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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
8
Various framed pictures see steep price cuts including landscape etchings from $11 to $6, other pictures down to $2 to $3, and sale items like Mrs Kellams pictures reduced to roughly half value. Last day to save on high class art pieces.
Bust of Shakespeare priced at 4.00 now 1.08 tomorrow Winged Victory at 4.00 now 1.00 Saturday Wrestlers reduced from 5.00 to 1.75 as listed for sale by Mrs Kellam.
A list of price cuts on pyrography items and related supplies. Items include plaques in various sizes reduced from higher to lower prices, book rock, boards, caddies trays and boxes, plain card cases, picture frames, large work boxes and glove boxes. Prices show a pattern of markdowns and batch listings across multiple product types.
An OCR fragment lists ink and mucilage price cuts from several brands including Arnos Arnold's Sanford Stafford Paul and Seen. Quarts and pints of writing fluid show reductions from 5c to 2c and 40c to 25c. Blue Black Office Ink quart drops from 1.00 to 4c and ready sponge mucilage from 10c to 6c.
We still have Morristown's Crescent and Spaldings in all numbers. Come in and get what you want at HALF PRICE.
Fourteen hours remain to close Kellam Book and Stationery stock with last minute discounts. Doors close at 10 pm tomorrow and shipments head to Kansas City. Topeka shoppers are urged to act now for deep cuts on mixed goods including paper, maps, candles, notebooks, and office supplies with many items heavily reduced.
A dated price list shows discounts on office supplies including letter books, files, binders, and ledgers. Items include 1000 page letter books at $1.00, 500 page books at 5 cents, bankers canes at 60 cents, file folders and index items, rubber bands, blank books and journals, and various receipts and cabinet components with old and new prices noted. Many entries appear partially garbled or truncated.
Stationery items including envelopes and paper with sizes 5 and inch offered at low prices. Several vendors noted, with half price discounts on all fine paper and envelopes and a new shade blue paper and envelopes set. Large mourning stationery also offered at half price.
Fragmentary note lists penholders and rubber penholders with unclear context. Readable elements include references to tools, materials, and possible product notes but lack clear dates, places, or entities for full summary.
A local book seller advertises an all books half price sale tomorrow with many items discounted from standard prices. Ex Presidents, Thackeray, Ruskin, and other works reduce from higher figures to drastically lower amounts, including multi volume sets and stationary supplies.
In North Topeka police notes ex policeman M Schmidt and F McCowan are charged with liquor sale as deputies seize a full stock of wet goods. The report details a prior robbery at the Missouri Pacific crossing, identifies Ralph Hill as a suspect, and notes Weaver’s watch recovered and his possible identification of the suspect.
The Cimarron State Bank in the extreme southwest of the state, led by president C. T. Vinson and cashier A. B. Warner, was seized by Deputy Bank Examiner Gene Davis after an August inspection failed to fix noted issues. With about $45,000 in deposits, half from Gray county, the bank faces an uncertain future and possible reopening. The last prior state bank failure was Dexter Bank in May 1901.
John C Crosby of this city today refused the Democratic state convention in Boston’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor for business reasons. The action ends Crosby’s bid, with political maneuvering and expectations unsettled as the party weighs next steps.
In Wichita Kansas on September 19, Tom Diffendorfer, convicted of felonious burglary, was sentenced to the penitentiary. He addressed the judge with a curse directed at the baldheaded tyrant, prompting a courtroom hush.
London notes indicate British approval of American initiative on Jewish treatment in Roumania and the Berlin treaty. The St James Gazette mocks European governments, praising U S involvement as balancing power, while signaling rising anti immigration pressure and the need to exclude undesirable aliens.
Dany plans to generate electricity that will replace current illumination, signaling a future merger of all Greater Boston gas and electric light interests. W A Granteer buys Potwin lot for 1500 dollars and will build a residence on the site, promising removal of nearby billboards once Ringling's circus passes. The billboards will be torn down after the circus reaches the area. A separate note reports John Wesley Devine, a colored man, was hanged in Baltimore for the murder of Patrolman Charles J. Donahue last June, following earlier jail time with a woman. The Times also notes Lord Salisbury’s illness.
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