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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1899
Page
5
A vintage style advertisement for The Star Grocery at 112 East Sixth Street promotes wholesale and retail sales with claims of 20 to 30 percent savings. It invites customers to try prices, offers a money back guarantee, and lists various grocery items and brands in dense, jumbled typography.
A fragment mentions a family once prominent in the Huptit church in North Topeka and notes they moved to Texas years ago where Mr. Freeze died. The text references mail orders and pricing but provides limited context or complete details.
The state agricultural college faces a $16,000 deficit from the current year's expenditures over the appropriations. The Republican board of regents asks if unpaid debts can be paid from this year's funds. The attorney general says only funds from the prior year may cover those debts, delaying payment until the next legislative session.
North Topek society pages record visits and farewells among residents. Names include Albert Reicherter Silver Lake Clyde Jones Bradford Greta Fisher and many neighbors visiting relatives in Quincy Perry Harveyville and Ottawa. A street accident injures a boy while others prepare for Maple Flo camp and travel plans extend to Detroit and Chicago.
In Chicago on July 26 Elizabeth Brunces Collins, a Black woman, enticed four children ranging from 8 to 14 years old, offering candy and money. She captured one girl, Grace Fowler, but was pursued by residents and police, captured at Cottage Grove, and jailed on kidnapping charges. Witnesses identified her. she denied the kidnappings with the other boy attempts.
Congressman Charles Curtin is bound for New York to attend a larger committee meeting on the currency bill and will visit Washington before returning to Topeka. A separate brief notes a Negro murderer captured in Muntatine after three Burlington & Quin cy employees at Ottumwa were shot by Fred Bent.
St Peters burg reports a grand imperial funeral for the hereditary grand duke. Empress, grand dukes and duchesses attend from Novo Rosievak to Batoumn aboard the ironclad to lay him to rest with cloth of gold shrouds and ermine. The imperial train arrives and a cathedral mass seals the rites as guards stand watch and music is suspended.
A Topeka party of nine young men plans a night journey to witness the closing ceremony of the green corn dance at the Potawatomi reservation. They will travel by special train to Fort Scott on August 1st, with stops and fares listed for various towns. Also promoting Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a cure for dysentery and seasickness.
Mrs C G Foster and daughters Beatrice and Edna plan a summer stay in Harbor Springs Michigan. Helen Moon returns from Sabetha visiting her sister Mrs Chas Flinties two weeks. Mabel and Norma Wheeler return from Kansas and depart for Glenwood Springs Colorado for a two month outing. A Pleasant Gage Lake bathing party includes several couples and relatives. Local clubs entertain with papers on Kipling and social duties. Dozens of residents plan visits to Colorado Springs Chicago Emporia and California with trips for relatives and friends. Numerous names and places reflect a bustling summer social scene.
A collage of Topeka news notes, events, and rumors from city life. Mentions of government figures, court clerks traveling to Colorado, temperance lectures, local arrests, riding clubs, and upcoming gatherings. References to patrols, park work, and summer activities along with travel and railroad excursion notices.
Jefferson Seligman of J. and W. Seligman & Co reports strong European interest in American stocks and industrials. He notes summer demand among influential buyers abroad, expectations of improved conditions in rail and security markets, and Europe’s need for American wheat and corn as crops remain favorable.
Fast mail on the Santa Fe left Kansas City early this morning and was several hours late arriving at Topeka after derailing of four cars on freight train No. 6 near Weaver. Delay blamed on an open switch and prior recurring wreck-related slowdowns.
Colonel William J. Bryan spoke to a large audience in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, drawing about 1000 people. He criticized the money power and restoration of the status quo, and his evening appearance at the opera house with a four hundred claim of illness is noted alongside an anecdote about Electric Oil curing a sore throat in twenty four hours.
The Missouri Pacific offers round trip tickets to Ottawa with a July 16 to 28 return window at one fare. Train from Topeka departs 5 a.m. arriving Forest Park. discounts to Pittsburg, Pa via Great Rock Island Route. Call Rock Island depot or 284 for Estes and limits. Peerless Steam Laundry finishes collars and cuffs with smooth edges. Special train to Fl Scott Aug, Pac. Hound trip $200.
Cleveland July 28 A riot occurred at Collinwood near the Big Consolidated and Shore Electric crossing when a spike derailed a car. A mob attacked non union workers, throwing stones and bricks. Police under Captain Rudder used bayonets to disperse the crowd. A meeting of conductors and quota men led by Senator Hanna's company is planned to discuss the strike, though they deny grievances.
Telephony impact hits Cincinnati with continued labor action. Messengers attacked as laborers push for pay amid restrictions, while service attempts to avoid overloads. Scenic Line of the West promises routes through the Rockies to Cripple Creek and beyond with through tickets and touring appeals.
Textile faded ad copy mentions pure asphalt sidewalks for Indian Territory with forms on request. Topeka Rocking Co offers repairs and sewing at American Steam Laundry in Topeka Kansas. Colorado Springs service window noted with limited hours.
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