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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1897
Page
2
Four major lines from St Louis toward the wheat regions prepare to ship record grain volumes. Railroads Missouri Pacific, St Louis & San Francisco, Chicago Burlington & Quincy push empty car networks while building stock cars for wheat transport. Officials say no car famine and grain movement won’t hinder other freight.
Delegates from across the country gathered in Detroit for the American Bankers Association Twenty-third annual session. Governor Pingree’s welcome drew applause as George H. Russell criticized the silver question, with a mild rebuke to anti-corporation views. The nominating committee selected likely leaders, including Joseph Hendricks of New York for president.
In Boalgoor Delaware an Armenian graduate of Ohio Wesleyan claims a secret process called boangane makes wholesome food superior. He cites a 18 American prime element and plans a new factory. In New York a man named Peg McClaterly beats his wife Mondey. police arrest him and he is fined. The Enclop Cure Co plans Marmarneck buildings including hotels and a sanitarium, with barefooted disciples of Father Erwipp to walk to their cabins.
Wichita reports the revenue stamp office closed with only one stamp seller remaining in Leavenworth. A Pullman sleeper service will run through to Buffalo via Santa Fe on April 21. The note advises discrimination buyers to purchase tickets accordingly and mentions Webb’s ticker business in Kan Ay.
Three armed men entered a Pineville bank and forced the courier to surrender about $600 in silver. A posse opened fire as the robbers fled south toward Noel. One rider was found dead after a long chase, horses and saddles bloodied. Bloodhounds to pursue at dawn.
Gretchen Lyons now playing Puck in Marie Wainwrights A Midsummer Night's Dream in St. Louis. Real name Ollie Heath, a Full Blood Cherokee from Brushy Mountain near Muscogee T T. Schooling includes Tahlequah Female Seminary and Barrell Institute Muscogee.
East Liverpool Ohio August 18 agents have been negotiating for a 750 acre tract north of the city to found a co operative socialist community. The owners seek a town site three miles from the city on a high plateau overlooking the Ohio valley. Creamery and other semi agricultural industries are to be established.
Delegates to the national conference of state boards of health arrive by train in Nashville. The Convent on is named the most important agenda item for health officials across the United States Canada and Mexico. Captain A A Huggies of Stockton California presides with Dr Daniel Lew vice president and De CO Prolet as secretary treasurer. An address of welcome will open proceedings and Dr Ruggis will reply. Questions from boards in South Carolina Colorado Ontario Wisconsin will be discussed today.
Senator McLaurin remains at Ben Nettlesville home and shows slow improvement with threats of grave cerebral trouble. Dr Jennings reports the condition as serious, requiring absolute quiet and at least one week before he can leave his residence State reflects Aug 18 Columbus, SC.
A letter received from a tourist aboard the Steamer Ohio, which reached Cronstadt on August 13, reports that entering Russian waters the vessel met a German official named Hohenzollern who saluted, and a response from the German imperial yacht chief caused frantic reactions in the town.
Czar grants reprieve at Meterhof palace to distinguished physicians including American delegates Stevenson Reyer and Terma, en route to the International Congress of Medicine in Moscow. Nordica convalescent in London after illness, heading to Paris via
In Pittsburg the injunction becomes permanent as miners halt marches and begin operating in small patrol groups. Deputies monitor camped miners near Oak Hill, Sandy Creek, and Plum Creek while mass meetings plan actions in Monongahela City Canonsburg Mercer and Mercer Court House. Henry Broyd reports for the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners departs Boston to Montgomery West Virginia.
Boston, Aug. 18. Intimates say former Secretary of State Richard Olney condemned Brown University action causing President Andrews resignation. He declined to publish his letter, noting alumni views authorize publication and that the faculty should decide on any outline.
The Manhattan Beach hotel in Coney Island hosted the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association meeting with about 30 delegates from across the United States. Amendments to the constitution were adopted and officers for the upcoming year were elected, including President E L Snyder and vice presidents Leopold Instin and W E Broderick.
Charles E L Peck of a wealthy St Louis family dies in Los Angeles after months of treatment for tuberculosis. He was linked to mining and real estate holdings, including a Casa Grande silver mine sale to an English syndicate.
Rossington Smiim ang wailas for bondholders prepared papers to sue the city to recover 1000 in defaulted waterworks interest and 40000 accrued hydrant rentals. The petition seeks court order to shut waterworks until payment. Bondholders offered 27000 in ten year bonds to settle. Attorney general opposed compromise, citing state involvement via injunction. Prior receivership and ongoing litigation referenced as background to the push for full recovery.
In Binghamton a man named George Seymour, facing horse stealing charges, has reportedly remained in a deep trance for five weeks. His wife, a former stage hypnotist, is linked to the case as investigators note his condition possibly stems from their criminal partnership. He has been awakened only with forceful methods, and doctors say the trance resembles a medically unique hypnotic state.
The New York Board of Health ordered Paradise Alley razed for over a year, the building that housed 1000 people at the time has cleared its last tenant. Demolition started with the beat sergeant observing, ending a neighborhood famed for crime and song alike.
Miladelphia August 18 a search for the cornerstone of Independence Hall continues as part of the restoration of liberty's cradle. Efforts to locate the inside and outside cornerstone and key records have yielded no information and crucial documents are said to be missing.
J R Love quotes General Buster Workman denouncing Mark Hanna and the Hanna machine for corruption in Ohio politics. He cites the Columbus People's Party convention, warns workers against middle of the road Populists, and pledges aid to Coxey while urging defeat of Hanna in Ohio this year.
Denver reports the first annual demonstration of the Sunday school forming the Arapahoe County Sunday School association to be held Friday September with a large field day planned. A 1000 badge order was placed for a white silk ribbon with blue fettering. Prof Brierly will direct music with Onward Christian Soldier and two other songs. The program includes brief addresses by the governor mayor and Chancellor Broadwell and band music at City parts park.
The readable fragment hints at a local sports or group event with names like Atl and Rock Esinud. Details are unclear, but it mentions taking action over a period or week. Further text needed for a precise, structured card.
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