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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1896
Page
8
Speaker Reed has received twenty three pound salmon from J. Th. Montgomery of Portland Oregon. It is one of the remarkable offerings from Saline Geheries of the Culambin. The speaker and associates plan a party next week if utensils for handling the mammooth fish can be obtained.
A Boston capital partnership plans a four tier theater on a Broadway corner above Thirty fourth Street. The house will hold 8,000 people with ticket prices from a dime to 150 dollars. It will be a combination house aimed at wide audiences.
A survey of reform efforts in major cities led by Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy and others. It notes advisory councils, ward-based civic federations, and the growth of the National Municipal Reform League, detailing successes in Brooklyn and Chicago, Pingree in Detroit, Sutro in San Francisco, and ongoing challenges against political machines.
Walt McDougall writes in the New York World of Bill Nye the humorist, recalling Nye’s gentle wit, defiant dignity, and rare charm. Nye hosted strangers with laughter, inspired devotion, and faced false accusations with steadfast humor, leaving a lasting, beloved image of American humor.
The text records Riley expressing grief at Nye's death and praising his unselfishness, strength, and devotion. It notes Hiltey’s subsequent poem TO EDGAR WILSON NYE, 64 William, reflecting on friendship, solace, and the sorrow behind wit. The fragmentary OCR preserves the personal tribute and elegiac verse.
Extraordinary jail trial in Covington Kentucky with inmates serving as judge jury and defense. John Morgan accused of stealing a trotting filly named Silverson is defended by Jan Harrison and sentenced after a writ of supersedens. Five strokes with a broomstick replace time served as a protest by the prosecuting attorney.
Miss Eugenie Cook, a youthful Populist speaker from the eastern shore, tours western Maryland and Pennsylvania addressing farmers. She writes to Senator Gorman challenging a debate, says crowds are large and enthusiastic, and vows to lecture nationwide until a Populist wins the presidency. Her father travels with her, and locals treat her as a leader as she plans to go through Ohio and beyond.
A Topeka woman dies leaving a husband and two children. The girl Hester is sent to the Orphans' Hope for a home, then adopted by a spinster Aunt Kate. Benny the brother, eight, remains at the home. a letter from Hester pledges to reunite when she earns her own place, and they plan to live together with Aunt Kate.
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