Fragmentary notice from Topeka area item
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions trades and stalls with prices. References Topeka and local vendors. Details are garbled but indicate market or fair context with cattle trade and shop names.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1895
Page
7
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions trades and stalls with prices. References Topeka and local vendors. Details are garbled but indicate market or fair context with cattle trade and shop names.
The text presents a distorted mix of words and names with scattered references to prices and items. No coherent events or entities can be reliably identified beyond peripheral mentions of prices and possible product names.
James Blerick seeks twenty thousand dollars in district court from Missouri Pacific for a foot loss after a November 12, 1880 accident near South Topeka. He and his parents allege a boxcar roll crushed his foot while allegedly employed by Ed Carr yard master. The case hinges on whether Carr hired the minor and whether the railroad is liable for injuries to its workers.
A long OCR list details assorted pantry items and household goods with quantities, prices, and brand names. Items include oats, breakfast foods, buckwheat, pancakes, shredded wheat, beans, pearl sago, corn meal, soaps, lye, starch, tea, coffee, and tobacco related products, plus matches, yeast, crackers, molasses, and other staples.
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