Proposals Sought for Topeka Stock of Clothing Goods
Proposals will be entertained at the law office of Rossington Smith and Dallas in Topeka Kansas until February 10 1897 for the purchase of the entire stock of clothing hats and caps and gents furnishing goods in the possession of the mortgagee located at store room No 631 Kansas Avenue the stock is described as an entirely new line in first class condition offers may be made for the entire stock or any line with the right to reject any or all offers and examination of stock invoices and inventory will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossington, Smith & Dallas
St Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
D. A. Clements
Franke Jete
Frank Daniels
Perman
Nas
Jiie
Frank Danes
Egypt
Cleo
Patee
Ig 3
Kansas City
Ake Wan
Royal Weather Bureau
Chop-Chop
Rinard
Mistress of the Wardrobe
Tony Drace
Atlak
Progress on the Bridge Piers Foundation Sealed Says Hinckley
Superintendent Hinckley states foundations for bridge piers will be solid and that extra piles are not needed in other piers. He recalls past disputes over 67 additional piles driven due to weathered bottom sand and blue clay. Contractors seek extra costs of several thousand dollars, which the county refused. Work paused by bad weather, with concrete work to resume soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinckley
Hincksey
Mr. Hinckley
Journal
Flackiey
Died From Starvation Insane Woman Watches Death Bed Husband
Patrick Brenhon aged about fifty eight was found dead from exposure in his home near Yardley. Beside him sat his wife Margaret an insane woman of about a year. Police believe she starved himself to death while waiting for help. The husband had cared for her. he may have died a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Datrick Bren Hon
Yardley
Margaret
Ironman
Pittsburg Bike Race Opens With Noted Riders In Lead Pack
Pittsburg Pennsylvania witnesses a six day bicycle race at Grand Central. The start list shows Water, Grimm, Forster, Ven Embers, Turville, Sehoch, Hall, Ruekel, Johnston and Pench in the early leading positions as riders break from the pack this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittebure
Grand Central Fink
Rock
Water
Grimm
Forster
Ven Embers
Turville
Sehoch
Hall
Ruekel
Johnston
Pench
Receiver Named for Pennsylvania Smelting Company
Notice filed in district court on February 1 states an application will be made Thursday for the appointment of a receiver for the Pennsylvania Smelting Company. The property is valued at 220000 dollars with debts totaling over 270600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balt Lake
Vii
Pennsylvania Setting Company
Pennsylvania Smelting Company
Wabash Cuts Rates on Wool Between East St Louis and Boston
The Wabash hity announced a rate of 50 cents per 100 pounds on wool in cars from East St. Louis to Boston. Minimum weight 9,000 pounds. Rates prior were 50 cents with minimum weight 10,000 pounds. Jewelry sales invited at Edmonds' on Kanes avenue with watches, jewelry, oriental vases offered below cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wabash Hity
East St. Louis
Boston
Edmonds
Kanes Avenue
Broncho Pneumonia Debate at Topeka Medical Meeting
At a Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery session Dr J C McClintock opposed reducing state health board funds urging continued support. The evening’s talk by Dr W M Perra on broncho pneumonia covered symptoms and treatments, including corn meal poultice. Discussions by Dr Lindsay Dr McKee Wallace and Dr S G Stewart followed with varied treatment views. A report on ex-Connellman J T Fulton’s death from a battle wound was also shown with photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery
RS. Magee
State Board of Health
J. C. McClintock
Lindsay
Agnes Mckee Wallace
Stewart
Nnn
G. Stewart
Ide C. Barnes
Connellman
J.T. Fulton
Topeka
Mr. Fulton
Inaugural Visit Sparks Color Troops Funding Debate
The colored troops of the city planned a Washington march for March to attend President McKinley inauguration. Friends raised funds via fairs and entertainments but now troops favor attending the Grant monument unveiling in New York in April. Supporters who funded the Washington trip are upset by the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thichtny Wa
McKintey
Iporter
Washington
Grant Monumnt
New York
Venezuelan Concern Receives Chicago Appointed Receiver
The Cook County credit court appointed Willa J English as receiver for the Central Bell Telephone Company of Venezuela, known as the Caracas Valentia and Interior line. English will depart for Caracas immediately to take possession of the property. An unrelated sale notice at Edwards 1st Kansan avenue offers jewelry, watches, and ceramic ware at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Credit Court of
Cook County
Willa J. English
Central Bell Telephone Company of
Venezuela
Caracas, Valentia and
Interior
English
Caracas
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Then and Now
A promotional piece extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for female weakness and disease. It claims to strengthen the reproductive organs, ease motherhood, and aid parturition, with testimonials and pharmacist endorsements. The text also promotes Dr Pierce’s Pessary Pellets as a gentle laxative and bowel regulator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Gold Miners and Silver Standard Debate Moves Front Page
The Washington Test notes a modest gold miner, Willim Bayly of Colorado, as a possible millionaire owner of a vast mine. Telluride leaders and stock maneuvers are discussed, with calls for equal metal treatment by the government. Proponents of the gold standard clash with reformers, while wages and prosperity hang on policy choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreesna Ang
Partiarh
Bayly
Colorado
Missouri
Ars Alva Adams
Mtr. Bryan
Sri Sity
Sharkey Manager Talks of Nevada Fight Prospects
Dan Lynch, backer and manager of Sharkey, says no substantial purse for a Sharkey Maher match has been confirmed. He notes stake talks in Nevada and that Stuart and Wheelock require about 10,000 to 70,000 to arrange a finish contest. Lynch reports no contact since and expects no meeting unless the purse is raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dan Lynch
Sharkey
Vitejo
Maher
Nevada
Wither Pugsimmers
Corbett
Tom
Stuart
Boneh
Nevaia
Lake Brnh
Wheelock
Wheelak
Peter
Siler
Czarina to Rest as Winter Court Openings Halted
In St. Petersburg during February there will be no court at Lalis this winter due to the czarina needing rest for her health. The health concern, while not alarming, causes the pause in royal ceremonies and public duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czarina
St. Petersburg
Marvelous Results From a Dimondale Letter
Extract from a Dimondale Michigan letter praises Dr King’s New Discovery for pneumonia and La Grippe with almost marvelous relief. Notes trial bottles free at J H Jones Drug Store Fifth and Kansas Ave. Regular sizes 50c and $1. Also mentions lost white dog and Beecham’s Pills for liver complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mev. J.gunderman
Dimondale
Mich
Dr King
Rives Junction
Wizard of the Nile at Grand Opera House Feels Bare Hats
A Topeka audience filled the Grand Opera House last night for the Wizard of the Nile performance. Hats came off widely as the theater enforcements of a hat ban were evident. comedians Frank Daniels and others delivered comedy amid Egypt themed props and backstage bustle with audience and stage antics described in lively detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toeka
Grand Opera House
Havin
Ayer’s Cathartic Pills Advertised as Sleep Aid
An old advertisement touts Ayer’s Cathartic Pills as a pleasant remedy for constipation biliousness sick headache and liver troubles. It promises better sleep and wakefulness for workdays and highlights sugar coating and easy use compared to other pills. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Ayer’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Grand Opera and Concerts Stir Topeka Scene
A bustling Topeka program notes the curtain rise for a comic opera The Wizard of the Nile and praises Frank Dantely as a superior operatic star. Sousa’s concert tour draws large, eager crowds as his European fame is recounted alongside chatter of upcoming performances at Crawford Opera House and other venues.
North Topeka society notices fill page items
A string of short notes from North Topeka lists local clerks at Davis Glick and Home bakery, new markets on the avenue, visits among residents, and upcoming club meetings. It mentions Miss Edith Main clerking at the Home Bakery, Mrs T A Beagle recovering from grip, a new bread ad by George Mayer, and moves and visits across streets in North Topeka including Van Buren Quincy and Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball Printing Co
Kansas Avenue
Imnprance
Joseph Sproat
Davis & Glick
Frank Goodman
Wichita
Bacon
Soller
Frank Walker
Edith Main
Topeka
Home Bakery
T. A. Beagle
Quincy Street
L.A. Ryder
Charles Wolcott
Atchison
Credo Club
A. W. Parks
H. l. Durlap
van Buren Street
Thomas Kirkpatrick
East Eighth Street
Rioting and strike hit Kerupuk cotton mill area
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports a serlota strike at the Moscow Mill toot in Ker puk near Russa London with rioting. Damage to property occurred and several people are said to have died as a crowd gathered amid the disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russa London
The
Times
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Crime Ends in Wife Shot Death at Home
Cleveland report states George Davin, a city commission merchant, was fatally shot by his wife at 9 46 this morning at their residence No 01 Grave street. The couple had a troubled quarrel preceding the fatal act. Davin’s body awaits removal at no cost during Edmonds jewelry section sale at 62 Kansas Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George Davin
Uto
Grave Street
Edmonds
Kansas Avenue
Appomattox Battlefield Sold for Sheep Farm Plan
Major George A. Armes has acquired the 7410 acre Appomattox battlefield including the apple tree and plans to turn it into a sheep farm. A Washington syndicate once owned it for about $20,000, while bills to create a national park and fund acquisition have stalled as lawmakers drifted and the syndicate faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Appomattox Battle Field
George A. Armes
Major Armet
SS. Burdett
Samuel Bryan
Tlephone Company
Battlefeld
Paros
Gettysboro
Chickamauga
Congress
Sybdicate
Messrs. Burdett and
Bryan
Frank May Dead Former Bank of England Manager
Frank May died at his London residence after a 20 year tenure as chief cashier and practically the manager of the Bank of England. His resignation, announced November 10, 1599, caused a stir in British finance amid reports of alleged irregularities linked to Coleman & May stock brokers and associated trust companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
London
Frank May
May
Great Britain
Tether
Coleman & May
Mr. May
Illinois National Pays on Insolvent Bank Creditors
The comptroller of the currency declares a ten percent dividend to creditors of Grand Park National Grand Forks N D and a seventy five percent for the National Bank of Illinois Chicago The note also mentions Byron Avery of Woodstock Michigan suffering rheumatism and praising Chamberlain s Pain Balm with cure promised in 50 cent sizes sold by druggists The ad ends with a push for Peerlens Steam a3 and lie West Sts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois National
San Washington
Cunemey Hae
Grand Park National
Tank Grand Forkre N. D
First
National Bank of Ilinois
Chicago
Byron Avery
Woodstock
Mich
Bien
Chanberialy
Druparete
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Burt Hinckley
Academy of Medicine and Surgery
Dr. J. 0. McClintock
Richmond
Grant Monduentes
Kansan Avenue
Heyer
U.S
Millionaire Bayly
Auic- von Sale
Edmunds
G. W. Stansfield
Kan Ave
J. W. Phillips
Highth
Frank Danisla
Rey
Dan~ Bit
Cleo Para
Turus
Menopeka
Frank Dantely
Smusa
Tew Alliance
bin Eststo
Lt Tk Ail
Thie Bone
Bouna
Sition Kia
Eurupe
Charles W. Strine
Sousa
Washington Post
Vienna
Chantant Sane
Kin Cottons
A Gone Rioem
Jess Tisans
Manhattan Beach
el Capitan
Mario Wellesley
Mik House
Crawford Opera House
Dikht
North Topeka
the Hall Lithographing Co
Jackson Street
Grand Opera Houser
General Pfnters
Keeley i
West Sts
Lenini Kevney
Union Aapot
Bois Compte
Keeley Institute
Hansas City
Bomsnd
Measona
Chivers
Briceman
Topel
Earth
Topeka Ave
8Th St
Dudley & Price
Speke
Mesidence
Wo. A . Righter
Hanes Avenue
Nesidenece
Fillmore St
Academy of Fencing
National Stables
Gilchrist Bros
Jeakeon
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