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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
8
An advertising notice from HE START GROCERY promotes low prices and best quality goods. It lists items such as ginger-snaps crackers oats corn beef and salmon with prices per pack or can, encouraging trial orders and implying broad selection and savings.
An OCR fragment notes cured meats and pork products with unclear sourcing. Mentions Baltimore, California, and generic terms such as ham patie and meat sale. Reads like a market snippet with many garbled phrases and uncertain specifics.
Local ad offers competitive prices on every flour brand with saving promises. Quotation slips and order blanks mailed free to customers assessing options before purchase.
Items from the North Side of the River note travelers visiting Council Grove Geranton Logansport and Lawrence. Dr Agnes McKee Wallace to address the North Side Republican club Monday. W D Lacey back from Pennsylvania. A new clothing store sign on Kansas Avenue. Curtis spoke at Rossville and heads to Marian. Rev J G Maver plans moves after years in Mitchell county. Samuel Cader visits Postmaster Hewitt at the Free Thinkers convention. Elbowing a street car mishap reports a fall with minor injuries. Pearl Ball ball united in marriage to Wesley Schrock at eight. Officiating Rev J R Madigan. Only intimate friends present.
A lighthearted column mocks overconfident claims in modern thinking trends and puzzles readers with cheeky questions about logic and belief. The piece plays on social commentary and uses playful anecdotes to challenge readers’ assumptions.
A Kaosae free thinkers gathering at Lincoln Post Hall featured resolutions honoring Governor Robinson as a member. The event filled with talks on free thought and social issues, drawing speakers including Mrs Lois Waisbrooker and Prof. Bell. A controversial paper by A Wartod critiqued religious myths and class oppression, while the assembly noted delays and ongoing debates among attendees.
A heated meeting features Allen Holcroft and Les Waisbrooker debating marriage rights and social reform as radical ideas challenge the majority. Speakers attack entrenched power, while a chair committee is formed to honor deceased members and a phrenology lecture caps the session.
Topeka residents hosted a party in honor of Ethel Steinberg with games recitations and songs by Miss Jessie Mass of St Louis and Rena Greenebsad. A separate large dancing party at Valley Home by Moon and Stewart featured lanterns, whist, and refreshments with many local names in attendance.
The item lists students and relatives pursuing studies and positions in various cities. Willis Page has moved to Chicago for a Santa Ps office post. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stout journeyed to Ohio, Miss Margaret Mulvane went to Fort Worth, and the Pierces are in New York. P. L. Soper resides in Chicago. The Amateur Music Club met with Lenna Sargent, J. B Johnson is in New York, and Mr. and Mrs. Roo Richards of Duluth are visiting Buchanan Street hosts.
Carrie Johnson confronts a roving Johnny at the Neitman residence on First Street as Heitman reports a theft. Johnny and Carrie, both colored, are taken to the station with the hearing postponed to tomorrow. Tracey is drunk, Bill lies in an alley, Tony Smith pleads guilty and pays ten dollars. Woods and Bowman charged for selling vegetables without license. hearings set for Tuesday at 2. Court notes conclude with a medicine ad.
Boston Shoe Co announces a one week clearing sale at 511 Kansas Ave featuring the largest selection of fine footwear. The advertisement emphasizes hard time prices and purchaser's pricing to attract customers to the emporium renowned as one of the state’s largest shoe houses.
We quote you a few of the many bargains Ladies’ 3.00 Nullitiers and Jalsettes 1.55, 2.00 and 4.00 Ruvcett Ox is 1.85. Honest hand-sewn slips 5c, 50c Dong Kid Op Toe lip pers, 5c, 5 and 5.50 shows. From Bion Reynolds and partners a half car load of dress shoes, saving 1 to 6 on a pair. Men’s West calf shoes 2.00 reduce to 1.45. Children’s shoes 2.50 to 0.50. Call early to see large, honest footwear stock must be sold.
Fragmented OCR details events at the Elks with Friday night initiations and refreshments. Mentions therapy order, newspaper reach, and a republican club meeting on Saturday night. Names and locations are unclear due to garbled text.
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