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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1895
Page
6
Topeka area readers are invited to several bovial events and community gatherings this week. Organizers list several activities including public talks and social meetups across Topeka and nearby neighborhoods.
A bustling society page details Mrs. Tan and Miss Peavie hosting a whist club, the Pansy club’s first formal home event, and various gatherings by the Ladie Aid and Fin de Siecle group. It notes birthdays, musical performances, receptions, and a wrap on Captain Comiskey leaving San Francisco after boosting local interest in baseball.
Legal action over the I Capital receivership continues with contested transfer validity to Mulvane and Topeka Capital. Testimony before Special Master Eisenkart began, Major Hudson testified on property transfer. hearing adjourned to allow subpoenas. Also report of Jack King the wrestler’s arrest for assault on Hobbs at St Nicholas Bowl, Hobbs to face police court.
Justice court charged with forcible entry and detainer over ownership of the Second Baptist Church on First Avenue Tulsa. Rev G sermon on The Ni man and Our Duty noted. suit filed by J P Newel, Henry Wilson, Frazier, Turner, Dennis Mope against Henry Hirdshaw. Trial set for November 2 with Olden faction led by Bradshaw alleged.
Dr J M Hamme of Cottonwood Pulls, a prominent young physician, defends football as less brutal than it appears. He recalls injuries, including multiple nose breaks and dislocations, while noting his past as a quarterback in regional leagues and plans to mobilize Cottonwood people for a Thanksgiving game in Kansas City.
Viscount Richard Wilkes Curzon, travelling as Blountfield, reports a 15 dollar robbery at 327 Latestrest Chicago a woman Avaie Bull runs the establishment. Warrants issued for inmates as police seek the viscount’s mover. He claims ties to the Duke of Marlborough and to Miss Vanderbilt and Miss Leiter.
S Emmet opens the Independence opera house tonight with Fritz in a Madhouse. Judge Hazen sets murder trial for Monday December 10 and will delay sentencing until after. Potwin resident Sarah Miller awarded 8495 from city for spring 1802 sewer damage. Warner Publishing of Ohio, a large firm with about 80 workers, recently unionized. Olathe board regulators hear Frank Lanter’s complaint against Kansas City Fort Scott & Memphis rail charges. Little Gem, Everybody emokes it.
A fragmented 19th century prose piece recalls Eugene Field as a humorist and lampoonist. It parodies verse cadence, weaving memory, a neighboring cat, a bottle, and a boisterous social scene into a satirical tableau of culture and taste.
Edward O. Lynch returns from Denver praising Francis Schlatter as a great physician. He says a three day journey, prayer, and a handkerchief ritual cured his chronic pulmonary troubles andCONSTipation, leaving him strong and planning to leave town.
In a case before Judge Furry the gas company sought payment of a bill disputed as excessive. Caney testified that gas burners use more gas than their marked rating, citing a 5 fee burner consuming nearly six and a 10 marking about twelve. He said these burners are German made and that all U S gas companies use them, with no responsibility on local companies.
Horton leaves for Eureka this evening to address the Kansan Equal Suffrage Association annual convention with delegates including Mrs. M.A. Corneling and Gracia Cary Hort. In Justice Gay's court today the case against Joln Heltmaan for aiding his brother Charley in a collecting expedition was heard amid minor local notices and advertisements.
Premier Senor Canoves de Castillo rejects peace negotiation rumors between Spain and Cuba and denies Mazario Gomez forces were defeated in Santa Clara. Reported insurgent surrender and a separate poker shooting case in Raven City are noted, with Parker awaiting parole details.
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