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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1895
Page
6
Towns press for Professor Samuels gisl in Topeka closing his practice here with huge demand. Patients urged to consult at Hotel Throop without delay as glasses and treatments take days to prepare. No charge for consultation. Office hours daily from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Eye examinations and glasses fitted scientifically without stropine. No need to lose days if headaches or eye pain trouble you. Call for an eye exam. EP references available for those benefitted by glasses. Publicly published mates refused. ask for prices.
In Topeka society notes the sub senior boys hosted the class in John Collins home with red white and blue decor. Miss Edith Worden won a Latin scroll prize and Olie Dolmas received an eye glass. Guests included many local youths and families with reports of visitors and routine social events around town.
A jumble of quotes and observations from Topeka figures on temperance, dress codes for middle aged women, and social norms. A Topeka woman cites age 45 as a cut for ready made waist garments, while others mock concerns. An unrelated note mentions red chairs at a Methodist church and a notebook owner. The piece ends with a government chemist praising Royal Baking Powder as purest and strongest.
Supreme Court Justice Sherwood declares the Missouri statute banning discharge of workers for union involvement unconstitutional as class legislation. The two year old law imposed penalties from fines to imprisonment, and allowed non union dismissal without notice while protecting union members.
Judge Sutton locates the Trego county irrigation plant on a forty acre tract owned by Mia Bushman about one and a half miles east of Wakeeney Kansas The water will be pumped by a Woodmans windmill to shale depth if needed to secure ample supply The county currently has about 15% acres under irrigation and aims to demonstrate what can be achieved with irrigation technology near Wakeeney.
Charles Savoy sues H. E Bertholf former Cherokee marshal for money paid a year or two ago to run a joint Savoy says Bertholf kept the cash claiming it was hush money Bertholf says he took it on city officers order and offered to hand it to the treasury but the illicit funds were refused
In New York Governor Upham of Wisconsin and immigration official G W Bishop promote Wisconsin lands to attract European settlers. Wisconsin has about twenty five million acres available and can offer land at nominal cost to create fertile farms for thousands. They urge active information campaigns to draw honest immigration. Four transatlantic liners bring 1844 steerage passengers to New York from Naples Genoa Bremen Antwerp and Glasgow.
New fabrics such as alpacas and mohairs dominate the coming autumn with rich luster and crease resistance. Descriptions cover black varieties, rain resistant wraps, and brocaded patterns, plus a Yale like Jathing woolen brocade and ornate gowns with chenille embroidery.
Justice Harlan, visiting Rochester to see his son Judge, urged limiting Supreme Court docket by diverting many criminal cases to circuit courts of appeals. He favored no writ of error from state cases on habeas corpus unless allowed by the Supreme Court or a justice, and he warned against expanding jurisdiction too soon.
Editors from Kansas and visiting Missouri journalists arrived by train to Girard for the Kansas Reform Press association convention. Notables included Jerry Simpson J W Preidenthal Mary E Lease and Rev J D Botkin. Mayor H W Haldeman welcomed guests while J C Bradshaw spoke for the Winfield Free Press. Toils praised Our City Our Churches and Our Ladies. Mary E Lease spoke on Our Country for nearly an hour as music by the Girard Junior band and local conservatory students accompanied the event.
Atlanta June 18 physicians who operated on Gov Atkinson for appendicitis report he rallied well after the surgery and slept since 4 clock. He has a good pulse and no fever and his condition is as good as could be expected.
A condensed digest reports a woman named Hattie Reeves deemed insane in probate court and confined to an asylum. Other items note a Chicago milling plant fire causing large losses and jobs, a ghost ship sighting near Portland, and a Stockton treasure rumor. Reports also cover a robber attack in Arizona, a Pa fire, horse scratches at Ascot, UC Berkeley athletes heading to Denver, and a Iowa mother poisoning herself and three children.
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