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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1897

Page

2

Mothers Plead as Children Seized by Police at Station

Dramatic scenes unfolded around the Atlanta police station as five mothers wept and clung to babies wrested from their arms. Detectives and Judge Mull refused to return the children, sending them to a religious institution while mothers face habeas corpus actions to reclaim them.

Atlanta Juan Charme Christianus Lie Anelusie Dingrdariy Dyime Police Seie Garliabis Natitutian Shoreline Hopkins Aloes Itv Sturien Gauilier Sears Geertie Wuddery Fannie Bicker Myritty Kdnunmen Harey Wart Anois Starp Mary Law Pool Golden Alein Darin Macon Wt. Moyers Babras Corps Soren Mimi Polies Juden Cmuiboun Cotonet Moytre Itis Browent Lane Wooten Cara Uyes Eiiort Street Cora Howard W. T. Moyers Marion Law Merie Law Maron Harry Captain Crim

Wages Cut 30 Percent at Painter and Sons Cotton Mill

Notice served on Painter and Sons Cotton Mill workers from Jamestown area reporting a 30 percent wage reduction after the current health period, applying to all members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and workers across cotton to hoop and tar mills. About 1,000 men affected as the firm cites adverse tariffs and reduced demand. The dispute mirrors a prior wage cut by Hunter mills and reflects broader import impacts on cotton prices and mill profits under the Wilson tariff era.

Painter & Son J. Painter & Sons Jurceat Cittan Amulcamater Association of Iron Eli Thay Ding Hulnter Wilson-Germain

Demand Lower Scale Workers Warned of Plant Closures

The Amalgamated Association and Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers clash in Pittsburg over a proposed 10 percent wage cut. Plants may close July 2 if demand remains unmet. The dispute centers on steel wage scales, with unionists resisting concessions amid escalating tariff pressures.

Pittsburg Amalgamated Association of Trou

Great Rock Island Excursions And Travel Deals

Advertisement for Lake Shore and Michigan Southern service from Chicago to New York Boston and New England with summer schedules and tourist tickets to eastern resorts. Offers printed travel booklets on request and lists very low excursion fares including Colorado Springs Pueblo and Ogden from $6.50 and $22.50 to Franciese with through sleepers. Tickets on sale June 2 and 5 with return by June 12 and 30. Includes endorsements from Rev Sam Small and others and notes about Harmful croup remedies.

Auffrilo New York Boston New England Lake Shore Michigan Chicago Chauteoyun Lake Addrees FE. Humphrey T. PB. A Kansas City C. x. Walter Great Rock Island Colorado Springs Pueblo Suit Lake Ogden

Tide in Business Rises as Growth Signals Hold

New York June 26 Bradstreet reports no step backward in health and notes continued improvement across sectors. Surge in crops and steady demand lift contracts and investments while uncertainty eases. Iron and steel, textiles, and woollens show varied gains. failures fall. cotton prices soften amid oversupply fears. Bradstreet warns against misrepresentation of the current trade picture and calls for cautious optimism.

New York R. G. Dun Congress Peron California Atlantic Eset Chicaro Bessemer Geey Pittsburg Lews Ax Curing Mevaba Bessemer Fayal Boston West United States Canada Bradstreet Rocky Mountains Cuba

Belmonts North Babylon farm strict code sparks trade rift

New York reports on August Belmonts North Babylon estate where rigid discipline governs workers. Belmont demands respectful address with hats removed, provoking merchant conflicts after a clerk allegedly failed to show proper courtesy. The Helmonk family has run the property since 1871, using it as a country seat for years. Belmont reportedly ended business with a grocery house over a clerk who failed to show deference to him and a companion.

August Belmont New York North Babylon L. T England Helmonk Belmont Hit

Parents Watch On Shore In Lake Mendota Storm

A fierce windstorm and heavy rain battered a small steamer carrying Madison and university youths on Lake Mendota. The cruise, a boat ride for two Chicago girls from Dobbs Ferry, caused panic among passengers and distress to their families as the vessel struggled for over an hour before reaching Mendota Harbor four miles from the city.

Madison Wit University Lake Mendotm Stater J. M. Bashford Bayley and Godderd Mike Masters Dobbs' Ferry Mendota Plier

Yale Students in Court Over Polo Court Incident

New York June 2 Yale students led by Fitch Sr a son of Comptroller Fitch and three others were arrested in polo court til morning on disorderly conduct and malicious mischief. A party of 300 Yale students aboard the Richard Peck from New Haven allegedly smashed furniture beat doors scattered beer and sang loudly keeping passengers awake. The arrested were Bertram Cadwal-Wil er Harry Boardwan and Robert Humes. Magistrate Meade discharged them after a severe reprimand.

New York Ashbel P. Fitch Fitch Yale Polo Court New Haven Richard Peck Tt le Heatden Young Fitch Bertram Cadwal- Wiler San Francisco Harry Boardwan Fast Orange Robert Humes Washington, D. C Meade

After Peru McCord claim seeks settlement indemnity

The state department responds to the McCord demand against Peru seeking fifty thousand dollars for ill treatment of an American consular agent at Arequipa. McCord was jailed and sentenced during a revolution. Secretary Giney directed a demand for settlement last February. No further correspondence has occurred. Also a St Louis report notes a six year old girl, Kate Haffner, starved and unable to walk after making 18 cent trousers per dozen and earning eight cents a day.

State Department McCord Arequipa Peru Wiste Department Giney Minster Mackenzie St. Louisn Kate Haffner Heepital Makine Jeata

Ideal Panacea and Remedies Promote Cough Cure

Dr King s New Discovery praised by readers for coughs colds and lung complaints with claims of five years of use without physician input Trial bottles offered at J K Jones drug store Fifth Street and Kansas Avenue Also advertised Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin diseases and Peerless Steam Laundry services Geo W Stansfield and address listed Keokuk Iowa and local businesses noted

King John Bergus Keokuk Methodial Episcopal Church Dr. King J. K Jones’ Drug Store Fifth Street Kansas Avenue W Stansfield Kan Ave

Dyspepsia relief claims from No 10 Homeopathic remedy

An ad touts No 10 as a cure for dyspepsia and related symptoms including heartburn digestion liver appetite and after eating distress. It also mentions infant teething wakefulness and other ailments with orders to obtain Dr Humphreys' Manual and Homeopathic Medicine Company contact in New York.

Secretary Wilson Proposes a College in Every County

The Record prints James Wilson’s view that there are not enough colleges and that spreading institutions benefits education and rural life. He argues fewer pupils per professor aid learning, cites forty colleges in town, and advocates access for Western states through colleges close to home. He notes farmers’ improvements, rising standards, and the spread of wealth from education.

Wilson Chicago Agricultury James Wilson Tustitier TF Yale Harvard Princeton Towa Erie

Farmers to colonize Alabama across the bay from Mobile

Fifty farmers in Anderson Indiana met led by Sylvester Jordan and Wilson Cory to form a colony planned to settle lands across Mobile Bay owned by Chicago interests. They aim to secure 16 acres per person within ten days and begin colonization by September 1. A separate medical ad promotes the New Great South American Kidney Cure with quick relief for urinary issues, offered by local Topeka druggists.

Wil Settis Alabama Mobile Anderson Ind Sylvester Jordan Wilson Cory Chicago Debs Ali Geo. W. Stansfield Kansas Ave Sim Dr

National Educational Association meeting transit tips

For the 1995 National Educational Association meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Union Pacific is praised for top service from points west of the Missouri River. The text notes comfortable equipment including chair cars, Pullman sleepers, and dining options with fewer changes. A round trip fare is listed as one fare plus 2.50 dollars, with illustration requests to EL. Lomax at P&T.A., Omaha.

Buffalo Union Pacific Milwaukee Wik Missouri River Omaha Kansas City

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