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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1896
Page
8
A North Dakota politician, overweight after years of tobacco use, shares a testimonial praising No-To-Bac. He claims health and weight improved, nerves steadied, and urges others to quit tobacco, offering a free sample by mail from Starling Kennedy Co.
A muted tale from a quiet village follows Dota Ewing a teen seeking adventure. He steals a boat on Valencia river, drifts downstream, and is captured near the Hock Island bridge after authorities track the drifting craft. The boy admits stealing the boat hoping to flee the country.
Estes has been married for years with a child and a date given as the fifteenth. In the last two years he has not supported his wife, who now lives separately in Topeka, though they do not reside together.
The Santa Fe Route advertises direct access to Cripple Creek Colorado, urging travelers to reach the gold mining camp via Pullman service and standard gauge trains. J P Bowl A and city ticket agent J P Rowley Topeka Kans promote tickets and routes.
Round trip fare advertised for a Great Rock Island Route journey from Eiie to El Paso with connections to City of Mexico and return for $20. Tickets on sale February through Inland agent offices. Includes laundry and small ad notices for Jounxan and headache tablets.
An article recounts a New Hampshire bank commission finding western investments caused savings bank losses. It argues enduring issues stem from Western mortgage loans and investments by Western companies, not Kansas faults, and warns against haste as real estate markets recover with better crops.
A New York incident shows Sage recognizing a broker who offered a quarter of a million in charity but realized the joke was on him. Mrs Sage kept the quarter as the broker apologized, misreading the situation amid a street scene near a bus stop.
A Barnegat lighthouse upgrade will produce the world’s strongest sea coast light with 1,500,000 candle power. The current 165 foot beacon will be replaced to beam farther and cut through fog, giving the new light extended visibility far beyond present ranges.
A midnight theft unfolds in a millionaire's mansion as two masked robbers drift through a sleeping household. The couple's quarrel over jewelry sparks the break in, but the intruders flee when the wife provokes the scene and the husband mutters about divorce. The angle centers on the robbers' stealth and the couple's domestic drama.
A Detroit Free Press fragment depicts a bustling storefront near a railroad depot run by a Black vendor. The Deacon buys all his groceries there while tradesmen and customers, mostly colored, discuss weights, sugar, and codfish, with humorous misweighing and a banking joke about bankruptcy. The passage ends with a playful Washinton Star flourish on poetry and duty.
A jumble of quotes shows a woman recalling a daring escape and leap year remark while others debate public transit ownership. The fragments mention a passerby, Min, a Chicago Record line, and a question about government ownership of railways.
Yvette Guilbert speaks through a reporter about her American stay and the praise she finds here. She lists brave generous hosts in New York and comments on American society and divorce. She notes English inability to write and reflects on marriage, divorce, and the lure of art, fashion, and music.
May Silvio a versatile American stage actress leaves Augustin Daly's company after sixteen years of continuous service. A native of Norfolk Jamaica she began with Daly after time with other troupes and roles from Queen in Evangelina to old women parts. She may form her own company.
Excerpt notes Lincoln Carter's new play Chicago, praised for its mechanical effects and potential widespread production. Critics welcomed the work as a massive production, with two companies likely touring next week and Carter preparing a new musical extravaganza King of the North Pole for release.
Mrs W E D Stokes of New York, noted for a premier trotting stable, seeks the globe’s fastest trotter or pacer. Her latest purchase Bouzette, a rising star trained by Orin Hickok, already shows a 200% mark and strong potential. Her wife’s other star, Miss Rita, has won every race last season and set 300%4, the best for a filly her age.
Walter Sanger, noted wheelman, wed Miss Katzenherz of Milwaukee. Connecticut L A W state meet set for July 4 in Bridgeport. Lotta Crabtree joins the League of American Wheelmen. Harvard invited to a quad bicycle race at Cambridge. An English order for 150 bicycles for Salvation Army soldiers. Winter storage tips to prevent tire cracks. Madison Square Garden bicycle show praised as highly successful. Foreign cycling papers represented at New York show by Maras and Elevenaar. Chess problem No 838 by A J Hebner included.
Harper's Weekly outlines upcoming features for 1890 including art, travel, and music, with editorials supporting good government and sound money. It lists new departments Life and Letter and Amateur sports, previews a presidential election, and notes subscription terms and postage.
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