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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1897
Page
7
A fragment states pricing terms of five cents per line or two cents weekly with one cent by the entry for the first months of the period. It mentions eleven thousand five hundred eighty four but lacks context or full details about the service or dates.
The document outlines general revenue fund allocations and monthly totals for street and alley paving projects. It notes interest allocations, sidewalk funding, and street improvements at named avenues, with emphasis on maintenance and future investigative follow ups.
Clearing out season at large city storage warehouses where vast buildings once filled with summer arrivals are emptied as residents return from seashore and country. The piece notes tourist crowds at home and hints at evolving storage practices and consumer timing.
The article portrays city storage warehouses as guardians of household keepsakes during annual moves. It describes vast facilities with concrete foundations, stacked private storage, and a system that preserves cherished items from cradles to wedding gifts while detailing the human drama of breakups, relocations, and reclaiming belongings.
A Parisian detec tive duo shadows Paul Berne and his fiancée Evonette as a staged anarchist plot unravels. A claimed infernal machine is revealed as a bicycle prototype, while the conspirators claim the weapon and arrests dissolve into comic misunderstanding. The case ends with Berne and Evonette sealing agreements, and Frount’s bluff exposed.
The American Newspaper Directory is recognized by advertisers as the authority on newspaper circulations. It has operated for twenty nine years and offers a standing reward of rec.00 for proof that its circulation statements are incorrect.
The State Journal asserts it had the largest daily circulation in Topeka Shawnee County and the First Congressional District based on 66 months of records ending July 31 1897. The American Newspaper Directory notes the statement credibly supported by signed circulation figures from Kansas papers.
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