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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1897
Page
7
Fragmented line filled page shows multiple classified items including WASTED and WANTED notices. Entries mention ammunition, curtains, fur garments, cleaning supplies, repairs, rental listings, buyers for household goods, and farm and real estate for sale or rent in Shawnee County. Names, places, and ad details are partially readable with many garbled phrases and stray prices.
Proposals must be received by the Secretary of State in Topeka until noon November 6 for completing interior dome work at the State Capitol. Plans and specifications available in the State House Architect office. Bidders must include a five percent bid bond. Governor Leedy and Secretary of State oversee the process.
In Squan Creek a crowd tales of Captain Kidds Chest of Gold and a plan to seize it. Philetus Gascomb spins a yarn about a pirate hoard while jokes and rowdy bravado lead to a brawl and the end of the Brotherly Love club. Stephen Plattcom reports strange men probing for the chest as mischief erupts and the group splits in distrust.
A ragged yarn unfolds of a band of brothers chasing a chest of gold on Barnegat Bay. Sol White’s boastful tale is undercut by others as Goliah Prescott and crew chase the treasure while inspecting, bluffing, and arguing through a week of oyster bed scrapes and spectral talk of providence.
Mr Chucker misses his trousers after a chaotic journey toward Windsor. He pays a guard to secure a compartment then endures a public ribbing as a fellow passenger helps his wife, while the train stalls at Hamwell and he is forcibly ejected into the platform in full view, finally explaining the situation amid laughter and disbelief.
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