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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
8
Jewelry department showcases Bracelets Sterling Silver Hearts Brooches and neck chain attachments. Tomorrow features Steel Turquoise and Jet Beaded Elastic Belts at 1 each Sterling Silver Hearts with jeweled settings for 25c each Sterling Silver Knives Memorandum Tablets and vingerettes with attachments for 90c and 1.00 each Rustic sterling initials for pocketbooks umbrellas etc formerly 25c now 17c each.
Washington wires report Secretary of State cabled Kingston to aid ex Secretary Sherman’s Paris to Chicago trip. Mention of children barred from a city home and insurgent clashes on a lake with ships running ashore while white forces shelled insurgent positions near Santa Cruz.
A 1900s Wichita notice reports a charter grant to a citizens’ body to form a private corporation under Kansas law. The plan is to open a home named Helen Gould Home for colored destitute and juvenile children, with admission of orphans and dependent youths, following reform ideas.
A Manila dispatch reports the U S gunboat Lezan de Bay pursuing rebels along Pasig river and Laguna de Bay. After firing on entrenched insurgents the crew herded fleeing civilians inland, then joined with another gunboat to patrol the lake channel under Captain Grant.
Syracuse March 17 reports Meryl and Bool Hd the Loomis Manufacturing company and related firms facing scrutiny by interested parties. Curtice Bros Rochester Stan Wix Rams Erle Sperring Buffalo plan plant operations, with June 1 expected formalization. Agierivan Tin Plate declares a 1 percent preferred stock dividend payable April 3.
In Maret 17 report from Hiswatha Kansas a select committee will not hear all original charges and testimony in the Embree case. Dr. L M Powell and Mrs Stella Brooks are central witnesses with defenses arguing she is unreliable. Prosecution notes much testimony may be hearsay or blocked and the committee plans to hear charges of immoral conduct and drinking together, with further depositions postponed and witnesses reluctant to appear.
Testimony in the Embree case focuses on alleged overdoses and intoxication at a wedding and a last prayer meeting. Witnesses including Mrs Safford and Dr Thorpe testified, while defense and church officials debate depositions and trial procedures as pressure grows over Dr Embree's ministry future.
A reader letter denounces the trial committee for limiting cross examination of Mrs. Brooks about her moral character. The writer questions why Dr Embree’s innocence is not treated with equal weight and accuses the committee of bias in the Thorpe Brooks Embree matter.
In Mewatha Kansas on March 17 followers of Dr. Thorpe rally as a committee protests before Bishop Fitzgerald and the cabinet against Dr. Thorpe’s return to the First Church. Thorpe received a telegram late breaking the dispute as war of words continues.
A quirky inventory lists Paary Lemons and Sweet Oranges per dozen, trolled oats per package, search oats and Pearl Hominy by ths, Columbia on the ts, rice, honey drip syrup and other goods. The broken OCR hints at a colonial or wartime shop note with mixed fruit grains and pantry staples.
Night session follows calls from Topeka church members demanding Dr. Thorpe return to Topeka for consultation. Opponents warn that if he is sent back to the First church he will face charges and be tried before the Topeka conference. Thorpe papers witness testimony and letters, defense argues hearsay and unfair trial.
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