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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1897
Page
6
Fragmented report describes a frost at the Nebraska State Convention of a populist faction. It notes private meeting, a plan to favor fusion, and a vote to permit one state convention, followed by delegates forming a county convention and selecting a leader.
Detroit report states Governor Pingree did not seek con cession or rebroadcast from Venezuela. He sent messages via President McKinney to General Crespo and Jose Anitrade to the Venezuelan government. The trip is described as recreation and to assess internal views, with Col. Suthon accompanying Pingree to monitor proposals to buy an asphalt project in the interior of Venezuela.
Rome reports the pope in excellent health despite rumors. He walked in the garden and hosted distinguished families on Friday and over a hundred visitors on Saturday. On Sunday he admitted visitors to mass as Dr. Laftow confirmed the pope’s good condition to Associated Press reporters.
A Kansas Topeka advertisement touts a new kidney cure claiming relief from bladder and kidney pain within six hours. It pledges rapid relief from water retention and urinary passages pain for men and women, available at W. Stansfield and Drus Co. Also promotes mineral water and a steam laundry service in Topeka.
In Topeka and vicinity social events unfold with parties and visits. Miss Julia Whitmer hosted a high five party for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitmer with a lengthy guest list including Elsie Valentine Lillian Valentine Emma Wilmer Emma Barber Lawrence May Lang Anne Jones Harriet Jones and many others. Numerous residents travel to Kansas City Lawrence Leavenworth and other cities for visits and engagements while clubs church groups and schools plan upcoming meetings and parades.
In North Topeka a string of social visits and small-town happenings fill the week. W. W. Crittenden spends a week in Chicago while Mr and Mrs J.T. Betts plan Kan sas City visits. Mrs. Wise of Leavenworth and Miss Milbel Reynolds travel for family and carnival events. Community members attend church meetings, entertain guests, and note recent deaths, with Harwood, Newfraw, and Mrs. Farr among those hosting or visiting friends and relatives across the region.
Advertises a free sample box of Ds. King’s New Life Pills claiming benefits for constipation, headaches, malaria, and liver troubles. Promotes egg Iacon composition, purity, and lack of deleterious substances. Solicits address submission to AE Buckten Co Chicago via Swift Holliday Drug Co.
Montgomery County Kansas invites bids for erection and completion of a school building in Independence. Bids due October 15 1897 with 2 percent deposit. Plans available at county superintendent and architect HM Budiey in Tecumseh. Bidder may be rejected.
Market notes show wheat demand abroad and local activity with uneven futures. Oats held firm for May while provisions were light. receipts large yet prices softened at yards. December pork价格 and flax futures noted with mixed signals amid drought and shipping shifts.
Readable sections show cattle and hog receipts, price notes, and forecasts. Estimates indicate total receipts and expected hog and cattle volumes for tomorrow, with prices noted for various pen types and animal categories.
Cattle receipts from Texas and nearby regions include native steers cows and heifers with total values around 19250. Stockers and feeders noted. hogs and mixed basket sales referenced. Packer activity appears, with sales in Texas Valley and related markets. details are fragmentary and partially garbled.
Sugar and coffee notes from New York on October 5 discuss raw sugar, refined sugar, and molasses. Market gossip covers wheat rising, hog receipts, Chicago, Liverpool, and Paris futures with mixed demand and firmer prices. exporters and wholesalers influence supplies as wheat and corn movements appear steady to firmer across several regions. Headlines report Liverpool wheat at 38 shillings and New York traffic showing substantial barley and corn activity, with farmers watching daily price shifts and shipments to Rotterdam and Chicago.
A garbled historical note mentions wheat, ale, dates, and places with many unreadable terms. Key names or locations are unclear, leaving a fragmented record of trade or inventory. The readable elements hint at December references and quantities but lack coherent context or actions.
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