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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1895
Page
2
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for stubborn coughs when ordinary cough medicines fail. It promises two actions from cod liver and hypophosphites to ease irritation, soothe choking sensations, and heal inflammation, claiming immediate relief and urging against substitutes.
Alfred Parsons describes fine chrysanthemum culture in Yokohama and Tokyo, noting pot culture, summer outdoor beds, and large flowering bushes. He visits Dangovaka streets where life size displays blend leaves and blooms into historical, mythical, and samurai scenes, viewed for a small fee.
J B Sims of Mission township received a premium diploma from the World's Fair board for the best millet sample. He forgot he had sent grain for exhibit, learning of the award by letter. Sims, son of Major Sims and bank president, farms six miles from Topeka and is a noted farmer.
C H Chae of the geological survey reports six surveying parties in Indian Territory to map lands for allotment. Parties work from South Mc Alester toward Chickasaw and Choctaw boundaries, extending base lines, triangulations, and 24 mile square blocks. Cost estimated at 400000, with 200000 appropriated. Dawes commission imminent. rain needed to prevent water shortage. ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATIONS: Interior Department to open reservations for settlement. Edward Crafts appointed appraiser at $1 daily. about seventy five reservations to be opened this summer.
Fire destroyed the six story brick structure at 40 and 42 North Moore street in New York occupied by J. H. Mohrman & Co. wholesale grocers. The blaze began before discovery as the building caved in. Patrolman Grannis reported flames as the roof collapsed. Firemen controlled the fire in minutes after water was poured on the furnace like interior. Goods worth an estimated 20000 were inside the premises, with total losses around 75000.
A Greenville report says the sixth African American was lynched in Butler county for the murder of Watts Murphy. Sheriff Hargaines found the body hanging by a tree near where five others were lynched last Sunday. The victim’s name is unknown. believed to be the man who struck the fatal blow.
Dersorr Michigan April 50 The Tribune a republican paper publishes an editorial backing a new composite American dollar combining 406 5 grains standard silver and 12410 grains standard gold to create a single stable currency. It endorses repealing existing coin laws and warns against unlimited silver coinage citing 1888 and 1892 platforms.
In Lovta on April 30 the Evangelical Eisnee held an exciting session sparked by Rev Frank Tyrrell presenting a proposed bill. It would create a five member commission, two women, to forcibly inspect institutions housing those confined against their will including asylums nurseries convents and monastic houses. The preamble seeks to expose alleged illegal imprisonments tied to authorities and the House of the Good Shepherd, with discussion continuing next meeting.
Joe Vendig manager of the Florida Athletic Club posts 5000 forfeit to guarantee the Corbett vs Fitzsimmons fight under its auspices. Time and place to be named July 15. Florida club may stage the bout outside Jacksonville if Florida law blocks it. Each fighter must also post 5000 to secure the match. Rev Busser of Dodge GA to officiate Ascension Day services.
United States ambassador James B. Ewell's directives from Washington press for fresh inquiry into John L. Waller's Madagascar custody and France deportation. Eustis has shared instructions with France's minister, but no reply yet, while consular reports prompt full fact gathering before US stance.
A terse notice states that Motter and Sesnoden LBeeretenn & Co acknowledge payment to Darr Mulvane as assignee. Room 10 in the Bank of Topeka Building is referenced as the location.
The Montgomer y cemetery in Norristown holds General Winfield Scott Hancock’s remains. The North Wales Record denounces partisan demagoguery for delaying a monument, asserting a Republican would have inspired faster memorials.
Report covers a Virginia murder from Bristol Tennessee where Mrs. Martha Wallen killed Lane Wallace with a pitchfork amid jealousy over her husband’s attention. The piece weaves through related divorces, arrests, and separations and notes other legal actions and sports scores.
Howard E. Thomas of Camae street Russet City is arrested by United States Marshal Myers on a Topeka Kan bench warrant from 1892 accusing him of depositing obscene mail in the Kansas City and Denver railway post office. He admitted identity, did not deny mailing the photo, and is held on 500 bail for trial at the October term in Kansas.
A fragmented column discusses social habits around weddings and funerals, noting reluctance to be original in arrangements, the impulse to self-emptiness in appearances, and postponing engagements to gain social prestige. The piece tone reflects dated editorial playful critique and hints at consumer product mentions.
In Reavine Pa on April 3a John Lincoln aged 36, a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, lies in an asylum. He is tall and muscular, shaved, resembles the martyr president, but his mind has recently failed. He once visited Ashington during the war and spoke with the president in a notable chat.
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