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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1897
Page
2
Old Father Knickerbocker backs a citywide carnival to celebrate Greater New York with a Mardi Gras style event rivaling Topeka’s Fall Festival. The plan includes processions, tableaux vivants, lights, and civic displays, centered around classic New Year revelry and public celebrations.
An entry judged by officials awarded top honors for best twenty ears of yellow corn. Hubert Menton placed second with a greenive machine and twenty ears of wuttow corn. Tarkd Gonvie, secretary, announced further awards and noted future exhibition plans in Sewell County with solid farmer participation.
Real estate transfer notices describe conveyances among multiple parties including James Ross and Delia Herne, detailing parcels on Buchanan Street Harrisin Street Tope and adjacent avenues. Names such as A Entel Adelie Helle Piard and others appear with tied properties and street references, indicating multiple deeds and trustee arrangements. The fragmented OCR mentions zoning and tract designations on Kansas Avenue and nearby blocks with references to specific lot numbers, street names, and involved spouses or trustees.
A herd of cattle strayed during a foggy move from Beehier County to New Ep nie. The cattle wandered across the divide, became bewildered, and one herd member perished in the northern region following the tow. Several days pass with no sign of the missing animals.
President Eugene V. Debs of the Social Democracy affiliated over time with the movement as branches were organized in November across southern states, expanding its membership and influence in the era. The report notes the party's aims and efforts to broaden appeal among workers and communities in the region.
Holiday rail sale announces Missouri Pacific excursion fares within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 15 and December 31 with January 1, 191? travel, limited to January 4. One fare round trip. Alinkuum rate fifty cents.
Mrs Eftw Terry sues Gilbert S Terry in New York for divorce after 14 years of monotonous married life spent under a bizarre threat: her husband’s constant diet of pork. She cites barren affection and a mysterious change in him since Christmas five years prior, seeking alimony and control of their estate to end the estrangement.
Belated suburban travelers spend a stormy night in a car at Fifty-second and Lake Toronto street, after a trolley breakdown around six. Passengers and conductors share tales of distant places as a nighttime ordeal unfolds with service halted and corridors crowded.
A Fort Worth Chronicle item reports a dispute between Texas and the United States over land on the east end of Galveston Island. The federal government seeks a torpedo station there, claiming rights under the Texas annexation treaty. Texas disputes, noting no fortifications existed when the treaty was made.
Liberal concessions offered tickets to various points east of the Missouri River from Topeka Kansas with 200 miles distance noted. Dates December 24 25 and January 1 1897 48. Tickets limited to land wars 4) 159% Leonard photographs all sizes and prices. Leonard takes photographs via Santas avenue.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure for all forms of piles including itching bleeding and protruding types. It argues early treatment saves lives and claims physicians favor it over surgery. Priced 20 cents to 1 per package, with a free book offer from the Pyramid Company in Marshall Michigan.
Berlin reports a rumor that the British Asiatic squadron sails toward Quelpaert Island near Korea to seize the entrance to the Yellow Sea. Germany’s press favors such a move while Shanghai dispatches deny Port Arthur seizure. News notes Russian port action and Japan’s reaction amid China partition talks.
Washington December 21 pension commissioner Evans testified before the Senate civil service committee probing the system. He criticized the law for failing to produce result and urged reform including uniform board appointments a definite tenure of up to ten years and removal powers for bureau heads to improve efficiency. He favored safeguarding medical and surgical expertise in pension boards and warned of abuses if changes were not made.
Albany Dec 21 A certificate of incorporation was filed by The American Congregation the Pride of Jerusalem. Headquarters will be in New York City and operations planned across the United States and Canada. The object is to aid needy Jews in Jerusalem and Palestine through dues donations and collections from receptacles in homes and synagogues. The society aims to support Zionist movement and to furnish pilgrims from the United States to Jerusalem and Palestine.
The Burlington unveils wide observation vestibuled trains for all classes from the Missouri River to St Louis. Denver Missouri River and St Louis Limited trains feature side observation vestibules, all car lighting, and standard and compartment sleepers, duplicating the new EM to Chicago.
A local notice announces liquidation at the Golden Red shop located at 135 Kansas Avenue. It declares that the entire stock including dry goods cloaks and blankets will be dispersed as the business closes. The terse ad signals a total sale to clear remaining inventories.
Major T J Anderson expects the G A R reunion to visit Topeka next year, aiding auditorium construction while avoiding merchant funding. A festival end may yield funds via a large spectacle, with a January 6 stockholders meeting to select active subcommittee members John F. McManus Edson Sproat Irving W. Doolittle and T P Brown. The Kurnivat Knights may run one day of events on an original basis.
A freight train of loaded cars ran away from Galitz to Altoona Pennsylvania due to slippery tracks. It crashed into a passenger train, wrecking about fifty cars. The engineer and fireman escaped, three other trainmen were hospitalized with one reported fatally injured. One brakeman remains missing.
Seattle Wisconsin December 21 Jack Dalton famed Alaska prospector whose name graces the Dalton trail argues against reindeer in a U S government relief expedition to Alaska He favors many hardy horses with ample provisions and sleds for food and saddled ponies, proposing relay stations and a route via Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon.
A local memorial tale recalls Cy Leland Contoues seeking revenge on those who slighted him. Cyrus Leland sued Capt TS Osborn for libel and won in lower court, then appeal faded. Charles Osborn, clerk in the pension office, was discharged for incompetency, fueling talk of favoritism and a sought after appointment for a trusted ally.
Seattle December 2 thirty pounds of Alaskan and Washington geld pug lets shipped east over the Great Northern railroad by the bureau of information of the Seattle chamber of commerce. The geld is to be exhibited in all leading eastern cities. Cigarettes Made Him Crazy Syracuse Dec 21 Peter S McMahon of AllNAy crazed by cigar smoking committed suicide today. McMahon stood before a mirror and shot a bullet through his heart aged 20.
The Taion Pacific offers round trips to points within 200 miles at a single fare. Tickets will be sold December 24 35 and 21 1597 and January 1 368. Final pace January. Fulton Depot Agent J Cc Fulton. Take your lunch not the Cremerie. Scott Scott four doors north of the old stand.
New York reports the American Missionary Association released its annual review today. It notes hundreds of students turned away for lack of funds, lists six high institutions and many normal and industrial schools, appeals for church growth in the south and west, Indian and Chinese missions, and a total year receipts tally of 401371.05 dollars.
In Kearney Nebraska on December 21 stock owners warn wolves threaten long term herd survival. Observers estimate annual losses at 15 percent, rising five percent yearly, with about 100 wolves killed yearly via poison and bounties. Proposals include rifle patrols, sharpshooters, or specialist packs to curb the menace.
J B Tomlinson, longtime candidate and lawyer, plans to delay congressional run citing law practice and awaits clearer timing. Ottawa County Republicans currently back Calderhead, with a potential race delay as Tomlinson contemplates a future bid. Dr. King’s New Discovery praised for coughs colds and consumption with free trial bottles offered. local ads note services of Peerless Steam Laundry and a Kansas avenue eatery.
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