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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1896
Page
8
A heated Kansas dispute frames church leaders and political actors around prohibition. Richard Wake outlines a strategy by anti liquor groups, while Governor Morton and party figures weigh how prohibitionist policy could shape the upcoming election and state leadership. The piece surveys church, political, and public reactions amid unrest over enforcing temperance laws.
Mrs Foster spoke before a large audience on protection and related reforms. She praised national progress, urged independence and civic duty, and called for political engagement while praising female leadership and public service. The gathering featured remarks from male and female attendees and notes on broader social improvements.
A crowded Topeka column blends social notes, births and deaths, civic items, theatre plans, travels, and community gossip. Mentions Buff alo Band, Topeka papers, hospital moves, pension bureau, and notable residents with scattered dates and places.
Madame Sans Gene returns to New York stages after Paris and London successes. Miss Kidder plays the lead with a French backdrop, featuring grand rooms, period gowns, and lavish staging. The production offers Napoleon era settings and royal intrigue, with Augustin Cook delivering a notable performance.
An old advertisement warns against fake remedies like blood purifiers and tonics for indigestion. It promotes a homelike preparation of vegetable essence, pepsin, Golden Seal, and fruit salts, marketed under Grapelite by Stuart’s Tyrapeipp, as the safe postmeal aid. It touts Stivad's Drepepsia Tablets as superior to patent medicines, and directs readers to Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan for orders.
Santa Fe Route promotes its home road with five daily trains east and west, modern equipment, magnificent dining cars, fastest time, and improved tourist sleeper service. Features include new streamlined cars, superior dining, and efficient depot connections. Agent WC Garvey advertises contact details and North Topeka post office room.
A fragmented 19th century item recounts men catching turtles near the Maquoketa river to ship alive to New York for turtle soup, with remarks on wages and seasonal behavior. It also notes Spain’s Madrid dispute and a church society’s officer elections, plus an upcoming convention in Indiana.
A called session of the Fall Festival Floral Committee will meet Thursday evening in the 16 AR rooms at the courthouse. The agenda includes discussion of next year's theme and ethics issues. Meeting is ordered by Mrs. Milliken, president. Emperor Will Visit the Czar. Berlin reports Germany’s emperor and empress are slated to visit next summer.
Ambiguous report covers a large furniture factory opening and labor issues amid political turmoil. Mentions the Pugetlist deter and protests, with references to centennial preparations and a campaign interrupted by Bryan. Includes travel ad for Santa Fe route to St Louis at seven dollars for Exposition visitors.
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