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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1898
Page
5
Social and personal notices outline Topeka and vicinity events a week of clubs receptions dances and gatherings. Featured are Chaminade Music Club meetings Woman's Club receptions OLN G club dance and varied hostesses. Also listed are personal mentions of travelers and locals with names and small-time social details.
In Topeka district court two jointists Richards and Croft pleaded guilty to maintaining nuisances. Judge Hazen suspended sentence for a few days amid remarks supporting the move to avoid costs. Sheriff seized six keys of beer and whisky from the Rosseville joint, while Topeka’s North Side arrests likely await trial. Lon Townsend has left the city, fate uncertain.
St Louis announces a set of race dates at the Fair for this year with events for two year olds and up. Inaugural one mile for two year olds carries a purse and dates May to June. Distances include four and a half furlongs for older horses and a mile and one sixteenth for 3 year olds. Several stakes with purses around 1000 to 1200 dollars listed, including events for 2 year olds and up, 3 year olds, and a June feature at Mound City track with a 1100 dollar purse. The schedule places races along Sweat Street in Derby 1888 era context.
The Pessen den Manufacturing company of Pittsburg has received from the Spanish consul in New York a request for X-ray equipment for ship hospital and field service. Professor Reginald A. Fessenden said if the order comes we will rush it. The company is building about 100 X-ray machines for the United States government, including field models run by storage battery.
Pearl Putnam forfeited a $19 deposit for dis orderly conduct. A plea by Pollis Matton Thorpe for clothing for four Topeka babies on Lime Street highlights local hardship. Reports of showers and a medical case accompany arrests for vag rancy and dis orderly conduct. Patrolman Whitaker and others process Miller for prior fines, while a box car incident ends with a warning after a rainstorm.
An elegant line of Percales, worth 12ic, arrives Tuesday for one day at Tic Ses. New patterns, the newest and nobbiest in the market. The line is elegant and marked cheap with prices below competition.
Oliver Lynch, a 16 year old boy with a swollen face, testifies in a case against Oliver Williams for assault. Williams admits a past quarrel and says Lynch enticed two young girls. Lynch is asked about provoking the incident and Williams is fined five dollars by Judge Atchison.
Joseph Faulkener faced Police Judge Atchison on a peace disturbance charge after a Sunday streetside dispute with his wife who cried out and claimed injury. The exchange revealed his plea as guilty to disturbing the peace, with a fine assessed as the judge corrected the misstatement amid the officers and City Attorney. Passenger train schedules promote the Rock Island Flyer and Pacific routes from Topeka to Kansas City with various departure times and travel times.
Rock Island links reveal a revised timetable starting Sunday May with a new limited Ayer service between Chicago and Denver via Omaha. Train No 3 westbound shifts to 11 05 p m while other times stay, and the line boasts a Pullman equipped, electric lighted consist including buffet chair dining and sleeper cars along with competition to Burlington and Northwestern.
In New York on April 25 officers from the treasury department arrested first officer G Tichick of the Austrian steamship Aquilega after he led detectives to a hiding place aboard the ship containing thousands of dollars in Italian jewels smuggled past the customs. The detectives hoped to trap others but Tichick was slated for arrest.
An advertisement promotes NoTo-Bac as a cure for tobacco addiction with a money back guarantee and free booklet. It urges readers to contact Sterling Hennedy Co in Chicago or New York for samples and ordering details. Also mentions Pacific railroad schedule options from Kansas City to Topeka with evening departures and arrival times.
An ad touts Grain-O as a grain based coffee substitute that nourishes and energizes without stimulation, suitable for all ages. It also promotes Herbine liver medicine as a cure for chills fever and general sickness, urging readers to ask local dealers for trials and to consider these products for daily use.
Mary Johnson a drunken colored woman attacked Police Matron Thorpe at the city jail. Jailer Dagg struggled to control her and locked her in the basement steel cage overnight. The case was continued and Johnson was held on bond furnished by Andy Dupree.
The Chicago Civil Service Commission moves to cut costs by removing 50 patrolmen from reappointment eligibility after finding lawful grounds to strike names with bad records. The board also discharged seven Star League patrolmen appointed last fall who claim pay. Politicians focus on state conventions as Topeka sees a scarcity of candidates.
In North Topeka a compiled column lists daily errands and local notices. Names mentioned include Mr. Will McNounie Miss Ida Cromwell Horace Daub and Miss Minna McCall among residents visiting relatives traveling to Manhattan Kansas City and Joliet. Events include birthdays births and weddings while others report illness relocation and meeting notices for Harmony Rebekah lodge.
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