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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1898
Page
3
Fragmented observations from the era note Merrimac sinking likely from inland action, Creem memory of Lincoln, Spanish blockade claims, Anna Held’s tour, and General Roque Svervear to Cuba. References span Philadelphia Times on Schley, Dewey church ties, Kansas wheat prices, and Dewey’s tactical patience amid a broad war discourse.
A San Francisco Examiner summary argues that MEF the Philippine Islands under US possession would not yield a profitable market. Consul Williams reports Manila merchandise worth nearly $5 million yearly, while local trade remains limited. The piece notes competing nations export large sums to the region and questions benefits of conquest or direct rule.
Fragment discusses Plant as Fior- Dae ruler and wealthiest figure, described as an old man with drains still found. It notes his dominance over spending by city visitors in Flor, collecting ninety nine scents of every dollar.
A humorous railing portrays Plant as owning everything from roads and railways to hotels and telegraph services while the government pays heavily for access. It contrasts this with the president’s brains, then broadside quips from Globe Sights touch on aging, courtship, honesty, and fashion trends.
The week’s notes include Kentucky Governor Brad ley overseeing militia drafts for new regiments. Mme Melissonier, widow of a noted brain surgeon, left her husband’s portraits to the state. American opera singer Geraldine Almar sues a London omnibus firm after a crash injures her ankle. A toy soldiers anecdote recalls a child’s glued troops winning a pretend battle. Rochester hosts a Freemason commemoration, while Augustin Darry announces a New York theater opening at Forty Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, slated for early next year.
A fragment from a Chicago news page presents proverbs on worthiness and folly. It contrasts worthless and worthy people, jokes about economy advice, and notes how material dreams collapse after marriage, reflecting social commentary in a light, satirical tone.
New York audiences flocked to Josef Hoffmann's fourth European tour leg, with earnings over twenty thousand dollars despite not matching Paderewski's sensational fame. While several spring recitals drew good crowds, overall profits exceeded expectations yet his homeland invitations remain uncertain. Hoffmann's next visit appears unlikely under current terms.
The account surveys the Philippines as seen after the Dewey victory. It covers geography, tribes, customs, gambling and lotteries, economy, crops, timber, flora, fauna, climate, health, and urban life. The piece contrasts Spanish rule with potential American stewardship and envisions rapid development and wealth.
The People's party of Jefferson county held a convention on Monday June 6 1895 unreservedly backing Governor Leedy and Attorney General Boyle for renomination. Delegates to the state convention were elected and a slate of resolutions endorsed loyalty to party principles and calls for unity to defeat monopolies and promote silver. The meeting praised Leedy’s administration and criticized the current officials while urging concerted action to secure victory. A brief tobacco advertisement appears at the end.
San Francisco on June 3 reports the monitor Monterey and collier Brutus departed for Manila amid crowds cheering. Volunteers from Pennsylvania and Colorado received nearly 300000 in pay. The second Philippine expedition is slated to leave by next Saturday. ships, ammo, and equipment are readied as war plans hinge on chartered steamers.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elected officers at a biennial meeting in St Louis. Names include A. Youngson as assistant grand chief engineer and Ingraham as first grand engineer. A plan to establish a home for disabled engineers was referred for report at Milwaukee. Headquarters decision kept Cleveland through 1909. Mutual Life and Accident Assurance elected W. Fitch as president and other officers.
Transfer of the elevator property in Chicago at Wood street and the south branch of the river from Santa Fe Elevator & Dock to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Hall road filed for record. Consideration listed as 2101.64 dollars. Grantee assumes bonds totaling 250000 dollars bearing 6 percent interest, due June 20. Property includes elevator building, machinery and land 486 by 110 and a half feet by 122.6 feet with 450 feet frontage on Wood street and 122 feet of dockage.
The Colorado flyer on the Rock Island aims for a fast run between Kansas City and Topeka. Engineer George Scott left Kansas City at 1:28, about one minute late, as the train sped toward a possible record.
Fragmentary line cites the Breath of Life as the sole means to heat ages of the head throat and lungs. The stark phrasing suggests a health or philosophical treatise discussing vital energy and respiration as essential for life.
The description touts a rock ballast track with limited grade crossings and electric lighting. It highlights vestibuled Pullman palace sleepers, free reclining chair cars, and dining cars offering meals priced to order, inviting travelers seeking comfort on the journey.
Kansas City yants fie a pressing, tor nother at Bonner Springs and took three minutes to roll the tracks at Lawrence for fear he was coming in hot. He stopped to whistle at the A T & B crossing in North Topeka and pulled into the Topeka denet on time, having made sixty eight miles in one hour and fourteen minutes, or allowing one minute lost for each whistling atop. The rest forts and rangs the passengers.
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