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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
5
The article catalogs a dynamic intercollegiate oratorical contest featuring speakers from Topeka and nearby colleges. It notes varied delivery, strong applause, and critical acclaim for several participants, with awards and recognitions announced amid enthusiastic student attendance and campus pride.
A Wesleyan University attendee led a varied program featuring Suave Nols and performances by the Wesleyan Glee Club. Judges sat on a panel including Angell Conwell Graves and Conwell from Philadelphia, with members delivering speeches and toasts at a banquet in the Masonic building.
At the Homeopathic Society banquet Dr Minninger Adoms toasted the movement and traced the history of the little pills. Dr Minick from Wichita recounted a humorous tale of a bottle that allegedly cures all ills with a touch, while Governor Morrill and Eugene Ware were away. The menu featured light fare and fruit plates as guests enjoyed a mind feast.
A Kansas gathering featured Dr Hutchinson and Rev Veutte praising Hahnemann with a commemorative circular. Dr F M W Jackson spoke on Why Women Welcome Homeopathy, while McNeain delivered a witty toast The Medicine Man. Speakers assailed misconceptions about medicine men and warned against pharmaceutical abuses.
In a New Britain boxing bout between John Houlihan and Pat Nolan held in Farraington today Mollthan was knocked out in the 11th round and revived after losing consciousness. Police search for Nolan as injuries are believed fatal. Nearby businesses advertise goods including refrigerators and baseball items at local stores.
Paris society this season features lavish gatherings with the Count and Countess, Duc and Duchess de Grambat, Marquis and Marquise Chaponay, and many royals at private residencies. Last night a banquet at the British embassy drew ambassadors and nobles including Comte de Haussonville and Duc de Broglie. A separate incident involved a car accident at the wharf area ends with survivors aided by a crowd as police and rescuers respond.
State meetings draw bankers to Topeka and Hutchinson as PLee of Topeka staves negptlation announces the Bankers association will hold its state meeting in Topeka on September 29 during the Union and Fall Feasts. About 209 bankers and their guests are expected to attend, swelling Topeka’s crowd for the event.
In Chicago Randolph street Aldine hall a defective elevator plunged to the basement at 10 20 pm injuring the car crew none hurt listed. Attendees including Patton Wallis and others fled as the car descended several stories before the last passenger exited.
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