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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1894
Page
3
An early public spectacle featured a tented stage performance with a large audience at the Native Calon Auditorium. The show opened with a rotating circle act and concluded with enthusiastic crowd reaction.
Chicago debates Reform 200 as a response to questions about power and control. The plan proposes a non partisan panel to oversee police entry and depart actions, aiming to alter the current structure and influence the department’s governance.
A fragmentary report claims a Canadian ram named Petrei was stationed near Kelly’s Island and fired on, or engaged, American men. Americans say the vessel was in U S waters and attempted to seize the ship as it approached a cruiser. Local authorities sought steps to address the incident and prevent further incursions.
Orrescy Nov 19. Word leaks that Brock Island withdraws from the Western Passenger Association. The move, stated by Rock Lat, appears aimed at forcing reorganization of the road system. Withdrawal takes effect at the soonest date, leaving the association with slender support and signaling a likely shakeup in the old organization.
Announcement of harvest excursions and round trip ticket sales on select routes in Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory with first class fare plus 2 90 and return by certain dates. Includes Pecos Valley Railway New Mexico limits tickets valid twenty days from sale with special privileges.
Report covers a Kansas incident where a man’s arm was blown off and his face badly burned, details of a nearby explosion, and a missing postmaster from Caldwell located but escaping. includes Nebraska football, Wichita business troubles, and local accidents with casualties and rescues.
Dispatches report slight shocks across Reggie D. Gigabesd province causing residents to flee towns. Thirteen killed and over fifty injured in Semi oete, seven killed and forty injured in Palani. Camps set in fields as authorities assist, with damage in Malockehjo and Tertanguvo. No further violent aftershocks reported near Milluzgs in Sicily.
City fire reports include a suspected incendiary blaze at 618 Clay with $150 damage and a burn in an alley near 618 Clay Street. Fire alarms rose to 19 in the month, with year-to-year increases. Other items note a Santa Fe meeting, a building permit for 226 and 528 West Sixth, a Y M C A reception and gym exhibit, Frederick Dauber’s death at 664 West Sixth, Gen A Eddy’s will probate, and a court ruling in the Coult vs Enslinger case.
Reported from Washington on November 14 notes no official reply to mediation proposals over the Chins-Japan dispute. President Cleveland's forthcoming message to Congress is expected to clarify the U S position, with officials insisting no entangling commitments abroad. Local notices follow, including county election expense statements and a township vote pledge from a justice of the peace candidate.
Lawrence youth J B Stanley, recently pardoned by Gov Lewelling after a forgery conviction, returns home as police report a beef theft at a local livery stable and a missing man linked to Thornton. The item also recounts Chinese funeral beliefs to ward off devils and a left-handedness anecdote.
Directors of Harrigan International Telephone Company met at Chicago office to plan an aggressive campaign against Bell Company and secure a foothold in Chicago and other western cities. Notables including Ex-secretary Stephen B Elkins and J R McLean attended. Also featured tonight at the Grand Theater is the musical comedy Oo What a Night with German dialect comic Charles E Loder and Winter of White Wings.
At a Wisconsin island lake resort a Chicago man and his wife are involved in a tense scene with local youths. A shore pier becomes the focal point as urchins threaten to jump if the wife does not leave. The wife and husband attempt to defuse the situation while the boys joke about risks.
Mrs Peck remains in New York to recover from a lingering cough and fatigue after a stormy voyage from Germany. Her husband and she plan to travel to Chicago soon, while Mr Rosington reports telegrams from George Paci about their arrival.
A cautious narrator recalls how a man’s pocket held corrupted and discarded papers. He notes people laugh at minor habits yet spends days examining envelopes, notes, and receipts found among discarded documents. He discovers a few items that appear valuable, but questions their true worth and the reasons they were kept. He reflects on the careless handling and long-forgotten records found in pockets and drawers.
An account recalls a man with a damaged eye unable to move after a visit to Dr. Simpson in San Francisco where treatment left him bedbound. The doctor warned home care but the man remained immobile as his second eye failed to function, prompting further questioning and ward placement. In England a farmer christened his first-born with twenty-six biblical names spanning every letter of the alphabet, a spectacle that tested the priest’s patience before the child received a single, conventional name.
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