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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1895
Page
5
A sprawling ad lists prices on coffee, baking powders, vanillas, spices, canned goods, evaporated fruits, soups, soaps, and toilet items. It highlights a millinery department with $2,000 worth of hats and sample bargains, plus jewelry, shoes, and hardware. Major stores like Arbuckies and Lion Coffee appear among the listings, with extensive product lines and promotional pricing.
Ambitious plans emerge for a city festival to boost tourism and civic pride. Business figures including M F Righy and Arthur Mille advocate a grand event, stressing statewide appeal, potential soldier reunion ties, a band contest, and robust local funding to attract visitors from across Kansas.
A fiery Topeka letter calls for renewed labor action as Harry Chapman receives a missive from Eugene Debs. Debs pledges to resume the union’s campaign if released, with November 22 set for quiet celebrations by unions nationwide. ARU claims growth to about 800,000 in the northwest, up from 175,000 during last summer’s Pullman strike, while the local chapter struggles to stay active amid renewed efforts.
Minneapolis correspondent to New York Voice reports a prominent Minneapolis businessman converted from tight to prohibition during a YMC convention stay in Topeka. He praised the city’s streets free of saloons, noting the surprising change and calling the experience a revelation.
Potwha council moved to condemn and rebuild most of the wooden sidewalk on Greenwood Avenue between Willow and Ash. The plan calls for brick replacement at about 600 dollars and aims to avert a potential damage suit after a noted meeting. Local notices tease seasonal photos from Spyder's Art Gallery at 662 Kansas Ave.
Local notes from a Wichita area paper cite Lee Woodall named janitor for a new courthouse while others seek office. A Hawaiian band visits, Harrison line to Holton extends, and jail escapes prompt police attention. An apple tree bears fruit twice, and a murder defendant awaits lynching odds as political clubs decide campaign tactics.
The Topeka store names a new buyer for its chemical department and announces a forthcoming city directory due around December 20. Col. Roviges Rays notes Topeka’s growth, with 34 more A names and 237 more B names, and the directory plans extensive portraits of prominent citizens and street scenes.
A Tomlinson of Reed and Tomlinson furniture dealers now controls three fourths of the Harrison Telephone stock and has assumed management of the outfit. President Mr Rodgers has offered resignation but will continue as president and be re elected at the directors meeting. Rodgers was compelled to sell most of his stock by manager Sim Bear amid no apparent conflict with other officers.
Sheriff elect Kepley reports campaign spending of 7385 with a total claimed expense of 23.65 and 17.85 spent on newspaper announcements. Hugh Lawler, Populist candidate for county surveyor, says he spent 450 in the search for the office. Five dollars went to the central committee and rent for carts noted. Better Come Now And get for your Xmas photographer You will get Best satisfaction by avoiding the rush. 652 Beusas Ave.
A broad sale lists porcelain and glass items such as rockford horse blankets, towels, water sets, and decorative lamps alongside clothing and canned foods. Numerous prices for china, linens, cookware, hardware, and meats are shown, with extensive quantities and discounts noted throughout the ad.
Thomas Cooney and the Williams family clash over a cow alleged stolen last summer to cover wedding costs for Miss Williams. Justice Grover will hear the case on November, with parties from the nearby quarter section involved in a disturbance and a charge of disturbing the peace.
From Chicago the secretary of state announces Kansas will hold a meeting at the Chicago Auditorium on Monday December 2 with speakers including ex-senator Burk and Governor Morrill. A Rossville petition to sell intoxicants is denied. City council minutes from November 11 1895 show routine adjournments and corrections to bids by Southwestern Fuel Co.
A Topeka city council meeting notes a petition by George Iae and others for grading curbing and paving Eleventh Street between Van Buren and Harrison with vitrified brick on sand. The report covers committee actions, bids for coal, licenses, and street improvements. The council approves ordinances and orders further assessments and actions regarding alley and street work.
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