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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1896
Page
8
A local sale highlights quality corset covers from 5c to 50c and various drawers gowns and skirts priced to draw buyers. Dress patterns, fabrics, and notions are offered at discounts, with a broad range of light colored novelty patterns and accompanying sewing supplies included.
Local grocery list outlines a range of products including flour and feed, various beans and fruits, roasted bulk coffee, dairy items, meats, lard, potatoes, and other staples. The ad emphasizes freshness and best quality with items like Evaporated apples, peaches, apricots, and white label lard in 5 lb pails.
A seventeen year old girl and her insistently eager partner visit a judge after eloping plans falter. The judge notes under fifteen require parental consent, prompting a plan to wed in Missouri or wait a year as witnesses testify. Nearby notices invite spring settings and local services.
The Hillmon trial defense presented Major Theodore Wiseman of Omaha, a former New York Life special agent, outlining Wiseman’s 1878 79 visit to Lawrence to distribute circulars and Hillmon's alleged life insurance for 10000 dollars. The testimony covers identification attempts, body exhumation at Medicine Lodge, and multiple life insurance examinations and policies.
Wichita gains division freight office for the St. Louis & San Francisco railway with CBR Gray named division freight agent and T. J. Frank as traveling auditor. Officials say the move signals Frisco operating independently of the Santa Fe, potentially making Wichita the western business headquarters.
Fragmented notes describe section men returning to ten hour days, engines undergoing repairs, and yard reshuffles including Engine 157 and Engine 276 from Pontomac. A Spanish language memory case is recounted, followed by a quirky Richmond wedding tale at a justice who auctions and marries on the spot. Also mentions Kansas patents for the week ending March 17, 1896, and local advertisements.
Sta Grocery advertises daily bargains and price quality mix. Large Colorado potatoes at 35 cents a bushel, flour and sugar discounts, canned goods, meats, dairy, produce, and household items listed with unit prices. Emphasizes selection of fresh produce, canned fish, evaporated fruits, and pantry staples.
Tickets for Homeseeler Excursions to Santa Fe will be sold in Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Kansas and Indian Territory. Sale dates are April 7 and May 5 with 11 day sale limit. For details contact J P Rowner City Ticket Office Topeka.
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