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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1896
Page
2
A distorted OCR fragment lists grocery items and prices with unclear quantities and several garbled terms. It mentions tea, butter, syrup, margarine, flour, sugar, biscuits, oil, and canned goods mixed with nonsensical consonant strings, reflecting a partial retail catalog.
A New York convention of Black Republicans debated loyalty to Reed, Allison, and Cullom while denouncing so called White allies. About 45 delegates gathered to urge unity among Negro delegates against Southern White influence, with speeches urging party preservation and anti slavery aims amid tense factional lines.
In Claire Win May 14 a Wisconsin prohibition convention neared adjournment after several days of debate. A platform of four planks was adopted favoring prohibition, suffrage, school teaching in the native language, and silver value as a state issue. Chairman Lebenthal of Ban Cluirt cast the decisive vote, keeping silver as a central position.
Major Jo H Herkey of DIVORCE EN SOCIETY leads a high profile action in Boston where the wife of a Boston banker heads to Europe with a lawyer. Judge Maynard grants a divorce after months of suit following the disappearance of a prominent society trader. Paper filings reveal secret warded evidence and a settlement end.
Masked men entered Noonday Bank in Buffalo township near Buffalo, forcing the cashier to open the vault. They seized about £11,000 and escaped after a brief disturbance. Authorities scoured the area as investigators suspect experienced criminals.
Washington May 1 The American Protective Association issues a detailed address by President W J Traynor warning against Seventh hour converts and urging unity against papal influence. The document asserts political leaders support the order and cautions that party pressure could threaten its platform.
May 16 report from New York states Kit McCoy, charged with assault, was discharged after magistrate ruled insufficient evidence for conviction. City and Inspector Brookfield court had to adjourn for further action.
In St Louis on May 15 the nearly complete auditorium, designed for the Republic and national convention, will open for a dedicatory event. It will seat about 13 600, with tickets issued by a press committee and a securing process to ensure orderly entry within ten minutes.
Newsroom entertainment for visiting paper men. applications from Washington and New York correspondents of ziewepe pera for tickets. Resolved that such applications must be made through the papers they represent, not individually. Mineral Water advertised as the finest in the west by J. W. Phillips at 61 W. Fights Are. STATE JOURNAL subscription noted.
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