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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1898
Page
7
A jumble of anecdotes and excerpts from late 19th or early 20th era clippings covers a medical class mishap with a blood corpuscle demonstration and a mustard plaster recipe. It shifts to notes on amputation results, naval anecdotes involving Dewey and Farragut, a punny joke about blindness, weather poetry quips, and Russians wary of Highland fashion.
A fragmentary tale recalls Moses Sealth, an Owensboro landowner, bringing America its first elephant via New York after a costly purchase. The piece then veers to a Paris and Dublin anecdote about social wit, a camp meeting, a bishop, and Daniel O Connell, ending with a humorous courtroom moment.
An edited collage of anecdotes and social observations: Mrs Prowdie, wife of the bishop of Gopeminster, offers wholesome advice in Mudbury while a rector’s daughter probes Mrs Prowdie’s remarks. A rivalry between Tom Biggs and Pred Griggs centers on courting Miss Trifets Biggs, ending in a humorous missed umbrella. Also notes on hatchets worn in boot legs among fish market workers and 18th century artists and materials used in painting and engraving.
A long passage recounts a carpenter comparing two brothers learning a trade. Ed stays practical with tools, Cy improvises when short, proving one grows toward skill while the other remains ordinary. Decades later, Cy’s initiative outpaces Ed, validating the elder’s warning. Also retold are reflections on the Southern Cross as seen from a ship, a shipboard drill, and general commentary on work, life, and resilience.
Tom Williams recalls Colonel Wright’s daring night raid into a Union camp in South Carolina late in the war. Wright led a small force to rescue Confederate prisoners, but a captured camera exposed the ruse and alerted guards. Gunfire broke out, several were killed or wounded, and Wright and most rescuers escaped with difficulty.
Edward Everett Hale cites the Duke of Wellington on bed comfort and wake devices. A friend’s alarm dragged bedclothes, while another setup lit a lamp to boil water for shaving. The contraptions aimed to rouse a sleeper at a preordained moment.
The London Graphic profiles Hans Richter highlighting his keen eye for good work and fairness. It recalls a memory from St James's Hall when he conducted from memory and misread a cue prompting him to restart the overture and credit the orchestra, saying the mistake was his, which drew hearty applause.
A collage of oddities and linguistic curiosities includes Carlyle and Joachim strolling in Hyde Park discussing Germany and great men, a bias against musicians, gooseberry as social meddling, and a joke about a butcher’s boy defending a butcher dog with suet. Also references to Time and Knight Templar chatter and a riddle about a watch.
Several rental notices appear for two dwelling houses at 175 Weet eFH ave and 1 West Rieti ave with unspecified details. Additional listings advertise newly repaired furnished rooms on Quincy st and a six room house on Jackson st plus a stall in a barn near 124 Clay st. A red Shorthorn cow and a teacher named Mahk Martio are also mentioned in scattered lines.
Santa Fe announces round trip fares to nearby events with tickets on sale July 11 and 12. Train number 17h offers family passes. extended validity through September 1 for Santa Fe departures and returns. Researchers note Rei and water Henes as quoted terms in the promo.
Bids for grading and paving with Shawnes Virtified Brick on land foundation along Madison Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenues are invited by the City of Topeka. Proposals must meet specs and be submitted to City Clerk by a stated deadline.
City of Topeka invites sealed proposals for grading curbing and paving on Sixth Avenue using sandstone and vitrified brick. Proposals due July 1 for all materials and work per specifications in city clerk's office. Bids must include certified checks, bid terms, and firm names. the council may reject any or all bids.
A terse publisher note from Thpeka State outlines a July issue timeline. It mentions a brief public carousel and forthcoming editions while signaling routine production steps and scheduling for the next month.
A city council resolution proposes a sewer construction route in Topeka linking Tyler Street and Grant Street area, traversing Central Avenue Saywell Jefferson and Fairchild, through Hamilton and Smits additions to the Kansas River bank, then along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway right of way to meet Norris Street and Tyler Street, with project oversight by the mayor and council.
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