Early Topeka Market Ad Pitches Bargain Sugar Sale
A Topeka advert details 400 barrels of California Granulated Sugar offered at 23 pounds for $1.99 stallwide tomorrow. It lists numerous grocery items with prices and emphasizes first come first served, with sellers Dodson & Hills and Topeka Vinegar Works highlighted. The noisy, vendor-heavy page shows inflated pricing rhetoric and dense product mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Lima
Palbowas
Boston
Joe
Aix
Barry Jane
Dodson & Hills
opeka\inecar Works
Topeka Vinegar
Mcgal
Miscellaneous store ad lists wide grocery and household items
A fragmented early 20th century style advertisement lists evaporated apricots dried fruits cereals spices canned goods and cleaning supplies with prices per unit. It promises mail orders and requests readers to bend for price lists though many items and spellings are garbled.
Simpson Redivivus on Politics and Farming Talk
Jerry Simpson arrives in Topeka in a quiet mood after travel, recovering health, and discusses politics, the silver issue, potential candidates, and farm life. He praises backers, predicts party splits, praises Speaker Sibley, and opposes extremist stances while signaling a Hamilton Hall lecture on silver. He declines gubernatorial candidacy, favors Colonel Harris, and travels with a Texas pony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Tonighe
Jerry Simpson
Santa Fe
Dutton
Dick Chase
Ai. Beedenthal
Morrill
I. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Sibley
Pennsylvania
United States
Iim
Kansas
Cawet
Llam
Washington
Re Passed
Braidenthal
Leedy
W. A. Harris
Colonel Harris
Kausad
Opoo
West
Esat
Congress
Boy
Jess
Simpson
Hamilton Hall
Wichita
Arraigned Minister Denounces Liquor Dealings
Rev E E Pane, charged with unministerial conduct, is set for trial before Presiding Elder W Madison in the Greely district. The case stems from his denouncement of leading Methodist figures in Colorado for complicity with liquor traffic and other public evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
E. E Panemore
W. (. Madison
MEK
R Chorch
Greely
Methodist Church
Colorado
Vignettes and Notable Quotes From 19th Century Figures
A collage of biographical glimpses and anecdotes about Garrick, Ai ee, Mme de Stael, John F. Cook Jr., Susan B Anthony, Samuel Staples, Maria de Medici, Alfred Lyttleton, and Russell Sage. The piece notes character traits, habits, and quirks, plus a closing nod to the State Journal’s Want Ads reaching many Topeka readers.
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Garrick
Ai-ee
Mo-vang
Mme. de Stael
John F. Cook, Jr
Bonnerport
District of Columbia
Susan B. Anthony
Samul Staples
Concord
Mass
Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott and Bull
Alcott and
Thoreau
Alcott
Mr. Staples
Maria de Medici
Henry IV
Margaret of Valois
Alfred Lyttleton
Glad Stone
Peel
Cambridge
Oxford
Lord Rosebery
Russell Sage
Mrs. Sage
Miss Arabella at Teachers Reunion Reveals Observations
Arabella attended a teachers reunion and described vivid scenes and conversations. She noted mood, attire, and remarks about the profession, offering a candid glimpse into postwar education life and colleagues she met at the event.
Reunion of Teachers Delights With Quiet High School Event
Arabella Sparetherod leads a stylish arrival to a high school teachers reunion. An attendance near 150 hears piano solos, humorous recitations, and a lively conundrum contest. Pair conversations on topics from the institute to summer vacation fill the evening with light, amiable chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Sparetherod
Teuchers
Tegether
Piers Hunter Payei
O. P. M. McClintock
Arabella
Vesuvius
Norblig
Worman
Lurzguter
Quips and quips from newspapers in a humor wrap
A collage of wry lines from various papers including the New York Tribune Chicago Tribune Cincinnati Tribune and Washington Star. Jests touch on insurgents and royalists in Cuba college spelling humor doctors and lawyers pumping truth living houses and a landlord at Pun kin Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Tribune
Chicago Post
Gail Hamilton
Pickering Dodge
Germany
Bitter Creek
Willie
Washington Star
Punkin Hollow
Chicago Tribune
Santa Fe Introduces Block System Across Lines
The Santa Fe Railway announces the adoption of the block signaling system along all its lines, aiming to improve safety and traffic flow. Officials say trains will be separated by standardized blocks and guarded signals, reducing headway risks and increasing punctuality.
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Santa Fe
Ssoace
Las Vegas
Hot Springs
Misaguri
Missouri River
Kansas
New Mexico
Santa Fe adopts block time keeping across system
The Santa Fe Railroad has implemented the block timekeeping system throughout its network, previously used only in shops. Each employee has a numbered walnut block. clocks at entry record start times, with a $1 replacement fee if a block is lost. The system reduces supervision needs and tracks worker movements efficiently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hhansay
Santa Fe
Nickerson
Arkansas City
Newton
Ida B Wells honored at ladies reception in Topeka
A Topeka social event honored Ida B Wells noted lecturer on antitynching. Addresses followed by J Guy Ray Owens and Rev Leonerd. Refreshments served with a lunch bowl presided by Nora Hines and Eva Hawkins. Guests include Miss Thompson and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Vernelia
Ida B. Wells
Tervice
J Guy
Ray Owens
Leonarl
Miss Welly
W. L Jamison
Dic
Mra de Vernella
Mra
A. Candara
Moody
Kaykendall
B Buckeet
D H Watkins
Rev. Owens
Rev. Leonerd
Mesere
W. W. Buckner
J A Guy
Hor Ferrill
J. M. Wright
E Reiley
F. Rouadres
de Frantz
N. Gawger
A.M. Tax
Sailie Quy
Hattie Freeman
Gertis Iawkins
Nora Hines
Maggie Simpson
Gertie Moody
Eve Huwsine
Elal Glenn
Gracie Smith
Mary Janffieon
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