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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1895
Page
3
Wiestra July 18 Gould special train visits Wichita and Kansas City on a Gould system tour. Miss Helen Gould with Frank Gould and others receive polite, light questioning from a Beacon reporter. Atchison talks with Ellsworth Ingalls on Judge Martin and local bootleg liquor trends.
A six man party under the United States coast and geodetic survey heads from Holliday to extend the line of levels from the Atlantia coast toward the Pacific. University students Watson and Cook join permanently to fix altitudes and compare sea coast heights as the line passes through Lawrence en route to the west in about a month. County official Lace reports success in using moisture aided Snow chinch bug fungus to exterminate the pests in Liscora.
A late July dispatch from Asuuano Kansas reports a tax dispute between Santa Fe railroad and Clark County officials over a 20 mill levy and penalties. A tendered payment fell short by 445 dollars and a court fight is expected over the legality of the school district levy. Nearby items note a retired official’s visit to an ancient Indian fort, local business reshuffles, and a sizable Eskridge hardware failure with creditors totaling about 34,579 dollars.
The Trades and Labor Assembly met to plan Labor Day festivities selecting an entertainment committee of Thorson Samuelson Miller Gardner Puily Neibes Baldwin to meet Sunday. Officers were elected Provident Miller Vice-President Baldwin Secretary Samuelson Treasurer Gardner Sergeant-at-Arms Nellies and Trustees Robison Pu lly Brown. The assembly also moves to sue the school board over eight hour law violations by Sumner school contractors.
Local mention John Palm, who killed himself with a shotgun at Silver Lake Tuesday, was buried in Topeka cemetery this forenoon. He was a nephew of Henry John, son of Topeka. Dr H D Fisher went to Lawrence today to preach twice tomorrow at the Methodist church and the city park. Lawrence will hear him as a survivor of the Quantrell raid. The Royal Baking Powder is a cream of tartar powder of high merit with no alum, phosphates, or injurious substances, E G Love Ph D. Late U S Gov't Chemist.
Kansas City reports that Attorney General Dawes ordered Kansas joints shut. Sheriff Woodcock and deputies closed three establishments last night, ending years of revenue for the city. County officials warned violators warrants would follow. all venues are now closed.
Ed Madden arrives from Hay City seeking coroner's inquest into the July Fourth death of Gus Mower at the Topeka insane asylum. Mower had an epileptic disorder and lay comatose for hours. officials and relatives press for inquiry to determine the true cause of death.
The Royal Society of Belgium reports new facts on welding metallic bodies using simple pressure at temperatures well below fusing points. Cylinders of metals were joined in a heated oven at 200 to 400 degrees for 3 to 12 hours, yielding best joints with gold, lead, and tin, and worst with bismuth and antimony. The study notes incipient liquefaction increasing with crystallinity, with platinum showing beginnings around 1,600 degrees below its melting point.
Mrs. Sarah Lewis of Sioux City Iowa suffered a severe accident when craning to call her children she stepped into a deep open hole dug by the Home Telephone Company. Trapped for half an hour with arms pinned she was rescued unconscious and remains unable to stand. Doctors fear brain or spine injury though recovery seems unlikely.
The July 18 market note from Cariaco shows wheat opening lower on good weather, corn rising on strong buying, and pork and lard futures fluctuating amid professional selling. Cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and prices are listed, with Kansas City figures and Topeka exchange representatives detailing steady to weak trends across beef, pork, and grain values.
An advertisement touts a universal German Hair Restorer from The German Medical Company of Topeka Kansas claiming cures for baldness dandruff and eczema of the scalp with a free consultation at Mme M Boger No 611 Kansas Avenue Topeka The ad lists numerous Topeka residents praising the product and promotes related skin and hair remedies including a German blemish remover and almond dream for superfluous facial hair and freckling. It also includes a Chicago market note with wheat and corn prices and forecasts.
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