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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
6
Recent social items list visits and travels of Topeka residents and nearby towns. Births, marriages, engagements, and upcoming gatherings are noted, including a August 11 wedding at Grantville of Dr E Smith and Miss Amy Hurd with local relatives present.
At Hot Springs Arkansas on August 15 a local campaign by press and citizens sharply reduced drummer visits. Drummers have formed a group, hired lawyers, and are seeking court action to restore their right to ply their vocation amid a public circular warning against drummers distributed on incoming trains.
Aug 15 Mexico City status stops Corbett Fitzsimmons bout in Juarez Mex. McLean of Chicago confirms Diaz will not permit boxing on Mexican soil. Dallas venue abandoned. Billy Smith travels to Mexico City to present a bout before Diaz cabinet to prove sport’s non brutality. Ponds College promotes affordable schooling and Paeroens Steam Laundry advertise.
Massachusetts Senator Hoar publishes an open letter to Thomas Evans of Boston denouncing the A P A. He argues for inclusion of 700,000 Roman Catholics in public schools and urges unity, warning that the A P A method could split the state, overthrow schools and the Republican party, and unite Vatican influence with Catholic voters. He questions the A P A’s secrecy and aims.
New York August 15 The Havana mayor Senor Semundo Alvarez says the insurrection in Cuba is not serious but warns of future trouble between Spain and the United States over Mora claim pressure and American aid to Cuban agitators. He cites foreign led outlaws and a Polish Jew Roliff as alleged financiers and organizers, though he claims no Cuban has evidence of such forces.
North Topeka society records visitors and travels including Mrs Joshua Browning to Chicago Miss May Cromwell visiting relatives in Menoken and Atchison and A J Kane family on Quincy street O O Jacobs back from Illinois Mr and Mrs Al Taggart heading to California J Betts back from Ponca Okla where flooding is extensive Mrs Mayberry and son Sylvester move to New Albany Ind A J Arnold Son druggists stock Munyon remedies and local hardware ads feature Pratt Brothers Lukens Brothers and others Amity Temple members hosted by Mrs Kronenberg Northwestern Kansas Colored Baptist Missionary Association held at Rev P W Barker's West Norris Street Dr Kirkpatrick injured in a runaway returns on crutches.
Round trip fare with routes east of Chicago and stopover privileges offered by Rowisy Bros. Travel details concise. par a sulare phrasing indicates special conditions or tariff.
At a crowded depot a small old man pesters a fat passenger with questions about the sun the earth and the moon, provoking a scuffle. The old man insists he learns by questioning while the crowd grows amused then disperses, declaring the earth revolves around the depot the sun and Egypt’s pyramids. He later chats with a soda fountain clerk about soda explosions, seeking danger for a dime and noting dross drives experimentation as he drifts through Detroit shops.
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a passenger pressuring an agent with a bluffing sign while a tall man adds his own placard declaring calm persistence. In a Chicago Post piece, two women on a beach debate liberty in swimwear and fear a camera snapshot of their outfits.
A Detroit Tribune excerpt shows a pitcher reading doom in a girl’s fierce glare described as a 450 volt challenge. He trembles, declares no hope, and informs the manager he cannot pitch against her, underscoring a tense, fate-filled moment.
An Oakland Times remark hails a six year old prodigy with a handwriting compare to Horace Greeley and a voice worse than Trilby. A Washington Star quip teases about a mystery explained. A Texas Siftings joke shows a nervous base behind a locked safe, noting nothing inside.
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