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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1894
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text recounts a narrow escape involving a Pepperale pan and a panicked crowd. It mentions remedies, a state, and a cautioned view on margher wines with references to a heart cure and trade receipt.
Election filings show Cockrell elected to a higher office with expenditures split among multiple items. A vivid column recalls a crowd around a sign painter and a protest speech about “my single aim is to sell at a nominal profit.” Other items describe maritime fishing, a Naples tablet honoring cholera relief, and a train accident in Sylva with severe injuries.
Pearly Berd, a colored youth of Leavenworth, is reported to have inherited about $3,400 in cash and real estate from an unknown benefactor in Tennessee. The fortune follows his arrival with his mother twelve years ago and a period living with a man named Patterson. Local authorities note unsettled details of the inheritance and related property records.
The piece laments the near disappearance of old-time plantation laborers in the South, noting few remain in Georgia and elsewhere. It praises their fidelity to Southern families during the Civil War era, portraying them as silent guardians of homes while soldiers fought, and questions the absence of their obituaries in public notices.
A humorous tale of a con man trying to bluff a conductor with a false ticket and a smudge of luck, followed by news of Yale’s sextuple photographic telescope promising broad sky coverage and potential lunar studies, plus brief notes on rats due to railroads, and a look at Japanese parenting myths within a cruel father stereotype.
In North America a domestic duck or goose line has adapted to life where water is scarce. It cannot perform ordinary aquatic feats and has effectively lost its natural aquatic abilities after living so long in a country with water found mainly in wells.
The United States reports Japan replies via Minister Dun at Tokio urging China to approach Japan directly. The cables, read in cipher, praise U S mediation but invite China to submit offers through Dun, making him a pivotal figure in the evolving negotiations. Japan's cabinet approved the tone and terms, signaling cautious, conciliatory intent.
New York reports the Chemical National Bank suffered a teller defalcation of about $15,715. John R. Tait, the paying teller, admits misusing bank funds while claiming no personal gain. He says warned friends pressed him to send money, and he trusted their honesty. Tait, active in the Methodist church, offered his Mount Vernon residence for ???.
The Shawnee Council 5347 National University hosts an anniversary social and supper at 723 Kansas Avenue this evening inviting members and families. The page also advertises Beggs Hair Renewer promising hair regrowth and color, sold by W. H. Kennady, plus Pine Expectorant and Topeka Steam Laundry services.
A long account describes ancient Indian mortars used to grind corn, their many locations in Nipmuc country, including near Grafton and Millbury. It notes soapstone weasels found around streams and hills, with one large mortar near Ramshorn stream said to have served as a hen watering trough for generations.
A Chicago man with a horse and a Kodak tried to photograph the animal near the lake front south of the Art Institute. The horse balked at the attack, sparking a crowd as bystanders offered tips while the photographer failed to capture the shot. Also noted: a crowded streetcar scene with flirtatious banter and emerging social chatter about seats and bracelets.
Report covers various commodity futures and spot prices with mixed moves. May grain opens higher then declines while pork and lard shift, cattle receipts and shipments noted. weather and market activity described alongside local election results and community notices.
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