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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1895
Page
8
Fragmentary ad copy touts fast dye, money arguments, stock of Mulia Underwear at low prices, large stock and weekly sellout expectations. Mentions Joe, Salts, C.CLC, Summer Corset, and baby items with various prices and styles.
Yale s Excelsior Hair Tonic is promoted as the first chemistry based remedy that supposedly reverses gray hair to its natural color without dye. Mme Yale endorses the product with a public guarantee, asserting it stops hair loss and promotes growth without greasiness, appealing to both men and women with various stages of graying. The tonic is advertised as non sticky, non greasy, and available through druggists at a price of 1.
An old Chicago advertisement highlights a tooth set promotion by Dr. A Sloan at 725 Kansas Ave offering a full denture for three dollars. also mentions a local laundry service and a subscription request for the Joverat publication.
A disturbed colored man caused alarm at four Lawrence churches during morning services. He entered Congregational, Methodist, and Episcopal churches, read from St John, prayed, and declared he was sent to save sinners. He was restrained by a professor and church members, later arrested at the English Lutheran church. He gave no name, appeared harmless yet frightened women and children amid a six week revival.
Topeka reporter notes G. C. Clemens will run for city attorney as a municipal socialist against W. A. Bird and J. J. Hitt. Clemens says he accepted after fifteen voters urged him, aims a vigorous campaign and not deterred by possible election.
A Monday morning police court session saw several juveniles and adults arraigned. Jesze Lyttle, a small boy, had fruit stolen from a Kansas Avenue stand. the owner asked nonprosecution and the case was dismissed. Clarence Curry long suspected of ham theft was linked to an East Fourth Street meat market. Ty, caught in the wet Saturday, pleaded guilty and fined $15. John Rhitt, intoxicated, forfeited a $5 deposit. Co W Billings and partner E Murphy, charged with vagrancy, were released after agreeing to leave town. Wardly drunk status led to a $5 fine, while Johnn Woolf, also intoxicated, was fined $3.
Mexico City reports sharper silver prices spur foreign exchange buying and large bank transfers to the United States and other nations. With about 16 million dollars in Mexican silver idle in capital banks, loans may ease the surplus, boosting foreign trade and improving sentiment as outlook turns more favorable for trade growth.
Polk says Griffiths Faust is a clever Mephisto rival to Lewis Morrison with strong electrical and scenic effects. Hoyts Temperance Town and The Black Crook not booked for Grand next week. dates not fixed. Crawford house dark. Prof. Flints entertainment well attended. A Vienna dispatch reports a destructive landslide near Titel, Southern Hungary, destroying a hotel with twelve bodies recovered and many believed buried.
A London libel suit pits Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry. The piece traces their feud, Wilde’s sensational tour, and the lasting publicity spin, noting Wilde’s wit, wealth, and the moral glare surrounding aestheticism and scandal.
Saturday afternoon burglars entered 722 West Eighth street and ransacked the rooms of H. Von Langen, stealing a valuable gold watch dating from 1872 and a quantity of family jewelry. Neighboring witnesses spotted suspicious characters. no clue yet. H. B. Wallace, present in the house, had a new suit and other clothing taken. Family away at the time.
The resignation of Judge S. H. Snider as insurance commissioner was not voluntary. Governor Morrill reportedly requested the resignation, with Snider leaving for Chicago and possibly New York. The dispute includes who will fill the post, rumored candidates, and a $1,500 annual salary.
Joseph G. Waters, attorney for Warden Chase, says Deputy Warden Markum declined acting as warden after Chase’s suspension, leaving Chase in charge with no further governor action possible until an investigation concludes. Waters cites no fear of inquiry and dismisses reports of Chase’s resignation.
A Vienna dispatch reports about 100000 people in Budapest Sunday for Louis Kossuth commemorating the year since his death in Torino. The procession went to Rossath’s burial cemetery where many wreaths were laid.
Items of interest on the North Side recall several brief notes: Mrs John Powers travels to Kansas City for a few weeks, Gooden of Horton visits, M C Holman confined since Saturday, G Simmons from San Antonio visits Green family, Lucien Broddisia recovered and back at Green Kale, Adventists hold revivals at Hast a nola school house, crowds toured town by buggy carriage bicycle or on foot, G H Morns returns to Santa Fe shops, Mrs A W Smith and Mollie Berlin of McPherson visit Rev Calvin Holman, Rev Richard Wake preaches at M E church with no young services, carpet beating urged, Ellinwood Woodman in Arizona prospecting, Myrtle Baptist hosts seventh birthday at 101 Laur ent street, Faust admirer plans another viewing to reform, Ezra Shorey estate losses Jersey cow to poison valued $75, Union Mission organizes at Taylor street school with 54 enrolled, Stittla hosts meetings with conversions, Lycurgus Dalton dies of bronchitis at Wasameros March 2x, shirt neckbands and dental ads from local services.
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