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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
3
The sale advertisement lists affordable grocery items including fresh country eggs per dozen, brown sugar, canned goods, coffee, ginger snaps, bacon, starch, soda, mackerel, sardines, beans, rice, condensed milk, and fruit. Quotation sheets and order blanks are mailed free.
News from Kansas reports a violent confrontation in Arkansas City where Mrs Minole Clark attacked Mrs King on a city platform, following jealousy over a suspected affair. The assault left Mrs King severely injured with a deep wound near the eye. Clark was arrested on related charges.
In Topeka a teen named Ernest Hill seeks a pass to Chicago after a dispute with Harry Chapman over transportation. Chapman cites strained Santa Fe ties, while Ernest reacts with resolve. Separate brief items note vagrancy fines for Anderson Scales and a few other local cases, plus town notices and upcoming rail deals and events.
A long-running Newport social gossip cycle centers on Marie Vanderbilt and her association with Belmont and other suitors. The talk hints at possible divorce, with Mr. Vanderbilt abroad and Mrs. Vanderbilt hosting marble-house society scenes. Public intrigue shifts toward a rumored plan for matrimony with the Duchess of Manchester, while other reports seek to disentangle Nettie Cohen Neustadter from Vanderbilt scandal chatter.
Governor Waite is exonerated in the conspiracy case over a letter to ex Matron Likens. Hinsdale releases Waite while Mullins, Armstrong, and Dwyer face charges. Waite is discharged as jury finds no offense. Trial notes reveal alleged motives, with testimony from Mrs Dr Love and Populist d. Warner Mills.
Daily market report shows mixed activity across grains livestock and dairy with rainfall dry conditions. Wheat oats and corn show firmness while hogs cattle and futures drift, receipts and shipments listed, prices quoted for August September and January contracts, and general market tone remains active though uneven across segments.
S175 mentions a Denver and Return route with a stopover at Santa te Monte and a good to stop off at any point between.
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