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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
6
The Topeka State Journal announces that such ads will be published free on Saturday Monday and Tuesday for Topeka readers. Advertisers are urged to submit notices by midweek. no ads start except Saturdays and Wednesdays. the paper claims broad local circulation and low cost.
A fragmented Topeka State Journal page lists classified items and services. Notes include rates of two cents per line, distribution figures for early 1800s, rental and sale ads for houses, barns, and land along Kansas avenues, and business card notices for Drs Ryder Sheldon Sarding and other professionals. Also mentions bicycles, jewelry, tin shops, and a loom of assorted local services.
The secretary of state’s office invites sealed proposals in Tepes Kursia until 1 o clock noon September 1 for pulling in the arm and south entrance cars in the Capitol building. Plans and specifications are on file at the State House Architects office. Bidders must accompany bids with a five percent certified check. Funds authorized by the executive council under 1845 laws.
Sealed proposals are invited in Topeka on September 6 1897 for sanding walls finishing ceiling and wood floor trimming doors and wainscoting in the State Library rooms at the Capitol. Separate carpenter work due to cradling beams. Also repairs to arches platforms stonework and related items. Plans may be viewed after August 1. Bid security required. Bids governed by state laws and eight hour labor rules. Government officials reserve right to reject any bids.
Missive items record visits, moves, and family news across Topeka. Mrs. Bruftey returns from St Marys. Mrs. Smith from Perry. families plan trips to Kansas City and Silver Lake. Rev Houghtin attends Epworth League in Parkdale. Misses Fleming host guests. a Fraternal Aid social is held tonight. Mary Riley Paramore dies in Pasadena after illness. obit notes her as former Quincy teacher and Kin Garten advocate.
Pittsburg reports the coal strike impact on New York and Cleveland Gas Coal. De Armitt says even a broad settlement will force the company to fight to restore contracts and return miners to work. He cites $8,000,000 in miner losses and $11,000 paid by the company for deputies and wages.
N E Bartholomew invites Shawnee county residents to visit his Home at 1707 Lane Street to view a Nebraska state fair exhibit he prepared in Omaha. It features Kansas products and he expects it to win a prize. The display opens to the public in one week with a $1 premium for the best 20 cent coin brought to him that day.
Constantinople reports the sultan awarded the grand cordon of the Order of Osmacich to Mer. Maghaki Qramantans, the Armenian patriarch, and the cordon of the Order Siena Ehe Inefukay to the Gabghter of Pasha, the foreign Secretary, in a ceremony dated Sep 3.
An engineer recalls a harrowing night siege by Indians while a conductor on the Ranway Pacific is trapped on a cliff. The party fights through dust and arrows to reach him, only to find he has died from a bolt shot through the neck. The tale ends with a grave reflection on the savagery and sorrow of the incident as his family mourns.
Grain grading rules list winter and spring wheat classes No 1 to No 4 with weight and cleanliness standards for hard winter white red and mixed wheats. Includes California Colorado Washington Idaho Utah and general mixed wheat exclusions and rejected categories.
A historical document outlines oats grading rules including No 1 and No 2 mixed oats clean and free from other grain, No 3 damp unsound musty or dirty, and No 4 not wet or heating. White oats defined by whiteness grades, with cautions on seven eighths whiteness and condition. Rye and barley rules follow, emphasizing soundness cleanliness and freedom from contamination, with notes on specifications and disqualifications.
The Kansas inspection department outlines rules for grain inspection including weighing, sampling, and warehouse procedures. It lists inspector duties, grading standards, and fees such as 25 cents per car for inspection and weighing, 26 cents per 500 bushels for barges, and 10 cents per sample, effective Sept. 8, 1897.
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