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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1899
Page
7
Eleanor La a prominent body constestant of this at city was fatally hurt on fifteenth street through the reckless driving of an unknown man. His vehicle collided with her buggy, throwing her violently to the ground, fracturing her skull.
New York review describes a May 1 performance in Henderson featuring a Burlesque take on a Baghdad swad cutter tale. Dorothy Morton leads with Ali Reba in a lively ballet and song program. Eddie Foy appears as a clown with steady humor.
New York May 1 a contract has been signed for a combined torpedo boat and pleasure yacht to be built by Samuel Ayres & Son at Nyack for Charles C. Chandler Flint a New York millionaire and New York Yacht Club member. Designer Charles D Moeher. The boat will have a guaranteed speed of forty two miles per hour.
Mosher designs a future torpedo destroyer capable of exceeding Ellide speeds, with a 135 foot hull, 12 foot beam, and 12,000 horsepower engines. Ayres & Son to build, featuring twin screws, nickel steel bronze construction, and removable forward deck for conning towers. Armament includes two 14 inch torpedo tubes, two 4 inch rapid fire guns, and two 2 pounder guns.
Parker R Mason a Lakeview eccentric arranged his own funeral and sermon. He summoned Rev Hoke and a quartet to sing and paid them in advance. The minister delivered a sermon Mason called very good and then instructed pallbearers on coffin positions. He died ten hours later.
Cecil Rhodes to report on Cape and Cairo railway and telegraph schemes at the annual Chartered South African company meeting in London on Tuesday. Admission reportedly scarce as businessmen bid $25 for tickets. The session may highlight negotiations with the Kaiser and overall company progress.
A church meeting at the Episcopal congregation sparked a dispute over women wearing hats during services. Dr Shepard urged action to remove hats after a sermon, inspiring lively discussion among about twenty women and congregants. Some feared church decorum, while others argued against forcing hats off.
Announcement advertises a Homeseekers excursion on May 2 and 1st offering tickets to Arkansas Arizona Indian Territory Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas at a weekly fare plus 220 for round trip with a limited validity period. For details see the Santa Fe event.
Friday May 5 1899 at the Grand Opera House presents Bruno Steindel violoncellist Edmond Schuecker harpist Minnie Fish Griffin soprano and Mes Bruno Steindel pianist in the Ladies Music Club Courts concert. Tickets are $1.00. Chart opens Tuesday May 2 at Sim s Drag Store.
Bishop Hurst cites Prof Muller and Prof Piper in Berlin as arguing that catacomb portraits of Christ are Roman in origin with interchangeable youth features. Assertions challenge links to later forged depictions and stress a purely human, non oriental portrayal across early Christian art.
A jumble of classified notices seeks workers and services: wage offers for two responsible men in West ork, a stenographer position with small salary, a housework helper and a daily maid, a white woman for daily clean work, a 25 housekeeper for children, insurance agents for fire and mercantile risks, land exchanges in Missouri and the Buckeye valley, sale of a modern house in Potwin Place, a four room cottage and other properties for sale, and various merchants listed including Forbes and Columbian Bank ads.
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