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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1895
Page
8
In railroad circles word spreads of fr. Devylin's new private car described as a comfortable, well appointed rail vehicle. It draws attention for design and luxury features believed to set a high standard in executive travel.
A Kansas hotel item mixes gossip among railroad men in Housas with notes on C J Davliv manager of coal properties for the Santa Fe. Special car 213, remodeled for Davliv, arrives in the city, plus updates on Santa Fe engineers, firemen, foremen, and various transfers. Also mentions a Thanksgiving marriage, a Santa Fe ball, and events at Washburn college with John DeWitt Miller speaking December 2.
Town church notices list services across English Lutheran First Spiritualist Galaxy Unitarian and Methodist churches with morning and evening sermons. Subjects include Faith The World’s Ingratitude to Her Benefactors and The Resurrection of Korah. Also listed are lectures, Sunday schools, and pastor appearances by Rev. Wagner Henney Pollock Hawks Alderman Hut chinson.
North Topeka items include Mrs Luli Philbin visiting Silver Lake, Mrs Hubbard in Harrison street, and a Jack Party planned by Needle Ten Society where each guest represents a book. A Kansas City sewing-case theft leads to a $60 reward for the arrest and recovery of stolen horse and buggy. Local ads promote J H Delors bakery, Magnet Restaurant, and four patent medicines with ads by Jones Drug Store and local agents. Babcock attends fire insurance school in Kansas City.
The article notes Senator Chandler of New Hampshire opposing a new rail traffic combine linking New England roads with lakeside lines. It cites allies of Chandler, including the Boston and Maine railroad and Frank Jones, amid questions about his motives as he takes a public stance against the corporations.
New York, Nov 10. Chauncey Depew urges private citizens to convert gold deposits into the treasury as legal tender. He notes a $27,000 gain from voluntary gold deposits and cites a misappropriation incident by CG Duval while praising Mr. Blower as a patriot. Depew argues gold held outside the treasury is unsafe and unproductive.
In Morris, the closing wave hit as nineteen saloonkeepers, summoned as witnesses and indicted for excise violations, decided to exit Duskvegs. They removed signs, sold fixtures, and prepared to move into other trades or depart the town, ending a long era of permissive enforcement.
New York court verdict awarded actress Lola Bertelle $1188 for breach of contract by Neil Burgess in The Coyute Pair. Jury found Burgess employed Bertelle for 34 weeks starting November 18, 1882 and paid $40 weekly before her discharge a month later.
Secretary Hoke Suth plans to speak to the Georgia legislature next week in Wasuneros. He will review social sites and is expected to depart for Washington late in the week.
United States Consul Glitert reports in Liege on making damascas gh n barr eia and notes Gow berreia are mainly sold in the United States. Weekly New York bank data show reserve and deposits shifts, with declines in reserves and loans and a rise in deposits. Mrs. Title Dake, wife of A M Dake, dies at home in Indianapolis area after consumption. A crowd in St Louis disrupted the coroner transfer of Alexander Royal, the man accused of Jessie Sims’s death, as officers kept them back.
A fragmented midwestern plantation era dialogue shows Uncle Mose asking Miss Simmons to host a party at their house. The talk touches on class lines and fears of “white trash” mixing with “first family blood” as plans to invite the Panties and Panty relations unfold amid snatches of dialect and social tension.
Wealthy wife confronts husband Whitherby over neglect of their wedding anniversary. He apologizes, blaming business that diverted his attention. She recalls they wed in June and laments his forgotten milestone, insisting she will no longer expect romance from him.
A reader letter critiques potato prices in Wisconsin and notes that many readers would not pay current cents per bushel, reflecting the era’s price fluctuations and public interest in commodity costs. The fragment preserves local voice and humor from the Chicago Tribune commentary.
Washington dispatch reports that Congress may revive reciprocity as manufacturers and merchants push for trade growth with hemisphere nations. Chicago and New York groups plan action to press Congress and agricultural machinery firms to back the policy. Also brief items include a court arrest of a coachman and a soldier misidentified as a tramp, plus a satirical exchange about advertising piano quality and a Beatrice poem submission.
A large bookshop owned by Wil- Tam Dieding burned at night with flames tearing through the building. The waterman failed to post, and about 10,000 volumes of travel and essays were destroyed. The proprietor, 46, perilously tried to save stock but perished in the blaze while shouting his years of experience in editing.
Santa Fe shop owner says local officials plan to back a strong candidate. He promises a right man will be chosen and announced soon, urging unity among Santa Fe supporters while avoiding naming the candidate.
Ingalls Piancee, once linked to Charles Huiliday, was a well known Topekan who traveled with Mr Gow in Europe. She befriended Mrs Ralph Gar, stayed with her in Topeka, and met artist George Stone in Paris. A Library Hall concert by the Topeka Boys Choir with Campbell Meredith Evans Short is set for Tuesday evening, December 5, tickets 25 cents.
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