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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
7
Advertisements for situations wanted and real estate sale notices appear in this Topeka State Journal excerpt. The piece promotes weekly publication on Saturdays and Mondays, inviting general readers to place ads with a per line rate, emphasizing affordability and wide circulation for the local audience.
A faded notice advertises decorations and a call for afternoon sessions to view the finest machinery. It highlights a Web Perfecting Press able to print two to three pay papers per second. Also mentions jeweler Ares Bayden offering watches, diamonds, silverware, and proper eye examinations with fitted spectacles. First published in the Topeka State Journal.
Proposals call for north and south entrance door work at the Capitol Building in Topeka Kansas. Bids due noon September 15 1887 with certified check of five percent. Plans and specs available after September 1 in the State House Architect’s office.
Office of the secretary of state at Topeka invites bids for plastering carpentry windows doors flooring and stonework repairs to the North and South arches platform and steps at the State Library. Plans and specs available after August 1807 with bid bonds and contract requirements per state laws.
A letter to Deputy Postmaster Griggs from his son Joseph, a Concord crewman, reports forty five sailors deserted during an Alaskan cruise seeking gold. It notes some returned and are now in doubletime, while the ship lost forty five seamen and warns of winter hardship.
Louisville residents identify the girl who killed herself at the Victoria hotel in Chicago as Anna Mary Boseman. She was engaged to Charles Turner, an infidel, and faced parental opposition. Her grandfather, Stephen Diahtman, traveled to Chicago to bring the body home.
WAITING Cleveland Sept. 2 The publication of news on negotiations hoped to end the coal miners strike has affected the local coal market. Purchasers buy in small quantities while operators mostly stay hopeful that the trouble will end soon, with some doubt. All await the miners' committee meeting in Columbus to consider the new proposition.
New York September 2 The chairman of the Republican party says the Citizens Union nomination of Mr Low could force Republican organizations to seek a rival candidate. A dispatch from North East Harbor Maine notes the Society sent a letter notifying Mr Low of his nomination.
Anderson Niche De Long infant son of Mrs Lydia De Long died yesterday of cholera infantum Funeral held today at 1 oclock from the residence Jefferson street Emma Young died Tuesday night at the insane asylum of paresis Body shipped yesterday to Kan y for interment Joseph Smith longtime resident of Tecumseh died yesterday afternoon aged 70 Funeral planned this afternoon interment at Bethel cemetery
Fire destroyed Diehls and Lent's wholesale soda works in Nashville with an explosion of soda founts and gas drums. Injured: James Buchanan, Henry Benton, W. P. Anderson, and an unknown man. Estimated loss around 40 thousand dollars. Also reports Hoyt Baker injured near Valencia after a horse accident. Akin to other brief items, a Kinetoscope show is announced for the Grand Opera House with varied acts and special pricing. A Montreux telegram notes a collapse burying workers at an asylum project. Pensacola defense expansion and a Library of Congress cataloging chief appointment are also listed.
In a scorchingly hot July strawberry field near Killarney a group of ragged women, led by Killarney Ann, labor under a brutal master’s gaze. Killarney, drinking and collapsing, declares she is dying as she sags to the ground. The mistreated workers rally, fear and pity shaping the scene as the evening cools.
The document outlines detailed grades for winter and spring wheat, mixed wheat, corn, oats, and rye. It specifies numbered classes, quality criteria, weights per bushel, cleaning standards, and conditions that trigger higher or lower grades, including rejected categories for damp, musty, or damaged grain. Key entities include No. 1 No. 2 and No. 3 classifications, regions like California Colorado Washington Idaho Utah, and references to grain types such as white and red winter wheat and mixed wheat.
A trimmed excerpt outlines No-Grade grain classification for unsound and damaged barley and grain that is wet or hot. Inspectors must record reasons for below No. 2 ratings and note the weight per measured bushel for each lot of wheat inspected.
The document outlines grain inspection rules and fees. It lists inspection charges for warehouse inspection, sampling, weighing, sack grain handling, and reinspection costs. It notes that samples are charged per unit and that travel to and from the grain site bears expenses.
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