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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
5
A fragmented advert for The Star Grocery touts low prices on sugar coffee flour and canned goods. It lists numerous items by brand and price including California fruits pork lard cereals and syrups, urging customers to compare and buy.
Munyon's Improved Homoeopathic Remedies claim rapid relief for many ailments including rheumatism dyspepsia nervous headaches kidney troubles piles neuralgia asthma and female complaints. Applicants are invited to write to Prof. Munyon at 1400 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa for free medical advice.
In district court Judge Thompson upheld the county survey showing Wind owns half of his house and half lies on G W Kistler's land. Wind must pay compensation for a few feet of land or move the house after the survey deemed Bailey's measurements accurate.
General staff recounts Senator Plumb famed for memory. Adjutant Curley Harrison notes Plumb never forgets a face or a first name, recalling even initials. On a Lawrence to Kansas City train, Plumb greeted Curley, proving his memory by identifying Curley from a prior Topica state house introduction decades earlier.
Jury resolves the Thomas vs Boston Safe Deposit Trust case tied to a $105,000 mortgage on the Throop hotel. A verdict sets damages for premiums and interest as claimed by Thomas. Also notes funeral services for W. B. and looming intercollegiate debates with regional attendance.
Construction on fifteen new bridges will resume in April between Fort Madison and Camden Missouri and on the southern division across the Cimarron river and Ephraim creek. The American Bridge company and Chase County Stones company lead masonry and wood work with pneumatic foundations planned for major spans. Shop upgrades include six principal division compressors from Rand Drill company and widespread equipment placement as trains and personnel shift.
A Santa Fe circular outlines abolishing car counts for freight trains in favor of tonnage based ratings. The plan attaches weight cards to loaded cars and aims to standardize train makeup by capacity, affecting LT&W and M.A.&B. lines as well as Santa Fe operations.
United States District Judge Foster will decide if the fire guard tax law passed by the state is constitutional. The case, brought by Thomas county, challenges taxation of railroads led by Union Pacific receivers attorney N. H. Loomis. Railroads including the Rock Island do not pay. Hook Island paid protest. Decision could settle tax collection across counties. Judge Foster has the case under advisement and a ruling is expected within a week or two. The report notes the law aims to protect western counties from prairie fires and questions fairness of collection timing and geographic provisions. In other news Rev. Dr. McQuisten will preach at UnitedPresbyterian Church and Mary E Lease speaks at Hamilton Hall on "Christ or Caesar."
A Topeka crowd expected Mr X Roentgen to visit last evening but the event collapsed. Prof Byer presented a crookes tube demonstration that produced green white and purple light but not the Roentgen ray. The Philosophical Society met at the high school with about forty attendees and plans for April include papers on Cedanic Currents and Aluminium.
On Kansas avenue last evening Tony Brown, famed as the heaviest man in Topeka, stood disconsolate after seeing "Baby" Bilas ride by on a bicycle. Bliss, towering in height and girth, tried to console him but Tony refused.
A dispatch from Paris reports Mrs Curtis died there before her husband who left with two children yesterday. She was 35 and had visited Paris for two months. Mr Curtis, of To treet, leaves four motherless children, three daughters and one son. Funeral details are pending as a large Springfield delegation arrives to support their representative.
Local Allen County brief notes Bishop Millepaugh to preach at the Church of the Good Shepherd Friday night. Miss Fannie Nesbitt visits Osankle. night operator post at Union Pacific filled by Mr Flynn of Kansas City. Misses Nina and Verda Sawyer join Happy-Go-Luck club at Mrs W B Spear home. Drs Lyon Reynolds advertise dental work. Local businesses list ads and a reception for Rev J T Chandler at Mr W Cheney’s home. music noted. Sayings and Loan Association issues time certificates, touting safety vs mortgages.
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