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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1897
Page
2
The Great Congress of the Mothers endorses the Universal Peace Union work and urges that lessons of peace begin at home. Leaders highlight home life as the foundation for broader Anglo peace efforts and social harmony.
Washington February 20 plan a yearly mothers congress with alternating host cities to promote health education and the training of intelligent mothers. delegates from diverse groups advocate kindergarten in public schools and raising the age of protection for girls to 18. speakers include Miss Anna Sehriver, Mrs Harper, Dr Walter Servey, Professor R Millott and Mrs Illen Henrotin.
Washington February 20 Mrs Willis Lora Moore of Hutchinson Kansas president of the State Federation of Clubs attended the National Congress of Mothers and is a guest of her sister and mother on Capitol Hill. Delegates include Mrs Agnes Hitt national president of the Woman Welfare Corps and other leaders. A Florence Crittenton Mission education mass meeting is planned at the First Congregational Church next Sunday at 3 oclock with addresses on unprotected girlhood and motherhood as regeneration.
The Washington Post reports on the first national congress of mothers, held in Washington amid a period of great social change. It argues the home remains central to education, urges closer unity among American mothers, and notes participation by prominent women and some men. The piece highlights debates on birthrates, women’s expanding roles, and the potential for the congress to influence family welfare and nation.
Washington February 20 No complete list of delegates attending the convention can be obtained but among them are Mrs Ellen Richarhean of Boston Mrs Charles Nuyex of the Mothers and Teachers club of the public schools of Warren Pennsylvania Mrs Warren B Hooker normal and free kindergarten Fredonia New York Mrs Rosetta Ottwell WT U Belleview Kentucky Mrs Frances A Carroll WT U Columbia County Maine Mrs Win Frey Literary club Lewiston Maine Mrs Amy G Keener tells Grove Pennsylvania Mrs Albert H Tuttle City Benevolent Society Charlottesville Virginia Miss Mary Temple Woman's Educational and Industrial Union Knoxville Tennessee Miss Sarah Smith Mothers club Medina Ohio Miss Amsila Hofer editor Kinguring magazine Chicago Mrs Emma Pratt Guyton Grand Falls A A Barthers Lovell Maine Mrs Ho AL Stinson New York Mrs Lucy 3 Bainbridge New York Miss RD Rowe Training School for Christian Workers
Delegates from organizations nationwide converge at the Arlington and Normanare hotels in Northfield to press England's queen for Mrs Maybrick's release. Notable attendees include Mrs Sophia McClelland and Mrs Taylor from the Medical-Legal Society of New York, Miss Emily Wright president of Lansdowne Moth ers Round Table, and Mrs Emma Guyton representing Hillsdale College. Other delegates hail from Richmond New York City Philadelphia Little Rock Pittsburg Harrisburg Grand Rapids Riverton and Ladstown among others.
Washington from the congress notes Mrs. H M Anthony of San Francisco as the standout delegate and details a model nursery exhibit. Frances Newton, a leading Chicago kindergarten advocate, prepares to speak on Mothers Greatest Needs. A white bed dolls and a modern medicine chest illustrate care, clothing, and education for infants amid a gallery of notable mothers.
The twin screw freight and passenger steamer Pennsylvania of the Hamburg American Line began regular service between New York and Hamburg with a record cargo of 18 500 tons. To convey this amount, about 616 ordinary freight cars or eighteen trains would be needed. The cargo includes 294 069 bushels of grain. Miss Victoria Conkling Whitney of Missouri was admitted to practice before the Missouri Supreme Court, the third woman to do so. A testimonial on Chamberlains Pain Balm notes relief for rheumatic pain.
The AO U W grand lodge meets in Salina Kansas on February 22. The Rock Island will sell round trip tickets at four dollars and fifty four cents. Train departs Topeka at 1 10 p m. Buy via Rock Island Route and join the crowd. Also note a cough remedy claim One Minute Cough Cure quickly aids grippe. G W Stansfield 32 Kansas Ave.
Blue Rapids in Blue Rapids Kansas reports a revived talk of Old Waller's gold after recent prospecting by W H Hill and John Shaw. They lease 180 acres north of Blue River, confirm gold presence, with specimens comparable to earlier finds. Local merchants back work as they avoid sensational claims.
A local reader rebuts J Palenske's statements on prohibitory law and Alma saloons. He cites police court records, injunctions, and grand jury indictments against McMahan, the county attorney Barnes, and others. He argues investigations were limited, trials costly, and outcomes mixed, with eight of nine indictments pending or resolved.
A gang raided Madison on Thursday night, entering T. J. Trotter’s hardware store and blowing the post office safe. Shotguns revolvers ammunition and other plunder were taken, with unidentified amount in money and packages missing. several guns left behind at the post office as townspeople heard the blast and clock stopped.
Leavenworth reports about 125 open saloons tolerated by authorities. The city collects a monthly license of 250 dollars per saloon, totaling around 31,500 dollars yearly. Some proprietors have closed, citing inability to sustain costs including a 200 dollars yearly fee. The current saloon count is roughly one per 203 residents.
Coffeyville merchants travel to Lightning creek southeast of the city for the completion of a $500,000 payment to Cherokee freedmen from the sale of the Cherokee outlet. Each freedman is said to receive about $270 after a long lawsuit and compromise agreed by the attorneys.
Atchison February 20 three Tivisian street school boys aged 10 to 13 were drunk in class. One boy was carried home after school, with prior similar incidents in the last 30 days. A pupil allegedly stole whisky from a father's kitchen safe to supply the drink.
General and personal news from Kansas towns report Lincoln and Washington birthdays observed, a barn fire near Bluf Rapids destroys ten horses and grain with loans of about 31500. Burlington leases Midland theater for a year. Atchison cattle market notes minor charges. Osbornes County cattle feeder to publish Missouri Valley Farmer. Elinwed dairy farmers trial sugar beets for factory. Lawrence GOP primaries set for March 19 with McKinley loyalty rule. Blue Rapids关注 Alice Platt murder trial and local church founder lineage.
Advertises J Sucklen Arnica Salve claiming it cures bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and piles with money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box sold by J. Jones Firth and Kansas Ave. Brashaw harness $10 KA.
Mrs. Leslie-Carter stars in The Heart of Maryland and performs a perilous dark change scene in St. Louis. She climbs the bell tower, plunges her hand into resin, and swings from the bell to an outdoor stage, thrilling audiences as the prop braces her fall.
New Rochelle landmark on Castle Hill, a three acre castled complex built in 18th century style, sold by Adrian Iselin Jr for $25,000 to the Ursuline Nuns. The castle, ornate with Italian frescoes and mosaic floors, had served as a Westchester Hunt club venue and now will reopen as a select academy for young ladies this September after fire repairs due by June 1.
New York February 20 A company organized to control the raidin industry nationwide has already subscribed capital on Wall Street It plans Freeno California as headquarters and a large factory to absorb rivals Alfred Nichols named president Isle Royal annexation favored by Keweenaw county officials Isle Royal mostly English owned taxed at 100 valuation Grand Lodge Salina special train from Lady Sunday February Take home road at 12 05 noon Peerless Steam Laundry advertises collar smoothing
Professor J Mt Munyon advertises Ria Female Remedies to treat leucorrhoea prolapse backache bearing down tiredness and menstrual irregularities. Separate cures exist for each disease with home treatment options priced at 25 cents and leucorrhoea tablets at 50 cents. Free medical advice offered from 1505 Azeb Street Philadelphia PA.
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