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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1897
Page
6
In Theale hatleamets Curnishrod district, a 48 year old driver for the American Tobacco Company fatally shot his wife after a quarrel over alleged infidelity. Neighbors report frequent quarrels as the husband fired two bullets through a door before turning the revolver on himself, dying at once.
In New York at the horse show a scene unfolds with matrons and belles prancing on their toes while crowds fear collisions and toppled heels. The Four Windred Wein Ute clubs reportedly implement a backward walk for extended stretches, as spectators watch nervously through the ballroom gates during the afternoon.
The Indianana Etwood plant showcases an extraordinary tin plate factory bar mill. It turns out vast quantities of steel, producing 400 cm e of steel bars every twenty four hours and forging a free bar seventy five feet long in fifty seconds, highlighting innovative central Indiana industry.
A new plant opens in Onefishers Ky to produce naval materials and paper among other products. W I W Gibbs of Philadelphia serves as president with local stockholders listed. licensed products include ointment for relief and a line of art stock marked down at Trumbull's.
Column lists items for Kimball Pte Co and Cromwell Jeffers sales, births and visits from Grantville to Quincy streets, family announcements, church events, literary circle talks, club meetings, and social gatherings with dates and locations across town. Includes birthdays, travel plans, and society news from November events.
Nov 1 Simla reports official confirmation that a native Oliver and 85 Sikhs from the Kurram region were intercepted by tribesmen during a reconnaissance along the Kurmind river. They were driven into a ravine, attacked with rocks, and killed. two rebel chiefs were also slain. In separate items, former state figures face legal actions, and a Chicago judge withdraws from a high profile murder case. African chiefs sentenced for sedition. Laundry services advertised.
The list promotes brass wire fasteners noting no sewing under the bill, one third less sewing, time savings, reduced cloth strain, firmer fastening with less sewing, easier hooks and unhooks, no threads to snag the eye, a reliable hump free from thread, and a high quality rust resistant finish from the best brass wire.
List describes various men's socks by material color and price. No. 5 brown or gray cotton mixed socks at 10c, No. 6 dark brown and gray cotton at 15c, No. 7 fast black fine cotton seamless with double heel and toe at 15c, No. 8 fast black lisle seamless with double heel at 15c.
Mrs. Geo. O. Witworth hosted West Eighth Street reception for about three hundred guests as West Side Reading Circle members and other clubs gathered. The event showcased chrysanthemums and ferns with various rooms color themed. attendees included Mrs. Wiltworth and Mrs. Fellows, among many listed names, with clubs such as Vespuceian and Nautilus among those entertained. The Bachelor and Giehster clubs began a series of dances at Hudann's hall with numerous couples noted. Separate entertainments featured Miss Lea and Miss Clarke of Leavenworth with prize draws, while social updates mention travels, visits, and upcoming appearances with many named individuals and local sites.
The Redpath Grand Concert company will open the winter high school lecture course at the Grand Opera. Featured performers include soprano De Vere, bass Beresford, harpist Murray, violinist Listemann, and conductor Sapli, with a program promising notable artistic feats. De Vere recently sang Ophelia in an Abbiy Schwer fel production, and Beresford is a thoroughly trained English bass with a wide repertoire. Murray is a leading harp educator in America, Listemann the son of violinist Bernhard Listemann, and Sapli a respected conductor and composer.
The Scottings Rite Masons have full basescion of the Masonic Temple on Jackson street. A class is under way with new members joining the mysteries. A banquet, dinners, and music by The quartette supplement the day. Notable members and committee heads oversee tickets and arrangements for the event. A topas palace display and local ads appear in the Journal. Casearets Candy Cathartic is advertised as a health aid.
Fragmented item lists multiple business failures and assignments from various places. It mentions W Hitting of Manor with liabilities and assets of 1000, Thompson & Mercininey with 2000 preferred claims, Below & Co with H0 liabilities, Denman Fisher & Carter with preferences, John Palmier & Co of New York with 2000 liabilities and 2001 assets, and Bay State Beneficiary association matters in Boston.
The Philadelphia select council approved an ordinance to lease the gas works to United Gas Improvement company for 30 years, by a 25 to 1 vote after a session from early afternoon until five. The minority attempted delay as the measure advanced to court challenges.
A distorted article describes a legal move by AMIN to compel equity against the city and its departments. The filing seeks an injunction to restrain Ukreuarworks from operating, asserting the city council bans any other party from running the works. Mayor Warwick is named as served.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a complex trust plan affecting the Fawallan planters and Western Sugar Refinery contracts. Large shipments of raw beets and refined product are slated for markets in New York and California, with several refiners and firms named as principal players. The notice emphasizes market timing and production flow through Crockett works and related refineries.
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