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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
5
A long fragment depicts Topeka’s character and pride. It mocks Prohibition debates and local institutions, touts population and growth, criticizes courts and industry, and paints a vivid picture of civic life and aspiration in a bustling Kansas city.
The Rev. Harry N. Couden, newly named chaplain of the U S House of Representatives, is blind from wartime service. A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at 28 with the Sixth Ohio, re enlisted, fought in the West Virginia campaign, and served in the First Mississippi Marine Brigade before losing sight near Austin, Texas. He later studied at a Columbus school for the blind and Canton Theological Seminary and has preached in Madrid North Carolina Willoughby Ohio Ghat ham Massachusetts Port Huron Michigan and elsewhere. The text notes Congress has favored blind chaplains and recalls the long service of the earlier bad chaplain W H Milburn.
Dec 20 report from Deivra Mion notes evaporated potatoes becoming Minnesota’s new industry. By fall two large evaporating establishments will operate, saving a past season’s wasted potato crop. One factory planned for Island Lake, promising preservation akin to apples.
For points within 200 miles tickets go on sale December 24 25 January 1 and January 2 valid for return and including January 2 one and one third fare for the round trip LP Rowney City Ticket Agent Try us on collars We can make them look like new Peerless Steam Laundry 122 and 114 W 8th.
The Queen of Spald will voyage to Austria to handle the extensive estate of her late uncle Archduke Albert, heir to vast undeveloped mines. Her absence from Spain alarms officials as her sister Isabella acts as regent. Christine’s past departure from Madrid follows royal scandal and friction with the king and duchess of Ossuna.
A 38 year old Jamaica native living in Palm Beach works as a submarine diver for a decade. She partners with Pedro Gomez, a Spanish sponge diver, and they developed a helmet system with airpipes allowing extended dives. She claims a thousand descents without meeting a fearsome creature or monster.
The article discusses fears of a continental invasion of England, noting historical invasions from Anglo Saxons to William of Orange, and how wealth and improved armaments after the Seven Years War made invasion seem impossible. It mentions public skepticism and panics prompted by fiction like the Battle of Dorking and tunnel schemes, observed by the French.
Coxey was snubbed at the Georgia Populists state convention in Atlanta on December 22. A resolution praising him and urging all members to attend his courthouse lecture drew strong negative reactions, yet the chair ruled the measure approved. The Georgia Populists deny any official link to Coxey.
A chilling tale unfolds with Ketury and Peter Torres entangled in a brutal encounter. Ketury defends herself as the man mocks and taunts, while a tense standoff ends with resolve to flee to Milwaukee or Indiana. The scene shifts to a wary farmer chatter and a clerk’s awkward joke about a biting woman, echoing small town folklore and stubborn pride.
HELP S To a Merry Christmas Books offers deep cuts on Avon and Stratford cloth bound volumes, White House Cook Book, Wonderful Story of Jesus, Home Encyclopaedia, art albums, and children's books. Prices claim 10 to 40 percent below market with Bibles and Oxford editions highlighted for bargain sums.
We sent a telegraph Tuesday for more capes to arrive by express. Cloaks move steadily on the avenue as manufacturers agreed to supply at reduced prices. Our confidence rests on fast turnover and strong demand for warm stylish jackets or capes as holiday gifts.
A short time ago a dress pattern under five dollars was a foolish investment. That is all changed now. The new tariff, our ideas of profits and our facilities for buying make it easy to get beautiful, durable and stylish wool dress patterns in great variety, from $2.00 to $3.50 each.
A catalog-style notice touts Black Silks Latin Duchesse Poi De Sois Failles and Gros Grains Tae at $1.19 a yard with gratis fittings for full dress patterns. Includes Silesia cambric canvas taffeta fibre chamois velveteen binding silk thread shields stays and hooks and eyes for complete fitting. The seller guarantees wear and color and frames a welcome gift of a silk dress as a sales hook.
Advertises a handkerchief sale from one cent up to twenty five cents with embroidered samples. Claims finer pieces are the cheapest in stock and worth more than asked, urging purchase due to large sample line and value beyond regular prices. Includes price comparisons and notes this week’s arrivals for cheap sale.
Our boys shoes 31.25 claim top value in price for heavy wear. Excellent girls shoes priced similarly. We are headquarters for skate bargains with Moen and Boys models and ladies life and 79c and $1.25 grades. Skates are Union Hardware Co. make with hardened steel and latest improvements.
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