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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1897
Page
6
The Giles building at 533 Kansas Avenue hosts a special sale starting immediately. A large stock of furniture lounges house furnishings and stoves will be offered as the move to January 1 1898 approaches.
A genuine sale offers every store article at twenty percent off. All furniture is new and up to date in style, perfect for furnishing the home or giving Christmas presents. Don’t miss this year's opportunity to buy tables lounges rockers or bedroom suites.
A long list of local society happenings from Topeka includes clubs like Assembly and Chaminade, weddings and engagements, travels, visitors, and local gatherings. Notable mentions include the Button wedding, guest lists for dances, names of prominent residents, and upcoming events in Topeka society life.
A mixed program review of Hoyt farce A Bunch of Keys at Crawford theater notes cast strengths and audience disappointment, with praise for Albert Mahar and Geo Hail. The Sherwood Concert Company and Pearson Stock Company performances are also described amid program notes and upcoming events.
Deneer reports State Senator Swink registered at the American house. A contract with a Kansas City firm covers thirty acres of cantaloupes to be loaded on cars at Rocky Ford. St Louis merchants set the price per crate, with Denver and Colorado Springs predicted to demand similar volumes. the association aims for friendly ties with others while Rocky Ford remains noted for high quality cantaloupes.
President Taft era brass tours Mexico with Mrs Bryan visits to the chamber of deputies. He speaks on parliamentary reform and progress in Mexico, praised by attendees. An unrelated ad line for a diarrhea remedy and candies appears among the text.
A special Republican committee in Congress forms to revise civil service laws, splitting duties between two subcommittees. One to draft a bill and another to gather evidence against the current law. The panel includes Grosvenor and Tawney among its leaders, with work starting immediately.
Washington December 15 ad vices from General Blanco in Havana say Spanish minister Blanco orders consuls to issue passports to all emigrants who solicit them without exception, for political or other reasons, to protect personal safety and families. Also mentions irrigation plant financing, Topeka Vinegar & Preserving works offers windmills and payments from first year’s crop. Senator Daniel expected to succeed himself. rapid travel notices and local Topeka ads appear.
Otto Kuenne of the Topesa vinegar and preserving works outlines a plan to raise required materials in Kansas to avoid importing two carloads weekly. He cites Kansas soil for vegetables, irrigation as the key bottleneck, and proposes water reservoirs, windmills, and pumps to cultivate crops and supply his factories locally, offering outfitting on crop yield. He urges farmers to join, noting floodless wind-driven irrigation can support cucumbers and other supplies, with payment deferred to the first year’s crop.
Mr. Kuehne argues to avoid distant supplies by expanding home irrigation. He cites Garden City as a model using windmills and reservoirs to irrigate, suggesting Topeka adopt a similar method. He describes building shallow reservoirs with dug-out basins and raised banks, noting many mills and reservoirs already serve local needs.
Emporia letter from Paul Morton, Santa Fe official, laments freight rate disputes and urges cooperative relations with Kansas. Morton quotes Martin Knapp on interstate commerce and stresses rail efficiency and state prosperity, endorsing editor’s call for cooperation.
Nebraska stockmen celebrate a victory as railroads revert livestock rates from cents per hundred pounds back to dollars per car. Burlington & Missouri River and Missouri Pacific announce the shift, prompting broader freight traffic discussions among lines and signalling a successful agitation by stockmen across Nebraska Wyoming and surrounding states.
In Canton Ohio during the general’s procession for Mrs McKintes several robberies occurred. The home of rein Aiirintl was entered and valuables stolen. J Kramer’s Jewelry establishment reported loss of diamonds watches and other jewelry. Police arrested a man and recovered some stolen items. A number of pockets were emptied of valuables.
An old time notice extols Chamberlains Cough Kenedy as a universal cure for colds and pneumonia prevention, claiming it has repeatedly prevented illness in many users. It advertises other goods sold by BW. Bughes at East Fitch Street and notes no agents, urging visits to the store for low prices and a Christmas preventive. The ad lists items and mentions Lard Chest Troubles and Horehound Syrup as dependable remedies.
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