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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
3
A community meeting reveals the Parsons school board retracting a five year contract tied to a state book law. Critics from patrons allege hurried drafting and inconsistent procurement. The board voted to withdraw publication duties and instructed the clerk to notify publishers of the withdrawal.
Severe cyclone near Newton causes widespread damage to homes and orchards. Several occupants injured including a family, with cattle killed and pines uprooted. Trains halted as windows shattered and residence fires triggered by the storm. No confirmed fatalities at report time.
A local melodrama produced this Saturday features a playful title Maite Willleme Fieseuers. The script is credited to Misa Verna, with notes of the forthcoming April matinee and staged by Topeka Girl Grotville and Apel.
A Topeka audience will attend a forthcoming event with Walter Livingston and a cast including Win Ratedulph Ernest Hiddleston and Terry Wilco Perry Gayhart. In Wichita on April 23 Senator I D Lew elas retired from Austin after meeting with the interstate commerce commission about railroad rates. The state board faced changes as rates for Wichita and Kansas City were discussed.
From Independence to Leavenworth and Abilene, Kansas towns report a mix of crimes arrests and weather damage. Hallowell found dead in his southwest home. Warner and nephew jailed over tax law issue. Corey named postquarterer to be. convicts escaped from Fort Leavenworth. a destructive Kansas windstorm toppled sheds and homes. a May Day party planned in Wichita. river levels drop in Leavenworth aiding train service. county mental hospital costs rise with state aid.
A dubious medicine ad claims rapid relief for urinary pain and kidney distress. It lists local Kansas druggists and addresses in Topeka and Kansas Avenue. The notice also mentions the funeral of John Cothrat, referencing his family and burial beside his mother in Colorado Springs.
A Rock Island passenger department representative said the railroad will extend from Liberal Kansas to Trinidad Colorado and continue south to Roswell New Mexico, connecting with the Pecos Valley railroad. The line will tap coal lands west of Trinidad and at Sallie. Negotiations were hinted for the Texas Pacific from Pecos City to Fort Worth.
The Austro Hungarian minister to the United States informs the State Department of an agricultural and forestry exhibition in Vienna from May 7 to October 9 next year. International exhibitors may include sericulture and forestry products, with wide American participation urged. The program details have been shared with officials.
A step by step guide shows converting three sugar barrels into a couch. It describes fastening heads and bottoms, adding side rails, end straps, and a floor rail to prevent tipping, then building a top platform of marshed board, padding with a narrow hair mattress, and upholstering.
Grand Chief Arthur criticizes the supreme court ruling in Lennon contempt case. Lennon fined $90 for leaving an oncoming Ann Arbor car on the track amid dispute over service of proceedings. Supreme Court decisions uphold limitations on quitting work and define contempt by manner of leaving employment. Mexican Central officials elected new officers W G Resul president Gabriel Morton VP and treasurer Andrew Anderson Jr secretary. Western roads adopt unified passenger agreement at Chicago meeting setting April 28 as effective date.
New York April 21 Miss Kitty K Abbey daughter of the late Henry E Abbey is $10 000 richer this morning than twenty four hours ago The net amount realized by the splendid benefit given her at the Metropolitan Opera House last night The family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for support during illness and loss of their little one Me and Mrs J Wolkepper Sasden Implements Tayman Oberley Dirt given away at 512 Fillmore St.
A customer request from Fort Wayne Indiana to Postum Cereal Co asks for one case of 1 Tb packages and one case of YT pack, praising Postum Cereal Coffee and urging delivery. The letter warns against cheap imitations and asserts Postum’s superiority and reliability.
A Missouri Journal note describes making a couch with sugar-barrel style frame and cretonne covering, then adding a Bounce edge with gimp nails, plus a couch cover, pillows, and cav erlet for reclining. Separate item notes a Democratic appeal by Samuel Cook to W J Bryan for Missouri congressional election help. Rock Island station offers through tickets to Ciccadant and Orient, with rates available. Shirts and cuffs are laundered to look like new by Peerless Steam Laundry.
A New York Sunday Journal tale follows Dr John Tubbs who opens a practice in a crowded block. His famed prescription attracts dozens of women, swelling into hundreds, prompting printing a paper script and staff to handle the flood.
The Maher Sharkey Contest in New York saw Buck Connelly of Pittsburg representing Peter Maher and Das Lynch of California managing Tom Sharkey agree to a 225 round bout. They planned the match to be held nearby on a day between May 25 and June 10, location to be named.
A listed assortment of baking ingredients includes Sugar 21 lb, Royal Baking Powder 1 lb can, Price's Baking Powder 1 lb can, Pure Food Baking Powder 4 1/2 lb can, Pure Food B Powder Lib 1 lb can, Vision B Powder Lib 1 lb can, and Gypsy Queen B Powder. Entires show product names, weights, and brands in a compact catalog style.
A concise note lists caffeine products including Revere Mocha and Java Coffee and Gest Coffee on earth as good Java and Mocha blends. The text mentions Java and Mocha blend varieties, highlighting tea-like and coffee tones in a compact catalog style.
Teas two pounds Japan Fea ncolored Finest Imported two pounds Tem Dust Kennedy's F A K Soda Crackery Ginger Shapes Oysiacn box Can Blaeberries Can Kew Valley Peas Ibs Lima Beans Lea Perrin Sauce Durke's Salad Dressing Cans Shred Pineapples Cans Sliced Pintappies Packages Wheatling Package Scotch Oats
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