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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1895
Page
8
The ad notes rapid benefit from Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil for coughs and colds and as a trial size for babies, while acknowledging slower, steady nourishment for chronic fatigue. It emphasizes use as food for tired digestion and specifies a New York address in Wowehа, Chteriath, New York.
County Clerk McCabett plans a state meeting of county clerks in the senate chamber on December 2. The program includes talks by Charley Eurnce Wyandotte on Needed Legislation A W Waters Topeka on Asseremoata G Shelton Alows on County Assessment and Taxation John J Lyons Jonson on Equitable Distribution of allroad Tax Dy J Addison Saline on The Australian Ballot System A Darwin Sedgwick on Fees and Salarica Jane Baxter Morris on The Diversities of County Clerks Duties Richards Ouans on The Humorous Ride of the County Clerk's Life A banquet will follow the meeting.
A long fragmentary notice profiles A A Powell touted as the world’s tallest living man in show business. He announces he is leaving the show scene after ten years and travels to St Louis to seek steady employment as a store door person, citing the hard life, irregular hours, and meager pay. The piece also mentions other ads and local business blurbs, including remedies and dry goods listings.
Kansas Republican leaders weigh travel options to the St Louis national convention. Discussions center on using Fort Madison and river steamers, or rail links via Missouri Pacific and Frisco lines. Some push for a Santa Fe direct Kansas City to St Louis route, with Governor Morrill urged to call a special session to authorize it.
State Railroad Commissioner Joseph G. Lowe received a telegram shortly before noon today reporting his residence at Washington Kansas destroyed by fire. Most of the furniture was saved. Lowe estimated the home and contents at around five thousand dollars with about four thousand five hundred dollars insured. An earlier home connected to the same foundation was completed but unoccupied when similarly affected years ago.
At the Keely Motor Company annual meeting on December 14 in Purnapenermia, stockholders considered Keely’s discoveries and urged him to secure patents to protect investors. The appeal emphasized safeguarding the stockholders and the firm’s future.
In diplomatic circles it is said the Madrid cabinet crisis will not affect Spain's Cuba policy or other general questions. The dispute stems from a local contest in Madrid in which several cabinet ministers are involved.
The Prince of Wales suffered an eye irritation when powder blew into his eye while shouting near Sir Edward Lawson at Beaconstield yesterday and is reported to have nearly recovered. Separately, a fire in St. Paul destroyed the Wane building, displacing 500 workers. An unknown shooter killed prizefighter Burney Finnegan in Orraws, while local merchants tout anthracite coal and advertise Electric Bitters as headache remedy.
Monday in Santa Fe reports Bestor G Brown in Topeka and a busy county treasurer office. The Missouri Pacific depot is being repaired, and the hospital elevators are in use. News items mention a large football scheme, gas plans, crematory talk, and ongoing theater activity in Topeka with mentions of several local figures and institutions.
One such one third fare for the round trip to points within 200 miles. Tickets dated December 24 and 25, valid for return including January 2. For further information consult P. Rowney, City Ticket Agent. Also promotional lines for Osage City shaft Canon City coal Lehigh anthracite offer warmth.
Major Tom Anderson led the Modocs at Hamilton Hall to a packed stand despite a half full hall. Marshall Band opened with a march drawing enthusiastic cheers as tickets were sold to fund Topeka AR reunion. Veterans including Capt Lewis Janbeck and Capt Dan Wyatt spoke while a baby in the audience stole the show. Afterward, attendees moved to Pillow Foster Hall for a possum feast.
North Topeka items mention Joe Cromwell returning from a visit to Menoken and Miss Byrd Watkins arriving from Junction City. Mr and Mrs F Baker host Old Folks high five club on Jackson Street. A charity dancing party for North Topeka kindergarten funding is planned at the Asian Pacific hotel next Friday. Jonathan Irons of 1195 Central Avenue injured in a fall with no serious harm. Local ads promote Christmas goods, buckwheat flour, maple syrup, wagon tops, cushions, and buggy repairs. A church service at North Congregational is announced. Police thwart a planned arson near Gordon and Jackson streets after neighbors warn authorities. three youths suspected. Gasoline and coal oil notes, a coal dealer ad, and various medical and household product promotions fill the page.
In a Wisconsin town two doctors, a man named Jones and a woman named Smith, fall in love and marry. To avoid identity confusion after marriage they adopt hyphenated professional names, becoming Dr. Smith-Jones and Dr. Jones-Smith, resolving the sleeve of naming issues.
A collage of quips and sketches from late 19th century papers. Dialogues and vignettes poke fun at shoppers, weather, apartments, prizefights, and slang. The snippets mix urban humor with dialect lines and brief punchlines, each revealing social quirks and everyday absurdities.
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