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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1895
Page
5
The First California Limited makes a notable arrival in Los Angeles as the coast to coast service expands its route. The event signals progress for early rail travel and regional connectivity, highlighting the railroad's growing network and passenger convenience.
The Santa Fe California Limited No 3 reached Topeka from Chicago after a two day 20 hour 5 minute trip the fastest between the two cities. News crews described the voyage and the celebratory reception for officials and excursionists aboard the luxury train. A humorous hotel anecdote followed as the party toured depots and discussed rail equipment while additional notices summarized city events and local social happenings.
Fragmentary note touts Boggs Germen Salve or German Salve a druggist favorite. Claims mention a sample box and urges readers to subscribe for the Journaim news. The legibility limits specifics and dates.
Read like a dense column of serialized plots and local misery. It recalls a sensational stage production with a frail pianist hero and heavy villains, while a Topeka woman endures poverty and threatened abuse. A chance meeting in a smoking car reveals Charles Gardner, linking tale and townspeople in a brisk, period voice.
A man named Saabrug, speaking with a garbled dialect, recounts being in Manhattan and asking to be moved, while in custody at a city jail. He asks for help to retrieve a mouse and mentions a trip down Smoky Row. Cy Leland sent wine tap apples to the railroad board, as the statehouse works on related matters.
North Topeka residents host visitors from Kansas City and Silver Lake, with gatherings at local homes and a Charity lodge event planned at 831 Kansas avenue. Halloween masquerade party attendees and a photo-filled social scene feature names like Heller, Mortis, Nockfelt, and area residents amid a week of visits and club activities.
A 21 year old man named Stevens was arrested on Smoky Row at QMU this morning for being without confinement. He claimed to have worked in Trinidad Col a week ago and could not state his destination. He was ordered to leave town after a weak refusal to answer questions. The scene also notes theater talk about Black Crook and local entertainers in Topeka with references to Warren Fable Maggie Lewis George Melville and a Havana cigar offer.
An uptown hotel crowd recalls odd incidents with electric lamps. A guest wrapped a towel around a hot lamp, wetting it and causing a blaze. a farmer in St Louis mistook a gunshot for danger after a lamp click. a guest mistook a lamp for danger and tried to smother it with a drawer. The tales highlight ignorance and misadventure with early electric lighting.
A light tale of girls at an afternoon ice cream table joking about economy. One wears mismatched gloves, the left and right struggling to stay whole after a failed patch job. The brown glove tale ends with a humorous warning about overreaching in thrift.
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