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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
3
A fragmentary narrative follows a frontier town with odd speech and shifting scenes as a man recalls a day of travel, childlike wonder, and a tense encounter near a wharf. The prose invokes imagery of weathered streets, curious dialogue, and a drifting moral about life and danger.
A jagged OCR fragment depicts a stranger asking a question amid confusion. Names and clear action are obscured by garbled text, mentioning a wife, a mountain, and a tense confrontation aboard a route with indecipherable references.
A scrambled Havana to New York dispatch discusses Colonel Mehaet and a planned waterworks purchase at Clentivesen Colimel Day. The piece reports a missing person case tied to U.S. forces and notes a football game Haskell vs KH U with ticket sales and dates, alongside literary notices and Boer affairs.
Fragmented old time classifieds advertise free messenger service, job wants, and rental notices. Listings mention a girl for domestic work, agents for editorial lines, and furnished rooms with rent details amid garbled text and stray names.
Classified page fragment lists for rent houses and cottages with addresses and contact hints, plus machine shops and department store notes. Mentions Golden Ulm Machine Works, Gerdom & Sons machinists, cream separators, and Ray sire tay Kane Kemper & Paxton at 30-210 E. 0th St. Context shows mixed local listings with incomplete lines and spellings.
Odd assortment of ads lists items for sale at various addresses including Lafayette Street Culnter 51 pm and See Puella Ave. Highlights mention poultry birds curbed by names like Harlon Burton and company, plus various household goods, furniture and a partially legible sale notice with multiple vendors.
Real estate ad describing a strictly modern one room house with two lots and fine shade. Mentions location between Bethany and Washington with central chimney and grate. Monthly rent $60 and easy terms offered by Benedict & Co Kaneus Ave.
A garbled old page lists acts for sale and exchange in Oakland and Kansas towns. Items include 13 acre plots at $2 per acre, seven room evitegn houses on West Side, a four room home on Western Avenue, and a 88 acre tract near Bour dun county with water and timber. Also notes exchange offers, a subscription for a railroad timetable, and Topeka liquor cure ad. Names mentioned include GEORGE M. NOBLE & CO and M. Heery. Rail timetable details from Rock Island System appear.
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