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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
7
Office of Commissioner of Elections Topeka Kan announces a board meeting at 9 o clock Saturday October 23 for registering voters and hearing appeals from election decisions in city polling places. Also to transact other business as needed. Seal L T. Yount Commissioner of Elections.
Notice from the Office of Commissioner of Elections Topeka Kansas that voter registration books for city wards will close Friday October 9 at 9 p m and remain closed until after the election to be held Thursday November 17. Yount, Secretary of the Elections Commission.
Topeka voters are informed that registration books for city voting precincts will be open at the office of the commissioner of elections from 1 PM to 9 PM. Registration continues after Saturdays, with evening hours on weekdays and Sundays excepted. Seal: T. YouNT, Commissioner of Elections.
Sealed bids due by 12 noon November 6 for metal work plastering and cornicing of the State Capital dome rotunda in Topeka. Plans and specs by State House Architect Tr. Tescher on file. bids require five percent bid bond. executive council reserves right to reject all bids.
In a Paris drawing room a will divides eight thousand francs, a country seat, jewels, and a prayer book among Mme Moranville and her niece Marie. Marie’s destiny centers on the prayer book, while the notary’s reading prompts a moral twist. The boy later reveals engravings in the book, hidden under six bank notes, changing the family fortune and leaving the attendees thunderstruck.
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The State Journal is credited with the largest circulation of any daily paper in Topeka Shawnee County and the First Congressional District. The American Newspaper Directory cites signed circulation statements from Kansas papers. The directory will be issued September 1 1897 and notes postage does not apply to much of The State Journal as delivery is by carrier or express.
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