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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1899

Page

8

Two Very Important Items Contained in Our Latest Trade Circular

The latest trade circular highlights two key items for readers. It urges requesting the circular to obtain full details and guidance on the matters described.

Timely sale on ladies muslin underwear at low wholesale cost

Readers are urged to purchase quickly as a timed sale offers muslin drawers nightgowns and skirts at deep discounts. Items include extra heavy muslin drawers, cambric muslin gowns, and aprons with lace edges and embroidery all reduced below wholesale price.

Embroideries Sale Amid Dissolution Event

Auction handbills describe six lots of cambric Nainsook Swiss embroideries at deep discounts as part of a dissolution sale. Lot details include assorted pieces priced from fractions of a dollar to 25c and 50c, with widths up to 10 inches. Large savings touted from 35 to 50 percent, promising staple goods for near term demand.

Ad Warning Prompts Train Engineer Sleep Possibility

The notice urges cutout submission and suggests the westbound train engineer might have dozed at the post. It states all involved workers are among the oldest and most trusted in the operating department of the railroad.

Wreck on Caion Pack near Sun a claims four dead

A Sidney Neb to Bee report from Omaha describes a collision on the Caion Pack line near Sun a fifteen miles east killing four and injuring eight. Names given include engineer Dell Bonner among the dead and J.C. Johnson fireman among the injured with several others unnamed in a fiery wreck of two passenger trains No. 3 and No. 2.

Omaha Nev Jane Sidney Neb Caion Suna Here Dell Bonner Remax John Coleman Creston Jack Myrtle Armetronze Paxton Guihsiness Heest Chicago Wea J.C. Johnson Council Bluffs A. M. Gturtzell Rawlins Wye Tonnure George J. Hunt Belmont Canal Company Fee Eck Ee Bonner

Omaha Kid Gardner Wins by Seventeenth Round

Oscar Gardner of Omaha defeats Dave Sullivan of Ireland in the seventeenth round at Lenox Athletic Club New York. Gardner counters Sullivan’s leads with two hard rights and a final left as Sullivan hits the floor for the first time in his career. Seventy rounds advertised. crowd of about six thousand attended.

Dave Sullivan New York Oscar Gardner Ireland Lenox Athletic Club Sullivan Gardner Dave Land of Nod

Roberts Reply Denounces Attacks as Religious Zeal

Balt Late City Utah July 10 Brigham Roberts declares persecution over religious faith. He defends polygamy as solemn and argues no crime. his wife Mrs Roberts, in a candid interview, says polygamy fades and home life, love, and faith sustain women.

Balt City Utah Winifred Black Brigham H. Roberts Brigham Roberts Mr. Roberts Uetil See Serpent Roberts Cannon Washington United States Congress of the United States Tre. Shipp- Roberts Paes Ds. Roberts Bro. Roberts Phila Church Pereasey Tony Truthromye Robert

Humiliation and plural wives in Salt Lake City tale

A narrator recalls Mr Roberts and his two plural wives in Centerville near Salt Lake City. The women are described as devoted spouses with separate, comfortable homes and close sisterlike relations. The piece notes their laughter at the idea of their husband’s defeat amid early Christian hymn imagery and family care dynamics.

Mr. Roberts Centreville Airs Roberts

Coffey County Candidates File Contest Cases in Court

Burlington Jan. 10 Republican candidates for county attorney 5 D Weaver and F Wade file contest against J D Frazier and Horace White citing illegal voting errors in counting and canvassing and that Coffey county soldiers votes in the Twentieth were not canvassed. Hearing set February 3 Populists hold certificates from December 26 canvass under a mandamus issued by Judge Randolph.

Coffey County Burlington D. Weaver F. Wade J. D. Frazier Horace White Ranliph

White House Dinner Hosts Paris Peace Commission Guests

President and Mrs. McKinley held an elaborate White House dinner last night with the Paris peace commission members as guests of honor. Cabinet members senators representatives and notable army navy figures including Major General Shaffer Wheeler Admirals Sampson Schley and Captain Robley D Evans attended. The main corridor featured green orchid plaques and pink azalea centerpieces while the east room and public parlors were decorated in an attractive style.

Paris Commission Washington McKinley White House Paris

Bribery inquiry committee appointed in Montana Senate and House

In Helena Montana January 10 the senate and house appointed a three member committee from each body to investigate bribery charges in the interest of candidates for the United States Senate. The panel was instructed to act quickly and report findings and evidence at a joint session. Also notes travel and lecture updates and reserved seat chart information from Anaconda Standard and college events with ticket sales and schedules.

Montana Helena Mont Senate House Today United States Senate

Saved Baby Thrives After Postum Cereal Drink

A reader credits Postum cereal coffee with saving a baby Eva Pearl from frail health and aiding her growth after starting Postum. The letter recalls a sick younger son recovering on Postum and a physician father who prescribed it in many cases, urging others to try it.

Eva Pearl Asm Pierce Hindley

Lehigh Valley Train Collision Kills Thirteen in New Jersey

A head on crash on the Lehigh Valley Railway at West Dunellen New Jersey yesterday afternoon killed thirteen and injured over twenty five. The accident stemmed from a freight wreck at Bound Brook and a miscue in train orders on a double track line. Passengers from Mount Carmel Shamokin and nearby towns were among the excursion riders caught in the disaster.

New York Lehigh Valley Railway West Dunellen N. J Martin Keenan Mount Carmel W. H. Hinkel Jacob Heller H. FE Weikell Frank Fischer William H. Leader Frank Markel Shamokin Theodore Kohn Abner Keifper Porraville William BH Mareel James Jarvis Bound Brook New York City Lehich Valley Railrou O'Cloris Newmarket South Plainfield Hazelton Ashland Pottsville Rick Martin Brennan Focal James Prendergest George Cheshire

Train wreck disaster leaves many dead and injured

A devastating collision between two locomotives and an excursion train near Shamokin caused a somersaulting crash. The front engine turned end over end and breached the excursion coach, killing and injuring passengers amid mangled debris. Rescuers and surgeons rushed from nearby towns as coroner’s inquest opened at Ground Breck.

Shamokin Duneden Bound Brook Central Railroad New Jersey Lehigh Tround Breck Plainfield Hospital Jersey City New York Thendergast Holly Mauch Chunk Rick W. O. Sore W. O Easton Genebigh Valey Thin Dhemicher Hanton Nick Plainfield Dunellen Mary Parrom

Internal Revenue receipts rise in November totals

Washington reports November collections at 22,404,405 dollars, up from 12,959,255 the previous year. Increases are listed for spirits, tobacco, fermented products, margarine, and miscellaneous taxes, with Special taxes at 55,190 dollars. Five month totals reach 61,109,683 dollars, up 4 percent from 1897, hinting at a yearly revenue of around 375,000,000 dollars.

Washington Internal Revenue Hamlins

Dreyfus Denies Guilty Confession at Cayenne Court

A telegram from Cayenne reports Dreyfus’s reply to the public prosecutor. He energetically denies ever confessing guilt and protests his innocence amid his condemnation and degradation. The message is dated January 16 and reflects the ongoing court proceedings in French Guiana.

Cayenne Paris Cenne French Guiana Sation Dreyfus Coee Renault Houle Militaire

McCoy and Sharkey Alliance To Clash This Evening

New York January 10 announces that Tom O Rourke on behalf of Thomas Sharkey will meet Rich McCoy and referee Tim Hurst at 6 o clock this evening to settle articles of agreement and resolve disputes about articles 5 and 13. Tommy Ryan and Bentus clash over middleweight limit as 154 to 153 pounds are cited. Negotiations to continue tomorrow with a possible Lenox Athletic Club bout in three to four weeks.

McCoy Sharkey New York Tom O'Rourke Thomas Sharkey Rich McCoy Tim Hurst Oelock Tommy Ryan Syracuse Benton Kid McCoy Uw Lennox Athletic Ryan Tinit Wile Bentus Lenox Athletic Club

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