Topeka news items show political and legal twists
A jumble of items notes Populist and Democrat efforts to back a J B Watkins free silver candidacy in Topeka. Other items mention H H Snider’s new insurance firm, Jahn seeking habeas relief, and the Alliance Co operative Insurance’s approval. Gov Morrill pardons a 15 year old Rice County boy with reform school hopes, and Andrew Parks in jail may move out of county. Senator Scott questions appellate court term limits as unconstitutional. A Delevan Hotel site sale near Albany aims for a skyscraper project with big regional capital involvement and a Santa Fe rail fare of 28.25.
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Topeka
J. B. Watkins
United States
Moines
H. Snider
John Z Jahn
Lincoln County
Supreme Court
Alliance Co-operative Insurance Company
Kansas
Morrill
Rice County
W. A. Potter
Reform School
Andrew Parks
Rooks County
Charles FP. Scott
Scott
Mind Your Business Ended In Revenge At The Post Office
A long hot line at the post office leads a man to point out a woman’s misdrawn money order. She lashes out with insults but later learns the order was for an express company. The man, no longer helpful, quietly replies that he is minding his own business and leaves.
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Chicago Tribune
Express Company
Continuous rails by portable foundry cupola on wheels
The New York Sun reports a method to produce continuous railway rails using a portable foundry cupola drawn by horses. In St. Louis, joints are formed by iron cast around molds placed beside the track, with molds heated to dull red and linings renewed after twenty joints.
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New York Sun
St. Louis
Bondholders Take Deposits and Sentencing in Keokuk
Atlantic and Pacific bondholders continue to take deposits of four percent bonds under a $50 penalty per bond. In Keokuk Iowa on July 15 ex State Senator E K Cassat, the Pella back wrecker, was sentenced by Judge Woolton to an undefined term in the Anamos penitentiary. The item references 182 calls up the Peerless.
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New Yoas
Atlantic & Pacific
Keokuk
Woolton
E. K Cassat
Anamots
Jim Garfield the Second Nominated for Ohio Senate
James R. Garfield, son of the martyr president, has been nominated for state senator in Ohio's Portage-Summit district. A Williams graduate and Columbia Law School alum, he is 28, wealthy, and aims to gain legislative experience before a possible congressional career. The nomination echoes his father's 1859 path, with similar youthful scrutiny.
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Williams College
Ohio
Portage-Summitt
James A. Garfield
Garfield
Charles Jules Guiteau
James B. Garfield
United States
Jim Garfield
Ohio Senate
Congress
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Giddings, Wade
The Christian Endeavor Mother Mrs Clark and the Great Society
Harriet Abbott Clark mother of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor is described as a modest pastor's wife and pivotal figure behind the worldwide spread of the movement. The article notes her lineage, travels with Dr Francis E Clark, and efforts in Turkey, the Holy Land, Australia, China, and Japan.
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Harriett Abbott Clark
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Norway
Serena Abbots
Hampton Falls
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French
Vermont
Mrs. Clark
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Turkey
Holy Land
Australia
China
Japan
Minimum Sentence Law Aims at Penitent Offenders
Massachusetts adopts an indeterminate sentence law for offenders prison terms two and a half years minimum. Judges set a longer minimum, with maximums varying. After minimum serve, a board reviews conduct and prospects, and the Governor may release. violation returns to prison. Critics urge social welfare and reform potential.
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Massachusetts
Board of Prison Commissioners
Coffined Corpse Tale Stuns Syracuse Artist Friends
A Syracuse artist recounts aiding an undertaker whose accident stained a corpse’s face black. By night, the artist painted over the blotches for a lifelike finish, masking the incident from the family and leaving the body appearing truly dead.
New Cocoa Bread Pudding Endorsed By Housekeepers
A recipe for bread pudding is proposed as fit for the appendix of the housekeeper's cook book. It uses milk, cocoa, eggs, sugar and a second milk portion, baked in a water bath for about an hour. Serve with vanilla whipped cream or a vanilla starch sauce.
Odd Signs Appear in Columbus and City Wit
The Columbus Dispatch notes quirky storefront signs such as Hicks of Joe Dokes & Son on East Long Street and Fine Stalk of Second Hand Clothing. A sign hawks Lamade ice cream and pop as local humor spreads with a lemonade pun and a quip about shaking hands, highlighted by Golden Daye.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Hicks
Joe Dokes & Son
East Long Street
Poole Captured After Night Pursuit At Washburn College
Poole, nickname chicken thief, was tracked by Chief Wilkerson and officers through a cornfield near Washburn college and Shunganuega creek. Poole fled his Van Buran street home and Crane street business, was pursued by officers who also questioned two witnesses later fined for contempt. Officer Gaines logged a 23 mile chase, while two men mistaken for Poole were found and fined.
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Washburn College
Wilkerson
van Buran Street
Shunganuega
Crane Street
Lon Dick
Lee Workman
Sickinger
Gaines
Topeka
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