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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1895

Page

3

North Topeka News and Local Incidents Summary

North Topeka notes report Mr Knox from Shorey paralyzed while Enos Replinger visits Osage county. Laura Beverly fully recovers from illness. Miss Fitzpatrick ill at Quincy school. Baptisms held at Baptist church. J H Heller’s family aided by Mrs Bloomquist of Columbus. Shorey Choral society’s event praised. Milt Newby returns to North Side. Kansas Ave car rates posted. Drs Lyon and Reynolds advertise dental prices. Several accidents and deaths noted including Thos J Dunetone injured at CG P depot and Asa Branscom's death. Michael Manhey injured in yard work. Albert Hoffman critical after skull fracture.

Knox Shorey Enos Replinger Osage County Laura Beverly The Baptist Church Mise Bong Wichita Rae J. W. Moore Union Pucite Duga Tella Hartwell Kansas City Leo Morrow Bondar Milt Newby Topeke Avenue Mary Fitzpatrick Quincy Lil Letter John Colvin Garner & Lave Indiana IL Yockey CH Lyon K EL Barber Rorabaugh Emus McClain S. A.dale Carthage Asa Branscom John Branscom Odavekie Efe Wood Union Pacifice Improva Mons Myers Kansas Avenue Commission Squere Junction Burrely Minn Miller Shoray API Duck Felay Feamahe Michael Manhey Juntos Manley Brophera’ Grocery Company Baawitelitien Sant Po Albert Hoffman J. Hoffman Laurent Atreetes Charla Bruetier Albert

Slips, Falls, and a Resignations Rumor in Kansas

A Kansas Senate bookkeeper, J J Barnes, slipped on ice near the station at 400 Kansas Ave, breaking his left arm and dislocating his wrist. Another worker, A D Mat Vingls, fell into a well and injured his left leg at home near the cemetery. Chief Justice Horton denies rumors of resignation, planning to serve out his term until 1897.

Uroes J. J. Barnes Brown Kansas Senate Asice Ation House Kansas Avenue Wi Gelock Fillmore Street Mat Vingls Creeby's Mill Kansas City Horton Supreme Bench Morton

Boston’s finest library touted as US leader in size and design

The article extols Boston’s new library covering about 1 6 acres at a total cost near 2 218 805 with 600 000 volumes and 500 000 pamphlets and manuscripts. It highlights Florentine style architecture, gray Milford granite, the pull system for book retrieval, and Herbert Putnam as librarian designate with a brief bio. It also notes a marble bust over Wild Bill Hickok’s grave in Deadwood and memorials built by Colorado Charlie and Captain Jack Crawford.

United States Boston Deadwood Mount Moriah J. B. Hickok Wild Bill Hickok Tha Espurasons Bill Abilene Hors City Jack McCall One McKandlas Nebraska Metall Colorado Charlie Yankton Jack Crawford Black Hills

Paulein Epp and the Degenerate Father

The tale follows Paulein Epp, a famed opera singer, who rises from humble Max Epp a razor maker to international fame. After leaving Coberg she writes infrequent letters, fuels his vanity with promises, and finally abandons him to a life of poverty and the almshouse. A reunion reveals the gap between world success and a forgotten father’s misery.

Coldberg Paulein Epp Maz Epp Max Epp Paulein Coberg Herr Fellen Imperial Opera House Cobelin Fellein Poussin Colberg Herr Felllen Paulenn Epp Herr Fellein Pauleln Frankfort Paulota Cublein Max Coblein Durance Pauls Epp Pauless Colbers Tam Max Kipp Papa Kranz Sam Psaloin Epp Yanlein Ca Tressel Nightingale Chicago News

Mrs Cleveland Cherishes Youthful Friends Tell of Miss Willard

Mrs. Cleveland aidsMiss Katharine Willard a Denver born soprano who studied in Europe and became her guest at the White House. Willard tours in private concerts for Washington society and musicians preferring a reserved public profile. Her mother and sister reside in Berlin while Frances E Willard is her aunt and tramp writer Josiah Flynt is rumored as a brother.

Cleveland Katherine Willard Washington Miss Willard Denver Sera Wells College Mrs. Cleveland Frances Folsom White House United States West New York Berlin Frances E. Willard Tramp Life Josiah Flynt

Anna Gould to Wed Count Jean de Castellane in Paris Rumor

Reports declare Anna Gould will marry Count Jean de Castellane a French nobleman of birth and fortune. The Gould heiress daughter of Jay Gould learned at Miss Greenoughs seminary in Boston and once considered by Harry Woodruff and William Harriman.

Gould Anna Gould Count Jean de Castellane Miss Greanough Boston Jay Gould Harry W. Woodruff George J. Gould Woodruff Augustin Daly George Gould Yale Blackstone Kent Count Castellane Miss Gould Europe Chateaux de Rochecotts Langesia Loire New York

Relic of Washington Ancestor Alleged by Detroit Man

George Henry Rattenbury of Detroit claims possession of a parchment deed dated June 9 1590 in Norman French. It bears the signee Richard Washington and the Washington seal, described as a relic tied to the first Washington lineage.

Washington George Henry Rattenbury Detroit George Washington Richard Washington

Grand Theatre Bills For March Showings

The Grand will host Alabama in Eight Bells tomorrow night and The Fencing Master on Thursday the 26th. March features include Alabama company attractions, Brothers Byrne acrobats, and Colorado miny explosions. The first flash of comic opera Topeka comes next Tuesday with Dorothy Morton praised as a rising prima donna alongside Marie Tempest.

Alabama Grand Brothers Byrne Colorado the Grand Brrs Memminger Topeka Marie Tempest Dorothy Morton Miss Tempest

The Jokers in Minstrelsy and Governor Morrill News

A Cleveland minstrel show drew a large crowd with familiar jokes and strong acts including ballads trapeze work and acrobatics. Governor Morrill traveled from Topeka and dismissed an Atchison paper charge as a misunderstanding while noting a state school fund inquiry is under legislative scrutiny.

Cleveland Grand Morrill Topeka Hiawatha Atchison Jocayat Want Mit

The Frigid Zones Explained By New York Times

A child imagines polar life as six months of dark but the article notes only about three months of true night. Twilight and moonlight shorten nights, and aurora borealis provide bright displays during periods without sun below the horizon.

New York Times

Local Ad Urges Laundry and Food Delivery Service

An old newspaper advertisement urges customers to call 153 for a wagon to pick up bundles. It promotes trying Harrison No. 18 telephone and Ralston bread and flour made by the Preach Bakery at 15 Kansas Ave. Trace.

Harrison Ralston Preach Bakery Kansas Ave

Today's Market Report from State Journal Curacao

Wheat weak in New York and Paris with local liquidation while Chicago prices drift. May soy and corn led lower opens, hog receipts rise with Armour and Swift noted buyers. oats held steady amid fair buying and mixed grain prices across futures and cash markets. New York sugar quiet with refined markets dull but steady after early declines.

Associated Press Curcaco Northwestern New York Paris Pardridge May Armour Swift Geera Haas CatTiz Fei

Holly Springs Route to Florida via St Louis and Cairo

Rail line announces new faster link from St Louis to Holly Springs and Jacksonville linking Illinois Central, Southern Railway and other lines to reach Florida points. Through Pullman sleepers from St Louis to Jacksonville. Also ads for Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup and Beggs Little Giant Pills with local merchants promoting pills and laundry services.

Florida St. Louis Cairo St Louis Illinois Central Railroad Holly Springs Geo. E. Lary

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