Star Grocery Ad Bakes Bold Bargains on Canned Goods
A cluttered old time sale note listing groceries and meats with prices and brands. It highlights canned tomatoes peaches sugar baking powder soap soup and coffee, plus meats lard and breakfast items. Also lists household goods like salt, crackers, brooms and gloves. A marketing pitch urges shoppers to visit for low prices and wide selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanmpers
New York
Japan
Rising Sun
Jemima Patiouke Fioure
Ralston
Peart
Nuys
No Popery Lecture at City Auditorium Provokes Confusion
F Marion Crawford’s talk on Pope Leo X and Vatican life was staged at the Coates Opera House after confusion over venue caused by enclosure of a March 14 date. A large crowd gathered for the entertainment while many expected the High School auditorium venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Qnsas City
Leo XH
Vatican
F. Marion Crawford
Coates Opera House
Father Stall
Lec
Lon Ark boy shows rapid recovery under tonic claim
A 1897 testimonial from J B Waddell of Lon 4 Ark reports their son recovered health after a claimed cure for consumption. The letter urges readers to send symptoms to Amick Chemical Co. in Cincinnati for a free sample of the remedy advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Waddell
Lon 4
Ark
Amick Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Change of Venue for Pope Lecture Sparks School Policy Debate
A planned Pope Leo XIII lecture shifted from the high school auditorium to the Coates Opera House after officials argued the subject was unsuitable for a public school setting. The Crayford lecture, an added attraction, prompted by Manager Young, joined the Lyceum course as a special event.
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Coates Opera House
Crayford
Lyceum
Young
White
3 M_ Neel
Central Presbyterian Church
Harrison Street
Ninth
Leo XT
Vatican
Ma. Young
Costes Opera House
Tons of flour shipped to aid Cuban sufferers from Wichita
A Cuban relief fund led by Col. H.G. Toler collected over 14 tons of flour from southern Kansas towns. The shipment travelled by Frisco Railway to New Orleans and then to Havana via the Morean Line, aided by the Joint Traffic Association. Notable donors included Anthony 6600 pounds, Murdock 3080, Argonta 2.5M, Coldwater 5000, and Wichita 16,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Havana
Col. HG. Teler
Seventh Congressional District
Kansas
del. Toler
Frisco
New Orleans
Gentral Lee
Theater Panic as Colored Boy Breaks Through Ceiling
In Independence on March 13 a 16 year old colored boy named Holt was fined seven dollars in a justice court after causing a disturbance at the opera house. A plaster crash from the ceiling startled the audience as the boy attempted to enter from above, slipping and breaking through between galleries.
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Independence
Will Holt
Alsin
Duck Hunt Yields 200 Ducks in Short Salt Marsh Run
Emporia reports J W Lostuter and Ed Dowdan returning from a salt marsh near Ellinweed where they killed 200 ducks in two and a half days. They found nine varieties among the birds and noted the marsh is about one mile by a mile and a quarter, never more than two feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
J. W. Lostuter
Ed Dowdan
Ellinweed
Alan
Verdict of insanity ends in woman's death in Hope
Abilene March 14 Mrs Belle Hauser of Hope swooned upon hearing the verdict of insanity and died Saturday night at the Faith hospital. Her remains were taken to Hope for interment. The case was described as particularly sad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Belle Hauser
Hope
Ccase
Sketch of Rev Ervin L Thorpe to Succeed Dr Embree
Reverend Ervin L Thorpe is named to pastor First Methodist church of this city arriving this week He has extensive education in law and theology and has held professorships at Upper Iowa University and Yale Divinity School He married Margaret Edson in 1882 and they have one daughter Thorpe is described as a tall brilliant orator with strong social gifts The note also mentions a bond purchase by state school fund commissioners and a Grain-O coffee advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin L. Thorpe
D. D
First Methodist Church
Illinois
Kansas
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Town University
Town City
Honork
Garret Biblical Institute
Evanston, Ill
Upper Iowa Conference
Upper Iowa University
Fayette I
Yais University
Yale Divinity School
Yale Law Adent
Thorpe
Bishop Foss
New York East Conference
Europe
New Tongland
der. Thorpe
Margaret E. Edson
Emporia
Hartford, Conn
Washington Park
Cut PriceeS 90 Cut Price 4 13 Cut Price 1 23
Reading shows a fragmented pricing notice with multiple cut price figures and unclear context. The readable bits indicate discounted price references and a sequence of numbers that may denote dates or catalog entries, but exact details are missing.
Vast Rugs and Drapery Sale With Wide Variety
A long listing of rugs including 26x54 inch Wilton and Smyrna varieties priced from 1.48 to 3.00, plus 30x60 and 36x72 sizes. New lines in carpet size Smyrna and Wilton rugs, art squares from 8.50 to 40. Curtain and drapery items with Nottingham curtains from 1.50 to 3.00 per pair. Linoleum, curtain serim, and a range of tapestries and window shades offered at various prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Wilton
Brussels
Point di Paris
Point de Brudge
Point du Calais
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the Star Grocery
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Abe
Amrmonth
Anko
Sb Tcat
the Star Grocer
Easi
Sr. Telephone
London
Goncuar
Gene L. 2Mith
A. 5S
Embree
State School Fund
Cowley County
Tr. Vince
Codec
Texas
Rug Dept
Oriental Rugs
Art
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