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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1895
Page
8
Elmira Daily Gazette reports Thos Ryan of Topeka ex minister to Mexico and ex congressman will locate in Elmira New York. He is named president of the Elmira Municipal improvement company representing bondholders for New York Mutual Life Insurance.
At yesterday's board meeting contractor I L Stevenson was allowed 4107.01 for building the new court house. The board altered stone pricing from 1.59 to 1 per card for large quantities and 125 for small amounts. The county poor farm wash house repairs were ordered and 200 appropriated to the Orphans Home.
A crowd at the police station watches eleven new patrolmen sworn in by the new judge, amid jokes and nervous excitement. The night sees four men sent on duty, one driver reporting no finds, and the old force guiding the newcomers as Chief Wilkerson takes over. The scene includes a biting exchange with the jailer and the deputy’s initial sentencing in a lighthearted yet tense city backdrop.
North Topeka brief notes on residents, social plans, and local commerce. Absent Tom Cravel on Nebraska trip. Mrs Berry and Miss Heartburg recovering from illness. Degree of Honor lodge to host social Saturday at Barrett block. Mengels placard on Quincy street. Local grocery ads list buckwheat maple syrup oat flakes and meat specials at J. H. Heller 1008 North Kansas. Pasadena move of Mia Paramore and Enid plans of a Santa Fe junction worker. Charley Nyman family return to 1038 Jackson. Needle Teo meeting mentioned.
The article notes Mrs Dr Lyon and Gordon and Harrison planning an event at Kansas Avenue E church to aid the poor. It reports railroad officials upset by Black workers east of the Santa Fe junction boarding coal cars and stealing coal, with company detectives pursuing them.
Rodrigues Ottolengui, a New York dentist and rising American novelist, gains praise for An Artist In Crime and its sequels. The article profiles his career, method, and views on writing tight detective fiction, noting his meticulous revision process and belief in wholesome, non prurient material. A separate item mentions a Topeka restaurant fraud case involving a 14-year-old boy cashed 5 cent checks.
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