Topeka Auditorium Fund Plans Move Forward at Meeting
The Topeka Auditorium association moved ahead with fundraising plans for a Great Civic Hall. Members discussed three options: city subscriptions, sale of buttons bearing an auditorium image, and a midsummer fair at Garfield Park. A movable floor proposal drew Journal attention for future seating flexibility.
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Auditorium Association
Commercial Club
Edward Wilder
Otto Kuehne
J. S. Warner
Adama
M. C. Holman
A. A. Godard
C. H. Netters
T. 3. Anderson
M. D. Henderson
Wm. Green
W. HL Davis
HS. Brigham
Anderson
Garfield Park
Netters
Wilder
Wettals
Mir
War
Creel
Diane
Nettels
Pater Tc
Madison Square Garden
New York
Prescott and GO Plumbing Heating and Lighting Ad
Prescott and GO claim guaranteed quality and best pricing in plumbing heating and lighting with up to date stock and latest fixtures for home and business use.
Crawford Theater Dramatic Program Draws City Audience
Engagements at Crawford theater feature Pim Murphy comedic impersonations of Henry Irving and a Cherokee mix of acts including Old Innocence and Tex Petite Olvaux. Whitney vaudeville numbers, Killarney and the Rhine, and Martell’s Big Negro production The South Before the Wave headline the week with performances Thursday through Saturday. Prices are 50 and 15 cents.
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Pim Murphy
Crawford Theater
Mr. Murphy
Henry
Henry Irving
John T. Raymiarid
Joe Jeffermen
Lawrence Harrett
Seb Smith Suzgeil
Stuart Rotwon
J. Green
Maverick
Fina Whitney
Crawford Unentor
Mins Whitney
Labur Spaceh
Ste
Martell
Gouthers
Darkey
January Temperature Report With Unusual Warmth
The month of Furvats past was much warmer than usual with a mean temperature around 72 degrees and a high of 10 degrees above zero on January 3. Notable readings include 70 degrees on January 16, 1834 and 21 degrees below zero on January 19, 1852. January rainfall reached 7 inches, well above the average 12 inches, and 9 days saw snow totaling 4.9 inches for the month.
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Sur
Not a Patent Medicine Act Odd Cereal Coffee Case
A Evanston grocer seeks medical help for a mysterious illness thought to be poisoning. Dr Dakin suspects a toxic reaction to coffee substitutes. Postum cereal coffee is identified as the remedy. Analysis of samples supports Postum as the effective beverage, with clerks noting similar cases tied to unknown imitators.
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Evanston
Aes Kies
Dakin
Norn
Cutrithon
Wes
Pie check forgery scandal hits Ghia penitentiary
February 1 report details a widespread pie check forgery scheme involving convicts and a restaurant. Investigators found numerous counterfeit coupons used to obtain pies, with many tickets traced to a broker business. Several men examined admitted possessing coupon rolls, some selling them for fractions of their value.
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Cotimins
Ghia
Eestau- Fube
Rand
Ehaver
Peteon
Eame
Deine
Auditorium Bond Drive Sparks Stockholder Debate
A town meeting discussed funding an auditorium with stock subscriptions and director election. Speakers debated stock ownership, city oversight, and a resident campaign to raise funds, including plans to sell 1000 buttons to supporters and form a list of prospective subscribers.
MODEL DEAD HOUSE ST. LOUIS DISSECTION CENTER
In St Louis Feb 1 the city opened a vast dissection facility with 71 bodies on tables for medical teaching. More than 60 young doctors worked among the cadavers as students study nerves muscles and organs under careful supervision in a grim, lit room used for medical education and preservation.
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St. Louis
Electric Bitters touted as miracle cure by quack dealer
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters can cure a range of ailments from back pain to malaria and nervous trouble. It asserts Liver and kidney cleansing, blood purification, and nerve restoration, warning of universal benefits with a vegetable formula. A 50 cent bottle is advertised at Swift and Holiday drug store, guaranteed.
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Battle
Swift & Holliday Drug Store
Topeka Drug Store Moves. Ads Offer Cures and Remedies
Fragmented ad copy notes cross jewelry store relocation from 499 to 518 Kansas Avenue Topeka. It mentions laxative quinine tablets claiming to cure colds in one day and a refund if not effective. Also references asthma remedy and drudges with genuine seals.
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Cross’ Sewelry
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Abit
Breed's Case Taken Up By State Bar Association
The state bar association named TB Wall Wichita C Bucher Newton and J T Herrick Arkansas to probe Isaac Reed murder case in Sumner county where Reed serves life. Reed claimed self defense and says his lawyer C J Peckham stole $500 to appeal to the Supreme Court and did not file. Bar association declined to pledge aid to Reed though an inquiry into the attorney’s record could proceed. pardon petitions via governor deemed improper.
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The
State Bar Association
Wall
Wichita
C. Bucher
Newton
J.T. Herrick
Arkansas
Issac Reed
Sumner County
Reed
Bar Association
C. J. Peckham
Supreme Court
Et Wasat Iret
Mishaps of the Indiana at sea raise debate on repairs
Washington reports reveal the Indiana suffered a boiler failure during the Hampton Roads to Dry Tortugas voyage. Tow approached as the New York Warship towed the vessel for six hours until its two boiler sets resumed operation. Officials insist the ship was never in danger and that boilers were protected by bilge keel adjustments. Critics urge structural fixes before future combat use.
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Washington
Nays Department
Indiana
Hamwpton Roads
Fect
Lek
New York
Sherd
Hampton Roads
Sicard
Boller
Norfolk
Charleston
Cape Hatteras
United States
Bucklen Arnica Salve and One Minute Cough Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best for bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure for croup relief in children from G W Stansfield at 22 Kansas Avenue and Swift Holliday Drug Company.
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Swift-Holliday Drug Company
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
February Weather Recap for Kansas City History
February weather summary for Kansas City reports historical norms and extreme values over nine years. It notes average temperatures, record highs and lows in February, precipitation totals, number of qualifying precipitation days, and wind speeds, with references to dates such as February 26, 1896 and prior frost timings.
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Kansas City
AsHill
Resignation of Haskell Institute Superintendent Swett
Lawrence February 1 Superintendent J A Swett of Haskell Institute has sent his resignation to Washington to pursue business in Michigan with his brother and will depart once relieved. He has led the school for five years after a promotion from assistant superintendent. Rumor says H B Peaks may be chosen as his successor under civil service rules.
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Lawrence
J. A. Swett
Haskell Institute
Washington
Br. Swett
Michigan
Unive
Swett
Haskell
C. F. Muserve
Shaw Universiy
Atlanta
H. B. Peaks
Mob Seeks Hand Over of Suspect in Galena Stabbing
A mob of about fifty masked men gathered in Galena as Constable Lafe Hoe arrived from Columbus with Richard Ward, the Black man accused of stabbing Dennis Brown. The officer fled with the prisoner to a car, while rumors spread that Ward was back in Columbus jail or hanged along a railroad bridge near Derwesn.
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Dennis Brown
Galena
Memphis
Constabis Lafe Hoe
Columbus
Richard Ward
Ward
Roe
Chilcoot Electric Road Train Load for Klondike Tram
Westinghouse Giertle and Manufacturing Co shipped a train load of electrical apparatus to Dyea, Klondike Transportation Co, for an electric tramway across Chilcont Pass. This is the first consignment to reach the new gold field, and the system will greatly facilitate access to the Klondike regions.
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Pittsburg
W Westinghouse Giertle and Manufacturing Company
Dyea, Klindike Transportation Company
Chilcont Pass
Klondike
Shawnee Fruit Growers Meeting at Court House Next Thursday
The Shawnee County Horticultural Society will hold its second meeting of the year at the G A R rooms in the court house next Thursday afternoon at ic hour. Papers to be read include Insects How to Recognize Them by Prof B A Popenoe Pruning When and How to Do It by J Jordan and Early Gardens by Wm H Barnes. March and April meetings will be at the court house with later meetings through November as basket plcnies at various county locations.
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Shawnee
Thief of Tender Years Stole Mule Team Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson February 1 seven year old Hennie Swikard stole a mule team and wagon yesterday and was captured near town by officers. The boy will be sent to reform school. This is the third theft, but he has been released before due to his tender age.
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Wipen
Wider
M. D. Henderson
City Counci
Wilder
Ctty Council
Strukholders
Andersen
Nickx L. Gage
Santa Fe
Whitler
Br. Kuehoe
Kuehoe
Hutchinson
Hennie Swikard
Reform School
Mexico Gold Center Production Surges in 1896
Mexico City reports 1896 gold output at 36,86L326 and an excess of 500,000 over 1696, with surpassing 2,000,000 more than 1800. Eimundo notes the yellow metal remains a key national asset and signals strong mining activity in the era.
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Mexico City
Mex
Eimundo
Mexico
Concordia Bank Merges and Prominent Californian Dies
The Citizens' National Bank of Concordia will merge with First National Bank today. G H Palmer moves from cashier to assistant cashier at First National. W W Caldwell will retire from bank work to practice law. In Los Angeles, T D Stimson, a leading Southern California businessman, dies of heart disease. He owned major properties including the Stimson block on Fig ueroa Street. A concert at the First Presbyterian church is planned for Friday evening February 4.
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Concordia Bank
Concordia
Citizens’ National Bank
First National Bank
G. H. Palmer
Boes
W. W. Caldwell
Citizens’ National
Fia
Los Angeles
T. D. Stimson
Southern California
Jie
Figueroa
Stimson
Eee
Third Streets
Masic
Pirot Presbyterian Church
Chicago Gold Seekers Leave for Yukon Klondike Quest
Thirty one prospectors under Yukon Valley Prospecting and Mining Company departed Chicago for the Klondike. They travel via St Paul to Winnipeg and Calgary by Canadian Pacific tourist car, then overland by sledges with 75 horses to reach Polly River headwaters. The overland trip is planned to take 60 days with an outfitted sled team to cover 140 miles of snow and ice.
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Yukon- Chicago
Yukon Valley Prospecting and Mining Company
Klondike
C., BM
St. P Road
St. Paul
Winnipeg
Calgary
British America
Edmonton
Elk City's Ghost Haunts Ramsey House Residents
Report from Elk City describes the Ramsey house now owned by Eenac Saunders and Joh Main, where locals claim a restless spirit named Ramsey or Nathaniel Ramsey lingers. Witnesses say unseen forces cause doors to fly open at night and voices are heard through mediums as fear and superstition grip the household.
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Hik City
Pep
Hamver
Eenac Saunders
Joh Main
Ramsey
Nathaniel Ramsey
REAL ST LOUIS GHOST NEAR MARCUS AVENUES STARTLES LOCALS
In St Louis reports describe a white spectral figure seen near Marcus avenues and St Louis across multiple midnights. First sighting last Wednesday on Marcus avenue north of St Louis, then again the next evening near Natural Bridge road. George O Malley chased the figure but it retreated each time, vanishing under a rock bridge at Natural Bridge. Several residents have since reported sightings in the same spot.
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St. Louis
Marcus Avenues
Marcus Avenue
St Louis
Marcus
St. Louis and
George O'Malley
George
Natural Bridge Road
O'Malley
Naturel Bridge Road
Leonfess
Presidential Nominations and Public Notices From Feb
The president sends senate nominations for customs collector in Erie Pa and several consul posts abroad. Also a Corsican Texas postmaster and a Columbus Junction Iowa postmaster are named. Salt Lake hardware firm George M Scott Co fails with assignment. Prince Bismarck shows health improvement in Berlin. Advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure from G W Stanshelt at 632 Kansas Avenue.
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Washington
Senate
B. B. Brown
Erie
Benjamin J.johnston
Town
Utila
Honduras
Elias H. Cheney
New Hampshire
la Paz
Mexico
Charles E. Mucrum
Ohio
Tahiti
Society Islands
John B. Bowen
Iowa
Port Stanley
Favikland Islands
Revar
Corsica
Saltake Hardware Company
Salt Lake
George M. Scott & Co
Inter-mountain Country
Creamery Men's Parade Led by Marshall's Band in Parade
Parade of delegates to the National Creamery Buttermakers convention will assemble at the Throop at 1 oclock Friday February with Marshall's Band leading. Delegations from Iowa New York Minnesota Pennsylvania South Dakota Wisconsin and others will display dairy and creamery machinery. select officers will conduct the procession.
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Marshall
Vention
de Tyler
Nobietka
Elle
Jowa
Xone
Minecotn
Philsdeiiniie Batter Board
Bouth Dakota Delvetion
Boston Taitter
Wisconsin
Separdier
Mit
Orenemhry
Trunepariates
Tiene
Marshall's End
Bendy
Ghitagranit
Elemalions
Pecos Road Special From New York To New Mexican
A telegraph from New York to the New Mexican notes J J Hagerman of Chloride Springs and Faulkner as receiver of the Te cot Valley railroad. It details plans to secure 2,000,000 for extending the Pecos road from Clovis to Washburn Texas, connecting with the Santa Western Union Parish Denver and Cult. The extension spans 216 miles.
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Santa Fe
N. M. Feo
New York
New Mexican
J. J. Hagerman
Chloride Springs
Faulkner
Tecot Valley Railroad
Mave
Stoswell
Washburn
Tex
Santa Weayetemani Union Parish
Denver
Cult
Coast Defenses Expenditures Explain Naval Forts Budget
Chairman Cannon explains coast defenses spend about 4.15 million this year while war department estimates rise. He notes prior appropriations total near 17 million, forts rapidly improved, and plans aim to keep great ports and commerce protected with mines torpedoes and upgraded fortifications.
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Cannon
House
War Department
Compres
Moder
Judge Morton Very Sick In Shawnee County
The aged ex district judge J T Morton, 124 Topeka Avenue, is seriously ill at home with paralysis affecting speech centers but can speak a few words. At 77 he is Shawnee County’s oldest former judge, having served years on the bench and worked in the praction of law since retirement.
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J.T. Morton
Topeka Avenue
Morton
Shawne County
Ino
Itin
Kansas Whisky Case and Temperance Meeting Report
A fragment mentioning James Bol ig aged 14 and friend Joe Varma who drank whiskey, leading to a fatal accident after leaving town. Also references a verdict on alleged painting sales, W. T. Williams of Bourchier Ark, and a temperance sermon by Dr J D Countermite at the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka, with notes on a hair regrowth product and a subscription request for The State Journal.
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Eores Bolig
Joe Varma
Versio
Beling
Melinghey
George Bie
J. TD
Countermite
First Presbyterian Church
Janse
Heten
Cousty
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