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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
6
Satirized catalog copy touts quality style and cheap prices for winter undergarments. It highlights ladies girls and boys union suits vests pants and tights in cotton wool and all wool, with brands like Munsing and Russ Eyeloth. Items include knee and ankle length tights and sanitary vests.
Fragmentary notes describe Mills Adams Co Shoes for Workingmen Furman’s and Governor Morrill in Osage City for events. Mentions irrigation in western Kansas and attendance by officials, with unclear references to commissions and court actions. Special train arrivals in Cincinnati for McKinley touring the county, with invitations to events and references to newspaper editions in New York Albany.
A letter from Webddport New York extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remarkable remedy. It claims rapid digestion improvement, better sleep, and relief of chronic dyspepsia and indigestion. The ad asserts the product digests food for weak stomachs and nerves, promising renewed vitality and easier meals. It lists Stuart Chemical Co Marshall as publisher with a 60 cent price per package.
Mrs Albert Parker hosted a thimble party for Mat Henrietta Perkina of Manchester. Guests enjoyed pink and green decorations, card games, and brownies in a Plains era Topeka social roundup featuring many local residents and visitors.
Canton, Oct 28 A witness at Griechilonse reception describes a large turnout from 128 factories and many families marching from Market Street to McKining Home. Edward Jones, factory youth, reads greetings as Major McKinley appeals for public faith and tariff debate, urging voters to decide on free trade versus protection.
A jumble of OCR text mentions a ceremonial blessing on conscience, civic duties, and a Great Bend trip with one fare in October. It includes obituaries for infants and a person named J. L. Jones, with burial at Fourteenth Street new church. The Golden Dry Goods store is crowded, and a dynamiter case is noted alongside magazine dress fashion. The text ends with a reference to a Coast War threat and a police case in Omaha.
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