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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1897
Page
7
Salt Lake June 19 Garfield Beach opened for the season refreshed in appearance and ready for bathers. The beach area has been smoothed and the lake level has risen slightly over the past year, narrowing the shore but still wide enough for thousands. The resort emphasizes bathing over spectacle, with social activities secondary to water fun.
The 129th Brown University commencement at Providence First Baptist Church awarded 120 degrees including Doctor of Laws to John Hay and Doctor of Dales to Prof. Benjamin Franklin Clarke. Alumni included 600 attendees. speakers named Goodrich, Gov. Dyer, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Rumor linked John D Rockefeller Jr receiving a major donation from his father.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 19 news spreads of a seismic disturbance effects. Peat beds located in Bates park and Bottom creek show ground fissures widening from feet to quarter mile chasms. Cowboys locating dozens of cracks report stones echoing as they fall and a vast hole resists testing.
Newport June 19. While driving on Thomas street Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney met her brother Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr who married Miss Wilson despite family opposition. The refusal to end the match is believed to have triggered the paralytic stroke from which Vanderbilt still suffers. He was riding when his sister approached and she spoke to him, but he returned a cold stare and rode on.
Harper & Brothers of New York acquire the London business of Osgood McKivaine and Co at 146 Albemarle Street. The firm will operate as Harper & Bros with access to copyrights including George Du Maurier. James K. Osgood and Clarence W. McKivaine names are noted, Mellvaine remains in charge locally.
Wandering stranger in Hopewell township Ohio has spooked residents by appearing near Opie's woods and on the public road twice in two days. He chased a Creeger employee Sunday and a local woman on Monday, this time with only a hat on his head. Curfew is introduced in Cripple Creek Colorado for minors after 7 pm. The article notes sensational local reactions and laundry ad copy amid scattered notices.
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