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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1896
Page
12
Citizens discuss a Flower Festival plan with artificial flowers, parades, and exhibits. Local committees weigh costs and fundraising while urging public support and orderly parade coordination for Topeka’s festival week.
A garbled advertisement from a popular dining room promises Sunday dinners at Frank Long's Commercial Hotel and Westaurant with strange pricing and promotions. The text mentions a variety of dishes, dubious discounts, and mentions of a local business race, all presented in a confused, error-filled summary of what may be a promotional ploy.
A fragmented Sunday schedule lists sermons and services across BetLaom Ir Dol Rall and nearby churches. Dr Josiah Davie preaches at multiple venues with events including library talks, youth gatherings, and a Baptist and Unitarian slate of lectures. a Sunday afternoon prayer and worship program concludes with a carnival and charity drives.
Gen Miles handed out diplomas as four companies and a corps of students gathered before the library building. Col. Be Errewson presided as Gen Miles spoke. Lieut Peary departed for Greenland aboard the Portia carrying a scientific invitation. The Sunday school at First Christian Church announces a children’s program tomorrow morning. Mineral Water ad and plumbing services note at 12 W Eighth Ave.
The Board of Penitentiary Directors weighs a surplus coal contract amid fears a very low bid could depress miners' wages. Deliberations focus on bid validity and the potential effect on labor pay, with Lopez Upton and Nesbitt among bidders. The governor opposes the lowest figure, and protests cite danger to current wage levels for miners.
Local round up of odd notices and events with Topeka names and venues. Mentions include speakers, concerts, circuses, festivals and rail traffic. Reports on a surgical case at Christ hospital, a jail escape, railway opinions, and urban disturbances. Multiple references to Dan Clemente Jan Hayden Fick Smith and Stormont Hospital.
The Board of Charities completed its missions in the city this week and commended bidders for supplying state institutions with groceries preserves and goods. Names of successful bidders across categories include Groceries Byma Grocery Co and W W Munepeaker. preserves Topeka Winetar and Preserve Works. hardware Crosty Bros. stationery Kellam Book. bakery and china vendors. and other firms. Expenses for May amounted to $905.47 with total for the month about $2, and average mem ber expenditure around $107. The meeting concluded with a plan to adjourn and the board chair urged the institutions remain in good order. A Sunday excursion to Leavenworth offered by the railroad was announced to readers.
Returns from the Democratic primaries across Arkansas indicate ex-Congressman Brandson leading with instructed votes at the state convention set for June 17, while Boles trails with ten votes.
The notice advertises Santa Fe Route round trips to St Louis with reduced one third fare and a special sale ending with limited returns. It mentions gas cooking ranges, stock inspection, and hardware promotions. Marsalis band to provide an open air concert at Garfield Park. Tickets available at Webb's ticket office, 309 Kansas Avenue.
Noble Merriam offers all kinds of court fidelity and surety bonds at City Real Estate building. Tickets for Home Bond and warrant reservations sold by Denver Fis. Call foot of Fifth Street or telephone No. Ww. c Agent. Also a band concert at Garfield Park announced.
Abilene Daily Chronicle reports on Cyrus Leland and the Kansas gold standard barter with Wall Street, accusing Republicans of misrepresentation. It argues Kansas Republicans have not declared for gold and labels Leland unqualified, claiming he manipulated party unity in St Louis.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a trial involving Alice M. Wally and Pearl Bryan with a jury verdict expected next Wednesday. An excursion to Leavenworth is planned Sunday with a dawn departure and evening return, noting a fire incident and a transport detail by L. P. & S. W. trucks.
Garvey, agent, advertises a direct Santa Fe connection via Kansas City with no other train offering this route. The note lists contact at One Minute Cough Cure and mentions Geo W Stensfield at 6x2 Kansas Avenue for remedies and time standard services.
An old fashioned ad touts Humphreys No 24 Homeopathic Tonic as a cure for brain fag and nervous weakness. It claims benefits for fatigue weakness back pain vertigo and sleep disturbances. It also promotes No 10 Specifics for dyspepsia and stomach issues with claims of restoring life health and vigor.
Negotiations are reported in New York between the Santa Fe and Atlantic & Pacific railroads over a potential settlement. Officials hope for a friendly accord on key property and route terms as executive committees meet to discuss possible arrangements and future steps.
Area and personnel notes from the Santa Fe shop describe temporary absences among employees. Engineer Warner and Foreman WJ report overhaul and reassignment, with Swan and Fires Oakine taking leading roles. General vacation period covers a period of ten days, during which key staff will be away and relatives notified.
Dispatches from the southwest report New Mexico residents express approval of Robinson’s presidential election. The Alburquerque area and the Atlantic Pacific line influence comment on his potential policies and railroad developments.
The next hearing for the case involving Louis Merchants' Exchange and associated parties will be held soon in St Louis or Kansas City with officials from the Interstate Commerce Commission present. The dispute concerns grain shipments from the Plains to the Gulf and involves Galveston and Chicago as intervenors in a process tied to interstate freight and related commerce questions. Conductor William Simmons and Charles Moore of Argentine were dismissed from Santa Fe service by Trainmaster H. A. Jones.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a report on a government action related to a railway line or route with mentions of a train, protests, and officials. Details are obscured by errors and illegible phrases, making it difficult to identify names, dates, places, or outcomes.
Chaunte items reveal Motes and Pervonsis among Suntan feat workers listed for a special salary, with several names like Mura, Mes Ist, and Slab In Lawatyitte noted. The item describes duties, wages, and positions tied to a yard pier centur line, referencing various staff and shifting roles within a community payroll.
Report describes a freight testing experiment by the Santa Fe line at the city freight yard. It details coal grading, grain mix, and the pattern of material flow, listing participants and locations including Ebel Ot thwas and City, with accompanying names and prices.
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