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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1896
Page
8
A vintage grocery ad lists wholesale like pricing for fruits and canned goods by the case and can. It promotes low prices, strict retail quantities at wholesale rates, and features items from California fruit cases to staple pantry goods. Named items include lemons, peaches, apricots, pears, green gages, corn, beans, rice, flour, syrup, jams, and various meats and dairy products.
North Topeka items list visitors, family moves, illness updates, and community events. Mentions Mrs. Frazier’s trip to Maple Bill, Mrs. Miller’s convalescence, return visits from Wamego, and town happenings including lodge activities, church meetings, a dog scare in Redmondville, and local business ads. The piece reflects small town life with names, places, dates, and daily concerns.
W B Barnes of the State Histories Society reports Maiden Blush apples can be kept cold for winter use like fall or winter apples. A specimen from Moeser's plant stored December 5 showed no decay until January 17 when a small speck appeared, suggesting Kansas fruit growers can store them for mid winter sale.
State Railroad Commissioner Joseph G Lowe faced questions after appearing for Chicago Burlington and Quincy before the Concordia Court of Appeals in two Wash ington county cases. Officials see possible violation of 1889 statute restricting railroad interests from holding office. Lowe says he cited one authority and that one case was old and not argued.
The eleventh annual concert of Mare shall's band at the Grand Opera house next Monday night attracts interest. Local musicians join from Topeka and Lawrence including Mrs George Parkhorst Mrs Dr Ashton and the Buch brothers. William Van Ness premieres I Love You So sung by Mrs Ashton and tickets go on sale tomorrow at Sim's drug store for reserved seats.
Judge Foster issues temporary injunction against union officers of the Coopers union in Kusas City Kansas as they pursue a boycott against the Oxley Stave company. The president secretary and others are enjoined. Hearing set in Topeka next Monday. Cr W Marsh among those named. The case draws labor observers.
National Bank reorganization approved as Cha buite State Bank files new articles of incorporation with the state secretary. Capital stock set at 5000 dollars. Directors named include GN Lindsey J H Light G W Williams Smith Day and J B B Cates. some directors are officers of the former national bank.
Misa Lottie Bowes joins the Texas Steer company for a coast tour beginning Chicago January 27 at Haymarket. She will perform as Dixie Styles and understudy the lead, with Nellie Post in St Louis the week of February 9. The tour continues through Texas to the Pacific coast, ending in Chicago in early June.
St Louis report cites A T Wilson a Dem aligned journalist predicting Populist surge in Texas with votes possibly reaching 250000 while Democrats may lose the state to Populists. He notes Republicans likely to hold steady in national races and mentions Jerome Kirby of Dallas as a strong governor candidate and rival to Abbott in prior race.
A mysterious figure rides a phantom wheel across Long Island causing a stir among residents. Eyewitnesses report a glowing vehicle-like silhouette moving at dusk with no visible rider, leaving communities curious about the origin and purpose of the apparition.
A phantom rider on a white bicycle haunts Woodsburg and Valley Stream, blue flame at its joints and a winding sheet fluttering. Owl club members plan a hunt, gunpowder and shot ready, while villagers recounted encounters and fear spreads through the town.
The Washington court of appeals refused to reverse the long pending case in Margaret Hetzel versus the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Originating in 1876, the claim sought heavy damages for property loss. The lower court awarded one cent, which the appellate court affirmed.
Miss Caroline M. Lascomb, a match factory worker in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, inscribed her name on a matchbox which came into the hands of Hubert Weustberstone, a hotel proprietor in Palus-Tse, Texas. The quirky exchange sparked a correspondence and a proposed marriage, with Pho ty St. Louis noted in the tale.
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