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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1896
Page
8
Advertisement extols Miles Restor Nervine as a cure all for nerve and health issues. It lists products and makes bold guarantees of improved appetite sleep and nerve function while urging readers to buy from doctors and retailers.
Fragmentary report shows patrons unhappy about a March billing from Alecitie Licht company and Western Furs. Details are garbled but reflect a court posting and a disputed sum around S85.
An advertisement fragment outlines an April end May 5 1898 home seekers excursion by the Great Rock Island line. It promotes tickets for a guided trip with packages and contact details for seat reservations and agent information.
Rose Coghlan argues the actor's personality shapes a play's fate more than plot or environment. She cites Booth and Drew as examples and urges artists to study themselves, pick roles matching talent, and avoid forced types to win public favor.
Albert Chevalier, famed English tenor and comic singer, makes his American debut in New York at a leading music hall, drawing praise for his vocal charm and stage restraint. Review notes his early career in London, performances with notable contemporaries, and favorable reception by New York critics praising his precision and repertoire.
A garbled, verbose excerpt follows characters debating quitting a habit and planning a theatrical play. The piece shifts to instructions for writing a successful play, and mentions managers seeking to adapt a story with varied authors and injunctions, ending mid-sentence with notes about witnesses and players.
A misspelled but vivid scene from a late 19th or early 20th local page shows a militia style ceremony, school events, and a quirky battle over bloomer attire. Amid jokes about voting and attire, residents recall a Bowie Forks game and a tense town meeting with a parade of colorful phrases and social bustle.
A congress bill proposes leasing 13 barren fox islands off Alaska for 29 years to fox raisers. About 3,000 foxes are bred there, with main islands North Semidi South Semidi and others. Reported as a new, contested industry drawing support from silver and blue fox interests and potential employment for local natives.
An OCR fragment describes photographs of foxes feeding used to show a bill by the senate. The scene notes many people on a gallop from all directions and a crowd pressing to reach the meal. The pictures were taken with a rewind device and are dim due to weak lighting for photography.
State Temperance Union reports its pledge drive aims to sway voters toward temperance candidates. Officials claim 200000 members backing the effort while warning of political pressure from rival groups. The pledge seeks to influence electors to resist liquor policy and oppose any administration aligned with alcohol production or sale.
Citizens around Riverdale contest the Missouri Pacific and Fort Taland rail lines planning a depot site near the junction of the Missouri Pacific and Furck Taland lines. The case seeks to compel the company to relocate the depot and adjust track alignment. Local businessman Chase Bennett, who runs Peerless Steam Laundry, plans to relocate to 740 Katenhs arenas opposite Traxs fer Station.
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