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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1896
Page
5
Testimony from a 1882 inquest details Hillmon family witnesses and experts describing John W Hillman's height teeth and appearance. Coroner jurors and relatives recall Mrs Hillmon's reactions and the room exchanges at the Continental Hotel Leavenworth during the trial proceedings.
Testimony describes erasures in an application observed by a witness on a Sunday before Dr J H Stewart testified at Topeka trial in 1895. Details recount prior notice during the first trial and note a dim recollection. Geo E Daun of Topeka recalls living there since 1875 6 and connections to Hilimon Walker Laing Brown and Levi Baldwin across 1872 76.
Frank Thomas v Henry C Throop and Boston Safe Deposit trustees over 125000 of hotel insurance pledged as collateral for 85000 loan. Thomas seeks 1750.05 plus interest stating premiums paid on multiple companies. Trial featured defense claim of interparty settlement and disputed owed sums. Also notes Rev Bernard Kelly retires from politics to become Southern district presiding elder in Independence and steps back from campaign duties.
Glendon Tron company in Baston, Pa. assigns to Sargent & Co and Francis J Gray of Boston. Sargent & Co reduces workweek from 54 to 42 with about 22 percent wage cut amid weak hardware demand. Mrs Hananecht reports missing pocketbook containing 35 in cash and 1,900 in notes. pocketbook found on Kansas avenue but theft suspected. Thomas H Bain hearing on mails fraud continued to March 6. residence described as 224 Topeka Avenue. DeWitts Little Early Risers recommended for digestion.
Thomas Daily a former news agent on the Santa Fe between Kansas City and Dodge City attempted a "find" rocket confidence scheme by selling worthless spectacles for cash. Conductor E E Ives intervened, Daily surrendered his commission at Topeka, and a detective wired for aid. Several railroad staff changes and notes follow, including Santa Fe and Frisco solicitor appointments and transfers.
Local rail news notes Will Crowder resumes lead duties on the Strong City line after a 15 day layoff for Chas Hiltoa from Emporia. Hamilton Tomking, formerly conductor from Emporia, assumes yard duties here and has moved his family to the Adair estate on Quality. An Engloger For Mayor candidate A S McAllister of the S lina branch Toca from Herington seeks mayoral nomination by petition.
An ad promotes Munyon’s Dyspepsia Cure, Rheumatism Cure, and Kidney Cure with broad claims. It lists indigestion relief, heart and stomach symptoms, energy loss, and other ailments. It invites readers to obtain a free copy of Manyon’s Guide to Health and write to Prof. Manyon in Philadelphia for advice.
A jumbled local items column notes fishing yields costing about $40 a pound, a Sir Thomas Ha descendant, and a California-like tale of a Lincoln Shields dustup witness W. G Souther. It mentions Enix Huffington’s separation, Frak Fell’s travel plans, Cornelius Ryan and William Dorie’s arrest for theft, and a rusty reference to musical bene fits for women seeking marriages in Chicago and New York. The piece ends with social habits and a stray critique of a journalistic habit.
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