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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1895
Page
2
A fragmented OCR grocery list shows items including flour, sugar, baking powder, cranberries, potatoes, lard, breakfast bacon, white fish, mackerel, rockwheal, and jelly. Mentions brands like Lib Smoking Tobweep and Good Land per pound prices appear amid faded text and odd spellings.
Corbett announced he will back Maher against Fitzsimmons for ten thousand dollars. He excludes Corbett from the challenge claiming Maher can fight anyone on earth. Parnas, Tex, reports telegraph exchanges with Dan A. Stuart and a reply from Hi Paso regarding the contested belt.
J J Quinn, manager of Peter Maher, announces Maher will fight anyone for the championship with 5 000 aside offered in public or private, willing to travel and meet contenders worldwide including South Africa. Maher aims to prove he holds the title and seeks Prizesimmons while declining a challenge to Corbett. Maher, about 30, 170 pounds, plans a Philadelphia visit before meeting all challengers.
At Fountain Ferry KS on Nov 24 the card drew top riders, with performances by Johnson Bevlow Sonn Starbucke and others in professional, class B Otto Yeigler Arthur Gardner Nat Butler eth, and class A Owen Hiesihe J 2 Mitchel Ed Daubert. A 1:53 25 mile in open class Do Otte Zewler led by several lengths, while Sheriff Answers hunts Stuart and Welch after a jail escape. Wanamaker mails $10,000 to Indiana Republicans. a double murder in Sioux City tied to Ed Gallagher and Alex Chapin is solved as they enter Nebraska penitentiary.
James Pollard was yesterday found guilty of murder in St Joseph Missouri A motion for a new trial will be led Two men in the county jail have been convicted of the same crime and three await trial Josiah Quincy for Mazuret Beason Boston November 11 Josh Quincy former assistant secretary of state was chosen for mayor by acclamation at the Democratic convention
A letter signed by reform party members urged a joint conference with Populist Prohibition and related groups. A three member sub committee was named to discuss a states island basis of union and coordinate with party leaders for an authoritative reform conference.
Carlisle may be appointed to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Jackson, with Peckham initially slated. Kentucky’s election upends plans, shifting federal appointments and Senate prospects. Fairchild emerges as likely Treasury successor if Carlisle exits, while October exports show declines in breadstuffs and total exports for 1895.
In Cascaco the life of George M Pullman and Pullman building manager John B Griffin was menaced by an insane window washer, Willism Sherman, who planned to shoot them by the 27th. a fortune teller is suspected of provoking the plot as police pursue her for questioning.
A Chicago district school building housing 159 students and a teacher caught fire. Despite local efforts, the blaze destroyed the structure and charred remains were recovered. Colonel J. H. Gilman, recently retired after forty years in the U S Army, is noted in connection with the report.
Rev R A White of Stewart Avenue Universalist Church preached on the pauper making charities of Chicago on Sunday. He urged coordinating existing groups, avoiding waste, and adopting a New Charity system with work yards, loan bureaus, penny savings, sewing schools, and public aid that helps the poor help themselves rather than fostering mendicancy.
A twenty-ton flywheel shattered in Albany railway power house injuring John Pichi who died at hospital while others including Charles Meyers supervisor-elect Lewis Thuis and John Panst suffered head leg and neck injuries A two ton fragment tore through Meyers saloon and a second piece hit Elizabeth Metz residence causing roof and wall damage about 50900 dollars in losses reported
In Helena Montana November 18 Sheriff Jurgens found a murder prisoner plot to fake justice by suicide. Prisoners in the murderers' row had access to morphine and Eugene Stanley killed himself the day he was to be sent to the penitentiary. After Bill Gay was convicted of murder in the first degree his cell was searched and morphine found, revealing the plot.
El Reno reports John Wilkin son arrived with word of a burned body found by Indians in the Wichita mountains. Impments near the remains hint at a gold prospector, initials EB W burned on a shovel handle. Indians fear gold seekers there risk death, as past ventures have proven deadly.
A Vermont service article notes resolutions at the constitutional convention granting railroad employees the same rights as passengers to sue for damages due to company or co worker negligence. Other items: rail lines must secure state charters. a Pittsburg Allegheny plumbers strike ends with a 10 percent wage increase effective next December. a fatal fire in Chicago injures several. London hosts a state luncheon with foreign dignitaries, US and Turkish ambassadors absent. Wichita absolves first liquor conviction under prohibition law.
The article reports on Pullman strike refugees forming colonies across the U S with only the South Carolina settlement flourishing. It notes the Hiawatha attempt failed due to cooperative collapse and capitalists’ stock approach, while Lake George Louisiana and Bonneville fared better, especially South Carolina families receiving 16 acre farms and warm hospitality.
In New York on November 13 a St Louis restaurant experiment with bloomers draws imitators. An advertisement asked Toreighe girl to wear bloomers, with pretty faces and fit figures prized for the job. Applicants queued, confident bloomers are acceptable, while faces and forms also mattered. The uniforms feature jaunty jockey caps, short waists, silk stockings in varied hues.
A Cincinnati crank letter claims two professional gamblers killed Blanche Lamont and Miguie Williams and offers tips for safety if the writer can reach California. Police treat it as a crank. The note mentions stage show plans in San Francisco and a train arrival of Northern Pacific officials at Tucous and a whisky claim linked to Try Weabboro’s cider.
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