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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1897
Page
8
A vivid ad urges Kansas City visits as spring goods flood the shelves. The feature highlights new dress fabrics, silks, laces, and crepe de chine style options with prices from 9 1 2 to 2 5 per yard.
Over 100 shirt waist styles debut for spring and summer 18a7 with new shapes and fabrics. Fisk, Clark & Flaga present exclusive line in this city, offered at lower prices than Haberdashers. Stock is complete for early selection.
Our stock of Ladies' Suits is now complete with wobbiest effects for outing traveling street wear and fancy dresses. Prices range from 3.53 to 79.00, offering options for every budget and event.
Ladies fine serge suits with Eton Jacket and taffeta lining, braided silk design, new skirt shape, tailor made and on sale at 15.50. Plum and green velvet and silk skirts priced to 16.98, with linings and brocaded silks. Covert cloth sunita Linzer style suits with braided jackets and new fan back coats in plum and green sell for 18.00.
Cowley county Republican and Barton county Populist committees adopted resolutions praising Governor Leedy and Senator Titus while demanding action on railroad policy. They urged a special session if a maximum freight rate bill could pass, endorsed recent reforms, and pressed accountability from legislators including Brown Wright and Apmetrong.
The forthcoming trial of Dr John Watson known as Ian Maclaren on a heresy charge draws attention. Watson, in Tendon, says he cannot predict defense timing and will tell the truth as far as possible while facing various challenges in the Synod proceeding. The press notes that the case may hinge on church law and broader peace concerns within the church.
The grand jury met today amid reports of the recent failure of the Glo Soviturt bank and the disappearance of funds from the Chitersty of TMlineia. Mise Ervin served as President Spalding's private secretary.
The State Temperance union distributes a circular comparing Lincoln Nebraska and Topeka Kansas on liquor tavern revenue and taxation. Lincoln claims higher retail sale income and greater property valuation yet faces higher city taxes while arguing open saloons fund education, Topeka counters with higher teacher pay and warns crime drains wealth and raises taxes.
Train wreckers allegedly forced a switch sending the southbound passenger train into a crash near Houston Texas. Victims include H H Goldberg of Houston and others from Sherman Wellborn Brenham Dallas and Dallas area towns with multiple injuries and a fatality. Investigations note switch bolts removed leaving rails loose.
At a Shawnee county republican club meeting Topeka attorney W F Shoch urged probation for Silver Republicans who backed Enyvan and Leedy. He argued they preferred Populism to Republicanism and should be disinfected before nominating or voting in county primaries. The club echoed these sentiments.
An Eureka Chemical Mfg Co advertisement touts Charcot Kola Nervine Tablets as a universal cure for nervous, brain, blood and muscle ailments. It asserts dramatic patient recoveries and guarantees results or refunds one dollar bottle pricing, inviting readers to request a free sample to see proofs.
An advertisement extols Postum Cereal Coffee as a healthy coffee substitute. It argues that improper diet and polished habit cause digestive and nervous disorders, condemns coffee for harming the stomach and nerves, and promotes Postum as a natural, nonaddictive beverage made from cereals, improved in taste and health benefits.
Chicago April sessions at a city school featured Colonel Francis W Parker arguing the ideal school must be an ideal community with the child as a citizen. He urged school rules reflect community needs and pupils help craft governance. He warned current ideals favor tyranny and predicted a North American Child Study conference to promote democratic education.
L D Rose returned from Chicago where he examined supplies for Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad. Piles rise on Bennett avenue Cripple Creek and Second street as rails soon begin, linking Cripple Creek to Victor and other towns along a 1 1/2 mile line. Total cost pegged at 500000 with 300000 already in Cripple Creek bank. The project aims to run trains between the first and middle of September next. Personal note promotes One Minute Cough Cure. G W Stans, 632 Kansas Ave.
In Wichita last night Senator AJ Titus of Anthony discussed the railroad investigation and political fallout. He doubted new developments, warned Lewelling’s supporters and conspiracy talk, and said a special session seemed unlikely before fall.
Tauwiana oameral springs April 29 reports HL Le Kramer challenges the famed Dr H S Tanner to a finish contest for ten thousand dollars a side. The rule requires total abstinence from food or drink until defeat, with each man allowed one gallon of spring water daily. Kramer, a prominent Indiana capitalist, backs Tanner.
Yesterday's box score highlights show New York, Chicago, Baltimore and Cincinnati with multiple battery pairs and runs. Notable battles include Rusie and Wilson for New York against Washington, and Donohue with McFarland for St Louis facing Chicago.
Fragmented OCR items list teams and players from the Western League Norfolk to Indianapolis with scattered surnames Foreman Monroe Kahoe and Keener among others. A separate line notes Peerless Steam Laundry repairing collars and Ayer's Be medicine for scalp and dandruff.
New York surgeons discuss a Frankfurt report that a stab wound to the heart was sewn up and healed. Dr Constable doubts the claim, noting a true heart stab would kill quickly. Bellevue doctors Goodman and Owsley call the operation unlikely and unprecedented.
Rudolph Bapst aged 45 died after a boxing bout with 17 year old Peter Langtey in Williamsburg. The exercise and blows appeared to trigger heart failure as witnesses noted the heat and effort. A doctor attributed the death to heart disease.
A pending dispute involves Gol. R. G. Ingersoll potentially arguing a debt case over a dubious gold silver and jeweled model of St Augustine’s tabernacle ordered for Fuller E. W. McCarthy of St Augustine’s church. Sealed bids for a Domestic Science Hall at Kansas State Agricultural College open May 31 1897 with estimated 12000 cost and multiple subcontracts. plans available May 1 1897 with bids due and board rights reserved. Manhattan Kansas April 24 1897 G X Limboacker chairing committee.
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