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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1897
Page
6
Local items from Chanute Kansas mention Easter customs, Easter services at First Presbyterian, Spring events, and community notices. Reports include city visitors, school and church activities, a police incident, and upcoming parades and theatrical engagements, with scattered references to trains and local businesses.
Frank Worecamr, a Fort Scott youth, faces removal to Ohighiuma for proceedings under an embebatine charge. He is staying in Fort Scott at his father's home of B. Ploreoil. A governor’s requisition from Oklahoma, approved by Kansas and Worcester executive departments, orders immediate action.
In Topeka society circles a flood of invitations arrives from Mr. and Mrs. John Newton Hoberts York for the marriage of Bele Brandon Roberts to Mr. Herbert Lawrence Armstrong on April 29 at their Lawrence home. The Lotus Club hosted a Hud son's Hall party with a long list of attendees from Kansas and nearby towns. A surprise party for Mrs. Z. Hagen featured many guests and gifts including a diamond ring from Judge Hansen. Social and guest news covers visits, burlesque rehearsals, Easter plans, and forthcoming weddings including Miss Live Jane Roe to Dr. Lewis McHreek, with lists of attendees and locales.
The Committee of Fifteen appropriated $1,500 for five airship fronts and other floats for the Fall Festival parade. Two Topeka men reportedly captured a model airship described in vivid detail, with a fishlike body and a propeller, to be shown next fall. The group vows strict secrecy while planning the procession and state reunion entertainment, with additional float designs to follow.
A strong rumor circulates in New York that Rev Timothy Dwight will resign as Yale University president this week or next. Dwight has hinted he does not wish to remain head of the university. He is in his prime, will be eight years old November 16, and will have completed ten years in July.
The widow of General Ulysses S. Grant reveals a forthcoming work focused on the private life of her husband. She explains the memoir seeks to give their children true insight into his character, while noting uncertainty about release details.
New York April 16 Harding and Gooch filed plans for a 20 story office building at 225 and 407 Fifth Avenue on former Hotel Brunswick plots. The granite and terra cotta clad skeleton structure would rise over the brick walls with a mansard roof, estimated cost $500,000. Baroness de Sellers, owner, is in Europe.
Operatic star Camille D Arville III contracted a severe cold while traveling to Chicago. Her condition worsened to alarming levels with pneumonia feared as she remains under physician care and nursing supervision after a Philadelphia engagement ended last Saturday.
In a Presbyterian church, Bishop John H. Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal church argued for freedom in religious belief and mutual respect among denominations. He urged Christians to value discussion, charity, and individuality, noting that poverty can foster strong character and that many poor people he admired lived virtuous lives.
The text discusses how personal choices shape character, noting freedom and constraint. It argues that surrendering principles harms character and that individuals should strive to elevate virtue, encourage courage, and stand for the right among peers and in business.
The English syndicate plan to acquire seven Dayton breweries rapidly advances. William Grim of James Griffith & Son surveys Schwind brewery today and will proceed to others. Export accountants finished their work, appraisers to report, with closure expected by week’s end.
The Cash Shoe and Clothing Co offers men and women items including dress shirts socks underwear suits hats and ties. Featured goods include wool pants wool suits oxford shoes and various accessories with many items priced at 5 to 50 cents and a broader sale lineup for tomorrow.
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