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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
7
The Topeka State Journal runs a weekly classified section inviting job seekers to place small notices under the headings of Situation Wanted and other ads. It promises low rates, limited word counts, and publication policies for Saturday and midweek runs to attract local readers in Topeka Kansas.
A garbled notice advertises a demonstration of a web perfecting press that prints two to three complete pages per ges. It invites interested parties to call in the afternoon between 3 and 4 o clock to see the machine.
The act authorizes moving certain appropriations for the Kansas State Penitentiary from one fund to another for the fiscal year ending June 30. It names officials authorized to charge the transfer and lists specific items such as clothing, medicines, hospital supplies, furniture, repairs, and discharges. The measure explains the transfer is to balance needs across departments and becomes effective upon publication.
Reports from Athens and Canes confirm Greek forces landed on Crete’s coast near Heraklion. Dispatches describe naval occupation, flag raisings, and protests as Greek troops push to restore order, with European powers watching closely and public crowds seeking updates.
Rev Carlos Martyn of Chicago spoke at a American Temperance Union meeting in Chickering Hall. He warned that the liquor trade, social evil and rambling form a threefold devil that corrupts citizens, mayors, councils and law interpreters, urging decisive action to turn the city away from vice and toward order.
Word spread that Mrs Mary Anderson Navarre sold her residence at 31 Weet Thirty-Eighth Street but the deal remains unverified and brokers say it is not completed. The notice ends with an unrelated drug ad for Brechan's Pills.
The article chronicles Thomas Collier Platt, once driven from the Senate after a failed resignation bid, now poised to reclaim his seat. It traces his early days in Tioga County, rise as a party organizer, feud with Roscoe Conkling, and decades of political reinvention culminating in broad Republican control in New York.
Three New York men Burlingame Crouse and Barber seek hidden manuscripts in Ishmonia Egypt. A mystic Brahman spirit appears and bestows tokens before the men explore the sunken city at night. They find the forbidden volumes and return to New York insane or dead. A tourist party later learns of their fate.
In Athens on February 16 it is believed Crete’s fate will be decided by the powers. Italian commander withdraws troops after landing. Greek forces await further orders with four battalions in place. Reinforcements from Greves are en route as foreign warships may be recalled. Prince Nicholas heads to Thessaly with his regiment, stirring military circles.
Chicago sources report vice president Charles H. Foote of Illinois Steel discussing Lorimer’s bill to secure a 20 year armor plate contract at 240 a ton. He claims a $3.5 million plant could produce armor plate within a year, competing with Carnegie’s Homestead and Bethlehem Ironworks and offering world markets, with a profitable but cautious approach.
Cablegram from Maurice Grau confirms Melba Wille plans to leave Paris for New York on February 2. The opera impresario indicated she would return with a Paris commitment and aimed to sail the Atlantic from Brest aboard the likely steamer.
Miss Nethersole attended a Chicago Press League reception as a guest of honor. She wore a white satin gown with peacock fur trim and diamonds, while guests included Mjeu Ola Sethe Erdole and Eva logue. A musical program was presented by Max Bendi, Stern, and Arthur Weld.
A Baltimore report recounts how Dr Norval Lit removed the heart and used electric currents after death. The body was later cremated as friends of the deceased assisted before the cremation.
San Francisco February 16 mmouruka a leading Japanese lawyer and acting Secretary of the Japanese parliament arrives to study U S transportation regulation. He plans a Washington conference with the commerce commission and will travel to England and France after a month in the United States.
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