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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
10
A long mixture of grape preparation notes covering grape juice jelly wine sherbet and tarts plus tomato catsup and cucumber pickling. Includes methods for grape jelly green grape jelly unfermented grape juice grape wine and grape sherbet with detailed steps and ratios. Also offers tomato catsup recipe and pickle brine guidance.
A historical notice argues for natural foods and whole wheat, denouncing white flour as harmful. It links health to eating unaltered grains and praises a natural diet, citing The Nature Foot Company and a 1910s style publication.
Tickets go on sale September 36 27 and 8 with final return leaving Chicago October 5. Low rates from Kansas City via Chicago Great Western Railway to Billings Stand S145 to Livingston Helena Butte Portlams Oregon to Victoria or Vancouver. Superior service offered with up to November 20 for return. Information from Geo We Lines Kansas City office and City Ticket Office 625 Kane Street.
A desperate escape tale unfolds as a convicts in England hide under a bed in a house near Penfield. The narrator, initially unarmed and nervous, confronts the intruder who wears prison shoes and reveals a life of cruelty. The meeting leads to an uneasy agreement as the prisoner speaks of suffering, hunger, and rebellion, ending with a plan to exchange shoes and a hopeful, tense departure toward safety.
A collage of misread captions and quotes from various editors and writers appears, mentioning Detroit, Chicago Tribune, George Sand, and a Missouri woman, with lively chatter about opera, vaudeville, and literary figures. Mixed anecdotes wrap around a driver incident and a street corner scene.
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century page shows numerous help wanted notices including WANTED-Expeerenced Tay Rent WANTED-At opceeneral work and LADIES wanted everywhere. Several lines promise commissions salaries and travel missions. Also mentions household staff and sewing work. A brief remark references a historic crime highway robbery and a copyright line.
A chaotic collection of want ads and notices from the Topeka Journal including requests for housing rooms apartments and rental inquiries. Also listings for work assignments storage services business investment opportunities and machinery purchases. Names of firms Bacon Gayhart and others appear along with addresses and contact cues though many spellings are garbled.
Multiple room rental notices describe furnished and unfurnished rooms with modern conveniences. Listings include various addresses such as southwest th and Modu, Spivey house 1100 To peka ave, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Harrison, Van Baten, and others. Some specify board, gentlemens only, or ground floor cistern, with preferences for single or shared accommodations.
Classified items list rentals and storefronts in Topeka including a t room cottage at 210 Van Buren and a marginal notice for a corner store location at 24 and Kansas. Also mentions store rooms for rent and various sale offers with brief details and prices.
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