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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1899
Page
5
In a semi annual stock clearance the store empties shelves and counts every item. Surplus goods include finer, costly, broken lines and missing sizes in hosiery underwear corsets shirts skirts. Price reductions begin today to clear summer stock for new season goods.
The advertisement lists silk styles available this season with bold price cuts. Cheney Foulard now 55 cents from 75 cents, Cheney Foulard 75 cents from $1. Wash Silks reduced to 38 cents from 50, and 25 cents from 39.
A local sale advertises suits with bold prices listed in sequence. Offers include various price points such as 12.50, 7.50, 13.50, and 14.50 for different suit styles. The notice emphasizes large discounts and limited selections.
A stream of Topeka society updates lists weddings engagements and announced trips. Residents like Mrs W H Bust Miss Marcia Spivey and Mrs A A Hayen are noted with kin and friends visiting Lincoln Omaha Chicago and Milwaukee while many plan extended stays and small gatherings at homes and nearby towns.
Judge J. West holds Dr. W. B. Swan duly elected and qualified secretary of the state board of health. The opinion directs Grimes not to pay Swan salary or other compensation. Swan is retained at the post during the board’s tenure, unless legally removed, with Gill contesting Swan’s status and duties. The public record notes Swan’s formal confirmation and ongoing occupancy of the secretary desk.
Parasols in our North Window are marked half price at 1.50 each. All stock available at this single sale.
Dr Swan claims he legally holds the police secretary post, alleging the salary month has expired and state authorities will ignore rivals. He says the executive council has not met or acted, and vows to continue running the department while contesting Gill’s claim and any legal challenges.
Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett led a packed St Pauls Baptist Church meeting on Lynching in the South. She proposed traveling to Charleston, South Carolina to bring the Baker family, murdered postmaster, to Boston to drum up northern sentiment for stronger anti lynching action. The audience included major colored groups and expressed great enthusiasm.
Curago July 17 The Tribune will print revived features from correspondents abroad showing a loss of 141 lives resulting from the last Fourth of July celebration. Some died July 4 and others from injuries suffered then.
A special dispatch reports John Brown, removed from Kingfisher to avoid lynching over the Marshal Hitchcock killing, is safe in El Reno. No lynch mob materialized at Prom, and tension in the area is easing as officials monitor the scene.
A letter from G W Ayers of North Topeka lauds Morrow’s Kid-ne-Olds claiming kidney relief after years of illness. The ad-style text asserts the product’s effectiveness and warns of yellow tablets sold by Swift & Holliday, manufactured by John Morrow & Co in Springfield, Illinois.
New York July 47 The Times London financial correspondent reports a week of market pressure with discount houses caught by an unexpected demand for cash. Bank of England rate rises fail to ease liquidity as fears from the Transvaal dispute and heavy government outlays strain credit, prompting banks to hoard cash and markets to tighten across London.
State Superintendent Frank Nelson announced a forthcoming publication compiling the school laws of Kansas with amendments from the legislature and Supreme Court opinions. The department says the complete document will aid information needs and follows heavy demand for school law guidance. The report notes anticipated distribution this week and references related remarks by local officials.
South Topeka social notes list Mrs St Wizerwee as guest of Mrs D A Wier Tems and advise leaving items at Kimball Printing. Jessie Myers visits Meriden friends. James Sprouil notified of pen slim at a cronch. Edna Pitts and Ben Speer return from Lyons. Emma Offerman ill with spinal meningitis. a child of Mr Walker dies. Mrs James Anderson plans a Chicago trip. Mrs A M Petro returns from Canler City. Dr A J Smith visits A J Arnold. Mrs Sue Wiser and daughter plan a three week trip to Colorado Springs Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
An 1899 Manila and Malolos railroad pass issued by Supt Halsch to conductors guards and trainmen notes the editor of the Topeka State Journal as the only one to carry the pass. The document dates May 25 1899 and expires one year from issue.
Charles Adams left for New York and Boston for about three weeks to secure goods for the new firm Chas Adams & Co. The business will lease the corner room in the city building recently bought by the Knights and Ladies of Security. A modern front and north windows will be added. J K Carlisle of New York will partner with Adams and he is well known to Topeka merchants. The store plans to open about September 4, offering ladies and misses ready to wear garments and furnishings.
The cinema show at the Casing in Garfield is canceled this week due to insufficient electricity. A minstrel performance is planned for early next week and Holway’s fireworks will run at the park for three nights starting July. Peerless Steam Laundry offers finished collars and cuffs at 112 and 114 W. 8th St.
Liverpool reports the steamer Hot Brew carrying Captain Willass Andrews departed Atlantic City New Jersey on June 16. Off Newfoundland the watch spotted Andrews adrift after a rough voyage. He was semi delirious, incoherent, and had endured severe privation before partial recovery aboard.
Agents of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company engaged 300 experienced motormen and conductors in Philadelphia to replace striking employees. Many had previously worked for the Union Traction company and lost their jobs during a prior big strike when Brooklyn hires broadened.
In New York during July a hundred and seventy five freight handlers at the Pennsylvania Railroad piers struck for higher pay. The railroad company announced no more night work on the piers and discharged the striking workers. Only seventy of the day shift of 390 men were at work today.
A Corsicana dispatch says Dr Jenkins, once in Ti Pass, asserts Mrs Rich is insane and will be surrendered to the Mexican government for trial on a reundering charge. He claims to have treated the couple professionally and notes the woman’s condition as clearly insane.
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