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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
5
Topeka society hosts an Imperial Party at Elmwood Club with a literary program and a large turnout. The event features a dance, a varied entertainment lineup, and numerous local and visiting guests, with a Dutch lunch and post party gatherings noted.
Cincinnati reports a Yale Club dinner honoring Yale President Hadley. About a hundred attendees heard toasts by W H Tutt and others. The goal is to raise twenty seven million two hundred thousand dollars from alumni for new Yale buildings with Taft speaking on the administration.
Students from Mr Eug Weschor’s eleventh grade class in Harrison compete Friday morning at 15 o’clock in a diverse program. The list includes piano solos, violin pieces, recitations and a debate on the opines topic.
Fire early today caused extensive damage to a Woodward arena building in Detroit Michigan with reported figures around 80 000. The unoccupied structure housed Mutual Storage Company and several firms including Westeline Schroeder cooperations Gebhard Pafer Syrians Schneider Blader and the Diamond Printing Ink Company.
Chisagm Jan 3 Seven Seven hundred Jour Reymen taltore the of soate and Trusete in the most exclusive maps to the city served notice of the d2 time to the merchant tailors union of America and provide work hoped for by April 2 or suffer strike. Employers adopted a resolution last Friday to deny the demand and that they provide her own rear Vanderbilt at Gibrlaltar. Gibraltar Jan 3 Mr Weir Van Cassie steam vessel Vailant from New York has arrived.
Topeka reports a busy day with police activity at Hudson's hall, civic meetings and charity events planned by the Arion Society, a masked ball, and notes on local firms, weather influences, and several court and political updates. Names include Morice, Thorpe, Coburn, and Harriamn, with references to Topeka, Leavenworth, and Manhattan stock theatricals.
Muddled ad copy promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts boils sores and ulcers with dubious claims. Mentions mysterious Montague White ex-consul general in New York and a supposed diplomatic mission. Also cites One Minute Cough Cure praised by mothers and as a cure for pneumonia.
The Mississippi legislature met in joint session to elect Anselm J. McLaurin to the long term Senate seat and William V. Kitvan to the short term. A local medical advertisement praises One Minute Cough Cure, claiming rapid relief from coughs and lung troubles.
The Boston & Montana Mining Company directorate today declared a regular quarterly dividend of five dollars per share and an extra dividend of three dollars per share.
In Silver Lake township district court Charles Drennan stands charged with assault with intent to kill Frank Dreisbach after a boundary quarrel between Irish and Boers. Dozens of witnesses, including Dreisbach family members, testified as the trial opened with accounts of a July clash and a rear attack that left Dreisbach injured.
A garbled report references a defendant and another male, both described as young. The text mentions a large boy and a charged individual in a manic neighborhood, with one man allegedly verified in the area.
A distinguished gathering including President McKinley and cabinet attended the unveiling of a colossal bronze statue of Daniel Webster by sculptor Trentanove. The ceremony at Lafayette Opera House featured speeches by Secs. Hay, Gage, and others, then the statue was unveiled at Scott Circle with a benediction and a drawing of the veil by relatives of Webster.
Peoria Illinois January 1 Old river men report river water from the drainage canal has reached Peoria. The gauge at the lower free bridge shows a rise toward five feet one inch above low water at 9 am yesterday and is still rising. Current slightly accelerated with no notable change in appearance.
Reverend A E Wagner, pastor of the English Lutheran church in Topeka for five years, has resigned effective February 1 and expects to accept another post further east, possibly Altoona Pennsylvania. Church members offered farewell honors as he departs to pursue new work, citing a sense of duty after years in one place.
North Topeka society notes include visitors and family events. Mrs Elmer Wisin of Kansas City visits her mother on Tyler Street while Miss Plo Schaeffer of Bunker Hill guests with Mr and Mrs James Dovlin on Jackson Street. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Andy Scott nearby, and Miss Mabel Jett returns to work as telegraph operator in Grantville after visiting Paramore Street. The Ladies Guild held a wine event at the home of Mr and Mrs J A Campbell on Monroe, and Mamie Schaester wed William Bacon at the bride’s parents’ home on West Borel Street. The couple plan to live near Harrison Street with their families nearby.
Roland Reed Guelh reports that Molind Teed, a patient at Dates hospital, New York, is improving slowly. Teed was seen in bed by White for a Short Use during the day and is expected to remain in bed until able to leave.
A grocer promotes Grain-O as a pure grain beverage that tastes and looks like coffee. It is claimed to be safe for children and adults, with a mild roasted flavor described as resembling Mocha or Sevi. Price listed as 13 cents and 2% per package.
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