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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition delivered by carrier ten cents a week to Topeka and suburbs or any Kansas town with carrier system. By mail six months at the stated rate plus postage.
July 11 weather outlook for Kangas region calls for generally fair and warmer conditions tonight into Friday with variable winds. In political commentary, calls to uphold prohibition laws intensify, praising Governor Merrill's progress in Atchison and Wichita and urging enforcement across Kansas, including Leavenworth, to curb criminal elements and restore order.
The Atchison Globe accuses the Journal of misrepresenting the governor's actions on appointing chief justice and alleges David Martin's name was substituted after O Thacher’s initial appointment. Col. D R Anthony of Leavenworth first brought the news, with the Journal publishing it earlier and Anthony later expanding the details.
Kansas Paragr aps recounts varied local items including Col Anthony and Judge Horton dispute on a reported story, corroboration sought. rural notes mention grasshopper expectations in Claflin and social activities in Halstead and Hope. Ottawa reports subduing Marais des Cygnes flooding, Alma Armenian outrage, Independence band washouts, and dairy of Halstead wedding fruit. Coffeyville Journal details team vaccination and Wichita references.
In Atlanta 1895 a French nude study by Francois Thevenot, titled Countess Da Barry, is challenged as immoral. The Norcross building hosts the exhibit, with Virgil Norcross and his son Pere deeming it corrupting, while Chief Connolly and city connoisseur call it beautiful. Rev Jonathan Norcross plans court action after failed removal efforts.
Mary Elizabeth Lease recounts carrying 150 silver dollars as payment after July 3 and 4 speeches to a South Dakota encampment in favor of free silver. The incident drew cheers and a promise for more, with Lease later touring Texas for lectures in August.
For over fifty years the remedy has soothed teething children and eased gums. It claims to relieve pain, cure wind colic, and aid diarrhoea. A twenty five cent bottle advertised in the Daily State Journal.
The Burlington Kansas cannon used to fire for Fourth of July events blew up injuring no one. Charles Fisher stood two feet away as the barrel split center to bottom and a piece flew through a calaboose wall. The old rusty gun likely exploded due to rifle powder after sixteen shots.
Mrs Mary A Cornelius a suffrage and temperance advocate is composing her third book to be published next winter. One title in press is Uncle Nathans Farm a 450 page domestic tale aimed at promoting tolerance It originated as a serial in The Banner of Gold in Chicago. She lives on South Kansas avenue and widowed from an Arkansas Baptist minister.
Topeka plans to host the State Meet of the American Wheelmen on August 16, with five hundred visiting riders expected. The main hurdle is securing fair grounds track for the races. The Topeka Wheelmen League, nearly ninety members, will hold its annual meeting to elect officers and set the racing schedule. Fred Vesper is noted as a leading aspirant.
The Stormont hospital at Potwin is under construction in brick with polished floors iron beds and draperies. It will house eight to twenty four patients, with seven rooms ready by October 15 and furnishing to begin the same month. Dr Ward will be head surgeon assisted by Dr Moon and Dr Mulgane. six to eight nurses planned.
W G Gervey of Santa Fe receives a letter from a penitent German believer in Second Advent religion. The writer recalls stealing a ride four years ago from Marion to Ellinwood on a Santa Fe train and encloses 4.85 dollars for restitution and forgiveness. He appeals to the Recording Angel and asks divine mercy, with credit acknowledged by Garvey.
Rock Island General Manager visits Erienils in Topeka with vice president and aides, touring the western line to review crop and business prospects. He tours the city with Pitt and Anderson, calls on A G Davis, and chats with Dean Millspaugh recalling Minnesota days.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recounts a quirky wedding at Squawville Indiana with Georgians Bold marrying Little Orr Nill. The ceremony featured a life preserver floral display, a groom in bright knickerbockers and crepon jacket, and a bride in a gray bicycle suit, conducted by Rev Hannah Pshaw. The couple eschewed a kitchen at home and the event drew wide local attention as a social novelty.
A gray haired man resembling the young woman with her head on the youth’s shoulder in an ice cream suit enters the apartment and urges delaying the civil service examination until tomorrow evening. He tries to stay calm but breaks into a mirthless laugh as the moment escalates. The scene unfolds with strained dialogue and emotional tension.
A New York Weekly dialogue snippet shows Little Jack inquiring where Mr Softchapp will go this summer. The exchange hints at the sister’s plan to join or avoid the destination once revealed, with playful misdirection and curiosity about travel.
Dr Pillsbury tells patient J T the headache isn’t organic but from constant pounding on the piano next door. Mrs Barlow says the noise, not her organs, fuels her frenzy. An art gallery quip notes Uncle Treetop signed Hawkins 05 with aged artists.
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