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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
3
A dense vintage advertisement from 72 Star Grocery touts groceries, Queensware, and tinware with low prices on dinner sets, glass lamps, wash bowls, and tinware. The layout lists numerous food items and household goods, emphasizing affordability and broad selections for shoppers.
A Melbourne style dispatch reports U S pressure to hold Turkey responsible for oppression in Asia Minor. It cites debates in Washington about Armenian massacres and the duties of officials abroad. The piece notes Angell’s possible appointment and the need to protect lives and property of American citizens.
Fragmentary text mentions Ayers, Vigor, and remedies with unclear references. Names and places are partly legible but details are washed. The fragment suggests product claims and medical tone but lacks coherent event or person.
A medical professor and surgeon asserts Postum Cereal Coffee matches the taste of real coffee in a sample sent from Indianapolis. He notes patients prefer it for comfort and claims no difference in flavor, urging others to try the beverage as a coffee substitute.
Weather observer J B Jennings reports a generally favorable week for farm work across divisions. Eastern division notes good planting progress with corn and wheat in decent shape. western division reports favorable conditions with alfalfa and pasture progressing, though some wheat damage from wind events. Foliar fruit prospects described as promising with continued pasture development and stock feeding improving.
A batch of real estate transfers listed includes Eleanor Wilton Furry to Anna J. Wilson for 820,055 with undivided fractional interests in parcels in Kansas and Oklahoma, plus other transfers to Jane t Aliceen and Laura Haley, Rhecca Hughes to Maria Co. Mui, and Mrs. Perniclia Curtis to Francis 0. Brown among others. Also mentions special rates for upcoming events and reduced fare notices via Union Pacific and other lines.
Kansas political dispatch notes heated fight over civil service reform and party loyalties as Democrats and Republicans argue over timing and support. Senators and committees are lobbied to advance or block the bill while national issues and fiscal concerns shape the expected outcome.
Parsons Sun recounts a moving tale from Pataore where a father who deserted his daughter twelve years earlier reappears after a long search. The daughter, raised by others, never stopped hoping for news. a well dressed stranger’s story leads to a joyful reunion and a scene of supreme happiness beyond any artist’s craft.
From Arkansas City dated April 1, news from Lima China indicates plans to contract for four oil wells in the new Neodesha mass field. The Standard Oil company builds a refinery at Neodesha and holds forest and territory leases there. Mr Hoden represents a company with over 500 acres and hopes to secure wells once more.
Ottawa police report counterfeit silver dollars in circulation. Men with the errant coins trial the public passersby under cover of night. Coins are crudely made but dated 138s and composed of zinc and pewter, prompting an ongoing effort to locate the culprits.
In AFinfield April 9 report, President Pisce publicly expelled five prominent students from the Lima fraternity amid a chapel scene. Leaders in literary societies and college journalism fled, with several Bigma Nus said to have left in sympathy as the board of trustees had outlawed the fraternity three years earlier.
Autchison April 40 There is a probability that the Bank of Hutchinson will be reopened. Mr Breidenthal has examined the books and finds deposits around 350000 with other indebtedness mainly to Valley State and other banks. Deputy Hank Examiner Osborne arrived and assumed charge as Mr Breidenthal travels to Kansas City to arrange a met bank stake with Canterbury and Metropolitan National Bank officials to gather funds and settle creditors.
W R Lindsay, brother-in-law of Will White of Emporia Kansas, was fatally wounded near Ramapo Kansas after an altercation with William Petts employed by Judge Gray. Lindsay drew a pistol and was shot in the back as a Missouri Pacific train crew alerted Sheriff Lamfellow. Spectators call the incident murder.
Winfield April 30 Statfort and Al bricht will send teams and scrapers to Flint hills to build dams across draws on lands they control. The aim is to create reservoirs to store surface water, reduce washing away, and increase humidity during hot, dry weather.
Independence April 2 report says four feet of water surround Ik City depot as Verdigris rises through town. Westward Caney River floods between Peru and Caney, two miles wide. Verdigris continues to rise slowly at the point.
From across Kansas towns comes mixed news. Atchison to inaugurate a new Christ Church pastor as Eder Harlan tours southern Kansas. Leavenworth resumes electric Spruce Street service. Blue Rapids endures water shortages after a reservoir spill. Holdon reports a district court ruling in a murder case. Florence records a marriage. Holton urges Prohibition Day observance. Leavenworth notes board changes at the Soldiers' Home with Governor Smith reassigned to Santa Monica and Major Shockley staying on.
President Ripley writes to Santa Fe employees urging pursuit of new labor saving devices and inventions for railway service. The Western Railroad Association would review and patent any viable devices, with railroad support for costs, equipment, and time, and share benefits from successful tests.
A letter from J H Melven, a St. Louis postal clerk, reports Owney the dog traveler alive and convalescent after mange, with plans to find him a permanent home. Captain White says Owney’s travels may end as he nears life’s end, awaiting adoption and preservation of his collar and badges.
The Lone Star private car of H R Green, varnished and vestibuled, ran Wednesday on the Frisco toward Texas as the first dustless car in the region. Notables including Judge Win Jones and others joined to Valley Park to observe the dustless apparatus, with railroad officials like Bisbee Smellen and Taylor overseeing. The device operated in a satisfactory manner.
General Purchasing Agent Hodges of the Santa Fe travels to Topeka with C A Higginson, assistant to the president. They conduct official business and Hodges gathers information through observation and investigation during his first Topeka visit in his new role.
Mr Hodges speaks to a Journal reporter on Kansas prosperity and progress. He praises emigrants from eastern states who built up the state with enterprise. Hodges extols Kansas as a land of opportunity with a strong ownership and business spirit and hopeful growth.
Santa Fe plans a 40000 dollar building at Winfield to store and handle grain. Construction to start next week. bids to be opened after specifications are prepared. Material shipments and track work precede the project. project aims to be a major state facility with modern grain-handling facilities. Card of thanks from Mrs Geo H Green accompanies the item.
A collage of resort blurbs touts Adirondacks Atlantic Coast getaways and Pacific rail routes, with promotional notes on fares and filtered benefits. A Kansas State Agricultural College call for bids for a Domestic Science Hall lists a 12 500 cost with May 11 1807 bid deadline and plans by Prof J D Waiters.
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