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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
5
A local grocer proclaims complete satisfaction with every purchase and promises prompt delivery. The ad lists fresh meats, groceries, queensware, and tinware with low prices on sugars, hams, bacon, lard, syrup, molasses, canned goods, and assorted staples, emphasizing value and customer satisfaction.
fragments show prices for canned goods including apricots in sugar and grapes with per can and per dozen rates. entries list 2-ib cans and ovelters with specific prices such as 10c per can and 3.90 per dozen, from a brief shop notice.
Dried fruits offered with prices including prunes apricots peaches and pears. Includes raisins and crackers with per pound pricing and boxed sea items. Ad urges shoppers not to miss the flour price deals and claims savings on all brands.
Mail orders ship promptly from this list. The New Crawford Theater presents a dramatic and vaudeville company with tiered pay and sparse distribution. Stars include S Dramatic and others, with performances featuring a variety of acts.
New York January 1 Nearly half of the nation s railroads were under receivers at the start of the year with 23 798 miles in 121 companies owned and operated under court control The year saw 14 roads placed into receivership and by January 1 1894 112 roads totaling 21 and the mileage operated reached about seven percent of the country s total miles The aggregate funded debt under receivers was 568 billion dollars with notable lines including the Camden and Yadkin Valley and Toledo 23 miles remaining under court control
In a political note from January Landon reports that the Hon Lionel Walter Rothschild has been elected and continues to hold a seat in Parliament, representing the Union Liberal interest. The Rothschild family maintains influence within the party, with Rothschild remaining an active member of the House.
Albany dispatch reports President Roosevelt favors gradual extension of woman suffrage. He cites improvements in school districts like Oyster Bay and suggests social influence and education as paths, while cautioning against radical change. He would try modest legislative steps if they help.
San Antonio report says Charles A. Bester, Wells Fargo express driver who robbed $80,000 on December 2, has been located between Cotulla and Laredo. A line capture of the money or a portion of it has been offered by the express company as recovery efforts continue.
Mrs Louisa A Todd, confined a leper in the pesthouse, contends the city and board of health caused her confinement and suffering. She faced isolation during smallpox exposure, later reappeared with leprosy, and seeks heavy damages after returning to San Francisco.
In Buffalo New York a seven year old boy Charles Memberger was found with a fractured skull near the New York Central tracks. He reportedly whistled many tunes for ninety five hours while in an unconscious state and then moments before death his eyes ceased.
Jane-Reporter Goff refused to lower bail from 400 to 1500 for Mrs Farne Moore. Mrs Boore’s mother, Mrs Strahan, travels from Atlanta to plead with District Attorney Gardiner to retire with her daughter. Gardiner vows to retry the case before Justice Persian in the criminal part of the supreme court.
A patient describes a long struggle with a persistent skin ailment affecting the head and body. After eighteen months of doctor visits and four years more of failed treatments, a medical college inquiry and costly attempts by a family doctor and Mr. Barney Clapins fail to cure. The narrative conveys frustration with ineffective remedies and the financial toll.
Consul Goodnow urges a permanent American exposition in Shanghai to capture the Yangtze valley trade before competitors, stressing U S goods, local agents, and tailored packaging. He notes Chinese preferences and the need to exhibit American inventions like bicycles phonographs and cameras to win Oriental markets.
A member of the Christian Endeavor society contends last night’s reporting misrepresented actions. He cites mass youth support for a citywide resolution thanking authorities after joints closures, noting many societies did not publish reports and asserting the mayor faced a difficult enforcement decision.
Led by Samuel J. Kirkpatrick of Jonesboro, leading ex Confederate settlers from east Tennessee met at Jonesboro and adopted resolutions protesting any congressional move to pension ex Confederate soldiers as abasement and unconstitutional. The resolution praised the president but condemned the pension effort, saying the government may not embalm Confederate dead and has no right to go further.
A fragmented summary notes a government Sunday run at 9 15 with a 3 route and 5 minutes pace. The west to coast trip shows Albany 35 minutes late, Buffalo 1 hour 9 minutes late, and Cleveland delay of about sixteen minutes. Changes in postal and engine crews are mentioned amid route adjustments.
Admiral Sampson’s daughter, Santia io New York, receives a crumpled yellow paper from President McKinley as a wedding gift. The note is valued above costly presents and is to be mounted and framed as a heritage for future generations.
London dispatch reports the Gweedie Traging company steamer Catania, Captain Purlong, from Gigsgow December 17 bound for New York, spoke December 23 in distress at latitude 43 N longitude 38 W by the Atlantic Transport steamer Mesaba. Mesaba, which arrived at St Michael, stood by for hours but could not save Catania before daybreak December 30. Catania reached safety with smoke stack gone, decks swept, and boats away.
Thieves dynamited the outside vault doors of the Phenix National Bank at around 1 am but fled before entering the interior rooms containing money securities and other valuables. Three men attempted the robbery but were frightened away by the blast and alarms.
A Venezuelan boundary commission session adjourns after formal readings and counsel discussions. Both sides indicate readiness to resume in Map, with expectations that negotiations will begin and a substantive exchange of proposals follows the adjournment.
A New York coroner ruled Mrs Margaret McCabe dead after an autopsy cited hemorrhage. Friends dispute the finding, claiming a trance. The case touches congressional liquor reports noting vast tax revenues. A Charleston banquet scare saw wines seized before relief from Governor Ellerby via Senator McLaurin.
The American Asiatic Association met in New York and debated the Philippine question at length. It includes many prominent U S manufacturers and aims to promote a U S consular service in Oceanica with uniform selection, tenure security, and adequate pay.
Fragmentary obituary note recalling Gen Eaton Salls a former commissioner of education and superintendent of free schools under Gen Grant. Mentions work across several states and leadership in educational affairs, with garbled line fragments about Japan Sulzaria Bras Chill and other details.
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