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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
5
A garbled report notes Topeka and Kanes interest in local property and new buildings. It mentions Prosperity near Topeka, plans for construction delays, and the impact of print and publishing efforts on public sentiment amid evolving times.
A Herald dispatch relays Modell’s claim that alleged Cuban annexation plans by the United States unsettle markets and politics. The fragmentary text references various items and advertising lines, including medical products, but the core note centers on fears of changes in policy and regional balance.
President Herrick inaugurated at Washburn College in a chapel ceremony with glee club music and speeches from alumni trustees and faculty. Dr Frances Storrs lauded loyalty to the college while Peter McVicar presented the seal, and Herrick pledged Christian ideals and future aims. Commencement events follow with recitals and a Wednesday 10:30 am commencement, the admission free.
North Ion Gickell M lists delegates including Conkle, Green, Kiatini, Weston, Todam, Gregg, Campbel, Clime, Arges, Witey, Hols, Dolman and others. Francis Walker to give a recital at Salty, with a note about a Broken edge handled by Peerless Steam Laundry on Wednesday evening.
J Z Roraback resigns as superintendent at Santa Fe terminals in Kansas City amid accounts shortfalls and irregular management. J W Starr takes over duties. few weeks later. The piece outlines shifting leadership, rail line investments, track level innovations, and forthcoming depot contracts in Dallas and regional shops implications.
Frisco will shift to a new terminus in Wichita on July 1 with trains 10 and 105/106 rerouted via Newton and Santa Fe to Denver and western points. The switch consolidates passenger and express service through Santa Fe, while Breckenridge connections and car moves will streamline eastern and western links.
Belleville reports two work trains east of town ballasting the main line with material from nearby quarries. Rock Island engine Notes has just left Horton shop to service the Bellevue to McFarland local run. The Daigs Pacific freight trains run between Belleville and Juneton City. About fifteen trespassers attempted to board a Rock Island train. conductor warned they would need a ticket or its equivalent. Rock Island payroll ranges from 12 000 to 15 000 monthly. Shops employ about 100 workers, a quarter of capacity. The railroad plans to invest 360 000 in Fill County for culverts and bridges.
In Jacksonville near St Nicholas a colored camp meeting panicked as searchlights from the cruiser Wilmington and the gunboat Vesuvius swept the sky from Mayport to the camp. The frightened attendees cried out that the Angel Gabriel was coming and confessed sins. After the lights ceased the crowd dispersed by midnight, with reports of fear spreading to nearby rural districts.
Officer John Shaw of the Twenty Second Street station tops a heat wave feat by consuming 23 plates of vanilla ice cream in a single day at an ice cream parlor near TwentySecond and State Streets. Shaw declares this the warmest day of the year as he jokes about eating a gallon more.
North Topeka council remains divided over Mayor Fellows choice of George Stoker for deputy street commissioner. Councilmen Skinner and Pattison oppose, stating they recommended three acceptable candidates, but the mayor insists on Stoker. A protest signed by local residents is cited, while unrelated ads for skin remedies and laundry services appear in the public notice text.
George Scheck, a candy maker at the Atchison Candy company on East Sixth Street, is jailed on a charge of stealing sugar from the shop during Sunday dawn. Tecumseh Gil, a porter, is also jailed on grand larceny charges tied to the same incident. Authorities allege Scheck planned prior thefts and that Tecumseh carried a sugar sack from the shop. Scheck was previously dismissed from a Topeka railway post.
The first Kansas women’s society, The Ladies' Fair Cir cus of Elisworth, built a floral hall on fair grounds at Elisworth. They may donate the building to the Mather Bickerdyke home for relocation. The Greek cross structure is 20 feet square per arm, with $800 in materials and a $1,200 cost. Ottawa Chautauqua: Missouri Pacific offers round trip tickets to Ottawa June 10 to 25 at $1.39 from Topeka. train leaves Topeka at 4 m. Also noting laundry service by Teerless Steam Laundry at 112 and 114 West 5th St.
Local notes report community updates across Topeka including renovations at the Commercial club, a reform school exhibition by Miss Jane Nye, and visits by Santa Fe officials. Mentions poultry and berry crops, church gatherings, a long distance telephone installation, police actions, a state convention, and civic projects around Kansas Avenue and the railroad transfer point.
Washington June 14 War veterans rush pension requests as the Office reports 14 300 applications in ten days ending last Saturday. In the five days after March 1 the record division disposed of 54 000 applications, leaving many more pended in the pension bureau.
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