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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1896
Page
5
The Mills Adams Co SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS reports numerous local items. Mentions taters and a paper wad, county politics, births at 519 Seward Ave, a new elevator project, militia plans, hospital and court house matters, and various Topeka civic notes from January.
District court opens with twelve police court appeals and jurors called for the term. Sheriff Burdge and Judge Hazen adjust juror turnout, while cases include a liquor sale conviction against Benjamin Jordan and a bootlegging fine for William McMichael. Receiver Kadgws disputes mail with Mr Sproat. a court action against Cocayne & Gentry unfolds alongside attached claims from Richardson-Roberts-Byrne.
Seven prisoners forced a staple cage opening to escape as Sheriff George Hans arrived at 4 pm. The Holton prison escape risked serious injury to a guard and exposed the jail’s security lapses. The newly elected sheriff faces a dangerous breach amid nighttime worries.
Sheriff Hanson moved Oliver McCormick and Henry Frazier to Shawnee county jail in Topeka for trials in March. McCormick arrested for passing worthless checks at Van Buren. Frazier blamed as jail-break leader and to be tried for harness stealing. The sheriff will guard them tonight as they arrive. A curious letter to Register of Deeds Frank Brooks from Luella Bauser of Lyndon asks to locate her father Charles Carlos Beazer for care in sickness and poverty.
Five young colored men Elder Scott John Lawcen Hebert Mack John Thompson and Jerry Merriweather faced police court for disturbing a revival at a colored church. Witnesses said causing laughter at a preacher's camel analogy led to the disruption. Elder Scott paid a $5 fine for carrying a long bladed knife and all five faced $10 fines. Scott, a high school student, was among those charged.
Mrs M. Spendiege denies her two boys Charley and Lawry could be guilty of burglaring George Engie's home Friday night. She says Charley is trying to improve and that Lewis, thirteen, was at home in bed when the robbery occurred.
An elderly Hogeboom couple, about 75, living near Seabrook west of Washburn college, lost all belongings in a recent fire leaving them with only two dollars. Neighbors assist as they are frail and dependent. Local orders advertise social dance and random notices amid city events and a police hearing on a waiter incident.
The twentieth annual session of the Kansas State Historical Society opens with a board meeting at the state house. About a thousand members are present, with ninety nine board members, and plans to nominate thirty three new members and elect a president and two vice presidents. Governor Morrill presides, and F G Adams reads a long annual report on library acquisitions and state archives.
Dr. Long states eight year old John Decker’s death was from tonsillitis and blood poisoning, not diphtheria, while his two year old baby now has diphtheria. The family may all fall ill. the house has been placarded.
Governor Morrill and Mrs Morrill traveled from Hiawatha and will stay several days at the Copeland. His banking associate Mr Janes remains very ill with nervous prostration rather than paralysis, a change from Friday to yesterday as the doctors assess.
The report lists Bald at 130 pounds and Harry Tyler retiring from the track while L A W finances show $4,000 paid and $2,000 to Bed. Charley Murphy seeks Luscomly’s defense at the national assembly amid a Century Club award for record rans. It covers Fred Titus considering France, a Kansas move warning, and rail notices for Denver to Chicago via Union Pacific. A Topeka lecture by Prof. Dyohs on the North Pole draws 500 seats, with coal ads and headache remedies closing out the page.
A vintage Munyon advertisement touts Manyon’s Remedies for catarrh rheumatism dyspepsia and various ailments. It claims rapid relief and cures within hours to days with prices cited and testimonials from John McGuire of the McGuire House in Osborne. Professor Manyon offers free medical advice from 155 Aros Street Philadelphia.
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