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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1897
Page
6
A scramble of garbled quips and stray quotes from various papers notes oddities, humorous lines, and brief items. It mentions Ber Bristow visiting town, plans to open 3,000 new post offices, and a collage of literary and social jokes with scattered names and places.
Boston report recounts Senator Frye rebutting Senator Chandler’s charges that a 10 percent discriminating duty on foreign goods via Canada was passed by a legislative trick. Frye accuses Chandler of factual errors and asserts the finance committee did oppose a substitute amendment. He notes long-standing tariff practice includes a 10 percent discriminating clause in duties.
Central Park division receives one hundred large cases from Wyoming Nebraska Colorado and Texas containing extinct reptile bones. A twelve foot flying lizard is the lone complete specimen from Kansas with other sections of lizards. a Monster Horse skeleton and related fossils from Nebraska are also being prepared for display and study as part of the museum’s summer expeditions.
Weather observer T T Jennings predicts a string of showers for Topeka and vicinity this evening. Yesterday's shower totaled 0.21 inches. The day's readings on Kansas Avenue and the Columbian building are noted. The night minimum is forecast at 38 degrees. Jennings notes statewide reports that corn crop is now practically made with hot weather maturing the crop. cooler weather expected tomorrow.
Charles Padgett purchases land on Tl Lane street in Mes and plans a $1,200 residence. Infant Louis Jerome, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walker of 1135 North Kansas, dies. funeral set for tomorrow at 1 o clock. John Slavin, a young white man, is jailed by Deputy U S Marshal Will Nes on a Baileyville post office burglary charge. captured in Denver after disappearance.
In 1862 a private in Company A, 167th Pennsylvania Volunteers, suffered chronic diarrhoea unable to find lasting relief. After trying various medicines and doctors, a friend sent Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. A 50 cent bottle cured him completely and he thanks the remedy, recommending it to veterans. Sold by druggists. Altitude and low temperatures make summer travel pleasant. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment claims to soothe and cure chronic cases where others fail.
Topeka social page reports a surprise party for Miss May Hawley and Miss Nellie Robertson in Topeka with guests including Grace Noble Dorothy Tuckerman and others. Many locals and visitors, such as Mr and Mrs W. M. Gregory and Mrs. S. Ott, plan and host gatherings and trips to Chicago Colorado and Michigan.
Sheriff Kepley traveling from Kansas City slept briefly on a train to Lawrence and awoke to find his inside coat pocket emptied of railroad passes and papers but no money. He blamed a swift pinch during the short nap and called the incident a mystery. The Nashville heat record and a health ad follow after the note.
The notice sets Kansas hard and soft winter wheat, spring wheat, white and red varieties, plus corn grades Nos 1 to 4 with weight, cleanliness, soundness, dryness, and color criteria. It defines mixed Wheat and mixed corn classifications and cautions against damp, musty, or unusable lots and rejects.
A historical section outlines grades for oats rye and barley including No 1 to No 4 specifications. It defines mixed oats white oats and yellow or golden oats with criteria on soundness cleanliness moisture and presence of other grain. Rye and barley grading rules specify plump bright sound clean grain with progressive quality thresholds.
The document outlines grading standards for barley and wheat, including No-Grade criteria for wet or heating grain, and requires inspectors to record reasons for grading below No. 2. It also sets weight per bushel requirements, procedures for amendments to inspection rules, and claims deadlines for damages against inspectors or weighmasters.
The Kansas Grain Inspection Department sets per car charges for inspecting on arrival and out of elevators at 25 cents, weighing 25 cents, and sack handling rates at 50 cents per 500 bushels. Reinspection at bulk point free. other routes charged. Effective September 8, 1897, under Chief Inspector W. W. Culver.
The Montezuma hotel in Las Vegas offers what is described as the nicest baths and medical attention in the southwest. Visitors are urged to visit for rest or recovery with reasonable railroad and hotel rates via WwW. C. Garvey, Agent, A., T. & S&S F. Railway. Also notes an excursion sale to Nashville for the exposition. MARKET REPORT details show wheat opening lower due to Liverpool weakness but offset by shortages and other factors.
Market notes report wide wheat and corn movement with large daily shipments and price swings. Basis changes from September to December, cattle and hog futures, and mixed grain bids display a tense, high-volume trading day across Chicago and Kansas City, with drought reports and drought damage stretching through the corn belt.
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