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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1894
Page
4
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Forecast for Kanaes calls for fair, warmer tonight and Tuesday with southerly winds. The piece condemns brutal prize fighting, urging legal action to prevent fights and protect innocent life amid a rising tolerance for blood sports. It argues courts must halt such exhibitions and protect the public from entertainment driven violence.
In a flood of small-town notes from multiple Kansas counties, residents discuss boxing and crime concerns, church and social events, an irrigation boom, a Gene Robbery case, a Chanute railroad ball, and local industry chatter. Reports mention Alfi tes, Enterprise chicken show, Parsons street life, Nortonville letters, Hutchinson fires tests, and Atchison county election congratulations.
The funeral for George Percival Morgan was held Saturday at 3 o'clock from the family home at 719 Quincy Street. Despite heavy rain, many sympathizers attended. schoolmates from Harrison School grades 7A and 7B sent flowers as did his little friend Robert Haney. Dr. L Blakesley gave words of sympathy, with music by a quartet including Cauldwell and Blakesley. The service reflected on a bright youth cut short and the community’s sorrow.
The Congregational Union of Topeka has secured a large room at the Santa Fe shops to aid workers. It will offer affordable coffee at production cost and space for workers to bring lunches. Rev Byers plans Christian Endeavor volunteers to help with duties and conduct weekly religious services in town.
A fire destroyed a grocery store on East Eighth Street owned by L Brubaker, with the adjacent residence of George Lioward damaged but saved. Firemen saved the building, while a thief allegedly hid nearby, later escaping through a wall and turning over a bag with a large amount of dollars. The stock and goods were lost, insured for $300, as investigators recovered a hidden stash. An Oxford club meeting was announced for tonight.
Burglars entered the Benceley residence on Fifth Street while occupants attended church, ransacking the home for money and jewelry. They left behind a trail of concerned neighbors as authorities note halls and parsonage next door were searched. the incident follows earlier local mischief and theft reports.
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