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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1895
Page
5
Fragmentary listing shows varied prices and models like Elgin and Waltham watches, with references to gold inlays and two year tied savings. Mentions a range around 2.50 to 16.76 dollars and several makes, including Stegktord and Vack, indicating a sales or catalog page.
Compiled sale note shows ladies watches with prices including 18.00, 17.00 and 10.00 options. Mentions a 10-year item. Includes brand cues like KE and Bears HK. Purchase context appears as a jewelry or department store discount listing with varied watch prices.
Fragmentary notices reveal the remains of William D. Dodds, a victim of the Hotel Gumry catastrophe, were sent to Albany, New York. Coroner’s officials and relatives pursued the discovery of Dodds’ effects, including letters with an employing-gerton at a Scranton address. Also noted is a Pittsburgh obituary for Mary Overholt and a brief item on the state library receiving books and magazines from the state printing office.
Frank I Whitaker deputy commissioner of elections plans to supervise city sanitary work at no extra cost, proposing to reduce the force by two of the five men. The council may reject Miller and Vanderpool’s bid while keeping two dismissals, amid tensions over merit versus campaign ties. Mitchell to urge sanitary staff cuts at the next regular meeting.
Report from East Tenth Street details a $3 robbery at Mr Nichols grocery. Four colored youths suspected. three in custody. Sheriff Burdge returns from Kansas City with Will Rucker, identified as one of the suspects. Rucker arrested trying to leave town. requisition papers secured to bring him back.
The Christian Endeavorers of the city gathered at First Presbyterian Church for a welcome meeting for Boston national convention delegates. Over 300 youths attended as Miss Bessia Skelton shared convention notes and displayed Endeavor flags. Rev L P Broad, an evangelist, spoke of Boston experiences while eight Santa Fe shop workers provided songs. Junior chorus from the third Christian church also performed.
The Gospel Message notes Kingman Gove, once of Topeka, is ill and has traveled to the Canary Islands for recovery. His first wife died in Africa, his second wife survived briefly, and he has been in Africa about a year. Other missionaries are reportedly in good health.
Night School entry outlines a special Rock Island train service leaving at 8 a.m. on August 25 for a trip to Kapsss City and return with a fare listed as 81.05. The notice invites subscriptions for the Jovana.
A Topeka snapshot page reports varied items from church additions and city projects to weather and transportation. Highlights include street improvements on West Sixth, the Rock Island line service, peaches selling for twenty cents a bushel, and community notes on churches, schools, and local officials.
Cuicago August 24 grain men from Illinois and Chicago elevator interests clash after a joint meeting. Shippers demand independent public weighmen at each elevator and threaten a boycott if proposals are ignored. Both committees denounced elevator weighing methods and backed public weighmen to curb abuses.
The deeds office reports two large Richland area transactions along with several smaller transfers. James M. French traded land to George A. Bushong including sections near Richland for 9000 with mortgages, while Lizzie Rowley and Imo Goodwin completed a Monroe street lot sale. Other buyers include Morris Affron on Quincy street and E J Toalinson acquiring Knowles subdivision lots and Miller's College Park plots.
In Boston Gov. Morrill of Kansas is shown as weighing a possible vice presidential bid while denying active candidacy. The interview notes Republican alliances with Reed supporters and Kansas backing for a second-place ticket, but Morrill cautions against early promises amid the upcoming national convention.
A Saline County sheriff transporting a state insane patient on an asylum car was attacked with a knife by the man, described as a wild vagary prone swede farmer Hill from Lindsborg. The boy driver fled as the sheriff wrestled the assailant, securing the prisoner and returning him to the asylum. The incident prompts calls for private conveyance of insane patients to prevent repeats.
Lexpos Aug 24 The African explorer Henry M Stanley in the UK Parliament delivered his maiden speech amid foreign affairs debate. He urged prompt action to evacuate Egyptian territory by British troops. The full house listened intently as Stanley spoke in clear, rapid terms despite a rough cold.
News from Puruapenpaia reports a Cuban insurgent government formed at Najasa after a conference of delegates from two provinces led by General Maceo. Antonio Tallo Carillo and Gomez attended as leaders. A liberal constitution creates five states each with 17 local issues under local governors. Nejasa named capital for strategic defense, with a presidential cabinet and two houses.
Loxnes reports Sporting Life notes on the London Athletic Club shipmates missing Bredin and Fry with Ryan declining Monteagua plans. Shearman and Jack White join as accompanist and trainer as Lutyens trains daily on a burnt clay cinder track. An attempt will be made to recruit Bacon to the squad. Include fall term at Topeka Business College starting September 2 with Garfield Park concerts by Gormley’s band at 3 pm and 8 pm featuring a 35 piece ensemble.
Rev D A Hibbard of Lyndon will preach at First Presbyterian tomorrow morning and evening. Multiple churches including German Evangelical, St John AME, Grace Cathedral, Church of the Good Shepherd, Church of El Simon, Calvary Mission, and others list morning prayers or sermons and evening programs. Special events include women gospel meeting at W CGA rooms and union temperance service at Kansas Avenue M.E. church.
Bondholders led by W. Hameoy and others filed in circuit court seeking an injunction to stop the Equitable Savings Investment Co from collecting dues and to appoint a receiver. The firm, once large before being labeled fraudulent by the post office, underwent a reorganization, but has shown little public confidence. About 120,021 has been paid in while 56,620 went to bond maintenance, with ongoing bond issues since 1893 and no reports since 1893.
The Quill club wheelmen of America held a meeting on New Year’s Eve and arranged a best of tourney in September to decide the professional championship. Top riders entered include John S. Johnson, Walter C Sanger, Harry C Tyler, Watson Coleman, Conn Baker.
Elmer Loesch er, engineer of the Guiry hotel, says the boiler explosion that killed twenty two was not his fault. He banked the fire and ensured the boiler was two thirds full of water before leaving. He left Denver fearing personal violence.
American minister Alexander W Terrell secured the release of Arakelian, a naturalized American Armenian jailed in Marsoyan for weeks on suspicion of revolutionary ties. The report notes Terrell’s diplomatic representations and the defendant’s status as a U S citizen. The piece also mentions unrelated ads for bicycles and writing classes.
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