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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1895

Page

8

Fighting Russians in Topeka Over Liquor Raid

Police clashed Sunday night with a group of Russians and women at 1024 North Jefferson and East Gordon street in Topeka as officers tried to arrest Mike Etzel, Geo Etzel, and E G Natches for selling intoxicating liquor. The confrontation included armed threats, dog incidents, and a brace of rescues by patrols. several Russians and accompanying women were taken to city prison and will face court on the 27th.

Little Russia Topeka Ewing Owens Mike Htzel Duck Egas E. G Natches North Topeka North Jefferson Street Egas East Gordon George P. Etzel Bondy Con Gaines Hale Fawkee Gnainge Binisa Russia Messares Galovs Tor Jack Esas Mike Etzel Ainteben Geo. Etzel Tey Huseians Mate Mike Ezel Supreme Court District Cour

Real Estate Deals and a Parkdale Transfer

Real estate activity includes a ten acre tract on Kansas Avenue road selling for 1050 to buyer Joseph Gustine, former owner John Reaer. Henry Johns and wife sold eight acres to Frederick Johns for 2525 with assumption of a 759 mortgage. Fred Koch transferred lots 231 and 233 on Lawrence Street Parkdale to his wife Lena Koch for 250. Box car burglaries prompt police concern as Les Robbins faces trespassing charges and may know related cases.

Kansas Avenue Road Joseph Gustine John Reaer Henry Johns Frederick Johns Crea Dover Lawrence Street Parkdale Fred Koch Lena Koch Palestine Andaracn County Texas

Deer Grow Tamer as Forest Fires Drive Them to Settlements

Settlers along Lake Samis report a continuous line of fires from Balfast to the lake destroying timber and choking the air. Deer are driven from hills to watercourses and become nearly domesticated as the fires force wildlife into settled areas. Also notes transport routes to Boston via Union Pacific and Bold Aug 19 updates.

Washington Searris Lake Samis Balfast Boston Union Pacific Sain

Wigglesworth Croquet Clash Ends In Bedlam

A family croquet session spirals into chaos when Mr. Wigglesworth clashes with his wife and the minister. Mallets fly, wickets shatter, and neighbors watch as the yard erupts in comic turmoil.

Disorderly conduct arrests lead to fines in Boston

Officer Parnell jailed Della May and Joe Hicks for disorderly conduct. Della May, a known offender previously sent to the penitentiary, was fined ten dollars after a guilty plea with a stated good reason. Hicks, also described as colored, received a ten dollar fine. The item also mentions Santa Fe round trip tickets with no Boston requirement until October 5.

Kesson Parnell Della May Joe Hicks Hicks Della

Ruralist at the boarding house scene in Chicago

A rural visitor in Chicago questions a building and the hospital, overhearing a jokey exchange about sawbones and paupers. A farmer then flees down Wood Street to Ogden Avenue, panting from fear of medical subjects. A dinner party debates Florida as a summer home with jokes about sharks and bacteria.

Chicago Harrison Street Johnnie Silox Pugh Ind Pawpaw India Wood Street Ogden Avenue Florida Europe South America

Fragmented 19th Century Dialogue From a Dutch Satire

A comic fragment depicts a newly liberated woman stoking rage yet failing to utter profanity. She adjusts a slipped collar button in a fin de siecle outfit as a light quarrel with a lieutenant unfolds in a private fitting room scene. The mood blends irony and social critique from period newspapers.

Olympian Dove Party and a Tenacious Matchmaker

A Brooklyn Life item recounts Cobble-Gilson advertising for a wife and a Chicago reply. The dialogue riffs on odd mock-heroic love tales with gods and goddesses, Cupid mischief, and a wary mother’s view of a match driven by wealth and reputation. The piece closes with a playful boast of cautious optimism as a wary suitor’s fate is teased.

Cobble—Gilson Chicago Stone Cobble Brooklyn Paphian Bello

Mrs Gallups Fearful Night Talk Ends With Farewell Plan

In a tense domestic vignette Mrs Gallup fears a hen crowing at night signals impending death. She sobs aloud while urging husband Samuel to prepare for her passing, discussing a dress project and whitewashing cellars, and pondering funeral details and a second marriage as she nears death.

Mr. Gallup Mrs. Gallup Samuel Pompeii Madison County Mr. Gallop Sanmel Agin Syra

This is the place to buy clothing for all

This ad style verse urges buyers to seize bargains now while merchants offer low prices on coats breeches and other apparel. It promises good value and fair representation of goods, appealing to farmers and shoppers with money to spend.

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Mrs Gallup’s Ghost Haunts in Bedside Lament in Detroit

In a Detroit Free Press piece, Mrs Gallup jokes of haunting her husband if he remarries while he frets over a medical article on artichokes. She fantasizes light spectral interruptions, then sighs a fond goodbye as he settles for bedtime.

Samuel Paradise Mr. Galino Mrs. Galinp M. Quad Detroit Free Press

One Round Of Rows At Greek Store Scene

Louis Charowhas testified against John C McCullough after a clash near Seventh and Eighth streets on Kansas avenue. McCullough struck Louis neck and Louis smeared him with a cocra mat. both were jailed, McCullough fined for disturbance, Louis posted 20 dollars for court appearance. Louis later jailed on charges of selling cider on Sunday and keeping a disorderly house, case continued to August 27 with bond set at 200 dollars. Three female clerks awaited him at the back door without keys.

Lonte Charowhim Flaow Louis Charowhas John C. McCullough Seventh Eighth Kansas Avenue Louis Charonhas Louis McCullough Louie Lucas Bundy Mitchell Jim Hitt

Sheriff Burdge Spends Auburn Day with Game and Snacks

The Sheriff in Auburn spent Saturday yieting and towing away fried chicken and other eatables while watching a game where Auburn beat the Scrantonning 17 to 4. He predicts the team will challenge the Athletics next. A Santa Fe round trip ticket offer allows stopovers east of Chicago with return validity through October 6.

Auburn Burdge Auburns Scrantonning

Nebraska excursion to visit Topeka by 500 Christians

A Pawnee City group of 500 Christian Endeavorers is due in Topeka on Wednesday. A city committee will meet the visitors at the train, escort them to the park, and later offer a car ride to see the city before their return aboard the Rock Island line around 11.45.

Pawnee City Topeka Fellows Nebraska Rock Island Av’ Fc

Boston Stopover Extendible Tickets to October First

Boston Row and Trip Tickets by the Santa Fe allow a stopover extension or execution until October 1. Visit Callat City Office, 601 Ram Ave, for details on routing and easy of specs. Palace on heels.

Boston Row Senta Fe Chicago Boston Retucm Great Rock Callat City Ram Ave Palace

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