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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1896
Page
5
A garbled storefront advertisement claims extensive stock and deep cut prices on suits and a wide range of groceries and household goods. It touts fixed up departments, “ten days only” sales, and emphasized normal prices reduced to $3 per suit along with numerous food items and imported goods.
Report notes policy stance by A K Rodgers opposing closures of joints and urging calm police action. Mentions “Journal” reporter, police board, and Governor, with calls for orderly handling and no precipitate promises. Editorial tone questions how investigations and public interests will unfold amid proposed doing away with joints.
The report blends political maneuvering and court actions with local notices. It mentions lawyer T. A Vermilion awaiting official appointment, Democratic Flambeaux Jollify celebrations for Mr. W. J. McGarty, court judgments against Pierencs Goff, a fatal car incident involving Charles Get, a gubernatorial pardon for Juanes B. Preyer, and ongoing divorce filings of Georgy F Lane and Clara E Lane. Bishop Ryan’s death closes the batch of items.
Chicago April 10 Trustees of the National Temperance hospital urge a 35 000 pledge to buy land and build a new structure near the Woman's Medical College opposite the county hospital. The hospital, started ten years ago to prove temperance treatment could cure all diseases, was the nation’s first of its kind. Benjamin Ward Inhereton notes the temperance hospital movement began in London with early temperance efforts influencing the United States.
The fragmentary text mentions Bishop Vincent at M. B. dureh tomient, Prof Hill going to Sumner, an executive clerk to Governor Mollins receiving an infl ation train ex-Strator, W. Pugney of Wellington attending a county function in Wellton in August to deliver an address, and Senator Forney receiving notice of his receptance of an inquiry.
An article argues most heart troubles stem from poor digestion and stressed digestion. It links stomach pressure to chest oppression and palpitations, promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy to improve digestion and support heart health, noting availability at druggists or by mail from the Stuart Co. Marshall, Michigan.
In Topeka the Pre Kansas State Cooperative Congress heard Prof Bemis of Chicago discuss co operation and Christian ethics. Speakers argued for labor driven cooperatives, with Governor Morrill and leaders from St Louis and Topeka presenting views on organization and joint stock plans. A committee on investment arts and a paper on cooperation and competition were promised for later session.
A read speech by Alonzo Wardill on Prof Howerd W Bemis of Chicago outlines cooperative progress in the United States. It cites the Dairy and cooperative creamery growth, Texas Galveston stores, and varied associations, highlighting limited distributive cooperation yet rising cooperative spirit and bank failures shaping policy.
A garbled pastiche recounts plans in Meriden and Paramus, court sessions, weather, and civic incidents. It mentions Dr Anderson in Chicago, a bond swap by Leischman, probate concerns, juries, and a concert by Tepuest. The piece mixes names, places, and events with unclear details and several typographical errors.
A bold robbery at a dog show on East Sixth Street about 9 20 last night left George Stansfield missing a $100 diamond stud. Police captured a man believed linked to the Cookoy diamond thief ring, and Mrs Stansfield and friends witnessed the tense chase and search in which a stranger attempted to hide the jewel but was arrested near Fifth Street.
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