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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1895

Page

6

Watch Sale No 3 C Ad Highlights Various Timepieces

A local ad touts a selection of second hand watches including Elgin Rockford Hampden Waltham and Wellham brands in varied jewel counts and cases. Prices range from two dollars twenty five cents for a boy’s stem wind to as high as fifty dollars for a full jewel adjusted Elgin in a solid gold case. Many watches are described as restored to factory condition with repolished cases and accurate movements.

Rockford Waltham Elgin Jenel Wellham

Selia gold Kigin Watches on sale at bargain prices

Selia gold Kigin aml size plain case 10k priced at 14.55 and 11 Jewel Columbus 20 year 14k filled case 7 jewel Springfield 20 year 14k filled case 9.75 with 11 Jewel fancy dial 15 year 10k filled case 12.75. Cast and examine these watches you cannot but see they are bargains from H Morrison jeweler and optician 505 Kansas Avenue watch inspector for A T F and Fen.

Selia Columbus Springfield Walchen H. Morrison, Jowvler and Optician Kansas Avenue

Topeka Society Notes and Visiting Notables

General notes of Topeka society list visiting Laura W. Cotton of Portland and several local gatherings. Meetings feature lectures on geology art and the Last Supper paper, with social events, parties, weddings, and club plans across town. Notable moves include Frank Flenniken family relocation and Burns poems gift at Remly birthday gathering.

Topeka Laura W. Cotton Portland Oregon W. W. Wicka Taylor Street Tennyson Trader Divia Memie Waters Antwerp C. L. Clark M. L. Chamberlain da Vinci Mids Harper Douge Whist Club Bunche Dienst Dirs Peed K. Brown Ruth Aimelia Blue Rapids Frank Flenniken Sallie Flenniken At. J. F. Stewart Texas T. H. Church Sorpsis Misa Bara Kansas City Messia KL. Neshuum A. Nelson William Comnes Stevenson & Cas Crosby Brothers Hessa Critchfield Oskaloosa Luga McCray John Luces Miss Hiner Mrs Brashear Western Avenue Cora Bennett Eva Hawkins Bennett Brashear Smith Susie Pace Lucy Paillo Pearle McNeil Branna Smith Painie Wilkes Ella Brashear Grace Hiner Mrs. McClan Miss Brashear Miss Hawkins Edward Miller Lawrence Kansas McAdoo Jordan Patterson Willis Richardson Harper Jackson Brown Langeton

Two Husbands and a Music Teacher End in Tragic Love

Mrs Seelie Vermeiren aged 24 shot herself in Fort Desvex struck by unrequited love for music teacher Luther Haile, writing to her husband and Haile about her futile struggle and her belief he was the only man who stirred her.

Desvex Seelie Vermeiren Luther T. Haile Haile

Durrant Seen With Woman in Murder Case Probe

San Francisco police have Pinkerton detective Simmons on the Emanuel Baptist church murder case. Witness Chauncey M. Johnson recalls Dorrant visiting the church room with a young woman matching Minnie Williams on April 12 between 4 40 and 5 00 PM. Williams arrived from Alameda at 4 20 PM and was found dead the next morning in the church library. Durrant denies meeting her. authorities press for an afternoon appointment theory. Durrant to be tried first for Blanche Lamont murder as stronger evidence exists.

Miss Williams San Francisco Pinkerton Emanuel Baptist Church Simmons Chicago Portland, Ore Ot Dorrant Chauncey M. Johnson State Board of Trade Durrant Minnie Williams Johnson Williama Alameda Dorcant Blanche Lamont

Referendum urged on municipal rail ownership in New York

Central Labor Union of New York urged Albany to pass the referendum on municipal railroad ownership and asked unions to press the bill with the senate committee on cities. Speaker Martin J. Elliott, on the EY Debs defense fund tour, highlighted Pullman workers receiving 7 cents cash after two weeks. A seven member committee was formed to assist Elliott, and Dr Price's Baking Powder touted its World’s Fair quality in the notice.

Central Labor Union New York Albany Senate Committee On Martin J. Elliott Chicago Debs’ Defense Fund Pullman Elliott Dr Price

North Topeka ads and local notices from 832 Kansas Ave

North Topeka items list advertisements and notices including hardware dealers Pratt Bros 618 North Kansas Ave, Nystrom Bros 816 N Kan Ave agents for John Myers and Buel & Sons shoes, East Indianola choral postponement, Remington bicycle agency 887 Kansas Ave, portrait photographer F H Munn 905 Kansas Ave, Magnet restaurant 440 N Run Ave, high grade Ariel cycles, Lyon & Reynolds dentist 882 Kansas Ave, birthday party at 1029 Quincy Street with attendees, and Beckstrom wallpaper sale at 518 Jackson.

C. F. Bridge Kansas Avenue Lewis Eckert Kansas City St. Fowler Pratt Bros Kansas Ave Nystrom Broa N. Kan, Ave Aole John Myers Buel & Sons St. Louis Sach's & Co Cincinnati North Topeka Laurent St. George J. H. Heller N. Kan GW. Yockey Chanute Henry Yockey Kanuas Avenue Mra M. M. Kingsolver Garnett East Indianola Choral Society Tracy H. Riordan N. Kansar Avenue Choice Remington Bicycle Agency Kanskaave F. H. Munn Magnet A. J. Prondiit N. Run. Ave Lukens Bros Stevie & Walker Lyon & Reynolds J. B Betts Myrtle Freda Quincy ‘Street Mamie Carey Edythe Troutman Ethel Patterson Laura Dauber Lizzie Shellabarger Eva Watta Bessie Henry Maud Myers Clara Sandmeyer Hessie Simona Sarah Anderson Stella Ward Maude Ward Floydie Stephens Masters Mead McLaughlin Frank Garland David Page Jesse Rohr Willie Taggert Willie Brader Whitmer King Charlee Sandmeyer Clifford Priddy F. A. Stevens Fannie Johnson F. HL. Sandmeyer

Inexpensive Icebox You Can Make at Home

A Philadelphia Times item explains a simple two box icebox costing under $1 to build. It describes two boxes with a three inch gap, lined inner box, sawdust or charcoal fill, and a lead pipe to drain meltwater, plus tin shelves. It highlights DIY practicality in cutting costs for cold storage.

Philadelphia Times

The Wife's Separate Property Trust in Husband Use

The article notes Indiana Supreme Court dicta aligning with late decisions that when a husband uses his wife's separate property to support the family, she may recover it absent an agreement to repay. A transfer is treated as creating a trust, with the husband bearing the burden to prove it was a gift.

Supreme Court of Indiana American Woman Journal

Open Secret and Foolish Nobility Tactics

A boisterous tale centers on Eusebius Dollburn, burgomaster, who cannot read a letter without his glasses until a beggar reads it. The note, purporting to grant him a patent of nobility, is posted, triggering a crowd as a mock royal decree exposes a town’s joke on officialdom.

Eusebius Dollburn Eusebius Dodburn Irena Derar Tvest

Alabaman's Washington Poker Gambit Ends In Humble Exit

A South Carolina clubroom tale recounts a boastful Alabamian mayor in Washington seeking an appropriation rather than a night at the poker table. After a losing streak and a brief run of fortune, he declares his true mission to the senator and exits, underscoring public spirit over gambling blur.

Rigi Grou South Carolina Washington Mc Dbile Beess Piyera Ben Adhem

Bride and groom debate roles upon return from honeymoon

The bridegroom asks his wife for a clear understanding of their future, questioning whether she will be the president or the “Teas” of their shared society, signaling tensions about household leadership in early marriage etiquette.

Comptroller of the Treasury Texas Billings

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