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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1898
Page
10
An old time ad showcases a wide range of groceries and goods including baking powder dried fruits peaches apples pears tomatoes and canned items. It promises prompt mail orders and emphasizes low pricing. The crowding lists brand names and product lines typical of a general store advertisement.
Fragmentary grocery blurb lists fish, beans, meats, lard and bacon with scattered numbers. References to spices, soap, arch soap and a few stray place names appear, but most details are unreadable.
At a New York stockholders meeting Abbey, Bchoeffel & Grey agreed to sell Tremant Theater to Tremant Theater Amusement company. Ghree to assume mortgage, plus about $6,000 to settle liabilities and distribute overstock shares. Sale aims to wind up affairs at the May annual meeting. buyer group led by Bueton Unphal kets with J. H Schoffel as president.
There is mention of a Salvation Army Easter program for children to be held April 7 and a galley ball by The Puri Verain next Wednesday. Turner sards City Dog Tax Collector Nels Motn issued 280 dog taxes this spring. A New York weekly bank statement reports changes in surplus reserve and other monetary figures for March 28.
Quintun Hoge founder of the London Polytechnic Institute arrives in New Orleans to arrange the acquisition of 11,000 acres of sugar cane and invest 750000 in the industry as the sugar market in the islands remains crippled. Also notes early local business filings and assorted advertisements.
Eleven passengers and conductor were held up by two masked men on electric car No 45 near the Argentine bridge. They looted money watches rings and pocketbooks before fleeing toward the Santa Fe tracks. Police were alerted and the act blamed on a bold highway robbery on the lonely river bridge.
Charles Wilson of the Staffeback Gang, sought for murder and other crimes, was captured at Billings near the Frisco railroad and delivered to Sheriff Sparks. The report ties Wilson to the Galbreath murder and details a long history of robberies and disappearances linked to the StaMeback family in Galena.
Delegates from Crawford and Cherokee counties met in Pittsburg to discuss miner grievances. The gathering organized to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor and protested compulsory company doctors and a $1 monthly miner charge, aiming for a reduction. State officials Johnson MrcGrath and Gallagher attended and spoke.
Wichita police Commissioner George K. Spencer filed a mandamus to force Mayor Rost to appoint Populists to election boards. At a council meeting Rost named Democrats and Republicans to boards, leaving only four Populists named. Spencer argues the new law entitles Populists to representation on all boards and initiated legal action. Beard on the Sunken Heat Abandoned for a Time.
The hunt for the hull of the sunken Arabia proceeds by caisson work. A barrel of ham bones a wagon of boots and shoes and pine lumber have been recovered. A vast whisky treasure is alleged with prices offered per gallon. Machinery moves to Kansas City until autumn while operations renew. Fort Scott society woman succeeds in lottery selling many tickets for a horse prize.
A 14 year old Miss Chira Panorum daughter of an Elmdale farmer, now in Milwaukee after graduation, led Milwaukee’s Grand Avenue Methodist church orchestra during revival meetings and has performed at private society events. She is a descendant of Henry Stoeler of the Germania Band and related to historic music circles in Boston and Milwaukee. Pensions granted in Kansas include Thomas Donovan of Kansas City and Alexander Carathera of Topeka, with several widows and others listed. Dickinson County Teachers Association held its final meeting with Professor Frank Parsons as chief speaker, and Lawrence’s university regents sought local funding to rebuild a burnt building. An elevator at Clyde burned, causing significant loss, and mandamus actions were filed in Leavenworth to compel corporate reporting. April hearing set for the writ.
Publication fragment notes a March 3 entry in the Tonekn State Journal with claims of wins. The readable text is fragmentary with unclear specifics about people, places, or events. The item cannot confirm names or outcomes beyond the dated note.
Official election notice listing ward by ward precincts with judges clerks and polling locations. Names include Jones Dwyer Parker Warner Spivey Archer Myers Randolph and others. Voters are instructed to appear at designated streets and corners on voting day with precinct details and officials listed.
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