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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
5
Farmers will receive mail at their doors under a new rural delivery route established in Tecumseh Township. The system aims to streamline postal service for rural residents and improve mail accessibility across the area.
Government announces July 1 start for a daily free delivery route for Shawnee county farmers. Special agent Hathaway outlines Tecumseh area routes, box drop at Topeka post office, and rider pay of 400 a year. Several additional routes eyed across Kansas pending success.
Topeka society notes recount two entertaining evenings hosted by Mrs W T Eckert and attended by Mrs Homer Jones of Kansas City among many guests. A planned Vesplucian club reception for several other clubs is slated for Friday June 3 at 72 Polk street with Current Literature West Side Reading Circle Cosmos Portia W T Western Sociables Golden Rule Nineteenth Century and City Federation officers invited.
Local items report river levels, a tennis opening in Topeka, and remarks from Santa Fe officials. Mentioned are Topeka primary, Elks gathering, a Topeka building society meetings, and road conditions near Vinewood park with crashes and repairs.
A Rich View Missouri report says Circuit Attorney Eggers seeks to disinter Blostom Newcomb who died in St. Louis under mysterious circumstances. Father James Newcomb has staked a tent over the grave and armed with a shotgun vows to stop any disturbance.
In Pekin on May 25 an imperial edict approves building the Tien Tein Chin Kiang railroad. Baron Vor Heyking, Germany’s retiring minister to China, heads the project and remains in Pekin preparing to leave soon. His tenure is credited with successful negotiations and boosting German prestige in China. A final line notes a local Bennett’s bookstore ad on 13th Kansas Avenue.
An old classified style notice promotes Radwe Pills claiming cures for stomach bowels kidneys liver and related diseases. It mentions New York as the source or distributor and uses archaic spellings and garbled phrasing typical of historical ads.
The 1883 will of Guilford G. Gage filed in Topeka probate assigns one thousand dollars to Christ Hospital and divides the rest among his widow Laura, siblings, and nephews and nieces. Executors named include Norris L. Gage, Bradford Miller, with Judge Abram Bergen appointed as executor. Estate value cited between 200000 and 256000 dollars, real estate and government bonds. The will also details specific parcels on Van Buren Street, Kansas Avenue, and other Topeka properties, with remaining estate to be split among heirs after legacies. Gage planned to redirect larger sums in a new will, but illness prevented it. Mrs. Gage may reside at the Topeka homestead. health concerns noted.
Henry Wraams of Billings Montana led a beef shipment overland to the Yukon from Pyramat harbor, selling cattle in Duwasonm at seven to eight cents a pound and topping carcase prices from three to five cents. The trip covered ice and coast miles, with horses drawing gear and meat destined for Chicago markets as fogs approached.
The Philadelphia diamond anniversary celebration of the American Sunday School Union continues with a guest meeting at the Academy of Music. President Metra Ke Jesup of New York presided as speakers from New York and Philadelphia addressed the attendees, with Rev. Honey Brambatl and Rev. Sranetekt O. also participating. A third major meeting is planned at the Academy.
In Denver during May, tensions rose as Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly members developed a temperance faction pledging support for the Prohibition party. A motion to reconsider the temperance committee report was ruled out of order. Delegates faced censure over actions seen as delinquent by presbyteries while around the Loup excursion.
Judge Albert H. Horton files suit in district court for over 1500 alleging breach of trust by Dr P L Mulvene Benjamin M Davies and Samuel D Walden. Plaintiffs claim they were solicited to invest in 60 acres in Dewey Beverly Halls Chicago deal, paying 2750 per acre for 20 acres and 2550 per acre for rest. The defendants allegedly paid 2000 per acre, profiting over 15000 in the arrangement.
A London report recounts John Collins bragging of surviving a ninety one knife swallowing feat but notes a more remarkable case at Guy's Hospital. American sailor John Cummings reportedly swallowed four pocketknives aboard ship, later dying from stomach perforation after doctors tried solvents. scraps of metal and knife parts are shown at the hospital as proof of his habit.
A dramatic claim touts a rapid cure in one to three days for rheumatism and neuralgia. The advertisement asserts immediate disappearance of pain after a single dose and highlights notable systemic effects. Sold by Swift 4 Holliday druggists at 523 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, for seven shillings.
The transfers show multiple real estate changes including Emma Nordquist to Emma McQuilkin for 800 dollars and various others such as G L Stitt to E P Nading for 12 hundred, Jennie McLeod to Frederick Schmidt for 2500, and Robert Stone to Laura Roudebush for 1.00. The list covers parcels in Buchanan Street Locust Street Madison Street and Elliott Avenue among others within Curtis and Catalpa Grove additions and Hull and Rudetts areas, with owners and spouses noted.
Rome May 25 Parliament reassembled in a crowded chamber as the vice president announced President Zanardelli had resigned amid cabinet reorganization. Premier Pellegrini said talks with China on a San Mun bay concession would resume to seek a satisfactory commercial solution with no military or financial burden.
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