tonight amid celebratory sentiment.
In a retrospective from a principal expeditor, the speaker credits broad minded men and the executive committee for ten weeks of guiding Topeka's street fair. He notes risks from strikes and epidemics and reports covering expenses for eleven weeks with a small profit, hoping to return to Topeka and seek continued public support.
At Laurlintile Kentucky on June 2 the tenth annual reunion of United Confederate Veterans adjourned sine die after a morning of excitement. Debate centered on a report praising General Dunlin and Fredericksburg oration, with General Gordon and others clashing over its adoption. The crowd cheered as Gordon defended the Southern cause and Northern soldiers. The session ended with a vote adopting the resolution amid tumult. The 1901 meeting is planned for Memphis.
The monthly public debt statement reports the total cash balance for May at 1 120 608 811 with a decline of 400 270 for the month mainly due to bond redemptions. Interest bearing debt totals 462 000 and other debt 1 418 200 with notes and certificates outstanding not included at 729 584 179.
The text outlines treasury cash by fund type including Reserve fund gold and bullion at 150 million dollars and Trust fund silver and United States notes at 729 thousand 554 dollars and 17 percent. It lists depositories and disbursing officer credits totaling about 1.04 billion dollars with demand liabilities outstanding around 408 million, leaving a net treasury balance near 295 million 762 thousand 529. An advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin eruptions and mentions One Minute Cough Cure with claims of saving over fifteen hundred lives from grippish illnesses and pneumonia.
Mapdin Colleen School for Young Women in Mexico, Me awarded all medals for arts and music. Miss Anna Marie Wale secured top prize in Chinese painting. Flora Thorms won vocal music prize. Olive Sty Phepatrick of Arkansia City earned best watercolor piece. Kansas contestants faced Missouri rivals amid partisan clamor from the crowd and a noisy commencement.
Topeka society previews three marriages to be solemnized next week. social events include Mrs Ashton hosting a birthday party for Mrs Lewis, and several receptions at homes of local families. The calendar notes dinners, lawn gatherings, and club entertainments with various guests and attendants.
A committee led by Annie L. Diggs and James L. King called Kansas librarians to convene in Topeka during the winter session of the State Teachers association for permanent organization. The group aims to invite about 10 librarians statewide and solicit press notices while arranging a program with library school method experts. The effort emphasizes the growing role of librarians and library schools nationwide.
R C Dun and Co Weekly Review of Trade reports May business results. It notes that May failures in many branches are not yet fully tallied, with six months and more than six years showing large defaults. The report highlights a cotton brokerage firm and compares widespread manufacturing failures across four weeks in May.
Unclear OCR text describes a sensational monster fish harming a person with reference to Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a cure. Mentions uncredited locations and a freight sale at a railway company with a June 1 time. Lacks coherent facts and names.
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