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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
7
The sale features extensive price cuts across women’s apparel and accessories. Notable items include tailored suits, shirt waists, hosiery, underwear, children's wear, and umbrellas. The ad markets a broad assortment with emphasis on undergarments, hosiery, and corsets, urging quick purchases at reduced prices.
The report covers chaotic notes from Carspano Venezuela with defense mentions and eruptive activity near a university, plus a business section advertising carpets, laces, and fabrics for sale. It mentions a stormy event, relief efforts, and a warlike posture while detailing sales and discounts at Frost's and Babcock shops with various textile offers and household items.
The fifth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church opened at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. The assembly, to run 15 days, will debate the report of the committee on the decision of the Confession of Faith on May 2. The moderator Rev Dr Minton of San Francisco preached on the founding mission of Presbyterianism, stressing education, missionary work, and the church’s role in civilization and moral progress.
A. F. Poole stands trial in Caldwell County court charged with robbing farmers northwest of Topeka of chickens. Hearing reveals he previously faced charges for stealing chickens after dark from roasts. officers tie him to Missouri records and possible acts in Nebraska Colorado and Oklahoma. Witnesses recount hens and tracks found on a wagon, with chicken wire and an old hen used as evidence. defense seeks to cast doubt about yard confinement.
Classified notice seeking salesmen for Maynit Hope Nurseries in Lawrence, Kansas and a tobacco cure service in Oklahoma City. Offers weekly pay, training, and visiting routes. Addresses include Spokane Washington and Kansas Avenue. Wary, with scattered misspellings, but clearly a recruitment advertisement and a questionable health claim.
Fragmented ad and witness dialogue mix. items include wanted items such as a driving horse, used goods, and household ads. Mentions Topeka and generic local notices with scattered names and stray quotes about chickens and wagons, creating a jumble of 19th century ad copy and testimony.
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