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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1897
Page
7
The State Journal outlines ad policy for situations wanted classifieds to run on weekends and midweek, permitting five lines or thirty five words per ad. Ads must be submitted by 10 Saturday morning, with no obligation on advertiser. Rates: five cents per line, weekly rental line 69 cents per month.
fragment discusses printing rate and quality terms. Mentions two to visits per second and apprenticeship address at 0 West Tenth street and St. Nicholas hotel. References unclear names and offices. lacks coherent event or outcome.
A legal notice from Shawnee County Kansas details a sheriff sale of H Augustine's personal property under a district court order. The sale occurs on September 6 at 9 am on the county premises, with items including farming equipment and sewing implements to be sold to satisfy the court order.
Proposals from Topeka Kansas firms are invited by the city clerk for completing the Broverngate project as per ordinance No Toiy 3. Proposals must be sealed and received by Thursday September 2 at 5 o clock p.m. Bidders from one firm only. A deposit is required.
The city invites sealed bids for adding a back story to the city prison per city engineer plans. Proposals must include a $100 cash bid bond, be delivered by Thursday at 6, and guarantee contract within three days of award. Mayor and council may reject any bid. City Clerk S MePADDEN.
Cleaning services offered by C RODIGER proprietor at 117 East Seventh Street. Claiming to provide superior work in the city with a focus on gentleman clients and professional attire care. Local business notice highlighting quality dyeing and cleaning offerings.
A long list of society notices, arrivals, movements, family events and shop notices. Mentions include Mrs. Piatt moving from Polk to Tyler street, Mr and Mrs Myers hosting a birthday dinner, Miss Smith returning to work at Home Bakery, and Annie Olson dying of typhoid fever. Also includes millinery requests, festival decorations, invitations to a wedding in Trinidad, and local ads for cough syrup and medicines. Numerous names and addresses across Kansas Avenue, Central avenue, Monroe, Jackson, and Topeka area.
Article stresses digestion as key to clear skin. Recommends banishing sugars and pastry, limiting alcohol, and avoiding narcotics. Emphasizes breakfast fruit, whole wheat bread, leafy greens, milk and eggs as complexion aids citing G. H. Dierhold in Ladies' World.
The device couples a transmitter in a dining room fixture with a kitchen telephone bell, allowing whisper communications to the cook. It includes a simple membrane microphone and uses the same magnet for the push button, sold with 250 feet of wire for about eight dollars, signaling rapid popularity in Germany.
The State Journal cites signed circulation statements from Kansas daily papers and says the American Newspaper Directory confirms it as a leading paper. It notes postpaid figures are invalid for much of its edition since delivery is by carrier or express, with a directory issued September 1, 1897.
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