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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1895
Page
3
George Mold, renowned Wichita Globe Trotter, begins a new series tonight. Fans await his dynamic performance across venues as critics anticipate standout feats and travel adventures.
Wichita injunction against Rock Island dissolved. Reports detail coal thefts from Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe tracks near Wichita. Mentioned are dynamite experiments, ground disturbance, and costs to condition soil for farming. Also notes arrests, court actions, and local civil notices surrounding flood damages and railway legal challenges.
A derailed week of bullfighting in Cripple Creek ends with Arizona Charley accidentally injuring himself and underlining opposition from local authorities. Amid the incident, supporters reflect on risk and showmanship, while medical firms promote discount medicines and age-old remedies for soothing children.
Trap shooters gather at Maple Hill for a 25 live birds per man contest under America Shooting Association rules. Gorman and Finney clash in a eight round bout, Finney winning on a foul in the eighth. West Side Gun Club hosts the event, with the Husbands Clothing company race to follow and a strong turnout expected.
In Crxcisvatt on December 31, Pantine Hall Opera company announces that prima donna Mrs. Ber husbsod, widow of George B. McLallan, will retire from the company until after a certain notable event. The manager stated this decision last night and emphasized it will affect performances this week.
Protesters in Washington challenge Cree depredations from Canada while officials fail to act. In Alabama and Tennessee communities, calls to ban saloons and enforce labor standards surge. A South Carolina girl preacher captivates large audiences with mature delivery. Beggs' German Salve advertised as a universal remedy with guaranteed results.
Union Pacific advertises a special holiday rate of one and one third fare for round trips within 200 miles. Tickets sold December 24 25 and January 2 good for returns including January 2. A Lewis City Ticket Agent promotes the offer. Also mentions remedies and services from J EK Jones Drugstore and Peerless Steam Laundry on West State Street.
Cy Leland denies responsibility for Governor Morrill's administration while a Topeka visitor notes Leland's claims are false. A prominent Republican asserts Leland aims to distance himself but Morrill maintains mutual understanding. The piece also previews Mrs. Spaulding's elite four-in-hand horsemanship and the recent show and purchase at Madison Square Garden.
The colored community planned receptions at multiple homes including the Freeman residence at Jackson and another at Monroe Street, plus a gathering at Shiloh Baptist Church. Speeches by J H Guy and W L Jamison were announced, with Major J E HodauN slated to lecture on John Brown. Kansas pension updates and market reports followed in the same issue.
A bustling Cincinnati store romance unfolds as a couple of countrymen rush in to buy flowers with a carte blanche offer for a young woman. The clerk quotes prices for American beauties and roses while the man insists on a grand gesture for the intended recipient. A court note closes with Martin Williams of Storer fined for drunken debt, costs around seven hundred dollars.
A scrambled report from old news columns veers from a customs scheme in San Francisco to royal marital exclusions. It recounts how an officer’s treachery let two cars slip away, then surveys divorce norms in Europe, naming Blandford, Tassilo Festetics, and Rigano as notable exceptions, before drifting to unrelated anecdotes, a piano line, religious missions funding, a governor’s travel, and brief market notes from the Associated Press.
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