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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1894
Page
3
A dealer extols well chosen furniture as a mark of refinement and sound judgment. He warns against overbuying cheap, shoddy pieces and stresses durable, tasteful items that elevate the home without straining the purse.
An angling sales note voices praise for low priced furniture sets ranging from 25 to 845 dollars. It credits improved machinery and new methods for better construction and style, arguing prices will rise soon as this era of progress continues. Immediate purchase is advised.
The spiritualistic entertainment at the Topeka Opera House last night failed to impress. Dr Alex Humes and Miss Nate Fox starred while a curious North Topeka man J C Fulton tried to expose them on stage. The show relied on stale tricks and the seance ended as a counterfeit performance.
An odd mixed page item lists Union Pacific and Santa Fe travel options with prices and a parade, followed by a lengthy anecdote about Mr Labouchere and Mr Hope arranging a marriage alliance with Miss Baring to gain partnership, then a note on snake oil in traditional medicine and its persistence in rural beliefs.
A series of early October Kansas notes report Gardner elevator fire causing an estimated $10,000 loss after grain stock and a new boiler were damaged. Other items include election flap as B P Waggener refuses a representative nomination, a serious runaway injuring Mrs Sullivan near Nemaha, a Salina populist rally amid bad weather, and a Scotian arrest over a team dispute. Also covered: a Franklin county fuse defeat, a street accident in Parsons, and a boy’s leg amputation after a Santa Fe derailment.
The report covers futures and cash markets with wheat corn oats and hogs showing mixed moves. Prices slip for some grains while others rise slightly. live stock receipts and shipments are noted as light to moderate. Kansas City and Liverpool references indicate regional pricing and demand with varied outcomes for wheat oats cattle and hogs.
A curious scene in a moving car features a tiny girl who speaks precociously about tea and shopping while a large man notices her hair turning gray. The article also reports a 12 foot extinct amphibious animal skeleton found near Shellville California and notes Oregon fruit shipments to California draw jealousy from Oregon fruit growers. A utility receiver appointment in Abilene is announced, with the Southwestern Irrigation Company holding land assets and ditch systems across Finney County.
A detailed recounting of early American coinage from 1612 to the formation of the United States Mint. It covers Virginia copper issues, Massachusetts Pine Tree coinage, colonial mints, and the move toward a national coinage by figures like Robert Morris and Thomas Jefferson.
Borsehead coin of New Jersey, contracted for 800 tons of federal copper, was struck before the federal mint existed. The Connecticut mint at New Haven and the Vermont mint at Rupert produced the pieces which showed 13 linked circles around a central circle containing United States and We Are One on one side, and a sundial motif with sun on the other.
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