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Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1899

Page

8

Boston Grocer Ad Sells Fresh Goods Low Prices

A Boston grocery lists a wide range of canned fruits dried fruits and baking essentials with low prices per pound. Includes Fancy Green Golden Rio Cotter dried apples cherries peaches prunes blackberries raspberries apples seeded raisins currants and the Pew Hominy plus pancake flour Aunt Jemima soap and Fairbank Soap. Malt orders packed and shipped promptly at these prices.

New York York Jemima Spaniaht Fairbank

Ghost of a dog case shocks town details

Peter Watson, a colored man, is arrested on charges of owning and harboring a vicious dog that was said to run at large. A judge orders Watson to kill the dog after a hearing where officers claimed to hear the dog bark, though no one has seen it. The court demands the body either dead or alive for in court production.

Dena Peter Watson Watson Kck Officer Smith Rane Eation Jude Perry

Steam Laundry offers foldable collar edge device to Portland

The Peerless Steam Laundry advertises a new device costing 28.85 dollars to energize the edges of collars and cuffs for faster finishing on the Santa Fe route to Portland Oregon.

Portland Ore Peerless Steam Laundry

Playing Detective Arrests and Forfeiture in Alley Encounter

Two men posing as detectives, John Digman and Sam Darman, were arrested for carrying concealed weapons after a staged confrontation in an alley with Pearly Atkinson and Geo. King. They surrendered revolvers and $20 for appearance. money forfeited, weapons awaiting call. Genuine officers later exposed as impostors.

John Digman Sam Darman Pearly Atkinson Atkinson Geo. King United States King Kink

Unclear Fragmentary Text In This Input

The provided excerpt repeats phrases about ages 35 and 27 and mentions police in an unclear context. Readable facts are too fragmentary to form a coherent news item with named entities or events. No definite person, place, or action can be confidently identified for a proper card.

Erratic Frenchman’s Will Hints at Buried Jewels in Kansas

In Silkville near Williamsburg Township Charles Lilly a 48 year old farmer born in France claims to have hidden jewelry and gold from France on his 240 acre farm. He entrusted papers for the farm to be held in trust for male students of the agricultural college at Manhattan. Lilly was taken to Bethany hospital in Kansas City with rheumatism but expected to recover.

Ottawa Williamsburg Silkville Charles Lilly France de Hossierre Old Country Nelehbor Williams naUve Agricultural College Manhattan Bethany Hospital Kansas City

Drowned in Mud Near Chanute Kansas

A body was found face down on the wagon road west of Chanute Kansas April 7. The deceased, 2 Mike Alte Gide, a domestic employed in the city, wandered from home earlier and was last seen alive. An inquest concluded asphyxiation by mud as the probable cause.

Chanute Kan Mike Alte Gide Eximausi

Osage City Wedding Ties Local Dentist to Nelle Hanalip

Osage City on April 7 saw Dr F Hunsicker, a prominent Osage County dentist and treasurer of the county central committee, wed Miss Nelle Hanslip a longtime city schools teacher and state normal graduate from Emporia.

Osage City Kun F. Hunsicker Nelle Hanalip Hunsicker Osage County

Lead at Pleasanten Sale

Fragmentary OCR describes a lead prospect near Pleasanten with unclear details about a sale, distance, and weight. The readable bits mention a thirty feet depth and thirty pounds of something, but the sentence fragments lack coherent actions or named entities to establish a full event.

Pleasanten Pleasant

Morgan Goes to Europe and Big Consolidations Rise

New York April 7 Wall Street buzzes over J Pierpont Morgan heading to Europe after a long abroad stay. Major schemes unfold including rent deals finalizing stock interests, a Vanderbilt consolidation, and Buffalo street railways linked with Niagara Falls Power. Potential New York Central and transcontinental alignments loom as Morgan seeks foreign capital.

Wall Street New York Ested J. Pierpont Morgan Bine Majestic Mr. Morgan Vanderbilt Buffalo Niagara Falls Power Company New York Central Chesapeake and Ohio Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Lake Shore Lakeshore Northwestern Union Pacific Moran

Dewey’s Son Named for Committee of Welcome

Mayor Van Wyck adds George Goodwin Dewey to a civic welcome committee for the returning United States steamship Raleigh. The admiral’s son, a Princeton alumnus and now with Joy Langdon & Co dry foods merchants on Worth Street, expresses modesty and says he has his own ideas of his father’s wishes and will speak with the mayor.

van Wyck New York United States George Goodwin Dewey Princeton Col Joy Langdon & Co. Dry Foods Commission Worth Street

I Shall Shake Hands With Raleigh Veterans

A fragment from a reminiscence discusses honoring victors of a battle and greeting the Raleigh troops, noting cousin Lt Willam Winder and meeting at a depot. The narrator recalls accompanying his father, mentions Asiatic squadron command and Commodore Perry, and bids farewell as a train departs.

Willam Winder Atver Be Jim George Perry

Emporia Newspaper Editor Details Injury by Col Severy

Editor W A White describes an unprovoked assault by Col Luther Severy in Emporia. White says Severy struck him from behind with a walnut cane, drawing a gun threat, while Severy used obscene language. Severy later pleaded guilty to assault and battery and paid a $5 fine plus costs.

W. A. White Emporia National Bank Star Clothing House L. Severy Mr. White Mr. Severy Severy Gazette the Gazette Col. Severy White Ed Reese Leter Eastor White

Haitian tariff sparks import surtax plan

Washington April 7 The state department reports that the Haitian government has imposed a surtax of 25 percent on all imports. Proceeds are to fund a gradual withdrawal of Sumerian missions and related undertakings, signaling a shift in colonial trade policy.

Bayti Washington State Department Haytien Goverment Sumex Tiania Sincabsiss Tn

Save Your Neck And Wear Safe Collars From American Steam Laundry

Wade them at American Steam Laundry Tacoma Wash offers collars with no rough edges priced at 5.55 dollars via Sante Fe Route. telephone 241.

American Steam Laundry Tacoma Wash Stm Drug Co West Seventh Telephone

Play Election Declared Legal at Bronson Town

Fort Scott Kansas April. Town of Bronson held a jocular election after no party nominated candidates. County Attorney said no legal convention could be held, yet 39 votes were cast with H. Goodne receiving five and declared mayor. Twenty three men vied for council seats with a full slate of officers.

Fort Scott San Bronson Sheppard Bri. H. Goodne

County officials take office after lawful election

The county attorney, after examining the law, rules nominations may be unnecessary and printed candidate names on ballots optional. Blank ballots used as prescribed, and the Monday elections yield legitimate officers. Predecessors must surrender city government. no contest will follow.

Smallpox case reported in Kansas City Kansas

A smallpox case was located in Kansas City Kansas on April 7, Thomas Woods, a colonist, residing at 18 Wein Street, has been ill since late January. Five additional people, Mary Woods, David Pines, Roll Hutt, Albert Smith, and Amanda Bmith, all colored, were in his home and exposed. A doctor blocked exits to prevent escape as health officials notified the city health department, fearing spread to nearby residents, including a home at 15 Bell Street where a prior case was found last week. The situation prompted guarded hopes that no further infections will occur and that authorities will contain the outbreak.

Thomas Woods Kansas City Kas Kansae City Wein Street Mary Woods David Pines Roll Hutt Albert Smith Amanda Bmith Woods Ron Bell Street

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