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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
14
A jumble of real estate and sale notices spans Topeka and nearby towns. Listings mention salable homes, rental properties, and land with details on location, improvements, and access. Potential buyers are urged to call for information on specific lots, exchanges, or prices amid mixed historic advertisements.
Real estate advertisement dense with multiple properties and prompts from S M Wood Co and Benedict Co. Includes sales, exchanges, farms near city, lots fronting on Central Park Huntoun and Kansas avenues, cottages, rooms, trade offers, rents, and loan tips. Numerous locations: Wichita area and local streets. Marketed by S M Wood Co and others.
Real estate ads describe numerous properties on Morris Avenue West 10th and various streets. Listings include 4 room cottages, 1 and 2 lot parcels, farms up to many acres, and ranches in several counties with prices per acre and financing offers. Also notes mortgage terms, property services, and local realty firms pausing on sales and trades.
A public sale is scheduled at the Shawnee County court in Topeka Kansas with the east front door of the courthouse named for the bid. The notice lists defendants including Knowles Benet Wheeler and others in a district court investment case. The sale seeks the highest bid for land described as section 2, lot 19, with terms as stated.
A flood of estate listings along Polk near 13th Harrison and Tyler streets offers cottages with aged features, water, sewer connections, and shade. Terms include cash upfront or time payments, with several parcels and 4 to 5 room homes on East Paramore Monroe Tyler and nearby avenues, some with improvements and some to be exchanged for land. Land loans and insurance offered.
The notice outlines a sidewalk construction project with spec details, bid security, and performance bond requirements for the city of Topeka Kansas. It states bids must be accompanied by a bid check and the mayor may approve the contract after final council action.
Proposals on file for a Topeka project dated May 16 outline bids for a new city project with a 10 o clock notice. A Soutraer will oversee the bid process and reserve the right to reject any or all bids. First published in the Topeka Journal on May 7.
At a May meeting the Topela council resolved to improve health and safety by paving Willow avenue from Greenwood to Woodlawn with sand and brick and stone foundation. The resolution, signed by Mayor and officials, was published in the May 1 issue of the State Journal.
The Topeka city council resolves that Tyler Street from the south line of a penue to the north curtt tne of 3 street be graded and paved thirty wide with vitrified brick on mind Fow Hen and curbed with Colorado red sandstone. Certification dated May 16 confirms copy of original temper.
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