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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1895
Page
3
A 1805 Topeka Capital notice urges readers to trial Munyon's Rheumatism cure free from the office, with 20 000 people tested and results published. The letter from James M Munro claims a 1 to 5 day cure, noting safety and a 4 percent failure rate, while cautioning against imitators and plagiarism by rivals.
Fragmented OCR text notes Capital Livery, Feed and Sale proprietors at 119 and 121 West Nar, with horses boarded at $10 per month. The garbled lines suggest a local notice about business details or listings in Topeka area near Kansas Avenue and related addresses.
News from Great Bend Kansas reports a Kansas City legal victory as a Kansas woman secured a substantial judgment against a railroad company. The item outlines the suit's basis, the damage amount, and mentions related legal actions across the region. It also notes other state news items including a Missouri accident and debates at Kansas University.
District Court/jury awards John C. Menhers of Bourbon County $1,090 in damages from A. A. Dark superintendent of the county poor farm accused of mistreatment during his stay. Witnesses allege only two meals daily, coffee from cane seed, and vermin in rooms. verdict issued May 4 amidst a broader, garbled regional notice stream.
In district court Judge Hazen awarded Sallis A. Zerkle $15 monthly alimony for herself and child while the suit is pend ing and $25 attorney fees to each lawyer, C. A. Starbird for the plaintiff and David Overmyer for the defendant. Emery Zerkle, a farmer near Rich and Mine, faces the action.
In Land Cal May 4 Thos Thome a French shoemaker stabbed his two daughters in a laundry room and bed chamber fatally wounding one daughter and injuring the other who was not considered in immediate danger. He then killed himself attributing the act to recent debauch and family dissension.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Pittsburg May 4 gathers 600 delegates from 31 synods and 223 presbyteries, promising the largest assembly in the world. Also notes cider licensing arrest, funeral services for C D Brossman, and funeral attendance by G A R and O U W lodges.
The report, filed by the Associated Press to the State Journal from Chicago, notes mixed futures with July corn and oats showing small gains and hogs and cattle uneven. Receipts and shipments loom large. market activity is described as dull with slight price declines in several lines.
The piece rails against unnamed chronic foreheads and bears depressing values, claims tipsters earned followers profits, and predicts 75 cents July wheat with possible rise to a dollar. It notes rains helped winter wheat late, elevator control, corn exports, pork and lard movements, and a volatile U S market with firm spot wheat and strong sugar.
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