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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1897
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR describes a perfecting press named Ran fay a Web Perfecting Press used to print two tabres complete page papers. It notes an afternoon viewing between 3 and 5 o clock and a presentation of a statement of orientation.
Real estate ads offer farms near city, 4 to 7 room houses, cottages with cisterns city water and shade trees, multiple lots, and payment plans. Listings include 8 to 20 acre farms with timber, bottom lands, and fruit trees, plus rental houses and building lots near schools and city streets. Propositions show cash, monthly installments, and long terms with notes and mortgages.
An Ames advertisement mixes a jeweler and fuel/seed dealer listing with a sheriff sale notice from Shawnee County Kansas. It notes H A Hayden jeweler, Van Slyck coal, and a September sale of the defendant H Augustine's one third nursery stock interest appraised at ninety dollars, to be sold at public auction under B Kepley sheriff. Vance Campbell appear as attorneys.
Topeka Kansas city notices call for sealed proposals by Sept 28 at 7 pm for constructing and completing drainage district work. Bid deposits required. bids must follow detailed specifications in the city clerk’s office. Proposals specify payment in cash or internal improvement bonds, with acceptance by mayor and council.
Topeka official notice invites sealed bids for labor and materials to improve a street prism by adding an extra story to the back part. Plans and specifications on file, bids due by date, mayor and council reserve right to reject any or all bids.
Local ad for Great Western Steam Dye and Cleaning Works run by F Bodiger, offering cleaning services at East Seventh Street. Calls for customers to visit or contact for steam dyeing and cleaning needs.
Chillicothe Mo honors Miss Edina Whitney as a carnival pageant candidate while Topeka Kansas invites her to its Karnival Knights parade. Local editorials condemn ostracism of a working woman and praise the Kansas City and Topeka support efforts with subscriptions and a flower parade.
A compilation of colorful notes from Topeka including Colorado summers, Osage County cattlemen organizing a live stock association with 50 members led by HB Miller, a free concert by Steinberg's orchestra at Kimball, and a garfield Park band concert planned for tomorrow afternoon. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure and De Witts Early Risers with local ad-style notices and photographer ads.
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