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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
4
Grocer advertises below wholesale prices to attract cash buyers. Offers include Queensware Glassware Tinware and various grocery items with emphasized savings on lard hams salt meat and flour. Promotes brands Pure Leaf Lard White Rose Molasses and Gold Dust detergent among others aiming for profit from underbuying.
A fragment from The State Journal notes Coxeyites set February 22 as a day of prayer amid impending demonstrations. It comments on Governor Adams of Colorado and criticizes Cuba policy shifts, then discusses Kansas Day observance and the need to advertise Kansas facts to the East. It also reviews the Pacific railroad funding bill’s defeat and its debt implications for the government and bonds.
A turbulent debate erupts as Dr Parkhurst and Evangelist Moody comment on civic morality while The Commercial Advertiser defends Kansas and defames New York. The piece weighs public purity, journalism, and political radicalism with the nations morality in flux.
A misshapen column surveys political snippets from Kansas and Ohio. The Hutchinson News notes Ohio men urging broad national restraint while Abilene Reflector mocks records in corn busking and book circulation in Kansas. Lawrence Journal-World references a new education chief and a fight over national party lines. Chanute Tribune satirizes political maneuvering with a House confinement jokey.
A university lecture on fine arts criticizes flashy neckwear, arguing that unusual dress and bright accessories mock propriety. The professor urges quiet, clean attire and consistent taste, warning that flamboyant neckties or hats injure a man’s dignity.
The article argues charity creates harm by redirecting spending to causes at the expense of local trade. It warns against fairs and lotteries, noting charity should not undermine regular trades or foster dependent systems. It compares wartime fairs to everyday charity and calls for wiser understanding of trade laws before broad charity reforms.
In a social setting two friends discuss the urge to narrate extravagant travels and the danger of self indulgence. The advice favors silence on personal adventures until a fitting autumn moment when the audience asks for tales, urging wit in others instead.
Reports from the annual Fellowship club banquet show Wim. Allen White failed to locate a similar gathering in Kansas or elsewhere. New York's Seeley dinner remains the record holder for such an event.
The article explains how top buyers in large department stores earn salaries from 3000 to 100000, with some receiving percentages of annual sales increases. In major shops a few buyers may reach 90000 yearly, while profits differ greatly by department. It contrasts this with lower grade stores where buyers earn as little as 26 a week with no commission. Opportunities outnumber capable men.
A collection of quirky aphorisms and social observations, critiquing hypocrisy and manners. It includes remarks on parties, travel, natural behavior, and a Westfield Ind women’s edition from 1896, ending with an ad for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and a local steam business.
The Committee of Fifteen elected officers led by Mayor C. A. Fellows and Major T. J. Anderson plans a county contest to boost Topeka’s Fall Festival. A prize fund will reward the finest Kansas county floats, with opinions on securing soldiers and a potential G A R reunion. Subscriptions and stock certificates for festival funds were discussed, and next year’s officers will be chosen in December.
Casper W. Whitney of Perry claims fraud and seeks to annul his wife Annie Whitney's divorce granted in Oklahoma after a 180 day stay. He says Annie Whitney, from New York City, traveled to Oklahoma in 1895 and left for New York two days after the decree, aiming to challenge hundreds of Oklahoma divorces over five years.
Jefferson City January 15 A House resolution by Representative James M. Piper of St Louis requests an investigation of the St Louis Police Department. The measure, patterned on the Lexow resolution, authorizes the speaker to appoint two special committees with power to conduct a thorough inquiry into charges of irregularities and corruption, and carries over to tomorrow.
New York Jan 15 Edward P Seares who married Mrs Hopkins widow of a railroad magnate faces three suits of 25 400 each in the supreme court contesting the will. Plaintiffs include C Nathan Hebbard George Hebbard Wheeler and their Connecticut resident sister next of kin to the late Mrs Hopkins Searles contested the will on grounds of undue influence. Attorneys say promises of 25 000 to General Hebbard were made to withdraw objections. Searles was a director.
The civil service commission announces a six month block on clerk copyist messenger watchman stenographer and typewriter exams for residents of DC Maryland and Virginia due to disproportionate appointment access. Exams begin March 17 in Wilmington Detroit Washington Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Richmond with April 26 tests in various states. J L Sheddgn is in town. readers can send inquiries to Box 422 for prompts.
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