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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1897
Page
6
Recent social events in Topeka and vicinity feature a page of engagements weddings visits and club meetings. Numerous names appear including Miss Annie Campbell and Mr D B Tasker tied to Lawrence and Topeka society circles. Local hosts include Mrs Lindsay Pogdos and the Portia club with gatherings at various homes and Hudsons hall.
The bride wore white gown and parried bride's robes as rooms were adorned with palms, ferns, chrysanthums, and roses. Guests included Messrs and Mesdames Speer, W. J. Lewis, Irwin, A. Dyer, J. H. Leonard, M. Myers, Mrs. J. Collings, Mrs. W. H. Kyle, Miss Emma Miller, Miss Ruth Leonard, Miss Emma Resins, Curtis Myers, Dr. H. Bucknaster, Christie Speer, and Master Harry T Lewis. The couple will be at home after December 1 at 1114 Quincy Street.
Snow is predicted as a broad chilling trend continues across the northwest. Temperatures fall by 18 to 20 degrees with a 20 to 40 degree rise above freezing in some cities. Havre Mant and Methane Hat lead in the cold spell while the cold wave advances east, likely bringing sleet and icy conditions.
New York reports Senator Hanns wax in the city on Saturday as allies express confidence that the administration and Congress will not press action on Cuba. Friends say he wants to stand with administration to avert any Cuban scare and protect national interests during the session.
Police report ongoing manhunt for burglars who struck the Blower House on a winter evening. Chief Steele and Detectives Cupron and team say suspects remain at large after entry through Richard Quincy Streets. Victim items include a ring with a large diamond set in akamorite and other jewelry valued highly, with several witnesses describing a lone man near the flower shop.
Washington and Randolph counties report San Jose scale infestations harming apples. Locally, residents form efforts to eradicate the pest as Humane Society members plan a benefit at the Foster Hutiarie Society to fund a police post and keep the library building fund intact for a spring expansion. Pension examiner transfers noted, with personnel updates and travel promotions to California.
The article links heart trouble in Americans to poor digestion and stomach gas. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, pleasant remedy to improve digestion after meals and aid food absorption. Full packages sell for 50 cents with a small book on stomach troubles mailed free from Stuart Co. Marshall.
The Topeka lodge of Elks entertained Al G Field and his company after a Saturday night performance. The crowded lodge room hosted a long table of lunch and a lively program of verse sketches and minstrel routines by traveling company members. Fred Chase presided as master of ceremonies and AL Bled was elected chairman before the gathering dispersed late.
Milwaukee dispatch reports a large group of Milwaukee Electric Railway conductors discharged Saturday after inspectors required them to carry at least five dollars in change. Many workers possessed only small sums, leaving them unable to meet the mandate and risking dismissal.
In Indianapolis Indiana November 28 the supreme court held that the state must sue for and recover property won through gambling for the benefit of the state or minor children rather than the gambler. The court rejected the idea that money won at gambling can be owned by the winner and allowed recovery by the wife of the gambler. Mrs Walley had won a judgment for four hundred ten dollars eighty cents. the court reversed a lower court ruling on pleadings.
A muddled local column lists varied items including a photography event at Kimball Pre Co, bakery prices, new wallpaper line at Gem Bakery, framing services, staff moves to St Joseph and New Fra, and several social club meetings. It also cites a faulty World newspaper excerpt and notes the Topeka Cooperative Hovelkeeping club disbanding after six weeks.
At Black Rock turnpike Bridgeport residents recount a deadly accident during a backyard Indians game. Willie Johnson, eleven, seized an old gun and fired as Charlie Wilson pretended to be the hunter. Charlie Horsman Wille Johnson was struck and died instantly.
An artillery wagon exploded in Mexico City on a November day, killing four men and injuring several others. Reports indicate a fatal incident with surrounding injuries and ensuing investigations.
Charles Carrington of Seattle has started recruiting 290 to 300 healthy Auburn women to accompany him to Alaska next spring to balance gender ratios in gold country. He claims to pay all expenses and take a commission from the voyage, asserting the venture helps desperate single women seeking husbands. Many locals viewed the project with curiosity as Carrington departed for Utica to recruit more applicants.
Dr Hodges of Hiscis challenges heredity theory and attributes most consumption to milk drinking. He cites milk from tuberculous cows as a carrier. Veterinarian Wilins of Alexandria examined a Jersey cow with tuberculosis signs, describing post mortem findings and suggesting milk from such cows can spread the disease to humans.
An article notes the Schuylkill colliery in Schuylkill County, operated since 1863, is being dismantled after decades of operation. It describes the breaker and surrounding buildings being destroyed, concerns over safety, and adjustments at nearby North Mahanoy and Behaylitih collieries as they shift to new operations.
Unaccountable absence of an attorney for a condemned man in San Francisco raises suspected foul play linked to Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont murders. In a separate notice off Cape Henry a three mast steamer runs aground near Little Island. life-saving crew works to reach wreckage as damage remains unclear after the ship was floated at dawn.
The report covers a court hearing on Captain Lavette and related proceedings at Fort Sheridan, with references to prisoner status, extradition, and departmental communications. It also includes dense market summaries for commodities, cattle, hogs, cotton, and grain with city, date, and price details, plus market gossip from Kansas City and New York.
In Orange county towns Pinelash and Montforc residents battle skunks wrecking milk supplies and invading chicken houses. About 60 skunks have been shot or trapped in six weeks as farmers seek relief. A rival burned blame on a resident for leaving dead skunks on furnace pipes, causing a prolonged disruption before cleanup.
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A garbled market bulletin shows mixed activity across grains and corn futures, with December options trading unevenly and prices fluctuating. Notes mention large shipments, notable northwestern demand, and scattered gains and losses in corn and wheat, with May futures opening unchanged or mixed and Chicago receipts varying.
Fragmented notice references the New Crawford Theater with mentions of Matinee and Night showings on November 25th. It lists titles including An American Beauty and The Grand Shore, with unclear remarks about wealth or benefits. Names and precise events are obscured by damaged OCR.
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