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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1895
Page
6
Thompson Brothers at 626 Kansas Avenue and 617 619 Quincy Street appear in the notice. The item lists business addresses and real estate locations in a concise property listing format for public record.
This store pledges no disappointment to patrons seeking new beautiful and inexpensive furniture. After a busy summer of selecting goods to meet substantial and airy graceful needs, the fall exhibition will surpass all previous efforts in volume and interest, urging the discriminating buyer to seek best quality at reasonable prices.
This ad offers six magnificent new style sideboards embodying the latest ideas in side boards. Priced at 50 dollars, the six options are the 75 and 85 dollar kinds, available for this week only. Act quickly to seize this chance.
An advertisement touts house desks priced at 6.00 6.50 and 7 dollars with a claim of 10 dollars value elsewhere. It notes numerous desk options from 10 to 86 dollars, urging investigation if facts are not stated.
The white and gold and oak and birch reception chairs appear frail yet are sturdy in truth. They carry a winsome daintiness that grows with each glance. Each chair costs only five dollars, a price that makes them popular with nearly every woman.
An advertisement touts rocking chairs with several models and prices. SL2S large wood seat rocker priced competitively. SL7S cane seat rocker with brace arm earns praise for strength. Colon ial rocker offered at 2.25 with extra durability. Largs arm rocker available with plush set, usually 4.50.
Lace curtains silk and derby varieties priced a little lower than elsewhere with outside store appeal. Prices start from $1.50 per pair, offering broader value as styles vary.
A large assortment of rugs is offered with two stock levels suitable for any buyer. The display emphasizes new style rage items and many pretty Fur Rage designs, highlighting the breadth and appeal of the selection.
The ad lists iron beds with many patterns, prices from $6.50, and enamel beds noted as white and contrasted with brass trim. Canopy top options range up to $90, with other prices at $3, $10, $16 and $20 for various single beds in brass and iron enamel. Suitable for girls and boys rooms.
Five feet high bamboo enameled white easels priced at 125 dollars. Oak easels range from 125 to 400 dollars. Mahogany easels priced at 12 dollars. Brass easels extra fine at 14 and 15 dollars.
Society notes announce the forthcoming wedding of Governor Morrill’s daughter. The notice highlights family ties and the social event within prominent circles, indicating a formal union without detailing the date or venue.
Governor and Mrs Morrill invite Topeka friends to the private wedding of Grace Morrill and Mc Charles Dixon at their Hiawatha Kansas home on Thursday October eighth from eight to ten thirty pm with at home cards in November in Kansas City Missouri Topeka society notes praise the bride and her popular charm.
Fragment from a recounting of efforts to nurse the sick and bury the dead, noting slops left uncovered in bedrooms for days and the peril of suggesting caution. The narrator recalls judgmental thoughts about the so called comforters and their talk of providence.
North Topeka items report four diphtheria cases on the North side and a severe tonsilitis case for Willie Freemen. The Ladies Aid society of Kansas Avenue M. E. church will meet at the church tomorrow. LS Kingsolver visits from Osawatomie. Fred Tompkins and family have returned home from Omsha after visiting friends. Harry Hunter, formerly of North Topeka now in California, visits local friends. Autumn Tally Day announced at First M. E. Sunday school. local business notices include Remington Majestic Crawford Bicycles agents Ewan Coal and Sprague coal. Local merchants Lakens Bros North Topeka for buggies, coal winter supplies, and various trades. A. J. Arnold & Son druggists announce Munyon remedies and prescriptions. The Magnet Restaurant and short order house and Kendall-Heron Mercantile Company visit noted. Miss M. Alice Spradlin reception at Christian church and Miss Spratlin’s India on the City of Rome inquiry.
Governor Morrill questions lack of complaints from Leavenworth about alcohol enforcement while Wichita sees strong citizen petitions. He asks for names of better police leadership and notes a temperance official urged no action there. The governor emphasizes state duty to enforce the prohibitory law.
A long list of grocery and non grocery items with prices. Sugar, soap, soap bars, canned goods, coffee, tea, tobacco, candies, baking powder, spices, utensils, clothing and shoes offered across a wide miscellaneous catalog era display. Prices shown in cents per unit or per pound with many items priced under one dollar.
Queensware department touts decorated table sets and brass nickel lamps with large glassware assortment. Hanging lamps and tea sets priced from 50 cents to 1.50, cups saucers from 50 cents to 1, and other items like salt cellars and pepper boxes offered at low prices. Strict one price, mail orders shipped same day. customers urged to specify price, amount, and shipping method.
A distorted excerpt mentions The Model Supply Store addresses on East 6th and contains a political ramble about governance. The speaker asserts a governor cannot bear the full responsibility of a large system and emphasizes duty without detailing events or outcomes.
Mr James Wilkins arrived from Chicago to arrange shipping of Fred Wilkins remains who died of diphtheria though sunstroke was listed as primary cause. Illinois and Ohio laws bar railways from shipping diphtheria deaths. Wilkins seeks Santa Fe permission to send the body to Michigan amid burial plans in Tottites and Warsaw, with broader notes on nobility references in Poland and Russia.
A fragment quotes a line about price and virtue as a woman muses aloud. She notes if she cannot afford an English nobleman they are cheaper in Italy, then shifts to a sunny smile. An advertisement for Peerless Steam Laundry at Pas and 116 W. Rights appears as a brief insertion.
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