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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1894
Page
2
Fragmented text discusses furniture store advertising and customer reception. It references addresses 626 Kixess Ave and 617-619 Qusey, mentions praise and plans, and alludes to consumer sentiments about furniture buying. The tone imitates promotional material with unreliable phrasing and unclear conclusions.
A fragmented excerpt notes cautions that life’s worth should not be neglected or deceived. The lines hint at unexpected events this week and emphasize honest living and awareness amid surprises. Named persons or organizations do not clearly appear in the legible text.
A local store advertises dining chairs at 31.25 each with limited quantities. The note hints at a price match challenge and urges customers to visit this week for potential savings and a favorable shopping experience.
A fragmentary notice discusses parlor sets and a potential dollar impact on small purchases. It mentions a governor and routine efforts, but the readable text is limited and obscured. The item reads like a brief classified notice with uncertain details.
An old catalog excerpt promotes MREESs and trees with various styles and features. It highlights sturdy construction, storage space, and antique finishes. Prices range from five to seventy five dollars, with mentions of oak material and brass racks.
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A garbled item highlights styles and a fashionable furniture trend. Prices range from $10 to $30.
Fragmentary OCR item yields a brisk note about a Kansas Avenue event or clash. Names and precise details are unclear but the piece hints at a local incident involving residents and a venue, with a timestamp around an uncertain period. Further readable facts are not available.
A Minneapolis group led by Mikxr Arors petitions the United States for mediation and a national Armenian fund. They urge citizens to donate a cent or dime to aid Armenians, establish a righteous government, and protect properties. Trustees span Minneapolis and New York, with funds held at banks for two purposes: relieve outrages and advance Armenian self-government.
Kansas City political chiefs announce swift action on election fraud cases. Charles J. Ossley to be removed as recorder of voters and replaced by H. Clay Arnold as investigation unfolds. Prosecuting Attorney Brown seeks an assistant attorney general to prosecute cases including Pinklay Morrison and others already charged. Governor Stone approved the plan after a thorough inquiry.
A gun battle at a church ten miles south of Carrollton, Arkansas, yesterday left one man dead and five wounded. Deputy Sheriff Brewer and Marshal Chatham were also hurt. Claude Moss, sought for murder at Monticello, Dewitt County, Ark, resisted arrest as officers closed in at the church. The struggle at the church door caused a hue and cry and many women fainted amid the chaos.
The Amer ican Hiner Indiana from Liverpool and Queenstown remains missing with a crew of seventy and steerage passengers. Also overdue is the British steamship Robina from Antwerp. Fire devastates Kansas City housing, leaving fifteen families homeless and about 75000 dollars in losses. Populist vote tallies compare 1902 and 1904, with shifts noted across states. Archbishop Ireland criticized by a bishop in Rocupsres. Willard Parker dies in Michigan from morphine overdose. President Cleveland shows mild improvement after rheumatic foot swelling. Princess Bismarck’s health worsens as Dr Schweninger is called.
Waramotos Nov 20 Postmaster General W S Bissell submits his annual report for year ending June 30 1894. He urges revising laws to place the department on a self sustaining basis, oppose expensive experiments like postal telegraph and free rural delivery, extend existing services, reclassify railway mail clerks, and provide expert postal supervision. He notes revenue trends and calls for economy without harming service, reporting major contract relets and subsidy cuts saving millions over ten years. He supports suppressing lottery schemes and strengthening mail service legislation, warning that growing second class matter requires action.
Field Marshal Count Oyama reports Japanese forces captured Port Arthur with the second army storming inland forts on November 21. Forts fell by November 22 and 23 as casualties and prisoners are tallied. Port Arthur garrison estimated at 20,000. spoils include large quantities of arms and ammunition. A rival dispatch says Port Arthur still burning and 12 Japanese warships seen. London telegraphs Shanghai notes Chinese officials deny capture reports.
A new church in St Louis modeled after a Los Angeles church proposes to address both spiritual and secular needs. It organizes committees on education unemployment and welfare of the un employed and unfortunate carceral and municipal institutions for uplift. The lecturer is Lewis a former industrial general.
Developments in the Capital National Bank failure probe involve receivers asking to be parties to proceedings over Mosher holdings in the Western Manufacturing Company and the gas company. Receivers claim Mosher owned 500 shares in Western Manufacturing and 2850 shares in the gas company and seek to subject that stock to the court judgment to recover about 500000 dollars.
Three people died on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near South Branch Be adjacent to Green Spring Run when train No. 47 struck near the bridge. The victims Isaiah Daylor and wife and Miss Kidwell were en route to church. The accident occurred about 8:20 in the morning causing a deadly fall from the bridge.
In St. Louis area, November 26, Mrs. H Phelps, of Colonel H Phelps linked to Missouri Pacific legal department, was in a carriage when a frightened horse bolted. She jumped from the carriage, suffered injuries, and died shortly after.
Large stock of musical instruments with bargains across uprights, squares, organs, and sheet music. Upright pianos priced from 250 to 275, square pianos and organs from 35 and up, one Lyon and Healy upright at 3100, uphones offered at 135, 150, 175, plus reductions on banjos guitars mandolins and music sheets.
In a cold drizzle near Thirteenth Street an old cab driver dozed inside his cab. A well dressed man awakened him and demanded a ride to North Capitol Street. The driver slept through the demand as the passenger grew frustrated and finally hopped onto the box to drive off. The incident blends humorous misadventure across newspapers including the Washington Post and Detroit Tribune clippings.
A youth pleads with his father over two licks for fighting and argues one lick already given by the bay. The father refuses to add a second whipping or accept the pretext of double punishment, while the scene shifts to lighthearted banter about proposing to Miss Penstock and a joke about borrowing attire.
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