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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1898

Page

4

Difficult Spanish Name Pronunciations Recounted

The text lists numerous Spanish and other names with suggested pronunciations, emphasizing syllable stress and letter sounds. It discusses readers in Henepaprre adapting to Spanish pronunciation, giving examples like Viersys, Havaniilahnahnah, and Cristobal Colon, with notes on accent placement and phonetic hints.

Viersys Anand Alaria Rodriguez Peres Mercedes Reina Joree Banta Cruz Puerto del Padre Puerto Padre Custithy del Martines Weyler

Notable Names and Maritime Queries Stir Memory and Rumor

A jumble of 19th century commentary covers pronunciation of the ship Vithkya and its commander Ay-oo-tah-tay, reminiscences of Liddell and Thackeray at Charterhouse, and gossip about Oxford university elections and Queen Victoria’s receptions. It notes St George’s return from South Africa with 24 officers and 284 crew.

Bpantans Low Fork Bay Wulate Victory St. George South Africa

Music Soothes Suffering Amid Claims Of Official Silence

Mr. Gindstone finds music a relief during the last weeks of suffering. Geraldine Liddell performs a chaste song, said to soothe. Officials deny undisclosed information, while public belief holds Maine was blown up by Speedards with truth tied in red tape.

Gindstone Ee Geraldine Liddell Maine Speodards

Atchison Globe Readings From A Curio Column

A collection of quirky lines and malapropisms from letters and local chatter. The items joke about aging, love, wealth, and customs in humorous puns and aphorisms, with stray remarks on a woman abusing a grocer and a man lamenting past letters. It mixes Chicago proverbs and playful observations.

Infringement suits against promoters of fight pictures

New York February Edison sues Ian Stuart and several exhibitors in the U S district court of New York seeking damages for alleged kinetoscope patent infringements and a permanent injunction against use of any instrument for exhibition. The action targets those willing to pay him damages.

Fight Pictures New York Feb Thomas A. Edison United States Ian Stuart

Untitled Pottery Theft Case In North Tepelte

A patrolman intervened when a man claiming a 1 percent stake in a partnership roiled into a room with Nelle Barnes and Minnie Ashby, where drink was served. The two women were arrested for petit larceny and taken to the police station for bail.

Andy Vupres Ong Yur Pulnee Tiat Bie Pred Armstrong

Dens of vice at Klondike Leavenworth soldiers home

Leavenworth reports a colony of saloons around the Soldiers Home after the quarterly bounty payments. A carnival of crime spreads among veterans and women bartenders, with policy wheels, gambling, and demi-mondaine shelters. Nine-tenths of the 30 buildings host joints where intoxicated vets are served by a wave of revelry and vice.

Leavenworth The Times Uniontown Sodom Dunohtown Usele Sam Kansas Colorado Klondike Oregon Street Mgnor Necroes 44 Pelley Shop Stewart Murphy Alfred Cummings Kansas City Pike Josh Billings Billings

Controversy Over Rock Island Road Crossing Settled Out of Court

In Diekmaot county, a long dispute between James A. Gillette of Abllege and the Rock Island Railroad over a road crossing and land title ends with a settlement after judge L. Moore’s rulings and appeals. The case involved an elder Gillette’s heirs and alleged compensation for property used by the line, with initial verdicts and a retrial ordered before the matter settled.

James A. Gillette Abllege Rock Island Hallroad Company Saat Rock Island Gillette Hi Other Ie Gormpany L. Moore Seaburn Mepatiical Julie Moure Himseif Diekmaot Moore Burton United States

Turbulent Democrats restrict primaries to old Bryan Guild

Dallas dispatch reports the Texas Democratic Executive Committee ratified a July primaries plan and August convention in Galveston. A voter test was adopted to qualify participants, asking if the voter is a Democrat and will support the Democratic ticket, plus whether they voted against opponents of the party in prior elections. The test aimed to curb non-Democratic voters and aligned with the Chico Warform and party ticket advocated by Chairman Blake. The move sparked debate and drew opposition from various factions.

Bryan Guild Dallas Tex Galventon Chitaco Fort Worth Isis Rieluner Blake Han and Watnon

Socialists Edge Toward Independent Ticket in Kansas

G. C. Clemens, supreme court reporter and organizer of the Racial Democracy In Kansas, says fusion with free silver could yield an independent Socialist ticket. He notes socialists will not back free silver as the main issue, but expect growth in strength and active campaigning next election.

G. C. Clemens Eupreme Court Racial Democracy Kansas Clamene Paplist Clemens

Ground to Bits Post Office Tube Accident Rates Loss

Reports from New York describe a ground to bits incident in transit through the pneumatic tube system from Station P to the general post office. The accident occurred about 9 pm as the day’s key letters were en route, with Station F serving Cortlandt Street to Battery, including Wall Street. A similar crash happened between Station H and the general post office a few days earlier, involving equipment owned by Tubular Dispatch Company.

New York Gabe General Post Office General Texlon Cortianit Street Wall Street Tke Tubular Dispatch Company

Mineral Water Finest in the West Ad

J Hillips advertises mineral water as the finest in the west inviting readers to come and try at West Eighth Street.

J. Hillips West Eighth St

Fire Devastates Corner Block in Tola Kansas

Fire swept Satur day night through frame buildings occupying the town’s most prominent corner in Tola Kansas destroying two millinery stores a butcher shop a plumbing shop a restaurant a real estate office and the gas company office. Mrs Jane Simpson owns the block and plans to replace it with an old brick block.

Tola Jane Simpson

Congressmen secure $20000 for Kaw river dredging item

In Washington on Saturday Congressman Peters won an appropriation of 20000 to dredge and deepen the Kaw river mouth to speed sewage flow. He argued the need after Kansas City packing plant byproducts were dumped into the river. Jerry Simpson aided the effort, and both rivers and harbors and appropriations committees backed the measure after Peters presented supporting figures. Fort Scott item follows.

Washington Congressman Peters Kansas City Peters Jerry Simpson Canton Missouri Committee On Appropriations

Atchison Water Case Yields City Favorable Judgment

District court decision holds Atchison may pay more than a two mill levy for hydrants and water, potentially defeating an $8,010 claim by the water company. The ruling, if upheld, says the city fulfilled its duty by turning over the full levy amount. the result is on appeal. Pensions list follows with multiple beneficiaries across Kansas. A woman, Miss Molly Taylor, Liberty, was found dead near Independence.

Atchison Atchison Water Company Independence Molly Taylor Liberty

Hydrophobia deaths and railway clerks convention news

A fragment mentions a death due to heart failure after a fall from stairs with a lamp and notes burial in Cherryvale. It notes a Wichita convention for Seventh Division Railway Postal Clerks in April with delegates from Missouri Nebraska Kansas and New Mexico. Also reports a 5 year old in Girard dying of hydrophobia after a mad dog bite and an Independence creamery project. James McNaspy in Abilene sentenced to three years for forgery with prior sentences reversed by the state supreme court.

Wichita Seventh Division Railway Missouri Nebraska Kansas New Mexico Pittsburg McNaspy Abilene James McNaspy Herington Supreme Court

Monmouth Students Drop Revival War After Disarray

Monmouth College students abandon their annual clan war amid confusion and misprints. A chaotic issue details a bank statement, local incidents, and erratic notes about revolved events, with references to patrons and a patrolman.

Monmouth Ill Monmouth College Jonatary

Saharan Lands at Sea Storm Rvivels Ravelin Castle

The Ravelin Castle, sailing from Table Bay to Plymouth, arrived two days overdue after a 900 mile sand storm on February 14. Red dust filled the air and hidden sun and stars made navigation impossible until the ship neared Madura.

Plymouth Eng Rvelin Castle Table Bay Madura Vemael

Judge Wellhouse Sees Record Orchard Prospects

Judge Wellhouse president of the Se Horticultural Society reports Kannas orchards show extraordinary apricot tree potential. He says the 188 year will yield extraordinary fruit, with excellent fur trees and the largest peach crops in history according to recent reports.

Wellhouse Wellhouss Se Horticultural Soclecy Kannas

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