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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
16
Charles S Eagle is identified as a manufacturer of high grade cigars in a historical newspaper entry, noting his business prominence and craft. The piece highlights his role in producing quality cigars and his standing in the local industry.
Newport R I Dec 2 Preparations for the wedding of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Miss Elsie French are under way with elaborate plans. The Breakers and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt’s estate at East Point are being transformed. Boarding houses and cottages are pressed into service to accommodate guests. R umored invitations may reach 2500, aiming to outdo the Sutterlin-Morgan wedding.
From Washington to New York, hundreds of guests are invited for the Vanderbilt wedding. Accommodations expand beyond Harborview villa to The Breakers and Musnchinger-King and Hil Top cottages as overnight housing. Breakfast for invited guests rises to over a thousand. Alfred Vanderbilt hosts a bachelor dinner at The Breaker on January 12. Mrs Vanderbilt plans to stay several days and keep stables open following the ceremony.
Robert Harrison a 16 year old San Francisco boy who died in the Thanksgiving disaster spoke to the State Journal. He loved hiking to the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast and planned to return home after the Stanford California game. A crowded glass works roof collapsed raining fire and death on spectators.
Robert Hyed, a longtime church member and Sunday school leader, died after a roof collapse at a football game. The disaster maimed eighty to one hundred others as police helped clear the area. Masonic friends identified the body and offered support, while classmates mourned with flowers and prayers. T. W. Harrison reported the incident.
Eighty-year-old Afichael McGinnis freed from Ludlow Street jail after months of confinement over a $167.45 debt. Executor of a small estate, he failed to account to a heir and bought real estate with estate funds, then faced further arrest for burial expenses claimed by Mary McCullum. Lawyer Carh L. Schurz helped file affidavits seeking release to prevent death behind bars.
Warder Pickett files a stark affidavit declaring total insolvency and extreme feebleness, arguing that continued incarceration could kill him. The case traces to Surrogate Abner and a Dec 12 order of release after a tense legal fight by the undertaker’s lawyer, allowing the elderly man to taste liberty as friends take over his care.
Washington reports Dr Charles Sabin Taft who stood near Lincoln at Ford’s theater during the assassination died this week at 39 Seventh Avenue Mount Vernon from throat cancer. He helped carry Lincoln to the dying box and assisted Mrs Lincoln as she pleaded to speak to her husband.
Little enthusiasm marks this year s New Year s social season with many Topeka clubs hosting large but sparse gatherings. Notable events include Mrs KT Sim on Harrison Street hosting about 40 ladies and a supper for men, Miss Edith Guibor hosting a large group with a dance at Hudson s Hall, and multiple other parties listed with hosts, guests, and venues around the city including the bishop s residence and the Young Women s Christian Association rooms.
A garbled dispatch describes a violent incident where a man was beaten after a canoe mishap. The account mentions a defendant, a jury, and a court proceeding with references to witnesses and various names, though many words are corrupted.
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