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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
6
Topeka retailers promote Perrin's glove inventory with ready stock of summer gloves and related accessories. advertising a range from washable stretch gloves to silk middies and corsets, with pricing around $1.00 to $1.75 and specialized fittings available in the store's showroom.
The Mills-Adams Co promises the Albany Capitol Building project will be finished by March. The Hallowell Granite Co of Maine won the bid after Gov. Black approved. Officials cite work pace and original bids, noting total state cost around 23,680,000. The basement granite is from early contracts, with a focus on timely completion minus the tower.
A. Davie of the Santa Fe Railroad outlines a plan to aid industrial development including sugar beet cultivation along Whitetedur road corridors. He notes Colorado’s favorable conditions for sugar beet production and potential factory sites along the Arkansas Valley, pending local land and supply viability and government support.
A Rock Island passenger engine derailed and crashed into a wagon near Peabody, scattering the load of vegetables as men and gear were damaged. The incident disrupted the line and left injuries reported, while local vendors and bystanders reacted to the wreck.
Topeka reports include Christian Endeavor delegates visiting, church and city meetings, and preparations for Queen Victoria Day celebrations. Local items cover a barroom shooting arrest, a horse-drawn wagon accident injuring George Chilson, and updates on G A R veterans and Woodmen encampment champions.
Washington reports the post office department will ban minors from chief clerk and deputy postmaster roles. Only in rare third class offices might they be considered but never allowed to assume the full duties of postmaster due to legal declarations by minors.
In Des Moines on June 24 a charity streetcar ride will be operated by the city women’s clubs. The Des Moines group, described as the largest and most aristocratic women’s organization, has chartered the streetcar system for the event to raise funds for a charitable purpose.
The article describes a fundraising push aiming to endow a local home for the aged with fifty thousand dollars. Women would host events and serve as conductors while matormen provide service, with no transfers offered during the day. Aimed at attracting many entertainments at suburban Hove and ensuring smooth operations, the plan includes cars for business use and hopes for substantial proceeds. A separate piece reports Vienna theatergoers reacting to violent disruption as dynamite is used at a Budapest theater, killing one and injuring another.
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