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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1898
Page
3
Election forecaster notes Pennsylvania support for Democratic candidate Jenks and Wana maker while Quay faces a challenge. Reports suggest voters may swing against Quay to deny his legislature seat as coverage cites bank wrecks and Cuba starvation debates shaping public mood.
A fragmented Chicago Record snippet hints at a discussion of community bonds and friendship as social ties. The readable portion mentions friends as those who act, suggesting a civic or moral theme without a clear event or date.
A garbled montage of social observations and proverbs from Chicago news outlets notes marriage, women, and modern manners. It quips about society, power, generosity, and urban life with scattered references to ideas, clocks, and public works. The piece mixes snippets on aging, restraint, and civic affairs with urban trivia about Manchester and Glasgow street railways.
A man named Jacob Duzel returns to his mother’s Beacon Avenue home in New York after ten years abroad with wealth from California and Dawson gold mining ventures. He had left with nothing and reportedly built capital through repute in mining and a business stake, later returning to the city before resuming family ties and discussing a remedy for skin ailments.
The article reports on political activity in New York State with focus on Roosevelt era coverage. It notes police and reform efforts, mentions Republican and Democratic headquarters, and discusses betting on state ticket outcomes and potential legislative results amid a region-wide political tension.
Harry Garfinkel a Dalton Texas resident promises Chief Campbell to stop pursuing Jennie Ringold wife of Charles Ringold. Ringolds say Garfinkel taunted and pursued her from Dallas to Kansas City and Pittsburgh then to St Louis. If he resumes attentions he faces legal penalties under a written pledge to police chief Campbell.
Birmingham begins a new industrial project as the Alabama Steel and Wire Company announces plans to erect a rod mill at Knakey City. The move includes acquiring twenty acres from Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad, with concrete work starting immediately and operations starting next June at a 600 ton daily capacity for export use.
An odd incident in Camden recounts a duel of sorts among club members using eggs as weapons. The exchange arose during a political bet about an election, prompting a preliminary scuffle as members prepared and a referee declared the outcome a draw after a tense standoff.
New York November notes Paul Shimmick president of the Ladies Consumers League admitted to women that he had hoped to establish a cooperative shop named Ponies but society women failed to provide necessary encouragement. He said the outlook, blocked by interference, left no clear path to settlement and aid from Dringlog.
A Kansas man, R E Howell of Olathe, shot himself with carbolic acid after a revival linked scandal with Mrs Henderson. He arrived from Decatur Illinois, questioned Mrs White about Mrs Henderson, left a note asking telegraphic contact to his father and brother, and urged publication of a letter to explain the alleged betrayals. Howell, a former preacher, claimed Henderson’s husband posed as a stockman from Columbus, Missouri. Henderson’s true status and the couple’s motives remain in dispute as Coroner Williamson reports the case.
In Ottawa Herald story B S Kirkpatrick recalls meeting a Kentuckian who recovered George Handy’s Bowie knife. The weapon, captured in July 1863, was engraved with ownership details and was returned to George Handy in Kentucky on November 7 1808. The item’s provenance is highlighted as a notable Civil War relic.
Lincoln County reports an artesian well discharging 55 barrels of water per hour. The flow began at eighty three feet, rising four and a half feet above ground, then diverted by a stove pipe elbow. Mr Stout plans tubing to lift water twelve to fifteen feet for irrigation across his six acre farm.
A substantial shipment from Dolds in Wichita went out to the Pacific coast. The Jacob Doll Puckins company sent a solid carload of the White Cher Leal lard, totaling 20 000 pounds in three and one pound units, packed in about 19 000 cases.
Nortonville November 3 S GC King sold fifteen thousand bushels of corn to the crib at 29 cents per bushel within the last week. He notes many cribs bought two to three years ago and cribbed, with prices likely to rise to 40 cents before winter due to this year’s corn shortfall.
The Beloit hardware and implement business of Dilworth is sold to D W Soper and J F Soper for 4600. The deal closes in minutes as the Dilworths arrived in Beloit in 1880 and the Sop ers planned to move to Topeka. Homer Dilworth, manager of the store, looks to banking in a prosperous Kansas town.
The Free Thought Widow will issue a six page weekly or bi weekly newspaper in Ottawa with Mrs Etta Semple as editor and Miss Laura Knox as associate editor. The paper, previously published at Arkansas City and Washington Kaw, focuses on Free Thought principles and will accept varied contributor columns.
Leo Shafstall of Lincoln, near town, reported a six and a half foot North American eagle attempting to seize a jack rabbit from two hounds. He shot the bird through one wing, captured it alive, and brought it to town as a rare specimen of the species for the record.
McPherson College, Dunkard institution, reports paying $9,000 debt and most of an $8,000 lien over two years, with over $4,000 spent on improvements. The 61st term of 1808 and 29h term closed. second term began November 8. outlook for the coming term is very bright.
A late yesterday scare in Emporia saw five alarms rattle within fifteen minutes as high winds whipped through town. A severe blaze destroyed the canning and warehouse of L. W. Lewis and damaged Evans & Thomas' lumber yard, with seven box cars loaded with freight including eggs incinerated.
An excerpt from the New York Journal discusses traits in husbands and wives that build or break domestic happiness. It notes that many novels set up romance only to end with marriage and then fade, suggesting real-life marriage demands steady daily effort.
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