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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1901
Page
7
Advertisement offer urges hiring ads for men boys or women and promotes placing small classified ads in The State Journal Kansas to reach widespread readers. Encourages property rentals sales trades and business changes with 50 cent weekly rates and five cuts per line daily.
Government appraises Osage land at 1.25 per acre and plans a Topeka sale in small tracts. The sweep covers southern Kansas counties including Cowley and Chautauqua with a prior auction of Chippewa lands nearby. The 5000 acres are to be offered at U S land office on July 10 with proceeds to public and tribal interests.
Ogdensburg May 4 1944 Northwestern from Chicago to Liverpool ran aground between Galoup and Hapht Du Plot rapids Sunday evening. The ship rode the current then grounded on the north bank and drifted aground after divers and wreckers moved toward the scene. The Dennehiy wreckers headed to the site as Northwestern prepared to be hauled off.
North Topeka items mix with social updates from Rochester Osankle and Manhattan. Names include Arthur Page Mrs J P Buck Mr and Mrs Wieland Mr and Mrs Myers and Miss Belle Marple. Ads announce sales at COSTLEY & POST and millinery reductions.
May 12 New York report on a campaign by the Archaeological Institute to fund a new building for the Oriental studies school in Jerusalem. Professor J Henry Thayer of Harvard chairs the committee and presents a report urging funds to reach about 106000 with 20000 already pledged.
W Kouns formerly assistant general superintendent of the Santa Fe has been named superintendent of transportation succeeding A W Towsey who resigned two weeks ago. The office of assistant general superintendent is abolished. Koons has served since 1883 and is characterized as thoroughly competent for his new post.
Peoria officials report burglars entered the Thielbar shoe house by a skylight and stole about $1,000 in cash. The break in followed a similar method used by a prior thief who raided government stamp offices. A fire hazard was created by gas passages and a match nearly caused a broader disaster.
Standard Oil interests acquire the entire block on the east side of Fifth Avenue from Forty first to Forty second streets and a large adjacent block toward the Madison Avenue front near Bryant Park. The price is about 5.6 million dollars. The sale marks one of Manhattan’s most valuable real estate frontages and could shift the city estate market in coming years.
Emporia postmaster issue arises as a business men's delegation led by L W Lewis J Eadwards L S Shia Grove and Congressman Miller meets in Council Grove to discuss the post office. Miller indicates a decision soon and mentions offering Emporia’s position to William Martindale who reportedly refused. Delegation spent about an hour in Council Grove amid tense local political maneuvering.
Fragmentary classified notice listing multiple want ads and job leads. Mentions a wanted man, a young men catalog, an actress assignment, and a salesman position. Includes stray names and places such as Lawrence and Mount Hops Nurseries, with unclear details and truncated phrases.
A collage of quips and snippets from various papers includes jokes about politics and society, with snippets on a Senate remark, Washington news humor, and light political gossip. Also notes charters granted to several companies and a brief treasury report on short term bonds. The mixed items reflect a lively daily scraps page with local and national hues.
Partial OCR text from a historic page shows fragmentary items with odd spellings and unclear names. The readable lines mention a bird dog, a clownish seller, and scattered phrases. No coherent event or clear entities beyond generic items and a few garbled terms.
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