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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
3
An advertisement at 110 East Sixth Street touts bargains across dry goods and shoes. Items include umbrellas, parasols, silk shirts, gloves, underwear, dresses, curtains, linen, and hats. The offer promises the lowest prices to boost trade, listing numerous concrete goods and price points to entice shoppers.
Gen Palmer will relocate from Springfield to Carlinville with Senator Fulmer and Mrs Palmer Weter to occupy the old home at Fourth and Adams. His son Athens Palmer and Mrs Jo Palmer Weter will remain in Springfield. Palmer plans summer work on his autobiography and may return to Springfield or move to a farm near Carlinville following the year.
The Srn known theatrical manapur Sam T died last Plight of cancer of the Hyver aged ao far.
W. E. Curtis reports from Chanute on Kansas orchards led by Fred Wellhouse, the apple king who owns about 100000 trees across multiple counties. His vast operation includes diverse varieties, handsomely housed, packed, and shipped to Chicago, New York, St. Louis and beyond, fueling a thriving state fruit industry. The piece notes Kansas hosts over 7.5 million bearing apple trees, plus peach and plum stock, with rapid growth and a mobile population seeking prosperity, including a wagon-train family near Iola.
A Chicago firm’s Kansas Nebraska sales trend shows 1896 weak and 1895 poor in Nebraska with 192 high in both states. Nebraska’s recovery outpaces Kansas, potential to top a million if early-year momentum continues. D Coburn cites farm wood mortgages and rising prosperity, while prohibition remains uneven with Topeka and select cities enforcing it differently. Farmers invest in homes, equipment, and livestock, signaling cautious optimism and shifting spending.
A garbled OCR fragment references a year recollection and unresolved lines mentioning frost and close details. The text is incomplete and lacks clear subjects, actions, or identifiable entities for a fuller summary.
The Star of Hope, a semimonthly inmate produced paper from Sing Sing, debuts with eight signed pages by inmates using cell numbers. Warden Sage explains editorial aims and invites contributions while praising the paper as a credit to its makers and noting its nonpayable subscriptions and bold stance on criminal justice topics.
Kansas City leaders vow to defy a pending police bill. Mayor Jones and Republican aldermen pledge not to obey if it becomes law, claiming the measure aims to loot the city treasury. Beardsley warns a legal battle will follow any effort to force revenue transfers to the police.
Town council member argues they will not be jailed by a new law and rejects legislative dictation. Alderman S H Hough and Alderman Beardley express similar views, asserting the council's executive role under the charter and that penalties in the bill would not compel obedience.
New York April 23 reports a bold plan for a vaudeville trolley line from Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge to Bensonhurst Coney Island and intermediate points. Four or two acts will be aboard each trip with extra long cars seating up to 100, a miniature stage, dressing rooms, gold and white interiors, and hourly runs from both ends. Fares set at 25 cents each way for entire ride or part of it. If successful, similar cars may serve beaches and popular resorts, with talk of a future Harlem vestibule theater car.
In New York on April 28 a mother named Findlater offers skin from her thigh to rescue her 1-month-old baby George after severe burns. Doctors plan grafting to cover the chest and shoulder area, with the operation to be followed by further healing. The act underscores maternal courage as surgeons work to restore skin without anesthesia for the infant, while the mother endures etherization.
A New York fashion note describes costly silk vests imported for frock coats. The piece notes three ply silky fabrics with Oriental flair, the shift to unbuttoned frock coats, and the trend among young men toward comfortable, looser attire while avoiding corsets.
Advance notices describe the Turtle's performance at Grand Onira House with critical darts on The Durtie, plus a New York product loaded program. The Ladies' Music Club season closes with Bruno Steindel company at Grand Opera House May 5. Graham Earle company opens at Granfant Theater with Counterfeit Money melodrama and free ladies admission on opening night.
Virulent smallpox has appeared simultaneously in multiple regions of Germany including Tierlohn and Moczadle near Berlin. Prussian authorities act quickly to prevent further spread and protect public health.
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