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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes describe talcum powder packed in patent tin boxes with borated and scented composition. Lacking coherent dates, names, or locations, the item appears as a brief catalog-like record of packaging.
Local shop advertises Misses Satin Calf School Shoes with lace or button options and guaranteed satisfaction. It promotes Boys Off Grain Seamless Shoes built to endure hard wear, plus Boys and Youths Strong Hold and In Destructible lines priced around $1.60 to $1.98, with children’s Pebble Grain Solar Up School Shoes and Kangaroo Calf styles also featured at low prices.
London reports show American entries sweeping major races at Doncaster with J A Drakes Jos Ultmann ridden by L Rel winning the Frewilliam stakes while Spectrum with J Reiff secured the Doncaster welter plate. Welsh Diamond Jubilee won the E L Leger handicap as Sloan led several mounts.
L Gramley of Lawrence Kansas broke his shoulder in two places during the first accident of the football season at the athletic field. He was carried from the field for treatment and is listed as likely out for a period.
J W Rogers of Solomon writes from Dawson City describing a Nome expedition gone awry. Six men with a basket boat sailed Linderman Lake crossing rapids and portage to Lake Bennett, a storm wrecked gear, two men were injured, and a later river crash left the boat wrecked. Rescue came as boats capsized and people clung to floating gear while other camps helped recover.
Details update from Iola Kas Sept 14 including medals presented to local Kansas Ex Regiment members at a fair with ex congressman Funston honoring families of absent soldiers. Also reports track fastness, a Santa Fe freight derailment near Independence, pension awards to Kansans, and an acquittal in a murder case.
In Bryan Texas on September 14 Vice President and General Manager Trice of the National & NI discusses the storm damage. He cites railroad losses of five to six million dollars and says trains are now running to Texas City with Galveston traffic by boat awaiting a permanent bridge and joint railroad access.
General Manager B. U. Mu and Chief Engineer W. H. Brorey Jr. of the Santa Fe road, with Aldermen Peck Deare and S. Hyde, met in the engineer's office in Kansas City to confirm an agreement ensuring the Allen Avenue viaduct construction can proceed.
Fragmented reads describe interior walls being painted with water pressure and coatings. The text references Santa Fe Medicat and Rock Inland Brightens but details are obscured by garbled OCR.
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