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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1898
Page
5
A garbled ad lists a relentless grocery push in Topeka offering cheap sugar and a wide array of canned goods and staples. Promises undersold prices, constant stock, and a subscription offer, with many brand names and canned items.
A notice from the State Journal office reports a homing pigeon destined for Sterling A with note reading Wer April 2 1598 8 a m well. Pigeon trained by OF Lane Sterling and race results show Gray St George A New York second, McCrernan East Boston A third, McDermott New York fourth. All four beat the Athens Olympic 35 mile record of 2 hours 1 minute 20 seconds and the race started from Ashland at 10:40 am Thursday.
Roy J. McDonald of Cambridge Mass won the Breton Athletic Association race covering 25 miles in 2 hours 40 minutes at Boxted on April 2. The event marked his enduring endurance and strategic pace as the field completed the long-distance event.
A well known Em pera married woman has been drawn for the May term jury in Lyon County. Officials report initials of her and her husband caused confusion and require adjustment. Her name appears among the May term jurors in Em por ts.
Real estate transfers include Jearriet P Asien to HL Brown for 100 dollars covering lots 402 404 406 Summer street John Norton s second addition. Mrs Nancy Bridgeford to John L Fowler for 1 dollar feet of lots 4 6 5 and W block Silver Lake. Rachel A and Wm E Matteson to EJ and Byron Smith 32100 lots 92 1 Kiela avenue Crane s addition. L Strong to Darel Klee 600 dollars int 26 Polk street Pacific Place addition North Topeka. Austin to Mrs Harriet A Allen 1 dollar lots 402 404 406 Sumper street John Norton s second addition.
Albert Dansen, once a farm worker near Salina, recently came back from Cuba after eighteen months away. He joined a Cuban expedition, initially for pleasure, but soon felt drawn to the Cuban army and became captain of a company of Cuban patriots. Dansen recounts dangerous escapes and brave acts against Spanish forces.
San Francisco on April 9 stock and sheep men urge quick inspection and authorization for shipments to Nebraska Kansas Iowa Wyoming to prevent starvation as cattle and sheep must be moved to good pasture immediately. Montana National Guard services offered as volunteers in Watson's Livery area in Helena with local laundry and tailor notices also appearing.
Topeka society items note Monsignor County of Washington guests at a Spalding Reading Circle reception with Mrs. John Newers presiding. Informal Club party at Hudson's hall features prominent couples and dancers. A seven o clock dinner honors Mr. and Mrs. BLT Lewis with fourteen guests. Personal mentions include travels in Chicago and Texas, club entertainments, and upcoming Grace Cathedral Ald Society meeting and music department updates.
An 19th century style advertisement touts S S S as the pure vegetable blood remedy. It claims to cure deep seated diseases including catarrh eczema scrofula rheumatism cancer and contagious blood poison in worst stages and warns against inferior substitutes from unscrupulous dealers.
The birthday of Frederick Froebel, founder of the kindergarten system, will be celebrated tomorrow April 21 in all city kindergartens with public exercises at 10 o'clock in Tennessee town where a portrait of Froebel will be unveiled. A Misa Maude Shafer hosted the entertainment Monday evening.
Conflict among local factions escalates as juries convict men in the district court for a crime described as selimequer. Trusted intermediaries seek settlement with Sheriff Cook, proposing co operation on Townsend amid warnings against setting up outside.
In a tense scene Sheriff Cook rejects a direct push to remove Jointists, stating he will act only by duty. The community voices split between enforcing the law and permitting sales, while Jointists adapt, moving operations to a new room, keeping doors locked, and continuing business with caution as authorities probe.
Wichita faces no street railway by May 1 or this summer as the builder admits failure to fund its contract War fears are blamed though other reasons are suspected The Wichita Railway Company acknowledges delays amid financial difficulties and public pressure.
Ottawa April 20 The cob pipe factory has closed permanently due to capital insufficiency. Manager Jefferies cites lack of ready money to run the plant to advantage. The closure ends employment for about forty to fifty workers at good wages.
London dispatch reports Vatican to decide on a plan where Spain yields Cuba to the pope who would pass it to the United States, mirroring Venetia transfer. Madrid rejects the tale as baseless. Spain vows to press on with Cuba or fight for it. British and US interests shift as Gen Woodford departs Madrid. A Santa Fe train serves Topeka daily at 7 20 a m.
Roston and Elkes of Glens Falls N Y raced in a 58 mile event at Chartes River Park. Elkes extended to finish eight miles beyond the 50 mile mark, besting Tom Barnaby and Tar naby of Revere as records for 3 to 50 miles fell. Elkes clocked 1:68:41.2 for 61 miles.
Secretary of State John Sherman stated that Spain may accept battle for dynastic reasons, predicting a short war unless battleships or transports fail. He discussed popular small-denomination loans and suggested Secretary Gage may propose an accessible bond plan to support the cause.
The Republic of Mexico will preserve a strict neutral attitude if hostilities begin. In Mexico City on April 2, officials stated they will not participate. Local sentiment appears gloomy amid the tense situation. For livery, telephone 2% Watson.
North Topeka column lists local notices and misc items. Edna Staples and Robert Anderson are ill or sick at home. Miss Fannie Nesbitt returned from Clankie to visit relatives. L. H. Nelswender of Silver Lake was in town. Bakeries and shoe repair services advertised. Cromwell and Jeffers feature wall paper and picture framing services.
The item notes Hoyt selling his farm and renting a place on North Kattan avenue then moving in with relatives. It mentions Mr Wil Gridge of Town being the brother’s heir and other family moves, plus a social callout about Mrs Bennett and her sickness prompting travel. A local lodge installation and banquet are reported with officers elected and a large turnout. The piece closes with a family gathering at the Merce farm and a travel ad for the Santa Fe Route offering palace sleepers and livery services.
John Morrow the chemist promotes a scientifically prepared kidney tonic after years of research. The ad claims kidneys filter the body and health hinges on their function, urging immediate use to avoid serious illness. It asserts Morrow's Kidneoids are scientifically formulated, tested for curative action, and available by mail order.
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