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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
2
A vintage style notice extols Star Grocery Wholesale's continual low prices and broad selection. Readable items include staples like sugar, potatoes, cheese, coffee, canned goods, and baking staples with many prices and product names, reflecting a busy bargain directory for shoppers.
Fragmented ad lists cured hams sugar cured breakfast meats bonos ham per boy and lard options. Mentions White Label lard pails and Cotenean cetotene products with low prices. Readers see entries for various meat and fat products with wholesale style pricing.
Mrs Modjeski remains at Tivdid under care after fatigue from physicians. She plans rest before testing full recovery, hoping to return to her duties. Her husband accompanies her as investigation into the attempted kidnapping of her grandchild continues. Judge Perry orders further action.
General Orders issue details promotions resignations and brevet commissions across Second and Third regiments. Names include Captains J Albert Allison W F De Neldman and H Hannaford with various lieutenants and acting officers amid unit reorganizations and vacancies across the Pirat and related regiments.
City funds tied to a Wichita coal prospect show $6,000 spent with little results. City engineers dispute missteps and misallocated totals, noting $2,200 spent on material while a larger $10,000 was set aside for bore testing. The overall project raises questions about planning and oversight.
Max Orell plans to leave America on April 15 after saying he has had enough of lecturing. He cites fatigue from constant travel and teaching duties, expressing a desire to rest and return home.
A chaotic police court scene unfolds as Eile Buckser and two maids confront accusations related to a Dusturbing Agency. Elia appears in motion seeking a sed compisiont while Clie allegedly threw an axe fiber. The dispute centers on Crane street, with witnesses recalling little about the incident.
Lottie Bowes, now a leading lady, debuted Monday night as Bossy Srasdetio Hosy in the Merraville production A Peres Sor. Tim Murphy, director, left, understudy Miss Jones prepared to step in. the company toured through Portland, Washington, and Duluth with Bowes in the title role for the show’s initial run.
Reports describe a youth procession and ride involving a car attached to a train in Ottawa and nearby areas. Participants included figures linked to the Goesen spore houses and Hartware Co. while venues and attendees are named in fragmented fashion.
April reports from Cumberland River at Burnside Kentucky show fifty five feet of flood, pushing residents to second stories as merchants clear basements and a steam boat reports damage. Carthage Tennessee records several feet above danger line with rapid rise. Ohio River in Cincinnati area nears flood peak with water at thirty three feet and rising. Cleveland and Genesee River surge flood city districts, inundating streets and forcing evacuations.
The Salvation Army commander Tucker plans to visit and correspond with General Booth to integrate reforms in the United States. He will travel nationwide, gather statistics, and report back, aiming to keep Booth informed rather than cause major immediate changes. South Africa unrest prompts reinforcements discussions as Bay-latif dispatches note plans for 5000 troops and possible aid from nearby colonies.
April report from Ohio notes a winter scene on a river with ice piled like mountains. An elderly guide from the Americus Cay of the Winds crossed the bridge yesterday, a rare feat in April. A new law passes punishing obstructing headgear in theaters with a fine of 30 dollars.
A well dressed man about 40 years old killed himself by jumping from the Adams Street Bridge yesterday. He arrived in the city a few minutes earlier at the Avion depot. A crowd saw the act but none could prevent it. Police are investigating as the motive remains unclear.
A large crowd gathered in the Bip tabernacle last night for the second joint debate on currency between Secretary Heke Smith and ex-speaker Charlies FL Crisp, following Sam Jones meetings. An explosion incident near Linyd injured Charles Eastland and others.
April 2 dispatch says fuerzas baurgente captured Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara, burning the towns and driving military governors General Luis Alanis Pando and General Alvaro Suarz Verdes to Spain. Captain General Weyler is anxious, moved to Spain, after the sudden night assault of March 25 left hundreds dead or homeless.
In a April 3 address Dr C B H Parkhurst said the New York police investigation aimed to remove political capital from the Republican party and accomplish nothing practical Saxton the committee chairman is mocked for ignorance, warned the probe would be ineffective without Saxton's support.
A major blaze struck Brunswick Georgia destroying property valued at about 500000 with insurance around 40000. The April 3 report notes a past conflagration that nearly consumed the town and again threatens many prominent business establishments as flames swept through yesterday.
New York April 2 Following the score of the fourth game of the international tillard tournament Lees at 4 48 164 230 140 23 0 Bo toil 600 highest rux 1u4 average 50 Garnier 30 14 5 0 3 0 2 2 6 12 and 10 highest mia Slisverige 84 1 Johasco Will Be mrsun Barnwens Md April Mev Charles Dittmar wholesale of Dittaar & Voneff hea tatorodd from a trip to Havana and dismisses rosy views on tobacco outlook war effects on price and supplies. The open market prices have risen about twenty percent in six months.
In Kintey Rows Georgia April 32 Seventh district Republicans selected Charlee A. Adamson and J M Dent as delegates to the St Louis convention and instructed them for McKinley. The convention proved tumultuous with internal fights lingering. Weyler hopes to win in Cuba and a Cape town interview reports his stance as the campaign nears end. State health board passes prisoner provisions while Kansas City news reports a drummed arrest in England linked to a deputy clerk case.
The April scene in Washington centers on District of Columbia appropriation and a contentious Howard University grant. Republicans and Populists clashed over public funds for a private sectarian school, advancing to a narrow vote to retain the allocation amid broader budget changes and Indian education provisions.
Yesterday the House committee on territories debated Citizens and New Mexico Statehood bills as it moved toward voting stage. Delegates Murphy and Catrom accused opponents of filibustering while noting the ads and illiteracy claims in Arizona and New Mexico. Harris and Owens urged focusing on qualifications for statehood and warned against mixing in the silver issue.
At a New York Methodist Episcopal meeting a resolution urged the general conference to consider appointing a colored man to the episcopal bench. Critics accused it as special legislation for Black clergy while opponents argued against changing established color norms. The resolution was laid on the table and not acted upon.
A long promotional piece claims forty thousand physicians endorse Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It asserts the remedy cures indigestion and stomach troubles without secret patent medicine labels, detailing digestive ingredients and testimonials from physicians, druggists, and patients. It advises readers to obtain the tablets from local druggists as the sole recommended preparation.
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