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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1897
Page
4
Warren M Crosby Co invites guests and shoppers to the Fall Festival with a royal welcome. The store promises strong home town service across departments and features many special attractions. Three show windows two entrances and eager staff await all who visit or just view.
Yully edition delivered by carrier ten cents a week to any part of Topeka or subsidhs. or at the same price in any Kansas tavern Where Me paper has a citrine seem. By mail three months. By mail one year. Weekly subscription are new PRRMASENT HOME, Treks State Journal Building Smand & Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. TELEPHONES Witness otter. Belt Phone Wz Hieporter Haven. Belt Phone 87 New York address St Potver Building late American Newspaper Publishers' as specting, where Mes af the paper are al ways Oper to advertisurs of readers.
Washington Sept 28 cooler in extreme eastern portions Wednesday with southerly winds. Parkansas Pub tonight and Wednesday indicate a changeable spell with increasing chill threat.
An older volunteer fireman would marvel at modern fire services with paid crews and advanced equipment. The piece notes the shift from clanging bells and horse drawn engines to trained professionals, waterworks, and fireproof buildings. It argues municipal funds are well spent on public safety, contrasting with other budget cuts like police and salaries during cost reductions.
A historical column reflects on volunteer and professional firemen, praising their risk, valor, and evolving safety. It notes media records of deeds, debates about drugs to endure smoke, and mentions notable figures and events from Moody to Ellen Terry, plus local notices about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and a steam laundry.
New York, Sept 28. Staten Island Sound pirates strike again terrorizing Chelsea Tottenville and Perth Amboy. Yachts looted and many small craft stripped of running gear some stolen intact. Rossville suffers most with several boats stripped and a large 15 foot Whitehall boat missing with identifiable centreboard trunk outlines.
G W Endicott of Boston manager of Employers Liability and Insurance Co of London Limited, settles the $2500 claim for A M Bonesall administrator of A L Ridenour estate Arkansas City. Agreement with Kansas superintendent McNall violated on appeal. Irving Landis sails October 1 from San Francisco for a two year cruise as commissioned officer aboard a US Navy vessel.
Pictures show festival parades and storefronts after the processions. Leave orders at 531 Kansas Avenue, John F Strickrett.
Friends of Reverend Harry Innis Bodley presented him a gold watch and chain and a pectoral cross after a farewell service in Topeka Kansas. A silver toilet set was given to Mrs Bodley along with a heartfelt letter from parishioners praising his service and expressing prayers for his future work in the church triumphant.
Sept 28 Troop F fourth cavalry under Captain Hatfield has left Boise to Fort Hall to assist Indian Agent Irwin in subduing obstreperous bucks. Also notes street car tickets available at 112 East Eighth Avenue and a laxa tive product ad. Extra Santa Fe train No 7 will run additional sections nightly during the Festival to accommodate visitors.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Qostins and Kid Cloves with unclear phrases hook space and numbers. No clear event, date, or location emerges to describe a complete news item.
Retailers announce a large, varied ribbon selection ahead of Festival week. New Roman strips, plaids, shell changes, double faced Latin, and Prancies lead the line with special prices on Black Double Faced Satin Ribbon. Sizes from 3 to 6 inches wide offered at discounted rates and a range of moire taffeta ribbons also featured.
A Boise guard detachment moves toward Fort Hall Indian agency to quell anti school riots in Rose Fork. About a hundred young Indians oppose sending girls to school backed by elder women. Police claim marriages among Indians are rare. troops are called in to enforce schooling.
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