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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1899
Page
5
Fragmented notes describe political plans, theater, lectures, and social events across multiple venues. Mentions include hospital trustees meeting, county offices, a new museum, and pancake health event. Names and places are scattered amid long, garbled OCR text with references to dates, hotels, and local figures.
North Topeka column reports personal updates and small town notices. Edith Digby of Van Buren Street faces fever threats while Mrs. Joseph Chrisman hosts friends at dinner on Quincy Street. Local merchants announce special bargains on trimmed hats, ladies shoes, undergarments, prints and fabrics. John Sherman and family visit E A Sherman on the North Side, baptism services held at Christian Church, and Costley and Post promote bazaar millinery stamps.
Senator J. P. Jones of Nevada argues Bryan is stronger today than three years ago. He notes Nebraska endorsement and heavy Republican funding against Bryan, but says principle will prevail. Jones predicts Bryan will be renominated and elected, while commenting on monetary policy and currency stability.
A scientific exposition on the brain illustrated by maps locating spirit and soul and the Kingdom of God Within. Airs. 0. 5. Fowler, widow of a noted author and phrenologist, and Prof. C. Powter of New York, speak at the Gram Pak House in November. A rere intellectual and scientific treat awaits attendees.
Chicago reports the Broom Makers Association meeting to curb rising broom corn prices jumping from 60 to 268 per ton. Broom bakers sell with costs up to 3 per dozen as prices rise by 1 to 1.25 per dozen. About sixty members representing a large share of output attend. Also announce lecture by Congressman J P Dolliver on the nation of America at Rowley and Snows Friday Nov 17. News brief notes collision in fog near Capello with five dead and 29 injured. Pancake flour marketed as Eagle Health substitute promoted by Leny Merc Co.
A Topeka society event featured three hundred fifty invitations for a sequence of entertainments in honor of Miss Georgia Radcliff and Miss Mary Cornell. Mrs. James I. King presided at a Tuesday reception with Steinberg’s orchestra, elaborate floral decor, and a grand dining room centerpiece as guests including Mrs. Thomas Ryan of Washington DC and many Topeka society figures mingled and danced into the evening.
A large gathering decorated with patriotic touches filled rooms with levee flags chrysanthemum and carnation displays. Music courtesy by Random Jin iid Musette Renwick and Mrs Fred Wick, with about a hundred guests in attendance and several social notices of visits travels and upcoming Costa Rica trip by local residents.
In West Plains Missouri a duel occurred 25 miles south on the Interstate Stage line between Luke Seels f and Postmaster W M Sharp. Sharp was fatally wounded and not expected to live through the day. Rumors of improper relations between Seels and Mrs Sharp sparked the challenge. The principals fought in a cellar. Sharp died, Seels sustained minor injuries and Mrs Sharp witnessed the death struggle on the stairs before Seels was arrested and gave bond.
John Vaughn, a Black man described as violent, caused mayhem during a insanity hearing in South Tope. He attacked officers, flung a chair weight, and sparked a melee among about 15 or 20 Black spectators before being restrained and confined to Bedwell's asylum for temporary confinement and later Osawatomie.
In Frankfort Clinton county a so called death by own action club is suspected after Grenner and Thompson, both veterans, died by morphine. Thompson reportedly told friends of the plan and urged attendance at the burial. Police suspect other members and have ordered pharmacists to watch for poison.
In Philadelphia a rare suit before the court of common pleas involves Patrick J. Whelles suing his son Patrick Jr. over injuries from a cow owned jointly. The pair had split ownership, the son holding the front half and the father the rear. After the cow hurt the father, tensions rose over sale and division. The case centers on responsibility for the animal and the half ownership dispute.
A dramatic house fire in Marinette last week endangered a poor French family and their dwelling. Neighbors reported a woman prayed beside a picture of a saint as flames scorched near their home, though the structure largely survived. Over 100 witnesses observed the blaze, with many calling the event a divine interference amid the destruction.
A brief meteor shower was observed in Wichita between 2 and 3 AM with a light shower. An observer named Halston reported the event, noting its timing and a clear sky prior to the display.
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