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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1895
Page
3
Munyon’s Cure claims prompt relief from grip cold and coughs with a quick break up of illness and a shield against pneumonia and lung diseases. Advertises Munyon’s New and Improved Home Remedies with a remedy for each disease and free medical advice from Prot Musyon at 1605 Arn Street Philadelphia.
Arunzox Oct 16. Atchison Gas Electric Light and Power plans steam heating for houses. City council referred franchise to committee. Chishum, superintendent, negotiates pipes, alleys, and filters. work to start next summer with pipes laid this autumn.
A diphtheria outbreak on Massachusetts Street Lawrence prompts strict quarantine and unease as water mains are cleaned and schools address safe drinking water. The annual Friends meeting closes with delegates from Kansas discussing Quaker education and missionary reports. The Evangelical Lutheran synod of Kansas holds a convocation led by W F Rentz Atchison with sermons and routine business.
In Lawrence Oct 14 reports show the town mourning several notable figures over the last six months, including J. A. Seeder aged 78. Processions marked the resting places of Col. Jonas T. Jewitt and John Byers Peairs. Other deaths include Henry Schaum, A. Trom Field, Prof. D. B. Tubinson, and Sen. Solon DO Thacher. A separate incident recounts a fatal accidental gun discharge involving children in Ottawa, Del. Lectures on anesthetics begin at the university, and a new sidewalk riding ban is discussed in Wiesirs. Further notes cover a $10,090 claim, postal changes, Galena mine output, and a to-be-held law fest in Leavenworth.
New Haven Oct 16 An official statement by Yale captain Thorne outlines failed negotiations for a Yale Harvard football game. A conference last month produced a plan to hold a game but Harvard alumni opposition and committee veto ended talks. The statement praises Harvard supporters for a conciliatory stance and notes no game will be arranged.
The census report highlights that forty Kansas counties recorded population gains while sixty-one counties experienced declines, reflecting shifting demographics across the state.
The state board of agriculture completed the tenth year census tabulation for 1995. Counties mostly show increases with Forty counties up 11 to 4144 totaling 20,246 while one county declines. Milwaukee marks a semi centennial celebration with a morning parade and bicycle procession to close the day.
Sunday’s game in Leavenworth saw the Schmelzers from Kansas City top the Sluggers 7 to 2. Pitchers Giages and Schaefer aided by McGail and Woods held the Sluggers scoreless through several innings as the Schmelzers improved their standing in local baseball action.
An informal conference of national committee members decided to relocate the Republican League headquarters from Chicago to Washington. The session also considered adopting the Iowa plan of organization featuring congressional district and county leagues. Names of several state delegates were listed as present at the Wellington hotel meeting.
The Modoc club, oldest musical society in the West, celebrates its birthday on November 4 with a board election and a dine-after meeting. The nine-year-old name traces to 1876 as thanks to Prof Worrall after the Philadelphia Centennial. The club aims to expand to thirteen members for the St Paul encampment in 1906 and recruit new monitors by December 1.
William Dignon sells his furniture stock to J Ot. Kalehp of Topeka after eighteen years in the trade. Knight will take possession tomorrow and set up a new stock, converting into an installment house. Druggists report no complaint. stock to be sold by all druggists.
Wheat firm on steady receipts and favorable weather. December at 60 percent, May corn firmer at 60 to 60 1 2 cents. Hog market easy on lower live prices. January pork at 57 1/2, lard and ribs weak. Cattle receipts and shipments vary. Kansas City and Aniane City reports mixed gains and declines across beef and dairy items.
Traders faced mixed conditions at the open with tight demand and scattered sales. Reports show wheat near 18g intraday, futures shifting on European and domestic weather data, while corn and oats remained cautious amid thin activity and weak cables.
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