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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
2
Exhibition text advertises a sale of 1902 copyright books with hundreds of titles. It lists Othy Vernon and Count Hannibal among authors, fiction priced at 79c to 1.50, and various discounts on classics by Dumas Ruskin Scott Thackeray and Eugene Field. Bible sale pricing and large stock noted.
A fragmented list shows price drops on goods including playing cards, poker chips, chess sets, chis, chives, and various boards. Also notes discounts on box paper, envelopes, and box sets. details are unclear and some items incomplete.
Cleveland O Sept 6 On behalf of the American League vice president C W Somers has issued a formal challenge to the Cincinnati Baseball club of the National league for a post season series to decide the state champion. Lajoie predicts easy victory while praising Cincinnati as a strong NL club and good sportsmen despite the looming showdown.
Large closeout sale listing varied items including envelopes, paper, file tools, fountain pens, stamps, woodwork goods, tissue paper, rubber bands, water color paper, and leather accessories. Notable brands include Holland, Parker, and Franklin. Prices slashed up to 40 percent. emphasis on office and writing supplies.
A fragmented advertisement lists Kellam’s brand school items including composition books priced in cents, 19th century letter tablets, perforated pads, slates, and assorted writing supplies. The entry repeats multiple item kinds with old pricing and bulk lots targeted at ward schools. Centered on Kellam’s products and bulk quantities.
Sparse baseball data shows varying attendances in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia with mixed scores and multiple players named including Moran Chesbro PI Leever Smith Yerkes ONeill Fox Duggleby Berry Bemis and ONeill. The text notes darkness halting a second game and reference to American League action in Cleveland.
An old sore description condemns lingering ulcers as signs of constitutional trouble. It advocates cleansing the blood with a product from Acefic Co. Atlanta Georgia, asserting purifying, building and renewing skin and tissue by improving circulation and removing toxins.
Plain German slate pencils ten for Je plain Cedar slate pencils two for te Lead pencils Tip Top rubber tip two cents each or 150 Dixon’s secretary pencils two cents or twenty per dozen Dixon’s Hi School pencils Se each or 30c dozen School crayons sale prices from 4c to 20c per box Dover Eagle and Dove crayons listed as 4c box Erasers Faber rubber erasers inks and pens in various lots hundreds of ink wells mucilage and blotters reduced many items priced to clear quantities and sale bundles including giant cabinet copying press at $12.50 to $2.6. price reductions across pencils inks mucilage and other office supplies with plan to move stock.
OCR fragment outlines American Association games with Milwaukee at home and Kansas City away. It lists score by innings for both games and batteries, mentioning players such as Wiemer Kemmer Hart Wilson and Gosding. Also notes Merchant Bent to Prison and Allen Castor case details in a brief, unconnected item.
An advertisement lists widespread discounts on athletic gear from Whiteley Exercisers to Spalding items. Sets and darts reduced from three dollars to one fifty, baseball gloves and masks discounted, golf clubs cut to three fifty, and numerous baseballs and tei-sized items marked down significantly.
Mrs Kellum offers the entire wreck of framed pictures at half price. Pictures remain in old positions, with retail prices slashed. Some 20 dollar pieces marked down to about 10 dollars and others near half price, inviting buyers to inspect the new grives placed on the items.
The is a sale on statuary with reductions from one third to one half off Mrs Kellam's marked prices. Examples include a Shakespeare bust down to $1.00 from $2.00 and a life size Grant bust reduced to $4.00 from $12.00. Venus busts drop to $3.50 from $6.00 as part of a broad price drop.
Eugenia Howard, 16, and friend Vern Francis aged 4, vanished after Labor Day outing in Wichita. Parents fear she may be anywhere in the city or left town. police notified and investigations by E L Stratton and Mrs Etene Gbicids underway. Howard had expressed desire to see the world and may have planned to visit relatives in Sage, Missouri.
A garbled ad lists many picture frame shapes and sizes offered for sale with prices up to five dollars. It mentions gilt metal frames suitable for photographs and center displays, noting various styles and finishes and a discount against prior pricing.
In Winfield Kansas on September 6 Judge James Lawrence reduced the bond of O. W. in a district court proceeding. The case concerns the I. M. Knapp field and Canterbury-Bales drilled summer by Mra Walker to test her land where Coffalt's Bond was reduced following the hearing.
A brief notice lists significant reductions on various items from Mra Xellam aimed to move stock quickly. The store highlights substantial price cuts across merchandise to attract buyers and clear inventory. Relative savings are stressed to entice prompt purchases.
Mrs Kellam highlights a Berlin photograph among framed pictures, noting marked at 269 and the close on a crescent. The scene shows a display of beautiful pictures as she comments on their arrangement and selection.
A catalog section lists memorandum books and ledgers with varied prices. It advertises leather bound day books, bound volumes, 150 to 800 page journals, and cut from per 100 page rates, highlighting full leather options and different page counts. Related vendors named include Kellam and Lester Turner.
Listing of drawing papers with sizes 60 by 26 inches 36 inch rolls and 30 inch sheets. Mentions Mantlin Universal drawing paper and price references former prices per unit.
In Cana the court reduced the bond while the judge withheld judgment until district court convened. Coffett was present as a witness in the Wichite matter. David Thomas, a Spanish war veteran aged years, has been declared insane in Lyon county probate court and is now at Emporia.
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