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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1895
Page
3
News from Ottawa reports the school board committee and health officials decide to close Ottawa schools for ten days to April 15 due to smallpox cases and to protect students and staff amid ongoing outbreaks.
New York April 1 reports that Sanger and Johnson the crack wheelmen plan a series of races starting in June with three one mile events. The piece notes growing interest in baseball in Topeka and a push to organize local clubs, plus tennis and cycling developments, including outlawed horses and a proposed track in Salina.
President Andrews of Brown University asserts silver must be addressed in the next campaign with an international bimetallic approach. He says Republicans may concede to silver but should avoid immediate free coinage. independent action should wait for broader agreement to avoid repeated mistakes of 1872.
Local news notes a police officer’s wife ill at home on Seward Avenue, while Lily Clay Specialty Co and the University of Michigan Glee Club appear at the Grand this month. M A Funchess has sold his Fourth and Quincey drug store to Dr. C. Martin and clerks for J K Jones. A thief stole fifty six yards of chicken yard fencing from John Espelin on State Street. The eightyesr old son of John Grice died of heart trouble at Weet Sixth Street and will be buried at 8 80 am tomorrow. George M. Harris, jailed on a watch purchase case from E W Hughes, faces trial next Tuesday before Justice Furry. W E Dennis and Ed mund Barrett face trial next Thursday for barber shop break-in. both free on Dennis to pay 500 and Barrett’s bond. Tramp H Lee, fined 35 for trespassing on railroad property, released with 425 in cash. he preferred to work the fine. Mary Love aged 78 and Elizabeth Waters aged 62, both colored, jailed for perjury in a penglon matter in Wysa dotte county. Joe Reed owns land. R E Frake claims a lease and is arrested by Judge Reed for disturbing the peace.
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Wheat opened with strength in Chicago and Topeka markets, May options rising to 5534 and 5541 amid strong export demand. Corn followed with firm tone and good cash demand as receipts fall. oats and provisions also steadied, hogs easing after gains, with mixed regional results and stable to higher prices projected.
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