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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1895
Page
3
The passage discusses tests of vision accuracy and eye strain. It mentions headaches and eye discomfort, fitting methods, and the suggestion that wearing glasses can correct many defects. It notes some people avoid publishing their names despite benefits from glasses.
Lawrence May 25 state university ends its school year with exams starting Monday. Commencement events begin May 30 with a music department concert and May 31 through June 6 feature recitals, lectures, and an alumni banquet in university hall and Spooner Library. Willard Scott and William Harper address grads.
Bunemeros, Kan May 25 City Assessor J. King reports Burlington’s population rose by 7 over last year to 2,322. The town lists 111 old soldiers, 862 dwellings, 850 families, four weeklies and one daily, nine church organizations with buildings, two school buildings valued at 85,000, two public libraries of 1,800 volumes, and 321 private libraries with at least 20 books each totaling 13,860 volumes. The Best Summer Coat Ever taught in Topeka will begin June 8 at 601 Topeka Avenue.
In Exisworth Kansas a 60 year old foreign woman jumped from a Union Pacific train at night and ran along the track. Found by Nightwatch Ryan at daylight she was jailed as a possible mental case. Unable to speak English, she may be Polish or Hungarian. She had an Austrian coin, about twenty dollars in local money, and three tickets to Oregon.
Two Stockton girls aged 14 and 18 farm 145 acres near Stockton Kansas after objecting to a hired man. They strike a bargain to receive one fifth of the crop, with 100 acres planted and cultivated once, and 40 acres remaining to plant. Health officials in several states report exhaustive tests showing Royal baking powder superior to others.
Wheat rose briefly on frost forecast rumors then fell back, closing near 70 percent ahead of the day. Telegrams from Kansas City Omaha and Sioux City denying frost danger spurred a late rebound. Corn and oats also moved but less. Royal Baking Powder ad concludes the page.
In Missouri, chairman Mailit of the Democratic central committee said a majority of county chairmen must request a state convention to discuss the silver question. He noted 4-5 letters supporting a convention out of 114 counties and warned he would call one if three state committee members petition. Also mentions a London memorial against adopting the silver standard and various banking houses cited in the Times article.
Nearly two years after a 200 reward was posted for Clyde Mattox arrest, Deputy Marshal Buner of Oklahoma captured him in Hennessey and jailed him in Wichita. Kansas officials later denied the reward, then indicated payment may proceed. Royal baking powder contrast included as a quality claim.
Gossip centers on Buckingham Palace drawing room last Wednesday when Princess Louise stood in for the Princess of Wales. Alleged health reasons masked deeper tensions over a peeress favored by the Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria approved the substitution, but the peeress did not attend, leaving the storm unresolved. The piece notes Royal Baking Powder as a modern aid to cooking.
New York May 25 Mrs Frank Leslin objects to being linked to the Oscar Wilde saga. She denies giving any interview sympathy for Oscar Wilde or calling Willie a wayward boy. She insists there was no visit to Lady Wilde or friendship with Willie and condemns the rumors as baseless and cruel.
Dispatch from Naples reports renewed Vesuvius activity with thick columns of smoke fire and lava issuing from the crater. A new cone is forming at the summit already seventy feet high as seismic instruments show heightened activity.
May 21 and June 1 round trip tickets to South Missouri Arkansas and the South and Southeast via the Memphis Route Kansas City Fe Scott Memphis R R sold at fare rate with minimum 7 dollars Tickets may stop at intermediate stations for details on schedules and printed material about Missouri and Arkansas stock-raising and fruit growing J E Lockwoon GP TA Kansas City Mo Worral offers fifty cent lessons for summer Ladies waists laundry services by Peerless Steam Laundry Mineral Water and Jd W Pennkes groceries and Hose supplies by A M Snyder Co.
A Philadelphia Record tale contrasts a green young bachelor with his married friend as a baby arrives and the bachelor jokes about a set of false teeth. The scene ends with a minor note of Albert Cruise, a colored tramp, fined for carrying concealed weapons.
Market opened lower on the board of trade with July wheat slipping to 7 44 before rallying to 76 and back to 70 1/2. Reports of favorable weather and renewed buying by Baldwin and Farnum reversed losses, but professionals dumped later, pulling wheat to 70 1/2. Corn and oats followed wheat with mixed shifts, while hogs and pork weakened on light Saturday receipts. Cattle prices showed Texas steers at 25.00 to 40.75 with other ranges noted. overall market remained weak to steady across grains, meats, and livestock.
The Topeka Grain and Stock Exchange room reports mixed futures with wheat leading gains as outsiders drive prices toward the top of the day. Corn and oats rise in sympathy amid frost risk and bearish-to-bullish shifts, with conditions in Montana Wyoming and Colorado noted and Midwest futures showing tentative strength into May.
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