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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
5
Couches and arm chairs advertised for comfort and value from seven to fifty dollars each. The matting trade is noted with a stock of fine China and Japanese floor matting, priced from eighteen to sixty six cents per yard.
An ad promotes a furniture reviver that restores original finish and promises a French mirror like shine. The product is offered for 25 cents a bottle with a promise that buyers will be grateful for the tip.
London born Aubrey Beardsley the artist and draughtsman dies at Mentone at an early age. He rose to fame with a grotesque poster style described as black and white mock outlines. Also noted is Viola Themas filing for divorce from husband Adison Themas on grounds of non support.
They announce the first troops sent from Kansas to the front with artillery from Fort Riley. The departure, originally set for six, was delayed to ten. The report notes the long wait before beginning their march to the battlefield.
Fort Riley March 17. At 10 p.m. a special train carrying two artillery batteries departed toward Savannah and Fort Oglethorpe. A crowd of about 500, with the band playing, saw off the troops as 150 men, 110 horses, 12 guns and caissons, and 4 loaded cars moved. Delays and misrouted cars caused a lengthened wait, but by 4:30 p.m. the train was ready to proceed. Wives and sweethearts cried at the platform while officers and civilians reacted with frustration and comments on the delay. The move marks the first troop departure from a U.S. post toward the front.
A fragmented OCR list describes fabrics and accessories for sale including braces, bonnet items, rubber tips, rings, and hair curtiming. It mentions wholesale packages and various textile products with pricing notes and reference to supporting items like pillows and cards.
Soldiers load and secure heavy cannons and carriages onto freight cars amid a long, disciplined operation. Officers direct teams, horses unhitched and moved to palace cars, while families bid farewell as the train rolls out. The Kansas battery proceeds toward Fort Ogithorpe with high tension and hopeful rumors of Cuba.
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