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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
2
May Lovs, a Bridgeport corset factory worker who unexpectedly inherits 4,060,000 from her uncle Ashbel Clark of Australia, ponders how to use the wealth. She has worked since age fourteen and questions why the rich hoard idle funds while she contemplates helping others and easing family burdens.
The report notes motions by Mr Rowell and no business transacted as Presidnt Barney Dreyfues scheduled, with Mr Rowe claiming a refusal to permit business. Court statements indicate actions planned at Trenton on February 14 before the full bench of the supreme court amid election demands.
Miss Kirwin leads the Wilbur Kirwin company in the first West visit with a rehearsal at the opera house. She describes Topeka as a growing city with 100000 residents and plans to return in January. The troupe travels with 150 trunks of costumes and faced some nervous moments on a Texas tour, while the chorus and cast adjust to new outfits and performances.
Maude Adams, misidentified as Maude Kite, seeks $10 500 from Congress claiming a share of a war claim. The confusion involves a Senate bill and a contested provision, with details about her birth in Ohio and the origin of the claim.
The article notes Jamen and relations tied to Willis Kidkedden and the Kiskaddens amid a civil war era claim. It states a legal dispute seeks one half of finances due, with payment possible on the claim and pointed to transportation mentions.
Chicago reports John H. S. Lee was named by the State's Attorney's office to fill vacancies left by three recent resignations. A four year practitioner and former athlete at Harvard, he studied at Bethany College in Topeka. He is the son of the late John N. Lee, former president of Bethany College in Topeka.
June 19 court action in New York Part V of the supreme court before Justice Levantritt over the 20,006,000 estate of Henry Plant. Mrs Beare J Plant seeks probate in New York rather than Connecticut, claiming one third of the estate if valid. Questions of residency, possible transfer of probate, and inheritance shares dominate the hearing as photographs are introduced. Mrs Plant, in deep mourning, attends with her counsel while adult defendants and a guardian for the infant heir appear.
A Pittsburg reader touts a remedy called Pyramid Pie arvdie promising relief after three months of insomnia. The letter describes severe fatigue and prostration and credits a druggist with supplying boxed doses costing one nickel and one dollar, claiming complete cure in some chronic cases.
Solid gastibuled train to St Louis at 9:50 am with Smoking car Day coaches Reclining Chair car free seats and Pullman Parlor car. Connections at St Louis union depot with eastern lines for New York and Atlantic coast points.
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