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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1895
Page
2
The text promotes Scott's Cod Liver Oil with hypophosphites to restore fullness and strength in weakened individuals. It argues fat and nourishment are essential as consumption threatens health and advises early use before deterioration.
Turkeys treasury remains strained with an Ottoman bank loan of 1.5 million dollars to Sabri Pasha as ministers face a critical political scene. Ambassadors doubt the current ministry’s longevity while palace conspiracies and a possible Muhammad Keshed succession swirl amid Armenian casualties and troop movements toward Musashi.
A new temperance corps named the Blitsonrl Anti-Awlann Army is organized in the state to persuade saloon keepers to quit and to close taverns. Officers include Hi. P. Farris general commander and A. C Cowlas of St. Joseph lieutenant with a traveling itinerary described, including a Chicago route and new 2:40 train.
Nebraska Democrats debate the silver issue after election returns show Mahoney with 14 400 votes to Phelps 4 000 for the Supreme court ticket. Silver men urge a primary on the money question and demand unified primaries for regular and bolting Democrats. They seek to align state delegates with a silver plank at the national convention while gold men resist such a test.
A large Buffalo gathering at the Hudffalo Club salutes Chauncey M Depew for his leadership in commerce and public welfare. Depew lauds Elbridge Spaulding and Grover Cleveland for currency and honest dollar issues. He ends by saying it is sweeter to enjoy life now than have an epitaph.
Cuban sympathizers gathered at Murray Hill Lyceum in New York for a mass meeting presided by Juan Fraga. Delegates and junta members including Estrada Palma and Gonzalo De Quexedla spoke, praising Cuban liberty and recalling memorials of fallen fighters.
A Santa Fe local freight wreck ten miles north of Girard damaged a coach and five cars. Five people injured, one fatally so, including C. W. French and Charred Abend among others. General Thomas Jordan reportedly dying, tied to Beauregard era. details note his Mexican War service and last troops off Mexican soil. Albert W Gridley of Batavia IL, 62, suicides in New Orleans, heir to a $1,000,000 Bloomington line wealth. two other siblings mentioned.
Ex-convict John M. Waller writes from Clairvaux prison that he may never see his family again and declares his health permanently broken. French authorities have moved him to Nimes, placed on hospital diet, and await action from the State Department before Congress meets.
The Evening Post asserts the Nicaragua canal will be constructed with New York and London capital footing the bills and American contractors handling the work. Chicago engineers and drainage experts are said to play leading roles in the project.
The piece notes a quiet week with little sign of clear outcomes from elections in key states. It discusses price readjustments after a summer surge in materials, coke market control by H C Fricle and Carnegie, wool and woolens trends, wheat and corn movements, and notable US and Canada failure counts. It also mentions bank clearings and various short notices from New York to Detroit.
A Chicago memorial plan will erect a monument to Eugene Field in Lincoln Park on November 9 funded by children and supporters. Rev Frank Bristol’s funeral sermon inspired the effort, with Malville E Stone and a committee coordinating subscriptions from newspapers and residents, aiming to honor Field’s verse and education in a lasting playground school.
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