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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1895
Page
8
Historical ad listing varied grocery items and prices including Arbuckle's Coffee five pound packages, Golden Rio and Queen Java coffees, canned fruits and vegetables, oils, maple syrup and sorghum, flour, sugar, and empty kegs. The ad notes delivery across Kansas and prompting low prices, with requests to buy seed potatoes and tobacco.
In Topeka political notices a contest in the Fourth ward pits Charles Drew against H Holcraft with emphasis on character and law order. The Fifth ward seeks Swanson against Fred Roundtree, a young teacher backed by colored voters. School board nominees include Wasson Wallace Priddy Wilson MacFerrin Phillips Powell Borge Westerfield. Public notices list candidates for justice of the peace and constables, plus a Dixon sermon project and local anecdotes.
A Topeka election day approaches with voters urged to reject street corner politicians and party machines. The piece backs C A Fellows for mayor but argues the race should hinge on business management, debt risk, and efficient city government, not partisan aims. It lists candidates for city clerk treasurer and attorney and notes five council seats to be elected.
Rome March 14 King Humbert celebrated his birthday by granting amnesty to several offenders including Captain Romani the French officer convicted of espionage last November and sentenced to fourteen months in prison and a 1200 franc fine.
New York March 14 Rev Thomas Dixon of the Twenty third Street Baptist Church will resign after conservative members objected to his sensational sermons over the last five years. He will depart with plans announced to seek another pulpit.
Miss Kate Jones, captured at the road house east of town, is ordered released by the county commissioners on paying fines and costs at 3 dollars per month. She drafted her own release terms, promising to seek honest work and avoid complaints, an appeal to the board and to local men Messrs Rodgers Williams and Campbell. Also released was “Pegleg” Kerlin, a former soldier, under the same payment terms after whisky sales arrest.
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