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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1895
Page
8
An old time grocery ad touts best quality and widest variety with satisfaction guaranteed. It lists numerous items and prices including beans, sugar, rice, cereals, canned goods, soap, matches, dairy products, fruit, and staples, aiming to attract customers with value and selection.
In Topeka and surrounding areas a mix of civic updates, social mentions, and small-town happenings unfolds. Registration closes for mayoral votes, civil service exams loom, and a Santa Fe conductor plans rest in Ada. Local boxing talk, school plays, charity efforts, and transit notes pepper the column, while weather and crop estimates color the season.
Al Merrit of Wamego visits Governor Merritt as rumors surface that Merritt will be named state grain inspector. The Louisville Mills half owner is a brother of the late James Merritt, a longtime Union Pacific attorney. Dr Milner of Topeka pens Misnomers in Ram's Horn. Jarboe Grant offer free hair curling for ladies and children this Saturday at 624 Kansas Avenue.
North Topeka area notes show policeman on duty with No 13 badge. C G Jones from Oklahoma City visits north side friends. Rail workers report higher bum supply due to warm weather. Miss Belle Cromwell returns to Menoken after visit to Simpson Cloud County. Presbyterian society to entertain at James Thomson home on Jackson street next Wednesday. Restaurant rumor reports waiters sing After the Ball when idle. Local remark warns idleness breeds bad habits. W H Moody learns his son Aleex in Denver is very sick and out of school. George Stonefield moves from 812 Jackson Street to Vedie block on Quincy to be near business. A dog bite incident prompts caution as a loose bulldog on West Gordon Street intimidates pedestrians. Some residents detour around block rather than confront the dog. Mrs George Woldridge, colored, dies at West Morris Street. funeral tomorrow at 1 p.m. from B Street Baptist Church. Mrs Patrick Brodie dies at 832 Monroe Street of quick consumption. funeral Sunday at home, interment Prairie Home Cemetery. Many Russian families settling Roos plan to return home. they find life here harder. Philip Ecker Mian, Santa Fe shop employee, to return with family Monday. 20–25 more families plan to follow by May 1.
The Hillmon jury spent another night in the jury room without agreement. They returned pale and weary to the court and stated they remained deadlocked, focusing on the Hillmon teeth question as witnesses testified teeth were removed or sound. The jurors were provided blankets but slept little, appearing exhausted at dawn.
The Torbett Concert Company performs at Hamilton Hall next Wednesday evening in Topeka. Miss Ollie Torbett, granddaughter of General James P. Deake, is praised as a delightful violinist by the New York World. Pianist Rudolf von Scarpa, from Vienna, is noted as remarkable by the St Paul Globe. The Lutteman sextette from Stockholm also features in the program. Seats are 60 cents, on sale at Kellam's.
We thank friends who assisted after our mother’s passing and for the flowers sent. Mrs J J Hartman William Devery Agnes Devery. Some people look fresh or old due to vitality in the blood. Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Maker touted as restoring health. Sold by W. K. Kennady.
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