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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1897
Page
8
The Grafid Opera Studio presents a Wagnerian program under Prof. von Dakive featuring Der Der Berlin Derlam with the New York talent. Performances include The Ride of the Valkyries and Brigh for Act. Violinist Hilph Duntar of St. Jon joins the first portion. Tickets are 75 and 2 cents, with repeats tomorrow.
Karaue City report on the collapse of a traveling show titled Spare of Cute, with details of a Salina, Kansas performance failing after one night. It notes missing key figures like Miss Elberg and Mr Huehen, the financial manager, and lists actors who traveled to Kansas City while business issues halted the tour.
The report notes coffee of very low grade called coffee caseway is mixed into many Pos tum imitations that imitate a coffee flavor. It states counterfeiters cannot produce a pure cereal coffee with a true coffee taste on the market.
Lincoln Carter launches the Lincoln J. Carter Amusement Corporation in Chicago with a paid up capital of £100,000. The firm aims to supply a full theatrical production ecosystem from plays to scenery and players and to establish Chicago as a regional producing center within the Midwest, pledging to meet high end demands while keeping his existing companies intact.
Inmates at the Arizona Penitentiary are transferred to a private contract system under State Improvement Company control after Governor Franklin refused to ratify a related contract. Forty convicts already left for canal work, with about one hundred more slated to depart next Monday, raising debate over labor, state prosperity, and potential federal action. Local resident Olof Ekberg, 712 Kansan Ave, markets a line of suits amid the upheaval.
Ensign Hawk outlines Salvation Army led charity in Topeka replacing police matron duties. The plan uses Army resources, with Mrs Thorpe coordinating and Associated charities stepping back. Volunteers will repair furniture, provide clothing, fuel, and meals. donations, room space, and wood storage are sought to start a city effort.
A Topeka effort invites donations to provide turkey or chicken meals for all who cannot afford them. The drive runs at 212 Kansas Avenue from 9 am to 2 pm, with a wagon pickup available. Special emphasis on church attendance, Sunday school, and systematic visiting, led by Mrs. Thorpe, aiming to make the program permanent if successful.
Local notes list a string of short items: school board meeting planned, renamings at a beige project, Mr and Mrs W A Forbes welcome a son, Paul Hudson family to spend Christmas in YoPetta, Carrie Cain visiting Prescott, A A Pope visiting, Captain PB Coney hopes to serve soon, Thomas Croat returning from Salina, Willam Bonnell ill, Archydendon church offer at Horton, Kansas Avenue church to host Christmas concert, Frank Merriam visiting Coffee Hill, winter thaw creates icicle edges, state penitentiary ceremony in Eupoiia in December, Howard Short and family new at Harrison Street home, John Seaton buys Kansas Avenue property for seven thousand, First Presbyterian ladies serve coffee, S B Bradford sells property to Lewis Bradford, McCracken center rush at University of Pennsylvania football, Pension Agent Covas Lekind to Washington, Ramerts to fix budget for December, Augusta Moyes ill with cold, J F Adams ill at state history society, E D McKeever hosts Saturday Night club, State Charitable Institute opening December 1 and 10, Advent sessions at Kansas Theological School, scarlet fever in W J Healy’s family, Seventh Street hall Adventist school opening, oil Episcopal Seminary active, Dr Gill on state board.
In Carbondale last week the home of George Carpenter was quarantined due to suspected dengue fever. The piece mentions oratorical disputes at colleges, a missing 12 year old boy, and a local committee balancing finances. It also cites Topeka golf plans, a new woollen mill attachment, and various civic notices.
After months of protest and planning, Altan residents push a supreme court ruling to allow their children to attend the same public schools as white children. Mayor Henry Brieggemmon and city council members are summoned to Springfield to answer charges that police acted to bar Black students from schools, with police stationed at each school.
Fragmented text discusses attempts to break into white schools and resistance by color students in Alton, mentioning new schools and accommodations. Mentions Snow Liniment and local pharmacy in Gor. Oh.
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