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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1899
Page
7
A chaotic account describes a bandit raid where a wagon is looted and a tied man is left to wheel. The fragmentary text mentions police, recruits, and scattered forces along routes, with references to state and local papers and scattered gunfire, knots of pursuit, and a disrupted public scene.
Ironton resident Jousoh Boyil visits Bikping Sen amid a flurry of mentions. Governor Stanley remarks on Grange activities, while Prescott and other figures appear in discussions of state affairs and local events. A mix of weather notes, road chatter, and social mentions closes with assorted community updates.
July 18 Chattanooga reports war department order for 30 horses and water wagons to be sent immediately via Santa Fe route. Contains schedule from July to December 1892. Also notes availability of Etched portraits and calendars for veterans and references to a National Encampment details. Card of Thanks from Withers and Colbert family expresses gratitude for support.
Washington July 13 The following additional appointments to the volunteer army have been made by the War Department. Adam Johnson Jr captain Sixth Infantry Edward J Gihon major First Massachusetts Alexander McJann captain Sixth Massachusetts Enfield Wannez lieutenant Seventh Massachusetts Kaolin L Whiteon first sergeant First Maryland volunteers Win A Castle captain Seventh Ohio Frank Lewry Seventh Ohio volunteers Albert P Morrow corporal Sixth U S Cavalry Louis S Chappelser first lieutenant Company F Fifth California volunteers John Cunseis sergeant Third Pennsylvanians Job Tipton Dunn Eighth U S Infantry Samuel M English lieutenant Eighth California Francis J Ellison 2034 New York Charles Herrington first lieutenant First Miners volunteers George L Feiger captain Ninth U S Infantry Erard B Heather 219th Indian Territory Lyons major First West Virginia Cleveland C Lansing Hugh Nell first lieutenant and quartermaster Second Arkansas Tremaine first sergeant Battery D Fifth Artillery Franke J Case first lieutenant Company Feith V Infantry ALE Delaware non-commissioned officer Tenth Ohio volunteers Harry D Micchell lieutenant Second Ohio Denaia G Mccisfiand assisted officer Seventy-first New York volunteers Arthur N Picker corporal Company G Third Tennessee France W Relston Jr first sergeant Pennsylvania volunteers David A Snyder first sergeant Tenth Ohio volunteers
In Lemapolis Indiana on July 1 G T McKim reports Steve Fell of California sent a note recounting a 22 year period as a slave in a Upper Amazon tribe. Fell describes brutal masters, escape on a raft, aid from a Catholic priest, and eventual journey to Rio Janeiro then San Francisco.
A Boston poultry owner shows two Brahma chicks hatched from a single egg and kept together since birth. The twins, now five weeks old, were fed milk and brandy through a dropper during the first weeks and remain inseparable, closely following each other and siblings in a yard of a large brood. An offer of 25 dollars has been made, but the owner plans to keep them. Reports note such twins are exceedingly rare and long believed unproven.
fragmentary wartime letter from Seth Natal, dated San Pernario, scarce money notes and food shortages. references to American war hardship, poor rations, and scarce supplies like sugar pie, fruit trees, and corn. mentions a Dakota man and general illness amid economic strain.
An ad notices Topera Routing Co at West Sixth Street offering paving and tile services. It promotes paving, gravel tile, asphalt roots, and a claim of best cold starch on the market.
Horatio Alger, renowned author of boys' adventures, died today in Horatio Alger Mass after a short illness. His sister Mrs Amon Cheney reported the death at the Mass address, ending a career noted for uplifting tales of perseverance and youth.
A late group of citizens watches a hose cleaning dispute on Baronne street. A misdirected jet erodes dirt and evokes California hydraulic mining tales. The crowd recalls deadly accidents and a man killed by debris as a river burst and the sea of water floods toward the Sacramento region.
Port Huron July 18 delegates from nearly every state and Canadian provinces attend the eighth biennial review of the supreme Knights of the Maccabees. Report of Supreme Commander Markey notes net increase during the benalet period as the convention opens amid promotional claims for Burdock Blood Bitters at drug stores.
Fragmentary text mentions sales of farms and ranches with various locations and items. Names and clear details are obscured, leaving a garbled list of properties and generic financial references without coherent events or dates.
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