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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1897
Page
4
Weather ind indications show warmer tonight and Wednesday with possible snow and colder conditions. Southerly winds expected.
The piece argues the boycott ruling by a Kansas City court fails to end labor capital feuds. It notes labor unions and merchants use boycotts and blacklists, causing societal harm while calls for arbitration rise. It suggests Congress may revisit the issue at the next session.
A clipping surveys figures such as Tyner, Webster, and Harem in public roles, with mentions of Georgia politics and railroad leadership. It notes the burial mystery of James Gensey at Kosten grounds, plus a tangent on Duse in Switzerland and a landmark misread in Locksley Hall.
A fragmentary historic note describes a figure diving over the latter, permitting the cane to South. The passage portrays a troubled figure, dark and wrathful, yet other than that, Abe appears as an ordinary, minor mortal in this excerpt.
A miscellany of social maxims and comic musings on wealth debt romance and marriage from a period voice. It toys with stingy men foolish grand gestures and gifts like pearls and opera glasses while noting jokes about tramps dogs and daily life in a reflective informal tone.
Chicago Great Northern hotel proprietor W. S. Eden tried a joke on a drummer by staging a necktie display. During the stunt three men plotted to steal the ties. Eden’s plan backfired as a large fashionable jet tie valued at $250 vanished and was never recovered, with Eden accused by the drummer and guests as the one who staged the ruse.
Nov. 36 John Hy Dame, once a runner at the Western hotel, was jailed on insanity charges after recounting the Luetgert murder trial in Chicago. He spoke of a frenzy to kill his wife and two children and to cremate their bodies in an old crematory.
Rev Dr Worden outlines an ambitious Presbyterian Sunday School campaign to grow members from 1.6 million to about 2.0 million by April 1 next. He details a vigorous five year plan with regional circulars, Sabbath school participation, and yearly targets of roughly 124 percent growth in active teachers and 25,000 new members annually across Presbyterians. The plan includes mobilizing 10 groups of Sabbath school workers and aims to reach 609,900 by April 1 next. Also includes an advertisement for a patent cough remedy and personal endorsement from G W Stunmfeld of Kansas Avenue.
Thomas Mager of San Francisco recounts his Dawson to Selkirk return over the Dalton trail with Jack Dalton and others. The party faced ice jams, deep river channels, heavy snow, fading daylight, scarce food, and brutal scrambles across mountains and ridges, finally reaching Chitkat after forty-two days.
An advertisement touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming relief in 1 to 3 days. It cites testimonial from ex-Postmaster Jowa and urges purchase from Swift & Holliday Drug Co at 523 Kansas Avenue Topeka, with a flourish about miner’s water and a call to try the remedy.
Miss Mildred Stokes and Miss Josephine Drexel debut before society at the Stokes Madison Avenue home. Miss Stokes, 18, heiress of Anson Phelps Stokes, is tall, skilled in riding and social power, with wealth around 30 million. Miss Drexel, daughter of Joseph and Miss Drexel, is educated abroad, near sighted, and connected to a prominent Philadelphia banking family with about 40 million in estate. Both debutantes belong to elite circles and are noted for wealth and lineage.
Omaha reporter cites a San Salvador attache detailing a grim October incident involving Princess Dolgorenky who landed in Paris and fell ill from yellow fever. She died in Guatemala City amid alleged neglect and looting of jewels valued at forty thousand dollars. French officials faced protests.
A Chicago notice warns that the murky Chicago River carries typhoid germs and poses lethal risk to swimmers and those attempting suicide by drowning. It urges those in distress to seek safer spots in a nearby clean lake and avoid perilous river water, mentioning lifesaving cautions and safer alternatives.
Gymnastics for boys and girls ages four to nine will meet Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 PM at the Topeka School of Physical Education. Corrective and Aesthetic gymnastics include action songs and simple attitudes. Enroll now for December 1 start. special tuition rates for those enrolled before December 1.
In Atlanta on November 20, Col. Benjamin M. Blackburn, a congress candidate, claimed lynching is a duty to guard southern homes. Several Georgia legislators voiced support for lynching, arguing crime, mob action, and even policing failures drive extrajudicial killings. Only J W Law urged education to curb crime, while others warned communities will enforce their own emergency justice.
Rumor ties a $7 million stock increase at the Du Ith and Ironange railway to Rockefeller plans in the Rainy Lake gold fields near the American Canadian border. The move lifts capital from $5 million to $10 million to finance about 60 miles of new track toward Rainy Lake, with the Minnesota ore trade and Lake Superior routes noted.
Chicago man John M. St. John crafts a twillight box of 22 woods in 6 months, polished six weeks, for President McKinley. Inscribed with Dec 25 1597, maker from 85 Thirty fifth street and Vermilion from Australia used in World Fair exhibition transport. Parcel delivery planned to Washington by Postmaster Charles A. Gordon.
A Pyramid Cure article touts a non surgical remedy for piles as a breakthrough. Personal testimonials from Mrs. M Lienkey of Indianapolis and D I Reed of Lyons praise cure and warn against costly operations. Sold by Pyramid Drug Co at 50 cents per package with a free book on causes and cures.
Chicago reports a new York Life Insurance building annex to be erected in Mun yoo street early next spring. A syndicate led by Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh has leased Monroe street holdings totaling 140 feet by 30 feet. The project, costing about 500000, will use granite and terra cotta with nine stories and an attic. Ground rents for three buildings are expected near 32000 a year.
A private Tokyo cablegram received in San Francisco says President Asano of a Japanese Steamship company, Taro Kisven Kaishe, and P Schwerin for Pacific Mall and Occidental companies have signed an agreement. The notice hints at a significant cross Pacific venture and market impact.
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