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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1895
Page
3
Curcaco reports July prices mixed with South Dakota damage and unfavorable weather. September options moved on a day of selling pressure with wheat, corn, and hogs showing early strength then fading. Cash grains and live cattle receipts noted, while futures tied to global and regional crop outlooks.
Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock Exchange. Market started weak with wide wheat fluctuations and later turned strong due to pit activity. Bulls cited bullish statistical news and a larger than expected drop in the visible supply, while crop news remained conflicting with damage claims.
Excursion details note Great Mock Inland Route from Baltimore Maryland with round trip fare 22.25 dollars. Tickets on sale July 15 and 16, final return limit August 1505. For information contact Rock Island agent A M Furies P A 601 Kansas Avenue. Also notice Shawnee Building Loan Association offers loans via Secretary Room 16 Columbian Building Harrison 898 New Series opens. Pickets Lineral Walls offers mineral baths at 316 Harrison with Turkish Russian electric and steam baths.
Leavenworth July 15 measures reveal outsid ers attending weekly medal gun club shoot noting new targets from an in town factory started by Harry E Sherman L A Sherman James W Sexton and Harry W Kowhler The Star target contains a secret ingredient making it easier to break and features a bright stripe with yellow and red colors The owner McKee once bought hay from a farmer whose wife weighed about 259 pounds and allegedly hid in the bale each time paid for four loads without receiving title or claim to the wife
Hiawatha Kansas July 15 the city council passes a strict ordinance shutting down liquor sales in town and county. Mayor Buckles opposes Enforcement is expected to shift to drug stores for liquor sales and the council plans strict enforcement locally.
County Attorney Clark moves to prosecute juintista and enforce closing orders after Governor Dawes letter. Hurton reports a dry town in Brown County as officers notify saloon keepers to shut within ten days. A Leavenworth officer acquitted in a murder case sparks dramatic courtroom reactions. Fusion tickets form in local politics as Democrats and Republicans align. Disturbances follow a Whitley theater incident. Robbers loot a Durham post office safe, stealing cash and goods.
Arkansas City July 15 progress on rebuilding the Santa Fe round house and shops. The new complex will be larger than the old with a 25 stall round house replacing 15. A 6 by 100 foot machine stop is planned, ware room 50 by 50, air testing plant, engine house for stationary engines, two boiler boiler room with coal bins, and 10 to 20 miles of track to support improvements. The old wood shop becomes a 27 stall round house for a spaint shop.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector W K Hartman leads a probe into boot leggers with police on alert. several arrests reported including Matt Wall a noted saloonkeeper. City revenue shortfalls prompt layoffs and postponed payrolls. Beacon calls for strict enforcement or resignation. Populists and Democrats nominate separate tickets.
Gen John Gordon, famed ex-collector, arrives in Leaves worth for a lecture at the assembly hall on Wednesday evening July 16. He is noted as the only lecturer who copyrights his talks, prompting press restrictions on reporting.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a late 79 data delivery, a route or address on Rade Ave, and a tiddle poste item. The readable words hint at a delayed data transfer and a postal or delivery context but lack coherent details or a clear event.
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