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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1897
Page
6
Recent social events in Topeka and nearby towns are listed with numerous visitors and residents traveling for visits, hosting friends, and attending camps. Names include Mrs Notie Prentis, Mr and Mrs Eugene Ware, Mrs WW Campbell, and others visiting from Kansas City, Colorado, Benton Harbor, and New York.
Miss Blanche West plans two weeks vacation with a week to spend next Saturday. Mr. F. R. Huntoon will host. Mrs Frank Atkinson and Mr. Huntoon are visiting. Miss Simmons returned to Melvern after weeks in Topeka. Miss Mary Hassad accompanied her. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones returned from a California wedding trip. Miss Amy Hunt came back yesterday from Osage City after two weeks away.
A humorous local tale features a Kansas man and a northern traveler trading incredulous anecdotes about extreme weather. The Kansan boasts of extreme heat in August as a refrigeration solution, while the northern claims Arctic fires with snow stoves, framing a playful contest over evidence of extraordinary feats.
A collage of miscellaneous lines from early 20th century sources features reflections on bachelor life, engagements, and romance. It includes stray phrases about sweetness, temptation, promises, and a comic aside about dry tears, ending with a crude aside attributed to the Chicago Tribune.
In a letter from an Atlanta man prospecting in Alaska he writes of needing a horse and joking about a recent dinner with two for the table. He mentions his setter and two terriers shaved and sold, teasing a price per pound in a rambling missive.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript features quoted dialogue about a noble soldier, Colonel Swinger, and remarks toward a widow, with lines addressing Mr Fenshaw and Mr Grasso, reflecting tense exchange and defiant tone.
A dialogue fragment shows Aistrese Mary asking for a young man in the kitchen, with cook under notice to leave. It then contrasts a young man favorably with an older man in the drama rooms, concluding with Pick Me Up.
A New York Sunday Journal fragment records a dialogue in which a character named Johnny agrees to a proposal if the roof garden is chosen over the circus. The exchange hints at plans or entertainment options with a persuasive tone.
Fragmentary OCR reads a chaotic note mentioning marriage for money and a character named Heppeck with scattered phrases about being single again and money not hiring someone to quarry any ore. The legible parts are insufficient for a clear event or person.
A carnival banner for the Karnival Knights is prepared for installation Wednesday across Kansas avenues. The 9 by 5 foot central panel features Larina in corn garb with a jester, flanked by two banners detailing Friday events and carnival tunes. The banner, in fall colors with bold lettering, is to be dedicated at the lodge room Wednesday evening.
At a Saturday meeting of the ALD and UL W. Judges of the city, plans were approved for a triple iron arch across Kansas avenue. The project, costing about $200, will require a 12 cent per member levy. The arch features three spars with iron pipe, and a central emblem display of anchor and shield likely to be given to the Degree of Honor.
Pirigburg Aug. Miners of the New Fork and Cleveland Gas Coal Company who are at work were paid today while those who struck received no pay. The company enforces contract terms requiring forfeiture of money due to workers who attended meetings or participated in demonstrations. Superintendent Samuel De Armitt says strikers will not be brought back, except those discharged, and guards were stationed at Sandy Creek mine amid concerns. Last week only three men worked and three coal cars moved.
A Times dispatch from Simla reports a Muslim mullah with thousands of followers stirred anti British unrest on the Afghan frontier. He attacked Fort Shabakadar near Peshawar after aiding the Mahland revolt, with the attack repelled and villagers burned. British forces pursued rebels who reportedly crossed the frontier.
The Christian Alliance at its campground meetings raised 71000 for foreign missions. Dr Simpson and workers on a single day raised 101000 on the same grounds, including 25000 in real estate and 32500 in bonds.
Low rate notices announce Soo Line round trip Minneapolis to Buffalo for 16 dollars for the G A encampment and Union Pacific tickets to Chicago for 10 50 and St Louis for 7 40 with multiple July and August travel dates and agent contacts. An endorsement from Dr R E Rabey praises Chamberlain s Calomel Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with claims of effectiveness and free service at the Peerless Steam Laundry.
A fragment from the New York Sunday Journal presents St. Peter debating with a merry wheelman about salvation. The wheelman questions the gatekeeper, seeking directions and mercy, while Peter cautions that sins may bar passage to the pearly gate. The tale blends humor with religious trial as fate and fate’s tolling touch the souls of the living.
Ambiguous excerpt from Scribner's Magazine references a chief and a missionary quarrel with a suggestion of ongoing danger or doom. The readable bits imply tension around leadership, belief, and potential consequences without clear context or names.
In this Chicago Tribune excerpt Pard Mosely Wraggs and Tutford Knut argue by a druggist window about a hanging object. Knut recalls a hot water bottle incident on a porch that caused a long past pain and fear, with tense taunts and vivid shudders.
A rangery guide working on a toy drive fell into swift water and disappeared beneath the fog. He struggled and surfaced, clinging to life as the current swept him away. A near-miss rescue occurred when a comrade attempted to reach him and he warned to save another.
In a Chicago Port exchange two men discuss a gossip item about an old maid. They claim the paper carried an unauthorized notice of her marriage inserted out of spite, debating whether such a publication could be seen as charity or harmful mischief.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Joey the butcher violently assaulted a mild citizen, citing his quip that he wore toweling clothes to justify wiping the earth from the face of the earth. Judge Twist reportedly could not halt the chaos.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip notes the choir was moved to the far end of the church. The joke centers on the clergy member being delicate and unable to endure twelve girls fanning his bald spot at once.
The excerpt shows a dialogic exchange with Colonel Swinger and Mrs Grasse debating claims of nobility and command. It references a Boston Transcript line about jurisdiction and a New York Sunday Journal note asserting Judge Knewher granted Poordick a divorce without testimony as Poordick had been married to Poordick's wife.
Fragmentary Detroit Free Press and York Sunday Journal chatter recalls a seaside meeting between Mrs Pace Mercy and a daughter. Dated lines hint at domestic duties, social exchange, and a long-ago Parting scene with a blush and a name.
A community barbecue organized by grocers and butchers will be free to attend with tables for 10 cents and seating for 14,000. Otto Kuehne and Charles Wolff lead preparations at Garfield Park with 50 waiters and 50 waitresses, four meats on offer, and a Maltese cross layout. A parade and umbrellas for attendees are planned, with Garfield Park Line contributing a share of receipts.
Fred Makke a Lyon county pioneer who closed his brewery within a half mile of Emporia under prohibition seeks 25000 from the state for destroyed business. He told the state auditor the governor said the claim would be paid but no appropriation existed. Makke pressed for payment, hoping Ed Litt would settle the matter after the governor was unavailable.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. Immediate relief of pain, urinary passage distress, and water retention in both sexes. Sold by Geo. W. Stansfield and Sim Drug Co in Topeka. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for wide range of skin ailments with guarantee. Also offerings from J. K. Jones and Peerless Steam Laundry advertise services.
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