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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1897
Page
4
The State Journal prints a fragmented column by Frank P. MacLennan with random notes on households and price hints. It references suburban life, social commentary, and anecdotes about parties, costs, and relationships, portraying a local, gossiping tone from the city paper.
Weather indications forecast cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with light winds. The piece discusses bank failures in several counties last Saturday, debating causes, protections for depositors, and potential legislative actions to secure postal savings and banking systems. It notes public concern and calls for stronger safeguards amid financial instability.
The article argues New York, New Jersey and Kentucky carried 68 electoral votes for McKinley, suggesting that if McKinley had run or if different votes occurred, the Democratic bloc could have secured the presidency by winning these three states. It claims the Democrats could prevail with those states and avoid needing another victory.
A garbled note discusses Globe Lights and a promotional event. Text references campaigns, a country girl, and a discussion about drinking quality. Overall readability is poor with many misspellings and unclear details.
The text presents a fragmentary collage of historical figures and anecdotes. It mentions imperial Russia figures, interviews with a Port Laureate defender, German health habits, a Philadelphia watermelon vendor on advertising, Prince Roland’s patronage of folk customs, and a monument to Tecumseh Sherman. It also references Professor Wilson and the Crawford family, with associative snippets about mothers and early literary circles.
In Cleveland on November 17 Butterworth shows steady improvement with no doubt of speedy recovery. A barber completed treatment and the patient was shaved, marking a minor personal moment amid broader wartime notes and a reference to the Dreyfus case reopening.
In Teriin on November 1 the German consul at De Desierro in Sanin Thyritory demands indemnity from the Liobian governor and punishment for those responsible for the outraging of a Jerinan teacher named Roth at Palhoca. Excursions to California advertised daily via Santa Fe routes and Pullman sleepers promoted.
Washington activists led by Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson push for a national university aligning with President Washington's vision. They aim to raise 280000 for an administration building, rally children and women nationwide, and plan a December 4 convention in Washington to decide fundraising and settlement plans.
In Evansaton residents plan a Thanksgiving supper to honor Woitley W Foster. Two bushels of first grade wheat were delivered to the city with a note claiming the grain is for seed boxes hung on trees for the festival. The city council had previously rejected funding for bird feed, despite prior boxes.
A Washington dispatch says Brigadier General Breckinridge will push an inquiry into the administration of volunteer soldiers homes. He will urge greater accountability of the Nomex board and seek to define government status. A full transfer of home administration to the War Secretary and a new War Department bureau are advised. A side note promotes a Southern California travel feature.
Miss Mary Mascanie of Ironton Ohio shares a testimonial about Hood's Sarsaparilla curing her mother after years of indigestion headaches and faintness. Four bottles and Hood's Pills restored appetite weight and digestion. Prepared by C J Hood & Co Lowell Ness.
Arena Nov 17 report on the Ruskin Co operative colony in central Tennessee with 1500 acres, 30,000 printed copies of The Coming Nation, and an economy of equal ownership. Members pay 500 to join, labor is mandatory, and all property is communal. The system eliminates money within the colony, assigns labor by ability, and maintains family life, education, and simple living while expanding its sawmill and textile crafts.
At the Columbia theater a stylish young man, posing as Commodore Moller’s son, caused a disturbance with actresses Miss Dorothy Drew and Miss Vaughn. He and two companions tried to force entry, punched and brandished a revolver before being dragged away by staff and patrons.
Newspapers express anxiety over the fate of the Duke of Teck after the duchess’s death. Without a will, funding for the duke is debated amid royal family arrangements and potential parliamentary pension votes. The queen has guided the royal children’s futures, and critics warn against repeating costly royal dowry provisions.
Reports from Paul dated November 17 describe workers from Ottawa and nearby regions coerced to toil on the Crow's Nest railway. Critics call the treatment near-slavery, noting missed meals, freezing conditions, and substandard clothing. A petition from ten laborers, backed by city council of Thull, seeks help to return home as many families fall destitute. Prison terms for desertion and debt are alleged, while a local remedy advertises a frost bite salve from W. Stansfield.
The death of Mrs. Tul Huntington Jamies of Newbury Street sparks plans to use about 150000 dollars from the Huntington estate to found an orphan asylum in The Hutspetan Institute for Orphan Children in Boston. The trust, valued at 303.86 percent, is managed by E W Buichina of Hutchins Wheeler, trustee. The fund earmark is to be used after surviving beneficiaries are provided for. The article notes the likely availability of at least 150000 dollars for the institute.
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