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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
7
The Star Grocery offers wholesale and retail under J S Sprout with telephone 252 at 112 East Sixth Street. Prices and quality attract buyers daily and focus on special low prices. We are cutting the price on all of Flos.
A damaged OCR reads a long grocery list with brands and items such as California Dried Peaches Raisins Prunes Corn Oysters and sardines. The fragment mentions canned goods dried fruit breakfast cereals and pantry staples with scattered quantities and brand names.
John H. Adams of American Central Insurance with Sam F. Woolard met Kansas Superintendent to discuss rate reductions. Woolard says no company combination, but reductions will be offered where feasible. Adams notes state scrutiny of insurers and promises independent moves to relieve costs while avoiding useless exams.
A Topeka based inquiry unfolds as English grain importers from Liverpool visit Kansas City to investigate apparent fraud in wheat grades. They report No 2 and No 3 Kansas wheat being adulterated and mixed, lowering quality en route to Liverpool. Secretary Wilson pledges study and possible government inspection to curb deceit amid fierce market competition.
A damaged OCR note reports a ten day reshaping of school books. Superintendent Nelson convened a permit meeting to lock in selections for high school geometry and Latin exercises. Publishers cited include Wentworth, Foresman, and Bacon among others. the text lists multiple Latin and grammar works.
The new state board of health will in June appoint a successor to Dr Gill, current secretary of the board. He questions the board’s right to remove him and cites that removal requires cause. If needed, the governor may intervene after investigation. Details cite his Pittsburg early tenure and private practice while auditors vetted his claims.
The Agricultural College Board is organized and at work with officers elected: President Fairchild, Treasurer J S StoDo, Secretary WH Phipps. Judges Glass denied injunction against Herman and Limbaker. plan to replace Meadowell and Yee with Gertru de Stanley’s appointee. Republicans weigh efforts to remove Bist and invite William Jennings Bryan to deliver the commencement address.
The case of Petersen against Edward Davies concerns a Carter town lot sale and a tax dispute over unpaid installments. Petersen paid 300 cash, later covered taxes with a 27.50 tax deed, and now seeks possession after a prolonged default and eviction efforts. The matter centers on deed terms, tax arrears, and final judgment in the Supreme Court.
Kansas educator and Ofsted presidency figure Prof. Guy P Bentean has been offered and is set to accept the presidency of Upper Iowa University in Fayette. He joins Baker University ties and previously served as state superintendent under Governor Morrill’s administration.
A garbled dispatch from San Extirnte cites a Filipino congress split among 36 members with three backing peace and two favoring reconciliation while others seek better terms with the United States. The piece shifts to a Western Centre Life Insurance bend approval in Kansas City, then to a series of travel offers, railway fares to California and Denver, and finally to assorted household products and medicines. The text reads like a stray OCR dump of notices, ads, and fragmented reports.
A cluttered early 20th century classifieds page lists many FOR SALE items including a billiard suite chairs a sewing machine a gas range and hay with prices cash or credit. Listings mention addresses and local stores with scattered names such as Pop Fac Journal Paining and THOMPSON of Kansas.
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