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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
7
Classified help wanted ads seek workers in ranges from stenography to general labor. Listings mention wages, permanent opportunities, and locations in Topeka and nearby places with credentials and experience desired.
The Topeka board invites proposals for supplies with bids due December 10. Specifications require brand choice, sample submission, and compliance with delivery times to various institutions. Payment terms specify monthly or upon delivery, with a $80 guaranty check and board reserve to reject any bid or parts.
Mexican agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York completed suicide today by shooting himself through the head in the Chaquitesses forest. The act followed criticisms of management. He was a popular public figure in Mexico for many years and respected in the community.
A quirky first person reminiscence recounts a traveling showman near Busted Hopes, selling a cure for sunstrokes, arguing that missionary work and show business mix. He recalls a skeptical audience, a tearful Noah’s Ark moment, a disruptive fight, and a reflection that integrity and profit mingle in show life. The narrator notes his liver regulator sales and a chaotic yet revealing night at the small town venue.
Horace A W Tabor of Colorado, once a multibillionaire and famed mining king, falls from wealth after selling real estate last January and begins anew near Cripple Creek at age 67. Born in 1850 in Vermont, he moved through Kansas and Denver to California Gulch and Buckskin Joe, amassing riches from Little Pittsburg and other mines. He served as mayor of Leadville, lieutenant governor, and briefly as U S senator, building the Tabor Grand Opera House and a vast fortune before ruin returns with divorce and costly lawsuits. Now rumor says he has struck a new mine in Boulder County potentially restoring his fortune.
The American Newspaper Directory is the recognized authority among advertisers for newspaper circulations. The work is in its twenty-ninth year and has a standing offer of $500 for proof that its circulation statements are incorrect.
The Topeka State Journal is cited as having the largest circulation of any daily in Topeka Shawnee County and the First Congressional District, and the state's highest daily circulation. The American Newspaper Directory reports detailed circulation figures, with the directory to be issued September 1, 1897.
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