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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
8
Fragmentary game notes from Chicago yesterday list players Wilson Moran Jones and Crand Rapids among others, with mixed city abbreviations and incomplete scores. Mentions Minneapolis and Grand Rapids, but details are unreadable.
Lake View Fishing and Hunting Club prepares for spring, plans painting, and notes a good stock of bass and catfish. Members praise channel cat as a standout on the lake, catching edible fish with artificial spoons.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City and Mr Thomas Eggers of San Francisco credit Dr King's New Discovery with saving their lives from consumption and dreadful coughs after other remedies failed. A local dealer offers 60 cent bottles as a sample, praising the medicine's efficacy for colds and related illnesses.
Mayor Strong signs the Greater New York Charter establishing five boroughs Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Richmond with ten districts each The mayor will serve four years at 15000 yearly except two year term at 1000 The comptroller elected by popular vote all officials appointed by the mayor Police Department Water Works and Street Wards reorganized A Council of eight district members and a five member assembly represent the city Brooklyn and Long Island City to lose status First mayor elected November 2.
May 1 Tidiananetis Indiana reports the International Typographical Union committee in arasion endorsing a depression pay plan and shorter hours. The proposal supports united action and organized camps, with Janes J. Murphy to Detriot to secure pressroom cooperation and subordinate unions to appoint subcommittees.
New York May will of the late Howard Potter, banker who died recently in London, printed in the Massachusetts paper shows Cara Traubert Potter excluded from the estate and James Brown Potter’s son also cut off. The will disinherits the deceased’s son and his children, denying them any share.
May patents issued to Kansas inventors include Homer Hoch Marion for garden sprinkler Harvey D Pratt Gaylord for wheat hiner and temperer John D Sullivan Horton cattle guard Sumner I Terry Phillipsburg for faid pressure recoiier Drake mechanism Wm C Thomas Buuntain foreman in waiting excavations Jay B Walker Lincoln and J White Arkansas City mail plantin g machine. Kansas City Missouri May 6 The sixth Angel convention of the Beverth division Association of Railway Postal Clerks opened with about forty delegates from Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Colorado Rentine work dominated the first session.
Government has deferred the Comberton case to proceed immediately amid ongoing protections in the Ravane matter. References to Arericane defendants Melton and Win, and Levitt, align with treaty provisions and price discussions in the anthracite sector. A Topeka Railway company prospectus and moves by Drs. Minner and Mages to Kansas avenue are noted, with spring liver health ad copy included.
State Superintendent Stevker contends the Indiana text book mirrors the state law already upheld by courts and likely to be adopted. He warns delays by county attorneys could push book adoption into the next school year, emphasizing the law’s role in preventing monopolistic control and ensuring access to standard texts.
Metropolitan Life agents faced pressure from Superintendent McNall to settle a $300 policy for Mrs Josie Dunn after her husband Frank L Dunn died. A forged claim by James L Huron is alleged, with the widow unable to obtain her policy. McNall urged prompt return and settlement. Also targeted was Pacific Mutual Life over Isaac Betts’s policy following Missouri Pacific employee injury. McNall has notified officers to settle or show cause.
A correction states J J Bristow’s brother was not appointed and that an unintentional error occurred in the original notice. The office of the postmaster general clarifies that H Bristow was appointed chief clerk, not Bristow the person referenced.
Kansan judge John T Sims sought a pardon for Guy Elkhorn, sentenced to six months for stealing tamales and pepper, saying three months is ample punishment. Elkhorn, part of a prank crowd, admitted taking a few tamales. Sims asks the governor to adjust the sentence while preserving the act’s context. Aide to Governor Seedy and Kansas National Guard officers were commissioned in related state notices.
A Denver teachers club plans to place executive control of the National Education Association in the hands of women at the next annual meeting. A manifesto will urge U S teachers, noting about 90 percent are women, to push for leadership by women and to stress experience in training minds.
Dealer states they offer new goods at cheap prices as cheap as damaged ones bought from a fire. They claim buyers act on need, not price alone, and warn that while some are easily fooled, others are not. Also advertises Special User In Novelty Wool Dress Skirts.
Topeka Elks deliver a lively burlesque of Bill of Taylor at the Grand Opera House. A male cast in decollete drapery and yellow Kid gowns, with Lorna and Haskell in standout turns, drew strong applause and promises a soldout show tonight.
Mr E G Wisin will deliver a lecture tonight under AE UL Subject iRapital and Labor. Everybody invited. James Ramss President J M Miller Secy. We take special pains in laundering ladies shirt waists Peerless Laundry 112 114 West Sth St Broken edge collars made smooth Peerless Steam Laundry.
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