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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1900
Page
7
Historical ad text lists a broad dry goods and linen sale in Warren M Crosby and Co. Kansas Avenue store. Highlights include pattern cloths 72 to 90 inches wide, bleached damask, napkins, towels, and linen goods with prices and discounts. Emphasizes wide linens, heavy damask, and assorted linen products.
Advertises damask lunch cloths 26x26 BLOO priced 1.25 to 200 with varied codes 456x451 and FL50. Includes demask trey cloths 1x27 and small pieces 28c 42c 50c and 750 each. Complete line of Dolly and soup pieces advertised.
The fragmentary text describes a chaotic scene with smoky conditions and disrupted activities. It mentions a Roman setting and references to ruins and a storm or haze. Names and precise actions are obscured, yielding a vague, atmosphere-driven note rather than a clear event.
The article details long time collector work by Sr. Stehece, who built a vast butterfly and gylog collection over sixty years. It notes contributions from various collectors, mentions lost regulations, and hints at rare specimens and exchange with other enthusiasts. The text is fragmented and reads like a historical record of a private cabinet.
Fragmented report describes a new explosive device and shell design with automatic loading and better recoil, discussing its potential effects and tactical implications. The text references cartridge types, timing mechanisms, and battlefield use, suggesting a focus on military testing and absorption of impact.
Reading shows garbled text. Mentions a person named Peter and a phrase about peace. Indicates a discussion of rights or peace terms and a march or gathering. Several words appear twice or jumbled, suggesting OCR errors on a historical article.
Police raid on the Amity Literary and Social Club led to charges against club officers including President Semple and steward Ben Holtwick for selling liquor and maintaining a nuisance. The Topeka case, backed by Special Policeman Charles Botts, seeks an injunction to shut the club, with Semple defending the organization as a family, non drinker space. Proceedings, including bond approval, followed the raid as Magaw weighs the city nuisance ordinance against Amity and similar clubs.
Fragmented report of a convention session reading the platform and resolutions. It praises William McKinley’s administration, supports self-government, anti-trust measures, and constitutional amendments, and endorses Charles C. Kerene for re election as chairman.
The Santa Fe shop fund receives two additional thousand dollar subscriptions. Joan Mulvane and John H Mulvane each signed for twenty one thousand, bringing the total to twelve thousand dollars from nine one hundred dollar and seventeen five hundred dollar pledges. A garbled portion mentions local business names and notes the push to commence work on blacksmith shops, with a general sense of urgency. The text then digresses into miscellaneous science notes and anecdotes about experiments with X rays and a dog, ending with a brief joke about a customer asking for paregoric.
Import values reached 31,230,856 with exports at 530,555. The largest drop in recent years is in wheat and rye due to higher production and broader trade gains. Some sectors show deterioration, notably sugar, which fell from 54,002,000 to 45,685,000 in 1999.
Chicago May 16 Willie Collier comic mourners gather around an open grave at Graceland cemetery for the burial of Frederick Growvence Stanley. The layman led the ceremony after a mix up kept the rector from St Chrysostom’s church. the funeral proceeded at the widow’s request, with the body laid to rest as a friend’s tribute.
A damaged old ad lists varied grocery items and merchandise with misspellings. It promises value from every dollar spent, highlighting California peaches, pickles, jams, flour, fish, butter, oil, gas, tobacco, beans, creamery products, kitchenware, and tableware. The text emphasizes maximizing results from purchases.
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