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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
6
A jurist scene contrasts a count with a demanding father in law over debts and alimony. The lawyer notes cruelty and abandonment can justify divorce, but the retainer must be paid in advance as the count exits in frustration. Also, local notices announce a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hiternians and transit theater and park events with calendar items.
Employment notice appears for a carpenter Bret I. B with closed work fourautoed, Lscey. unclear details about location on west arrest avenue and fashion dress making connection.
A Kansas mother travels to Cleveland hoping for a pardon for her son. She seeks mercy from authorities and awaits clemency as her appeal gains attention.
Parson's June 28 reports a city sweep arresting liquor dealers led by the new city marshal and ex conductor Mason as Parsons aims to become dry. Rasbach faces 3800 dollars on two counts while Waldron pays 400 on three counts.
A listless city council denied the police commission the right to hold meetings in the license collectors office. Commissioners then ordered city authorities to vacate a room in the police department used as a hospital. Joe Borders leaves Kanes and plans a new paper in Independence. Newton’s Woman Lawyer joins the bar after study in Ann Arbor. Independence voters fail a $25,000 waterworks bond request by a narrow margin.
Chauncey M Depew plans a second marriage to a New York heiress reportedly worth eight million dollars, a Washington dispatch says. He avoided interviews at the railroad board meeting, but set 3 pm for interviews.
Mapai reports the premier announced a cable from General Campos stating fourteen thousand additional troops are needed to undertake an offensive campaign in Cuba after the rainy season. The disclosure caused some excitement among supporters of the Cubs.
Mrs J J Corbett arrives in Fargo under an assumed name, staying at a hotel with Fernwood New Jersey as home. She confirms identity and will press her divorce suit seeking liberal alimony. Extinction of the buffalo two hundred wild individuals remain in America with poaching and scant protection endangering the species.
James Baldwin recounts the fall of Sybaris after its people chase pleasure. A Croton army uses pipe music to lull Sybarite horses into dancing, leaving armed riders unable to defend their city as shepherds advance. The dancing cavalry retreat, Crotonites invade, and Sybaris loses power and city soon after.
Dr. F H Knowlton of the Smithsonian reports that cliff swallows show notable intelligence in Nest theft and mock nest building. A stay-at-home bird steals fresh clay from a neighbor to extend its own nest, repeats the act, and a pair occupy a nest for several seasons before a sealed burial of a dead bird is observed after the nest is closed.
Mushrooms please humans and animals alike, drawing use from diverse regions. Some European varieties yield dyes from yellow and green tones, aiding woodwork like Tunbridge ware. In Fanconia drying and stitching mushrooms make garments, while in Bohemia a hollowed large toadstool becomes a wall planter for trailing vines.
In Bourbon County Kentucky a financially strapped groom offered a magistrate ten cents to perform the ceremony, the smallest sum he had after paying the license. The same magistrate was later offered twenty five cents for another wedding entailed.
A Kansas report states Governor Morrill did not tell Atchison preachers he would remove police commissioners if saloons stayed open. He said removal would occur only if closures failed within a reasonable time. Also noted are cadet nominations to West Point, insurgent clashes, and a Temperance Convention with delegations sought by July 11.
The June 23 market notes from Topeka report wheat opening weak with September at 24 3/4 to 23 1/2 cents and corn easing to 48 1/2 cents. Oats and pork, lard, and ribs also move lower. hog receipts strong, prices steady to lower. weather frost reports prompt mixed reactions and a cautious trading mood across Kansas City and Topeka exchanges.
W W Manspeaker Mercantile Co sells New Crop Teas at special reduced prices. Tea varieties include Gunpowder Japan Formosa Oolong Imperial English breakfast and Young Hyson with varying per pound prices. Also contains market gossip on wheat corn oats hogs and rail/trunk line business trends, plus weather notes and dividends.
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