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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1898
Page
7
Fragmented ad text touts a hair health product claiming gloom, regret, and failing hair give way to nourishment. It asserts the "secret" of success lies in user experience and urges use for strong, healthy, abundant hair, with recommendation to friends.
Elbridge T Gerry and Robert Goelet gain citizenship in Newport New York society noting tax relief motives. The event signals wealthy transplants joining Newport social circles and impacting local prominence.
A richly dressed young woman from a Denver mine family elopes with a chauffeur creating a society scandal. Details describe a guarded affair with a Detroit mine owner’s daughter, her age around 24, and accusations of alcohol tied to her actions while studying in Ann Arbor.
The Santa Fe expresses a past departure from Topeka at 4:55 a.m. and an arrival in Omaha at noon, with the trip details noted amid exposition coverage.
The Topeka supreme court today relates to Ann Parker winning a contract for a cottage at Isle Bue elvarub Stromt costing 40. The Turner parade drew many onlookers as community events the same day included cadets, stockholders meetings, and local festival discussions. A large turnout showed civic engagement with mixed sentiment about parade routes and security.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio leads a distinguished party to the Trans Mississipp i exposition in Omaha aboard private cars on Burlington No. 1 departing Chicago in October and arriving Omaha that night. They will return aboard Burlington flyer leaving Omaha October 6 and reaching St Louis October 7. The group includes Ohio officials and leading citizens to celebrate Ohio Day at the exposition.
Readers may buy inexpensive tickets October 1 through 13 aboard the Van dalla Pennsylvania Short Lines to Pitsburg. For details, contact W. F Brunner, A G, Post, St Louis. The notice also mentions Topeka Steam Laundry and states colors will not code by Peerless colors Steam Launi.
Topeka council faces backlash as inmates Ben Jordan Mia Saunders Crook Wright andPeg-leg McClafferty are ordered released despite repeated violations. City Attorney Bird questions prosecutions while Mayor Fellows resists blanket releases. Mrs Foster seeks unconditional release amid claims of leniency.
Bids for feeding city jail prisoners were opened with Frank Long at 5 cents per meal, Nick Chiles at 8 cents, and G Walker at 8 1/2 cents. Police Matron Thorpe urged feeding from a prison kitchen claiming savings possible, 352 inmates considered. The Judiciary Committee was instructed to act.
Mergan again scores and secures funds as Baker and Bradbury win the Lake Street bridge contract for 244.5. Mergan vows to obtain money to pay. Council debates widening Branner and viaduct pavement. Estimates approved include Madison Street curb and Fifth to Sixth streets grading and paving costs.
An old advertisement boasts Peerless Steam Laundry offering family washings and colored shirt and waist services. It stresses guarantees of color fastness and appealing results, targeting local customers including women and families in Topeka.
The State Journal proclaims its full day leased wire AP report coverage and says it is the state’s largest daily paper. It notes 44 carriers to circulate in Topeka and suburbs and celebrates a new brick front building at the southeast corner of A venue and Eighth street. The paper claims 12 years under current management with steady growth from 800 to over 5,000 annually.
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