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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1897

Page

4

State Journal Daily edition carrier delivery details

The State Journal Daily outlines carrier delivery options and rates for Topeka and suburban areas, including permanent home address at 90 and M2 Karass avenue corner of Eighth. It lists telephone contacts for business office and reporters room, and notes association affiliation and advertising access.

Topeka Etburbs Kansas Town Bilitne Karass Avenue Eighth Bell

Weather Indications for Ransi se-Shipwers

Weather notes indicate an afternoon to night period with generally fair to cloudy conditions and a Thursday cooler, with variable winds and cooler tonight.

Citenes Ane

Strikes and Prosperity in the Great Strike Era

The piece weighs whether rising farm and manufactured goods prices, higher railroad earnings, and widespread indebtedness signal returning prosperity. It notes growing strikes across Detroit quarries Lemont Chicago cloakmakers and coal miners as workers seek wage gains, with unions facing costly failures and uncertain futures.

Thor England Detrolt Lemont Chicago

Fragmented 19th Century Humorist Snippets From Various Papers

A garbled collection of quotes from multiple papers mocks weather, politics, and society. It references a dry year humorist, Marked phrases about dust, rivers, and kangaroo rabbits, plus notes on Tupelo, Jackson, and wealth. The text also mentions Alaska mosquitos, a Tennessee site, and a remark on poetry and meat costs, all in fractured form.

Miss Gould Keeps Bicycles At Irvington Home For Friends

A brief note mentions Miss Helen Gould owning six bicycles at her Irvington on Hudson country place for personal and friends use, with her riding in a four short skirt and Alpine hat and not mounting her wheel on Sundays. It also notes various eclectic odds and ends about notable figures and events from different regions.

Helen Gould Irvington-on-the- Hudson Miss Gould von Humbold Dutch Haber Bristol Bay

Talent versus industry and idle youth in Atchison

A garbled Atchison Globe item mocks emphasis on talent over industry. It describes a young man chasing prompts and invitations, a woman mixing cake with a year nine to work, a late night dreamer, and a country town observer noting mental strain from reading women’s magazines.

Atchison Aleep Dove Sazar Gleia Selael Denixen

First vandalism case under new law in Arizona county

John O Toole, an eastern tourist, was arrested in Walnut Canyon for wanton destruction of Aztec ruins. A valuable cave collection found with him was confiscated and handed to the U S government. The district attorney issued the warrant. the court gave a severe reprimand, signaling stricter future action to preserve ruins in the county.

Flagstaff Ariz John O'Toole Walnut Canyon E. S. Clark Pairchilds Wi Cox United States O'Toole

Hanna's New Venture in China Mines Deal

Springfield Aug 4 United States Senator Hanna works with Bishop Brewster to develop rich coal and iron deposits near Foo Chow China. Brewster confirms plans for an Ashia belt agent and discusses American machinery, aiming to boost local industry and civilization.

Bishop Brewster Chine Springfield United States Hanna Hineua China Foo Chin Chima Brewster Hench Hanma Ashiabelt Bles Trewster Foo Chow Tinea

White Buffalo Tale From Kansas Plains Hunters

A Kansas plains hunting saga tells of Caspian and Tillman in 1871 chasing a white buffalo amid thousands of western herd. Caspian evades Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, dogs twenty five miles of pursuit, capturing the white bull skin after days of peril. The tale names Caspian, Tillman, the Cheyenne, and the Texas herd, noting the white skin’s later history and fortunes.

State House New York Dw Plains Topeka Kan Sandy Forsythe Band of Saints Ariskaree Republican River James Caspien Caspien Kansas Caspian Sam Tilman Texas New Mexico Colorado Axwin Tillman Coult Tilman Pillman Cashion Buffilo Lila Horse Finidime Harige Cuspian Tima

Multicolored Calves Arrive Amid Eclipse Hype in North Chicago

Three calves born during a solar eclipse cause festivities in North Chicago as residents celebrate the event with bonfires and shop and church bells ringing. Neighbors report odd dreams and a curious scene at Farmer Arnold’s barn, while onlookers compare the spectacle to local rival towns.

Worth Chicago Chicago Arnold Waukegan Anderson Inn June Farmer Arnold Bineéther Vilage

Four Inches Of House In Property Dispute

St Louis sheriff faces a dilemma after a decree to reclaim four inches of wall from Mary McGinley’s house adjoining Robert Koreensl’s lot. The court ordered restoration of the four inches to Koreensl but execution must avoid damaging the McGinley residence. The eight year case carries $1,000 in costs and a $10,000 estimated property value.

St Louis St. Louis Trott Dndt Mary McGinley Robert Koreenslsen Wherseheisen Kerscheisen

Tramps on Freight Trains Suggested by Iowa Attorney

Sioux City Iowa Aug 4 D C Skull of this place argues railroads should carry tramps on freight trains under livestock rates during harvest season to deter theft and disorder. He notes waves of vagrants travel north to fields then back south and says a tramp car with nominal charges could reduce disruptions and protect crews.

Sioux City Iowa D. c North South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin T Dre Tis

Urbana Lynchings and Forfeiture Suit Against Urbana Officials

Attorney General Monett to file quo warranto proceedings in the supreme court to oust Mayor Charles Ganson of Urbana and Sheriff Lewis McLain of Champaign County. Affidavits allege failure to perform duties during the Urbana riot and accuse Ganson of complicity in the plot to overawe militia and lynch the alleged black assailant. Evidence gathered by a Columbus colored citizens committee.

Laumour Busnell Monctt Supreme Court Charles

Cheap Rates Offer Excursions to Chicago and St Louis

The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Chicago for 10.50 and to St Louis for 7.40 from July 16 to 21 and on July 23 26 and 30 August 24 9 and 13. Proportionately cheap rates to all eastern points. For information call F A Lewis City Ticket Agent 525 Kansas Ave or J & Fulton Depot Agent. The Santa Fe Route sells excursion tickets to Nashville Tenn and return for the exposition.

Union Pacific Chicago St. Louis F. A. Lewis Kansas Avenue J. &. Fulton Nashville Tenn

Queen Victoria to have a lavish new royal yacht

Washington August 4 Queen Victoria plans a luxury royal yacht far surpassing European peers. The vessel will be steel built with twin screws, speed at least 20 knots, and 450 feet long. It will not be warship converted, featuring two signal masts, saluting guns, and utmost royal comfort, completion in two years at about 1.5 million dollars.

Washington Europe Navy Department Russia Vince Minneapolis Columbia

Grubstake Granted by Stratton to Four Miners

Victor Grubstake under Colonel Stratton funds four experienced miners to seek gold in Alaska's Klondike district. Each recipient receives $1,000 and plans to depart soon with supplies and gear, as Stratton prepares a qualified team for the new field. Names withheld at Stratton's request for now.

Victor Parsons Klondike Alaska W. S. Stratton Independence

Mother McKinley Wins Postmaster Appointment

Perry Oklahoma August 4 Mother McKinley secures a postmaster appointment for a friend Two months earlier G A Biedler named postmaster at Oklahoma City faced Senate confirmation blocked over a charge of impelement withheld by committee The president and his aides pleaded but failed The commission then went to Bied erkins who willserve as postmaster selecting a successor remains unsettled

Perry McKinley Ais G. A. Biedler McKinley Oklahoma City Ator Chandler Senate Biedler Bieiler Mordec Bied~erkins

A Turtle's Long Tramp Sparks Old Soldier Tale

In Clayton New Jersey August 4 an old soldier recalls marking a land turtle found with initials 1K 1865. The stamp read J K due to typesetting error. A Steelton Pennsylvania man wrote suggesting the turtle may be the one he marked in Persreburg Virginia during the war with company A 208th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers.

Clayton N. J Philadelphia F. H. Sheldon J. K Butcher Sheldon T. Kauffman Steelton Persreburg

Bright Advertisers Deface Nelson Flagship Foudroyent

In Liverpool the pill vendor and an advertising agent were fined 50 and 40 pounds respectively for painting advertisements on Lord Nelsons old flagship Foudroyent, now stranded at Blackpool. Wanamaker's team in Quicksand, New York, blocked. In Belleville, a Wanamaker wagon and team sank in sand but were rescued after two hours with planks laid for extraction.

Nelson Liverpool Liverpool Assizes Lord Nelson Blackpool Wanamaker Quicksand New York Belleville

Tin Works Start Up In Crescent Plant Fight

Cleveland workers resume at the Crescent plant after a short stoppage. The company hired men from Irondale to operate the facility and has leased and fenced nearby property with barbed wire to keep strikers off the premises.

Clevelant the Crescent Plate Irondale Thy

Fisherman Catches 6 Foot 6 Inch Alligator Near Owensboro

Owensboro Kentucky August 4 William Bent a fisherman between Owensboro and Rockport Indiana caught an alligator six feet six inches long and weighing about 110 pounds The hunter is preparing the skin for stuffing.

Kentucky Owensboro William Bent Rockport Ind

Rolling Mills Opened in Cleveland as Strike Ends

Cleveland August 4 departments of the rolling mills reopened and about 3000 workers were given employment. Several departments had shut down when the strike began, restoring operations across the plant.

Cleveland Cleveland Rolling Mills

Verybear Says Su and Cascarets Candy Cathartic

Advertisement style note touts Cascarets as powerful medical discovery and cure-all for kidneys liver and bowels while promising relief from colds headaches fever and constipation. Mentions price 25 50 cents and distribution through druggists with a guarantee. Also promotes Tabler Buckeye Pile Ointment for piles with no pain and lists Geo W Stansfill and Miller's Pharmacy as providers. No-To-Bac for quit tobacco claimed as cure with prices 0c 1 and “All druggists.”

Verybear Geo. W. Stansfill Kan. Ave Miller's Pharmacy Cor Topeka Ave

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