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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1895
Page
11
Remarkable price levels are reported this week with large carpet firms in leading trade centers asking 20 to 25 percent more for identical goods based on actual comparisons. The note highlights a sharp uptick in carpet costs across the market.
Fifty cent yard for Extra Super Ingrais, 63 cents for tapestry Brussels, 99 cents for Moquettes, 124 cents for China Mattings, 224 cents for Cotton Chain China Mattings. Lace Curtains from 68 cents to 2.48 with several larger lots on sale. Lower grades offered proportionally cheaper. all patterns new, no relics from last season.
Ad pitches Electric Carpet Cleanser at 25 cents per box for absorbent dirt and grease removal. Claims brightens colors and is quick, sure, and safe. Product is offered for sale.
Governor Morrill faces criticism as clerks return April salaries to the state treasury to cover earlier irregular payments out of his contingent fund. Readers contend the governor, one of the state’s wealthier men, should promptly compensate clerks for pre‑inaugural work. BREIDENTHAL PAYS UP. State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has paid into the treasury all funds due from his department after a settlement by Deputy Frank Osborn, who lacked state funds for salary and expenses since February.
A strange, possibly non contagious illness labeled black erysipelas has caused about thirty deaths in Davies County over six weeks in northeastern areas. Most victims are women and children with skin eruptions, high fever, and facial swelling. No new cases reported. hope rests on recovery of current patients.
Local notes report sick and traveling residents, church fundraisers, visits to St Louis and Tennessee, and a cousin in Muskegon. Recovery hopes for Ed Presgrove after a stalk cutter injury, new tenants at 1402 Morrison, and various ads for groceries, horses, buggies, harnesses, dental work, and dry goods. Memorial day plans in Rochester cemetery under Blue Post and corps.
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