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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1896
Page
5
A garbled retail ad lists groceries and household items with numerous misspellings and jumbled names. It urges shoppers to compare prices, promises low costs, and touts quality. The ad emphasizes sales across foods, teas, coffees, cereals, baking goods, syrups, and soaps.
A prisoner at Leavenworth pens letters to Brytisis Consul describing court, trial, and appeals. He requests clemency and notes his confinement, trade work, and desire for better meals and living conditions. The text references Kilgore and other individuals, with unclear dates and scattered names.
May 42 report from The Evening Mail describes Senator Dubois opposing a Republican sound money platform. It cites letters to EA Ferin of Buley and references internal party tensions and a push to defeat the Republican ticket. Senator Wallace is noted in a New York dispatch as critically cautious amid the storm.
A San Jose carnival of roses decorates streets for the Brent festival opening Wednesday. King Cole proclamation jeers at rivals while San Jose natives pledge loyalty with a dragon parade over 300 feet long and massed processions.
In San Francisco on May 11 Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army kissed his wife at the Metropolitan Temple before a vast audience. He apologized for the public display, spoke of his Rocky Mountain impressions, and indicated his continued stay would depend on his wife’s health. The commander plans several days in the city, weather permitting.
A Central Labor union meeting endorses a union of the Federation of Labor and the Homelita of Labor to form a larger labor bloc. A letter from the federation president calls for full reconciliation, with opposition from a Knight of Labor skeptical of lost boycotts. The vote passes by a large majority amid tension between factions.
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Milton, Kansas boy, connected with The Times-Union of Jacksonville, reports via Havana dispatch that he faces death sentences meted by Spanish authorities. The letter from Milton to Washington cites his role as a newspaper correspondent for the Florida Times-Union and his quest to obtain further particulars. A physician’s endorsement for Avyer's Sarsaparilla is mentioned in the same clipping.
Advertisement notes a Republican convention in St Louis on June 1s 19B6 with Burlington Route travel deals. Promoters promise low rates, grand entertainment, and a major political gathering. others advertise summer tours to eastern resorts, hair care products, and hardware goods in Kansas Avenue.
Joseph Marsh reports on Mexican life and the forthcoming Manila expo. government engineers inspect work, administration buildings rise in red brick Louis XIV style, moat filled, towers planned. Midway plans include Indian village, Mexican restaurant, and crafts fair.
May 11 item reports a troubling tale about two men Charles Sohne and George Minear, their deaths from a falling load of gold and a fatal accident while attempting to transform gold into bricks. Includes chaotic OCR style and conflicting details about names and events. Also mentions rate changes for Dunkarts travel and a Panama dispatch about the Bermuda and a gunboat arrival with war materials on board.
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