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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1896
Page
5
An old style grocery ad shows numerous goods with prices and brands, from flour and sugar to canned fruits, meats, and household items. It emphasizes value for money and lists items like coffee, sugar, canned peaches, corn, tomatoes, lard, soap, and evaporated fruits with varied prices. The tone imitates a shop directory promoting stock and bargains rather than a narrative.
Short on context but lists a variety of grocery items and prices in a dense ad style. Includes Tobacco apples canned goods and staples. Mentions bedrock prices and fast turnover with low profits. Names like H L Jones not clearly tied to a location.
A note on police terms expiring April 21 and possible reappointment with around twenty five applicants. Foster of the police commissioners says the force is satisfactory and resists changes. Also anecdotes from periodicals describe humorous or curious incidents, including a vinegar prank at a wine tavern and a boarding car pocket search, along with banter and theatrical joking exchanges.
In Topeka the Kansas railroad fight intensifies as cattlemen push for return to carload shipment rates. Stockmen organize across counties, with farmers joining, seeking favorable freight terms and possible political action before the railroad board. The Santa Fe signals it will implement April rates, aligning with board interests, while local authorities review other rate disputes and banking issues.
Police raid last night on a rooming house at 421 East Fourth street led to the escape of a detained woman who fled onto the roof in night clothing and weighed about 250 pounds. Retta Mahaffy and an unknown man were also involved as officers pursued through Fifth Street to Kansas avenues.
Admitted observation over years shows La Grippe often stems from dietetic errors and indigestion. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are promoted as a preventive, improving digestion to strengthen resistance. Druggists report strong sales. price is 60 cents for a full-sized package.
Lawyer Tillotson pressed jurors for affidavits on deliberations in a murder trial. Five subpoenaed jurors testified that initial ballots split eight to four for conviction. On subsequent ballots nine to three, then eleven for first degree murder to one for second. After about fifteen minutes the jurors reached a verdict, but Tillotson did not take affidavits.
The First Baptist auditorium was packed as Rev. Charles B. Stitchell of Kansas City lectured on "The Prize Taker." He urged silence in the face of idle talk, quoting Sir Joshua Reynolds on keeping mouths shut to win.
The Democratic state central committee calls a Kansas delegate convention in Topeka on June 3, 1896 at 10 a.m. to elect six delegates at large and four alternates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago July 7, 1896, and to ratify the election of two delegates and alternates from each congressional district. Delegates are to be chosen by district delegates under rules set by county committees, based on one at large per county and one delegate per 79 votes or major fraction thereof. Counties listed include Cheyenne, Cloud, Leavenworth, Kearney, Washington, Kingfisher, and others. Credentials must be sent via W. A. J. Pepperell to Concordia by June 1 and then to Topeka, to organize the convention. Frank Bacos and W. HOL Parrent, chairmen, sign the notice.
Registration books close next Friday. A fresh lot of strawberries is on the market. Court house fixtures and elevator updates noted. The last county trial involved about $800. Local officials, grand jury members, and witnesses face various claims and fees. Governor and supreme court move to new rooms in three weeks. Public notices include jurors and witnesses salaries and cases like Nevels. Some phrases describe licensing and interstate packaging loopholes and local testimony details.
A collage of quotes and brief items shifts from scare of microbes to humorous essays on babies and a quirky romance. It references a Washington Star excerpt on microbes, playful baby observations, a New York Mercury piece on infant quirks, and a Tennessee couple’s courtship via photographs, all ending with a Louisville note on trains and a local obituary.
A garbled report notes residents demand Miss Mery Lori Crate receive wine to support battles in Philadelphia. The governor Deane and party depart for Philadelphia tonight as locals push for an accommodation amid their town’s uproar.
An Indiana resident, Asa Smith of Green Castle, testifies to a remarkable improvement from a treatment labeled 58.5, claiming it relieved long standing sciatic rheumatism after physicians failed. He describes severe prior weakness, bed confinement, and eventual recovery enabling him to walk and function normally again.
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