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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1897
Page
4
Fragmentary newspaper page from Topeka includes subscription terms, rates, and home advertising lines. It also carries scattered items on cemetery deeds, political chatter, tobacco expert quotes, and exotic anecdotes about public figures, with numerous OCR typos and incomplete sentences.
The regional market shows signs of renewed activity with increased trade, investment, and industry expansion. Growth is driven by rail, land value, and new factories, while demand for housing and real estate inches upward as confidence returns among investors and buyers.
A column of humorous quips and social foibles lists blunt opinions on critics, grandfathers, barbers, tooth pullers, weddings, candor in marriage, and the quirks of aging. It edges toward satire on public life, marriage, and appetite, closing with a reflection on youth and aging.
General Booth of the Salvation Army will visit this country and Canidae next January. Huron William Rothschild adheres to strict Jewish dietary laws and travels with his own utensils. The Knights of Primas have raised $12,000 for a monument to John Fathbone.
The poem laureate Lord Tennyson, amid American attention, writes of gratitude for gifts and friendship from the United States. Biographers note Whittier, Walt Whitman, Lowell and Holmes defending his work while American gifts deepen his sense of cross Atlantic literary kinship.
The Nettie G. Thorston schooner with twenty aboard departs Erie basin under Captain Frederick Artur Dease for a gold-hunting expedition to Montevideo and then to Magellan Strait, San Francisco, Yukon, and Alaska. Two women occupy the cabin, fare listed as 330. voyage planned to Santa Fe by October 15.
Report on the 1944 London stage season at Covent Garden begins Monday with the usual star engagements. Notable debuts include the Ghevalier Scovel in Tristan and Alles Esiy, while Wagner representations dominate. The season features Tannhauser Carmen and Juliet with principal casts including Bulin Maggi Homer Ling and Bessie MacDonald, reflecting a shift of theater activity away from central London.
The New Crawford theater reopens with a premier attraction titled Milk White Plate by Hoyt, promising humorous situations and lively music. Richant Siphl provides a prassettan, while a military character adds a spectacle, in Topeka on the Thursday evening of the week in October.
A Temple of Justice interview reveals a judge railing at petty crimes and lenient prosecutions. He cites a string of cases from thefts to minor offenses, laments slow witnesses, and argues that harsher penalties and higher fees would deter crime. The judge mentions Tommy Lewis and a Kansas City matter as examples, urging public awareness of judicial frustrations.
A fragmentary news snippet describes theater plans in Towne with Irish themes and Andrew Mack at Crawford Opera House. It notes ticket prices and mentions Cinderella at the fairgrounds. Also referenced are upcoming London Fell Ringers, a Puply company, and restless commentary on justice courts and public morality.
In St Paul on October 1 a five day artificial respiration effort saved a patient in a city hospital. Dr Ancker and an attendant maintained the unit keeping Allye alive. Doctors say there is a chance of recovery despite rare Lendry’s paralysis linked to blood poisons. Also notes about croup cures and a G A R reunion train schedule.
Chicago detectives seize youths treasured slingshots during a mass raid at South Caleste station. A police search paraded confiscated slingshots and curious gadgets, as officers report hundreds of boys subjected to drills and confiscation amid citywide investigations. The piece notes nearly universal scrutiny and disciplinary actions extending to school districts and local authorities.
A Chicago inquiry reveals Comptroller Waller faced a complex interference with the city’s telephone and telegraph systems. The incident involved multiple departments and cities including Evanston and St Louis, with accusations of misused lines and urgent dispatches during a busy period.
The Social Democracy charter offers a Topeka chapter named Kanak Geanch Now bearing officers like Prevident C Hogue and M A Waterman and secretary Clarence Miley The club consists mainly of state government workers and aims to recruit laborers in southeastern Kansas with Debs visiting Topeka and accompanying members to promote organizing efforts A second club is forming at Salve
A local notice promotes a special train to Leavenworth with a one fare round trip and a final return by October 14. The Modoc club will ride this train and daily fast service is advertised. Also included are health ads for Herbine by Geo W Stansfield and Miller’s Pharmacy plus free button mending and Peerless Steam Laundry offerings.
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