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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1897
Page
8
Transatlantic liners plan to sail the southern route to dodge heavy iceberg lanes. Ships report dense bergs and high siltbergs, with extra precautions as temperatures rise. Ship logs note a tidal risk near northern iceberg zones, even when no ice is visible.
Reading circles are reportedly killed by a court ruling that may strip the state’s educational system of a method to purchase reading circle books. Indiana directors named by the state teachers association and the superintendent of education argue they must meet to seek a way to continue the program.
New York publisher Henry S. Comstock recalled all copies of Guy de Maupassant’s story Mme Tellier’s Girls from stalls and stations. Comstock said the work shocks him and does not represent the average reader, despite Paris acclaim. He cited no clear U.S. market acceptance and vowed stricter control.
In New York on April 12 a breach of contract suit was filed against Morrell Liquor Cure Company of Talend Ill, in a United States court before Judge Wallace. The plaintiff seeks damages not to exceed 20. The case involves publications alleging a contract for Advver- Kintiur return for shares and mentions leadership by The Inte Col. Illllth and the Mall owner. Free depots in hospitals for drinnknips treatment were established under Supervision. Business deals followed amid the lawsuit.
In a chaotic Saturday edition a string of market notes report gold selling to Austria and a general European drift. The piece notes a low stock market, a Bank of Garth rate, and promises about relief in six hours from a Great South American Kidney Cure advertisement followed by laundry and button sewing notices.
In Washington on April 1 the Supreme Court refused to hear the Stock Ticker Case involving the American Bolt Telephones company and Western Union Telegraph. The dispute centers on royalties claimed by Western Union against Bell, with about 5.59 million dollars involved. The ruling returns the matter to the circuit court for further action in line with the appeals court decision.
In Chattanooga on April 1 Governor Atkinson's son and Ada Byrd, the Atlanta schoolgirl, wed again after a year apart. They eloped to Kensington, were pursued to Rome, and returned to Athens where Dr. McDonald of Atlanta officiated. The couple then left for Nashville as the groom’s 11 year old sister alone attended the ceremony.
Merchant Efron of Antonia Tek is robbed in front of the White House in Washington. Two men of seeming respectability assaulted him after he asked directions. Efron was struck and relieved of a watch, chain, pocketbook, and New York drafts. he plans travel to New York.
In San Francisco on April 17 the board of police commissioners acting as a pension fund commission approved the retirement of Chief Crowley after 24 years of service. The action, long contemplated, grants a variable annuity of 2500 dollars. Two commissioners dissented on the resignation.
The Minnesota Beet Sugar Company was formed in Minneapolis with 2 million dollars in stock. Incorporators plan two Chicago men on the board, representing the Chicago Wholesale Grocers' Association, and a 2000 factory at Farming, Minnesota. The drive aims to boost beet farming nationwide with auxiliary county groups, while tax and trade interests align with a northern sugar industry push. Also mentions travel ads to Mexico and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, plus DeWitt's Liver Pills by GW Stansfield.
A Goings into butter tale from Washington reports Secretary Wilson’s plan to shift U S butter exports to Britain and Denmark. The Agriculture Department buys creamery butter in Iowa and Minnesota, ships it to London into Australian packages, and studies English tastes to win the market. The aim is to avoid crowing out local butter and to learn the English market dynamics through controlled trials.
A maniac in the Palmer House rotunda fought off four officers and a hack driver, then resisted at the Harrison Street station where he was strapped to a chair. The suspect, about 40, named I. E. Jacobson, caused a twenty minute struggle before control.
Hubert Pratt son of Charles Pratt and brother of Charles Pratt Jr. emerges in the refining field as a practical trainee at the Queens County Oil Company works in Green Point. He starts at the bottom, learns each branch, and is expected to assume future management of a major refining concern with substantial family investments. He resides at 23 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn.
A Riverside Drive resident received a one dollar offer for use of his house on parade day. Stand, window, and mat seating spreads attract buyers as tickets resell from two dollars to twenty five. Property owners quote front footage prices and even whole houses for rent to spectators flocking for the event.
An old style railway notice promotes Rock Island Jastil baggage and ticket services to the Orient and intermediate points with rates and station contact at Rock Island passenger station. The ad notes quality service by Peerless Steam Laundry at 112 and 114 West sth.
Clinton Rogera Woodruff sec of the National Municipal league presents a conference plan in Jeffersonville on May 6 and 7. City leaders including McGuinness of Providence Picken of Charleston Pred of San Francisco Hopkins of Kansas City and others will speak on municipal reform and the status of city government in America.
Friends say Mollie Fancher one of Brooklyn’s wonders for thirty years is in need of support and a benefit will be held on Easter morning to aid her. The plan keeps her unaware of the event while her rumored clairvoyant powers are noted. Miss Bander aged forty nine shares the tale of fragile health after injuries in 1964 and a 1866 trance that left her seven weeks in a state of apparent death.
At a Cleveland concert by Miss Ella Ruswell, Miss M Ruswell’s moving performance of Home Sweet Home prompted tears as she hesitated then recovered to finish with tenderness. The crowd surged with ovation and floral tributes, highlighting the emotional attendance and renewed artistry. The notices also promote Santa Fe Route travel and advertise a salve and Witch Hazel product with testimonials.
Indianapolis faces a federal suit over a new state act cutting street car fares to three cents. Central Trust Company of New York sues to block enforcement, seeking to restrain the railway from 3 cent fares and protecting transfers and existing privileges. The case highlights public demand for cheap transit and remedies against fare violations.
A Dimondale Michigan pastor cites a letter from Rev J Gun derman praising Dr King’s New Discovery for his wife’s recovery from pneumonia and grippe with severe coughing. The remedy, described as quick and satisfactory, is sold at J K Jones Drug Store Fifth and Kansas Ave in regular bottle sizes.
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