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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1899
Page
5
An ad urges customers to skip streetcar rides by ordering from Star Grocery. It touts low prices on items like butter salt soap beans syrup and oats, highlighting convenience and cost savings for small orders as a core message.
A Topeka society note describes a Tuesday progressive tea hosted by the Indies of the Vignette club at Mrs Willis Norton’s home on Topeka avenue. Six tables, six courses, and after each course gentlemen moved while ladies kept their Brats, with carnations and peonies adorning rooms and a Roman Classics card theme. Includes list of club members and guests, plus upcoming Lake View outing and other social items from the high school and local society pages.
Memorial day style ceremonies disrupt the routine as all schools close Friday. The high school plans commencement in the sanatorium building with Rev. DM Fisk of St. Louis delivering the address. The 47 graduates include 13 boys and 34 girls, with Welle Forte of North Topeka among the honorees.
A new Topeka shop plans a Twentieth Century Dry Goods style store selling furnishing goods and wear for ladies and misses only. The venture will be run by Chath Adams & ComMr Adams, formerly with Milly Adams, with a focus on exclusive women’s and misses apparel and accessories.
A Cornwall scientist Thomas Clark reports rocks from Kotallock mine near St. Dust and a Lacnéeston quarry surpass the Canna stone in magnetic strength. He notes Cornwall coast rocks are more magnetized, and storm actions may dramatically boost magnet power in cliffside deposits.
A baseball game between Newspaper Men and State House players set for Saturday features teams listing players such as Lovewell Bigbee Chamberlain and Carr Brooks with substitutes and an umpire Dick Alden. After the game, newspaper men will challenge state officials including Governor Brunlex and other aides to participate in the field event.
In St Louis on May 24 the Democratic national committee conference at Planters hotel is set to discuss anti trust and silver issues. Despite expectations, leaders say its recommendations carry no binding power on the party. Harrison and Altgeld factions compete for influence, with preparations for potential shifts in control and a notable absence of firm decisions. Two divorce petitions are filed in district court, Lillian Jett and Cynthia Gates seeking relief on grounds of spousal drunkenness and desertion respectively.
Topeka area notes include Vinewood school closing for the season and a school board meeting next week. J F Myers travels to Galena on business while Topeka high school commencements approach. Various local events unfold from Arion society plans at Vinewood Park to railroad and streetcar updates and city road work on Hunter Street. Lincoln post A R members and the Fifteenth Infantry units pass through, with weather and public notices shaping weekend plans.
There is no room at the Topeka Insane asylum. Oliver Basking, held in Shawnee County jail for ten days for placement, was taken to the Osawatomie asylum. Half the county's insane Were sent to Osawatomie. more are cared for at Topeka than ever before, with no further accommodation available and a need for another asylum.
A farm in Chase county about twenty miles southwest of Emporia was attached Tuesday by Deputy Marshal B A Prescott to suppress a claim of the First National Bank of Emporia. Receiver Mort Albaugh seeks $1,763 owed by BM Davis, the cashier who absconded after being notified.
A U S court heard a case brought by the receiver of a defunct Missouri bank against Major Hood and Charles Lantry. The suit seeks about 230000 under the double liability act, alleging they induced depositors to invest via fraud and now seek restitution. An appeal was noted in district court.
North Topeka barbers continually slash prices from 25 cents to 15 cents in a price war sparked by Knoll Brothers. Willits of the Star shop counters with 10 cent cuts and threatens further if rivals drop to 5 cents, while unions and shops debate the impact on barber trade and customer welfare across river divides.
May 24 reports from Pekin that Russian minister M Degiers notified the Tsung Li Yamen of Russia’s refusal to accept China’s denial of a railroad concession and that engineers will survey a Manchurian line from Pekin. The article also recounts a Chicago store window dressing anecdote from New Orleans detailing a humorous display that boosted a window dresser’s salary.
North Topeka scenes include S L Courtney visiting Kansas City and multiple social events. Calls for premium stamps at Costley Post’s, poplar box timber offers by Forbes Bros, and local fishing trips to Dragoon Creek are noted along with club meetings and readings by W T K and Argonauts.
Roll call noted by Mrs BLOC and Mrs Hale on How the French Elect Their Presidente. Officers for the coming year elected: President Mrs M M Hate. Vice president Mrs W H Davin. Second vice president Mrs C Bowen. Secretary treasurer Mrs J H Gunder. Corresponding secretary Miss Fannie Cole. Work for next year to be miscellaneous. Refreshments served by hostess.
The bondsmen for J. J. Hitt file a general denial to a suit seeking $150 credited as a shortage during Hitt’s tenure as receiver of the land office in Cleveland’s first term. They claim they can compel Hitt to pay the shortage and threaten prosecution, with Overmyer and the government’s attorney reviewing the case.
John D. Knox is freed from a $70,000 debt burden by federal court discharge just before his departure for Leavenworth. The bankruptcy clears Knox of obligations tied to a former Methodist church boom era, during which he operated a bank with deposits from about fifty ministers. The mention of a laundry ad appears among the readable fragments.
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