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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
7
Fragmented OCR text shows references to rents auctions and real estate ads with notes on city circulation figures and weekly rates. Mentions a 5,200 circulation total and keeping readers informed on notices and listings.
Fragmentary OCR style notice mentions days like Monday Wednesday and Saturday, places possibly Bestaow Lake and See bid ark, with scattered names and numbers. Text is garbled, but hints at a schedule or public notice with dates and locations.
Fragmentary OCR text references Mr Pater, Miss Brewer, and Goodwin with phrases about work, prices rising, framed items, and snares. Names and places are garbled but suggest a local notice or snippet mentioning earnings, property notes, and a person named Mr Goodwin in Weston.
An unclear OCR page fragment mixes loan offers, shop notices, church and community references, and scattered names. It lists money lending, savings, and various businesses with vague details, creating a noisy, hard to read item. The piece references places, rates, and individuals in a chaotic catalog style.
Flavel Downs of Atchison arrives in Topeka as inquiries into the murder of Mrs. Matson continue. A cousin of Mrs. Matson is expected, while investigators note the library books were untouched and a burglar’s purse contained no money. The body’s burial is delayed for three to four days.
The Bijou theater on Quincy Street opened with a cordial reception attended by about 80 guests. Col G W Veale and Mrs Veale among the notables, Rev John A Briggs and others were present as Marshall's band played. Supper on stage with dancing after 10. Guests departed by midnight. official opening date and chair delivery remain unsettled.
Nebraskans report heavy snow and blizzard like conditions across western areas with strong winds and cut telegraph lines along the Missouri River Elkhorn corridor. Trains arrive late amid widespread disruption while winter wheat prospects rely on the storm’s heavy fall to the south and west.
Bert Ayers a young man about 80 years old was arrested by Sheriff Burdge after attempting to assault Alice Niccum near Tecumseh on Wednesday evening. Niccum could not identify him in court this morning as her accuser. Mrs Niccum seeks a hearing tomorrow before Justice Grover. Ayers is said to be a brother of F HM Ayers who teaches at the local high school. A Whittier Memorial movement forms in town led by Mrs. A FT Peckerd aiming to secure the old homestead for a memorial library building.
Eugene V. Debs and ARU officials announce they will serve six months in Cook County jail starting next Monday. They cite family duty and aim to settle the case, hoping for a higher court ruling on principles of habeas corpus. Debs and six associates plan to study during confinement and pursue appeals only if necessary.
In Dec 2 St. Jacob's hall a large gathering of leading de grees discussed suffrage qualifications under Mississippi's new constitution. A permanent Loyal League of Qualified Electors was formed to educate and qualify Black voters, ensure jury service rights, extend eight month school terms, and mobilize eligible Black citizens nationwide.
Hoyt and Frohman form a theater combination leasing Madison Square theater now Hoyt's estate. The contract, effective next September, secures year round use for three years and gives Frohman a venue for summer opera and comedy.
Harris D Booge Jr senior partner of the defunct firm Booge Franee Co faced a ten year suspension from exercising floor privileges at Chicago Board of Trade The firm faced collapse with clients claiming losses of about 100 000 amid alleged mismanagement and speculative losses Booge Jr arrived with George Brine to contest the action but was suspended after a lengthy executive committee session
Grand jury votes indictments in Chicago for November 6 election frauds in the 30th precinct of the 34th ward. Names listed include policemen P. E. Blackwell John Flynn Dennis Mahoney Sturma and James Ryan among others. A $50 000 fund is raised to support prosecutions with initial $10 000 requested.
Report from New York December 21 says Austin Corbin backs Richard Mansfield in a venture to place a new theater on upper Broadway near Fifty third Street by Carnegie Music Hall. Mansfield has long sought a personal theater and follows Henry Irving’s idea that each actor should have a theater. Edwin Booth once pursued similar aims, spending about a million to realize his theater which ended as a failure.
New York dec 21 fan ny Rice has made a decided success with her new piece a Frau e Fratle newspapers in Troy praise the comedy and its large business. The play is a free adaption of the German Three Pairs of Sheen.
Ottawa man Waddell visits Governor elect Morrill to back Bent Murdock's proposed game law changes and to urge keeping the fish commissioner. Morrill signals support for a strengthened state board of health and warns against abolishing it while addressing other political and local concerns.
Readable fragments describe a local event involving named individuals and a request or action by an organization. The text references a reevaluation or reacquisition process and mentions two persons and a group, though details are fragmented.
Fragmented OCR text shows a garbled medical sales page with mentions of cures and treatments. Names, places, and events are unreadable or distorted, making it difficult to extract clear individuals or organizations. The readable bits imply a sale notice for a heart cure and various dubious medical claims with no coherent narrative.
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