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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
2
An advertising article extols value and quality in local furniture, arguing against cheap offerings. It touts growth over four years, urges buying at respected stores, and highlights a larger showroom at 017-61 Quincy Street as evidence of leadership in durable, mid to high priced furniture.
Large stocks and low prices promise value at Reed Furniture. The store cites rapid demand, vast inventory, and exclusive chair patterns with leather upholstery at low prices. Shoppers are urged to inspect sideboards, tables, and dash of curved chairs with economy appeal.
A local business touts the latest approved appliances for comfort featuring improved revolving chairs. The product line is described as splendid and well suited to modern offices and home setups.
A fragmentary advertisement describes All-Cloth and Japanese folding screens priced from 2.75 to 7, with details on sizes and embroidery. It touts varied patterns, ornate frames, and large stock, inviting shoppers to compare prices and designs. It also includes garbled text about hair goods and a misrendered store address in Cincinnati.
Wasurotox Nov 22 The Dawes commission reported to Secretary of the Interior urging revocation of tribal self-government and a plan for territorial or state administration. The inquiry criticized negotiations with Indians and proposed land division, a homestead period, and tribal revenue schemes while noting tensions over white settlement and treaty obligations.
Six medical students and Dean K. J. Alexander of Cotner University in Lincoln Neb are jailed on grave robbing charges after the body of Otto Albers was found rifled and carried from Wruks cemetery. Police traced the plot to the medical college area. preliminary hearing set for today.
Reports from San Priox, Nov 23, describe a startling transformation of Mount Tacoma Regier 14,444 feet. The snow cone has vanished leaving a sharp eastern peak. Observers in Seattle report a visible change from ninety miles away as steam rises from the crater with no confirmed eruption and limited means for investigation.
A late-year financial roundup shows receipts totaling 7,460,003 for the month with internal revenue 35,199,080 and miscellaneous 52,330, yielding a total of 82,711,713. Expenditures reach 72,169,000, leaving a month’s deficit of 24,5970 and a year-to-date shortfall of 22,051,700 since July 1.
A gruesome discovery near Clar inizio Michoacan reveals thirty corpses in advanced decomposition piled together. Investigators report the slain man Colef as Gomez was robbed and murdered for his mover recently, while searches for him uncover numerous disappearances amid the region.
Lexow committee prosecutor John W. Got recalls interviews in Washington detailing police blackmail in New York. He says nearly every business was coerced, from sailmakers to small vendors, with police influence extending across cities and terrifying witnesses into silence. The stark tale compares New York’s police regime to Tsarist St Petersburg and highlights the depth of covert corruption.
Attorney General Olney Secretary Lamont and Secretary Smith met to discuss sending a posse to suppress the coal gang and lawless elements in the Indian Territory. The matter falls under the Department of Justice. United States Marshal McAlester faces criticism for inaction and may be summoned to rally Arkansas troops to enforce order. Potential removal of Marshal McAlester is discussed.
Oregon Governor Pennoyer comments on mediation offers to the federal government. He asserts the Japanese government followed his example by reminding Cleveland to attend to his own business for the country’s sake. President Cleveland should not have been snubbed again.
Herr Johann Most spoke to a mixed crowd of anarchists in Pittsburgh on November 1. He argued liberty was stolen, criticized authority from chiefs to emperors, and urged abolishing despotism and monarchy while endorsing populism and referendum as cures.
The Navy Paymaster Edwin Stewart reports for the year ending June 30, 1804 total spending on the new establishment at 81,370,144.91 dollars. Major item is 5,251,072 dollars for ships under construction excluding labor. Costs shown include the Chicago, Yorktown, and Metropolis steamers with multi-tier rates and prices.
A Hamburg dispatch reports Germany moving toward restricting U S dried and evaporated apples to curb zinc content a measure that could provoke retaliation and hurt trade. The consul urges fruit driers to alter methods to avoid bans and possible retaliation.
Two prisoners Harlahan and Downing perished in a jail fire in the Indiana Territory Tasnequas, with Night Watchmen Goody and Taylor attempting to assist. The wooden cell structure eight inches thick trapped them as flames blocked the doorway and a wall hole was cut too late to save them. Downing reportedly set fire to gain freedom.
Final arrangements are under way for a Great American university to be erected in Washington’s northwest suburbs, funded largely by Methodists. Ninety acres of scenic ground will surround three connected blue stone buildings, with a future school of theology planned and a total project cost of about 5 million dollars.
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