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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1899
Page
8
Topeka reporters note Congressman Curtis at home from Washington while a Kansas paceman returns from Colorado. Many local figures visit relatives in Pennsylvania and Colorado. state penitentiary plans, public works, and school institutes are discussed. The town buzzes with traffic, tourism, law, and civic matters as residents plan events and respond to weather and growth.
President Taft era updates as Postmaster General Smith joins the party in Plattsburg New York for a several week visit Mrs Charles Emory Smith reports steady health She is eating sleeping well A gulf tournament is planned this afternoon with expected presidential attendance An Atchison team changes players including a third baseman quitting and returning home next week the squad will tour Nebraska and play several games through the weekend.
Mrs A E Hunt plans to start a Woman's Home at 115 Kansas Avenue Topeka offering cooking baking and laundry services on a home plan. The project includes a bakery and delivery wagon a laundry with mending and a free employment bureau to aid working women and provide lectures and instruction in cooking and housekeeping.
Engineer turned rear admiral James Entwistie is hailed as a hero from the Mania bay battle. He served Uncle Sam in the navy since youth and later joined Dewey's squadron. A medal is awarded for courage, and Entwistie plans a summer at Lake George while awaiting retirement.
A dispatch from Buenos Aires to the Herald reports that in Santiago Chile the US minister has bought various islands in the Weill ie Cage area as a strategic move. The War or Foreign Department lines up with ongoing negotiations and seeks a response from Washington.
Capt Coghias has assumed command of Seisseeton naval station relieving Captain Green. The change of leadership was announced as routine, with Coghias taking over duties and responsibilities at the base.
The readable fragment references a health product claim and a timing for relief. It mentions a kaip word string and a phrase about stomach pain, suggesting an advertisement style. Strong entities are limited due to the broken source. The text lacks clear dates, organizations, or named individuals to anchor a fuller summary.
This week only a sweeping sale slashes prices on fabrics, garments, and housewares. Items include limited quantities of linens, calico, carpets, muslin, and gloves with deep discounts up to 83 percent on select departments. Premium refunds offered, Butterick patterns advertised, no time limits on purchases.
The Mexican Central railway announces plans to construct a central hospital at Aguascalientes to care for sick and injured employees. The two story Winth building will measure 203 by 85 feet and be surrounded by a veranda. Separate wards for Americans and Mexicans, operating rooms, kitchens, baths, and its own laundry bakery and dairy will occupy about two acres with auxiliary facilities and stables.
A report claims Ottawa county clerk remitted tax instalments to the state treasurer but deducted ten cents for exchange. County commissioners allegedly refused reimbursement, and the clerk asserts he will bear the loss personally rather than the county or state.
The third and final county institute series this year opened in multiple towns and will conclude with certificate examinations today. Readers in Hiawatha Ashland Kinsley Ellsworth Dodge City Hill City Blythe? Cimarron Tribune Harper Newton Lincoln Meade Pata Minneapolis Larned Atwood Hutchinson Russell Stockton Smith Center St John WaKeeney Sharon Springs host sessions while applicants await certifying exams in Atchison Medicine Lodge Concordia Coldwater Berlin Lawrence Howard Lakin Kingman Greensburg Ledgworth LaCyene Norton Belleville Ryans Wichita Hoxie Hugoton Breckinridge.
A Cheyenne dispatch reports the Trion Pacific railway company has secured control of the Wyoming Southern railway. Union Pacific reportedly sought traffic ties with the Wyoming Southern, demanding a five year option on stock and the right to redeem bonds at par. Bonds were underwritten by the International Trust Company of Boston.
Major Charles W. Raymond, chief engineer for Philadelphia, leaves for Sault Ste Marie to join a Deep Waterway commission meeting. They will compare final surveys for the Great Lakes to Atlantic route and inspect the Sault Ste Marie canal. Estimated cost around 200 million dollars. The route would pass through the canal to Lake Huron, then Lake Erie, then a ship canal around Niagara Falls to Lake Ontario. The panel weighs using Welland canal, Canadian property, or building a new American canal for deep draught ships for international reasons.
Boston August 1 striking messengers of the Boston District Messenger company report only six boys at work today. Two were assaulted during the forenoon one believed he was taken to a hospital in an ambulance. One assailant was arrested. The strikers present grievances demanding ten hour days and the right to buy their own uniforms instead of renting them from the company.
Washington Aug 1 The state department located Senator Beveridge of Indians after concerns over his whereabouts. A cablegram to Consul Harris at Nagasaki (Nagasaki) elicited a reply stating he is safe and well. The senator was aboard the steamship Empress of India and was held in quarantine at Nagasaki Corp.
Rumor swirls that Merchants National Bank may merge with First National as the latter seeks to acquire the former. The report offers no confirmation and contains unclear wording about propasi.
The Santa Fe is named as the official route for the Pilgrimage of Cryptic Masons to Colorado August 6 to 13. A Pullman Palace Sleepers special train departs Kansas City August 6 at 21 00. Round trip fare is one fare plus $1 with stopovers Pueblo to Denver. Reduced rates to Cripple Creek Glenwood Idaho Springs and Pike’s Peak are offered for this train’s patrons. Tickets sale August 5 to 7 at all ticket offices. open to Masons and non Masons.
The article notes talks about consolidating the two banks over the past year or two, but no agreement has been reached. It also mentions Central National’s alleged connections yet denies any proposal to merge with either bank.
New York reports a substantial rise in lumber prices, up 15 to 20 percent since January 1. Demand for hickory, oak, and other hard woods is sharp, with quartered oak now costing about 16 more per thousand feet than six months ago. Spruce and pine rise as demand for timber grows, while mills struggle to meet orders as fleets move hay and trucks nationwide.
Washington Aug. 1 General Powderly head of the immigration bureau directs the release of the sixteen Filipino actors detained at San Francisco. They have been held pending a settlement of their right to law and are now permitted to proceed. They are engaged by authorities as a feature of the exposition currently in progress in Omaha.
A Pittsburg diving bell, built of phosphor bronze and 23 000 pounds in weight, failed at about 100 feet depth in Lake Michigan test. The six foot square bell buckled under 2 728 048 pounds of water pressure, causing the window plates and hull to shatter.
Advertisement touts a travel pilgrimage via Santa Fe to Denver and Colorado Springs with side trips. Round trip from Kansas City includes multiple stops, priced around 18.90 dollars. Tickets on sale August 5 to 8 with various dates and routes through Great Rock Island Path.
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