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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1894
Page
7
Fragmentary text describes salesmen and street vendors with notices about peddling and employment. Mentions Helena and various places, with scattered job ads and requests for quick applications. Content is damaged but indicates a local commerce and solicitation page.
A jagged OCR fragment lists times, routes, and stations including Santa Fe, Topeka, and depots. The garbled text references day and night services, tickets, and a few scattered names such as Moria Kap and Garnet, but the readable items are insufficient to outline a coherent event or service schedule.
Passenger timetable notes show arrivals and departures for Kansas topeka and Topeka routes with times around 2:58 pm 6:16 pm and early morning service. The record identifies H O Garvey as City Passenger Agent and provides a telephone contact for the station and post office in a 1954 Rock Island rail context.
This notice lists train schedules and connections for the Pacific line starting October 7 1894 with arrivals from Denver Topeka and Topeka City and Kansas routes. It mentions No 8 solid vestibule to Chicago with dining car and free chair cars and through connections to Salt Lake Portland and the Pacific coast.
Special correspondence describes Ulysses S Grant Jr and Jesus in a sunny Baja California area near San Diego. The Grant family occupies a hillside estate with ocean views and a rose garden while Mrs. Grant and son Ulysses Jr move between homes. The quiet households avoid social life as birds, quail, and ducks abound in the surrounding country.
Special correspondence from New Orleans recounts a humorous challenge between Chicago Abend Post editor Racbesumen and Freie Presse editor J. P. Svepnes, amid reports of German press mismanagement. The piece recalls Bernard Marigny, a famed New Orleans duelist, who once stopped a duel by feigning admiration for his opponent, quelling a pistols clash and strengthening creole friendship.
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