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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1895
Page
5
Miss Bowes makes a debut before a Topska audience in a well played appearance. The article notes her performance and reception, highlighting the event and its informal atmosphere.
Topeka crowd cheers Miss Lottie Bowes as Carey Preston in Alabama at the Grand. Will Wadsworth, Clement Bainbridge and George Moberly are noted, with Bowes praised for poise and stage presence amid bustling audience reaction and remarks on future potential.
Morton lodge of Cheney Kansas won a silk banner for largest lodge membership in the state. The gathering at Lincoln Post hall featured speakers Br Curios Munn on education, Bateman of San Francisco, and Rey Richard Wake praising temperance support for Kansas prohibitory law enforcement. D Mackie of Scotsman and Fred Johnson of Clay Center spoke briefly.
The confectionery business run by T. Hopkins & Co. at 21 Kenzas Avenue is sold to new owners led by W. H. Batman. Batman is noted as senior partner and former Hopkins candy maker, promising continued high quality candies and ice creams. Bulk vanilla cream offered at $1.50 per gallon. Byrwanx & Crans.
When Governor McKinley becomes a private citizen again he will move to Canton to the little house he and Mrs McKinley occupied after their marriage. The couple plan to settle in the old area and celebrate their twenty third wedding anniversary early next year, per Mr McKinley’s wish.
The report highlights 15 000 scholars in the Christian Sunday Schools of Haneay with rising interest and early visitors. A debt of 59 dollars was cleared at the late session. The year saw 13 608 new scholars. Evening attendance was strong with standing room at the First Christian Church. Nomination slate lists H C Reed as president and J E Pickett as corresponding secretary, with Sire Jennie iwr Tun, G A Poster, and H G Alderwan in key posts. Dr Aylesworth of Drake University delivered the address.
A Kansas family near Topeka endured a peril when baby John fell into a twenty foot well after a plank broke. Rosa, ten, bravely climbed the wall, reached the child, and pulled him free while their mother signaled for help. Both escaped unharmed despite a second slip and wet climb out.
A Berlin dispatch to the Herald states the Czarowitz is growing worse with alarming condition. Prof Leyden has received word of his declining health, prompting urgent concern as reactions from Russia appear tentative.
A verbose sale notice from Model Supply Ltd previews tomorrow’s 7 am to after 7 pm bargain fest featuring a new Millinery department and deep discounts across dry goods. Offers include sugar by the pound, watches, blankets, caps, gloves, and men’s suits with heavy emphasis on price cuts and cash plan advantages.
A column from North Topeka lists residents' returns and travels including Miss Ollie Cortrite, Miss Little Burnish, Mr and Mrs Harry Pribble, Aston Sheetz, Frank Allshouse, Austin Coleman, Rev and Mrs Stitt, Fred Lucks, J H Heller, and local business notices. It mentions a granite fence decision for the new county courthouses, travel plans, church services, a Republican meeting, and county subsidies. The piece notes health scares, work resumes, and local trades with several street and street addresses.
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