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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
3
A crowded gathering devolves into a rambling tale of theatre, drink, and improvised dialogue. Chuffey and Tray lead a chaotic exchange as guests volley snatches of slang and Shakespearean allusions amid noisy chatter and shifting loyalties.
A fragmentary narrative describes a shipwreck near Triton Island. John Andrews and a companion search the wreckage in a storm battered area and uncover a cargo of silver bars valued at about $80,100. The men remove the bars and hide them in the bushes to code away.
A mutinous crew plans to recover a treasure from a wreck near a distant island. Andrews grows fearful, betrays little, and the party contemplates sending a runner to Scotland and retrieving the haul with a small craft. Tension rises as fears of discovery spread among the conspirators.
Fragmented, mostly garbled ad and narrative snippets describe recruitment for agents to promote mining ventures, railroad and house schemes, and various get rich quick offers with references to Southern Mercantile Co, Kansas City, Mexico, and Grand. It includes a long tale of treasure hunting aboard a junk wreck, with names of ships, sailors, and a buried treasure, ending with a church fundraising notice and a social invitation.
A jumble of rental notices and sale ads clutter a block of classified lines. Furnished rooms, unfurnished rooms, and house keepings are offered at multiple streets including Van Buren Quincy Lake Monroe and Kansas. Also listed are goods for sale such as horses, stoves, pianos, watches, and nursery stock with various terms and prices.
Real estate and assorted local business and services listed in a fragmentary ad. Mentions sale items with cash offers, car and wagon mentions, carriage repair, rubber crew, general repair, creamery supplies, stimming stations, factories, and a clothing ad. Includes scattered addresses such as West Fifth Street and Jackson Street with phone-like numbers.
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