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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1897
Page
6
Topeka society items list numerous visitors and locals socializing this week. Mrs Miller hosts a Derthick club gathering while Mrs Thacker plans an afternoon event. Several residents travel to Kansas City for visits and reunions, with many names and places named among friends and family.
North Topeka notes list residents and visitors including Mrs Siemyer in Kansas City, Miss Jessie Lamb in Coffeyville, and Miss Alberta Hale. Dr Agnes McKee Wallace plans ten weeks on the South side. Louis Nystrim visits Funenn City, returning Friday. Mrs AL Berry moves to a farm on Silver Lake road. Stella Dearborn heads to Kansas City. Emma Kudiswo visits Valles Falls and Winchester. Mary Powell attended camp meeting then returns to Lawrence.
In Justice MeClintock's court the A. T. Pigg case centers on alleged diamond theft with jurors summoned and expected to show up. Across town, George Tilton faces reform school prospects after possession of a revolver and stolen money. Jewelry stock and corn attachments appear in related actions as Constable Jackson pursues warrants and rent claims.
Real estate transfers filed show Jon M Brown to Emme Henderson for Grand avenue parcels 15 and 17 in Pleasant View addition. AW Geary to Dwayne Williams of News for 1 and other consideration, lot 26 Madison street. Power to the Providence Financial Association for 1 and lot 268 Monnie street. Metropolitan Investment Company transfers for 205 Metsker third edition and fractional 169 287 289 on Eighth Avenue in Parnworthis addition. Also notices include worms remedy ad and Geo W Stanfield address with AMilier’s Pharmacy at Sixth and Topeka avenues.
A midwestern travel ad offers a St Louis round trip for 9.50 via Santa Fe and Rock Island routes with October 8th cutoff. The note mentions a quick cure for croup from Mountain Glen Ark and praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as sold by all druggists.
Professor John Auiluscu and Professor Jam Atkinson travel to this country to treat both wealthy and poor. Atkinson, famed English bone setter, uses only his hands to realign joints then tests mobility, often restoring cripples to walking. He operates from two London offices, one among the rich at Hamilton House Park Lane.
The 23 year old Prince Alexander of Teck, brother of the Duke of York, is said to visit America to woo heiress Mary Goelet, daughter of the late Ogden Goelet. Queen Victoria reportedly favors a match if Wilhelmina declines. The prince will stay with Mr and Mrs Frank Burrell Hoffmann at their Lenox estate.
A fragmented newspaper page shows a satirical piece on a love tribute and editor remarks about lines describing a burial. It includes dialogue about souls, holes, and poetic meanings, with interjected snippets from other items and a brief note on marriage and superstition. The text references Saeed Seasiana and Bargias and features miscellaneous, non-cohesive excerpts from The Family Mourner and other papers.
A collage of quotations and snippets from various papers includes playful banter by a little girl and a physician's daughter, a divine healer reference, a question about toadstools, a mocked remark on electrotype beauty, and street car chatter about a newsboy’s long ride.
In St Louis on October 6 Charley Wiley a colored man living at 725 North Eleventh Street remains the focal point as reports describe his face showing a concrete racial split with one side white and the other black. Medical explanation cites a disease Teucoyshenta as the cause while local watchers note the gradual progress of the condition over nine years.
The obituary notes Mrs Nancy Thompson buried at Linn Creek Church in the morning, aged 48, long known to Tecumseh neighbors. The page also mentions Mrs V Seales buried in Topeka, plus assorted market and trade notices, pharmacy ads, and stock market chatter.
Market bulletin notes renewed strength in WHEAT with an opening advance and scattered higher futures across Corn and Barley. reports show mixed demand, falloff in some exports, and December prices fluctuating. WEATHER cues and telegrams hint at caution as markets digest global signals and domestic supply.
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