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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1895
Page
5
Theatrical notes list Pauline Hall appearing in Dorcas and Lady Honoris on Thanksgiving week with Pantini Hall at the Grandloopers venue. Other acts include Primrose and Westy Minstrel, the Royal Hawaiian National Band, and various speakers and performers touring Topeka and surrounding cities.
Mrs Thorpe spoke on her charity drive noting sixty visitors this week including five white fugitives from a Kansas county. She avoids placing young women in hotels, instead finding private family work and other aid, while recalling how many women’s troubles began in hotels.
Mrs M A Cornelius proposes a national plan to organize one million American women to sign a petition pledging to vote for the next president. Suzann B. Anthony reportedly considers the idea but doubts universal agreement. A scaled version may be tried in Kansas on a smaller scale.
A poor, nearly seventy year old rag picker named Thomas Pallen, living on Van Buren street, is aided by Topeka’s Ladies of the W C T G who adopted him as their charge after his English relatives refused aid. He has been sick and unable to work.
August Hines, a colored man, threatened to draw a razor after a dispute over beer at Rice's grocery. He claimed he had not drunk since yesterday and allegedly caused a disturbance near Fourth Street. Police detained him for disorderly behavior and rock-cracking charges.
Major H W Pond of Fort Scott says he was never treated better than at the soldiers home in Leavenworth where he stayed last Saturday. He did not take part in adopting resolutions and claims remarks about holding the camp were repetition of officers’ words prior to pension payment. He seeks no part in a quarrel and aims to stay clear of the dispute. Elizabeth Cady Stanton birthday celebration teased at Hamilton ball Friday night for ten cents. Also notices about Hisersi Water and J W Pursairs at 612 West Eighth Avenue.
Mr. Thompson of Thompson Brothers furniture dealers urges Topeka business leaders to back a fall carnival. He notes rival towns gain ground and calls for an organized committee early next spring. County Superintendent J W Stout supports an educational day to draw crowds, with 7000 pupils and teachers engaged.
Major James B Pond, a longtime lecture bureau director, plans a Topeka appearance this winter under Mo docs auspices. He will discuss “Twenty Years a Dealer in Other Men's Brains” and share stories about prominent speakers he has encountered. Also notes advertise EW Hecies Easy Payment and local merchants including Topeka Cash Meat Market and Henry Hull & Co.
A mosaic of brief items recounts local events including marriages, bailiwick odds and ends, and a police court incident. Reports mention Thomas Cook's arrest and release after a dispute at the colored A. A. B. hall, a You attended reception for Nanole Fy Dorr of Buffalo, and various civic notices about elections, carnivals, and a new butcher shop near Tenth and Kumis. Names include Curtis, Curtis of At, and G. Allendorf, with references to Topeka residents and federal officials in Washington.
A Topeka newspaper notes a sensational claim by Prof amacist Noone of miraculous cures, detailing patients from Cincinnati to local residents who report rapid recovery from back pain, female trouble, and kidney disease. The piece cites testimonials, doctors’ doubt, and mentions Rev. Wake and local business notices amid promotional ads.
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