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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1894
Page
2
Advertisement for household items including watches jewelry curtains rugs and upholstery at affordable prices and terms invites shoppers to EW Hughes 215 East Fifth Street to compare savings Also promotes Snow’s Pine Cough Cold remedy bottled at 60 cents and 2 dollar size and services like neckband replacements at a steam laundry on West Eighth Street.
A crowd of about five thousand gathered in Evansville to hear the speaker deliver a set address. The event drew wide attention as residents filled the venue, with observers noting the speaker's calm delivery and emphasis on civic unity.
General Harrison spoke to about 5,100 people in Evansville after touring 14 cities including Plainfield Terre Haute and Vincennes. Crowds ranged from 1,000 to 10,000 as the ex president urged tariff debate while Richard W. Thomson introduced him and a large line of locals lined the routes and halls to welcome the candidate.
West packing operations in the West for the summer season were largely in excess of 1599 figures, with totals around 7,775,000 head from March 1 to Oct 1, and regional gains in cities like St Louis and Omaha. The piece also notes a Harlan family reunion ending in Savannah Missouri, with officers elected. Additional cotton movement and health cautions appear, including an emergency readiness ad and a local druggist listing.
Commissioner Loehrns annual pension report shows 966 000 pensioners on June 30, 1893 and 952 000 on June 30, 1894. During the year 89 035 new names joined, 37 951 were dropped for death or other causes and 2 387 restored. Amount paid totaled 130 804 461 with 194 convictions nationwide for pension fraud and forgeries.
A disputed Populist meeting in Lawrence Kansas led to a confrontation among Cyrus Corning W H Wakefield and Etta Semple as police and sheriff intervened to restore order. The scene featured a power struggle over who presided and yielded a tense display at the hall in Lawrence.
Jacksonville October 13 evidence shows little chance of the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout proceeding unless public sentiment shifts. Backers of the Morida athletic club quote assurances of no gubernatorial or legislative opposition, while editors warn that next spring’s legislature could enact a sweeping anti prize fight statute.
Pitzmimmons refuses to sign the New York fight articles, objecting to advertising motives, glove size, referee selections, and a clause insisting on mutual satisfaction. He mentions not knowing the Fioloha club and suspects the Dwyers back Corbett. Elliott sets a pigeon shooting record with a 100 to 95 victory at Exposition Park.
Mrs. Clara Burress, teen bride of Emporia, Kan, swallowed morphine and a powder during a walk with her husband on Oct 13. She fainted and was rushed to a physician for treatment as friends hope for her recovery. The incident stemmed from domestic troubles amid a highly publicized local scare.
Jamestown citizen Martin Meserver died after a drug clerk misread an order and gave him a bottle of drug mix. In Grend day light a bank messenger on Fourth Street was robbed of 1,000 in cash and papers. Eudora Creamery reports a 25 cent per pound butter yield and local dairy work continues.
Dun's Business Review reports retail trade development stalled with uneven demand across industries. Lower farm staple prices and wages curb consumption while political uncertainty and high exchange rates influence markets. Government crop reports fuel price trends as imports and exports shift, sparking caution about sustained gains.
Summary of a sequence following the Brazil United States reciprocity pact abrogation, with duties paid on Brazilian goods from August 27 to January 1 slated for claims and suit filings. Notes from Ministers Mendonça and Blaine outline termination timing and three month advance notice. Also reports indictments of Kansas officials for forgery, a murder verdict reversal in San Francisco, and a civil suit involving Census Bureau methods and a veteran editor.
Ex Soldiers reunion in Broonsno Kan drew the largest crowd in years with City Park crowded and a parade including 1,500 participants. The event was a grand affair, reflecting strong local turnout and community spirit. Ayer's Ague Cure is advertised as a malaria remedy sold by druggists for 1.00.
A narrator recalls a haunting tale from before the war about a friend who died and supposedly returned as a spirit. After moving away, the narrator visits the old friend’s home and experiences eerie events including a midnight horse wagon sighting, whispers of shadows, and the parson’s cryptic remark about presence on earth. The tale blends memory, fear, and a vivid eerie atmosphere from a rural setting.
General Beadford’s Discoverers propose a new fur soul concept and a novel rum byproducts project. Bradford, a chemist from Medicine Lodge, visits relatives in Baton Rouge to take charge of a large new plant producing rum byproducts and paper from cane pulp.
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