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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
6
Submarine mines form an interesting chapter of naval strategy, offering practical insights beyond descriptive pages. The excerpt suggests a broad relevance across fields, noting their impact and potential applications in future defense planning.
A New York artist creates a composite portrait of stock exchange operators, describing the face as nervous, eager, and alert with a well groomed head and strong under control. The sketch, tested by a phrenologist after Photographic analysis, suggests power in both profile and front views.
A fragmented note describes traits linked to facial features and personality. It links a long nose with sagacity and criticism, a broad nose with gain, and a large head with hopeful foresight. The text blends opinions on logic, talent, and belief in undeveloped potential.
Alberto Bachmann, a Geneva born prodigy of Russian parentage, captivates audiences across Europe as a child violinist. Reports from Lille and Brussels laud his masterful tone and flawless intonation, predicting a great career if not overly pressed by study.
Report outlines proposed through trains from the Pacific coast to Dawson City using a hot snow wheel locomotive. Routes include St Michael to the Yukon coast entry, Dyea through White Pass to Fort Selkirk, and Fort Wrangel to Sitka headwaters. Secretary Alger prefers the waterway route via Stikine River to Lake Teslin, with several hundred miners already building a corduroy road. first trips expected within a week, later runs in four hours once packed.
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner is the Democratic candidate for District Attorney of New York. He hails from the notable Gardiner family and was born on Broad Street in New York. He studied law and has long resided in the city.
Yale adopts a coaching method placing a freshman on the field with three coaches who each guide him in turn. The feature photo highlights Sanford directing Cadwallader, a new star described as a diamond in the rough, expected to become a rare gem.
New York announces the successful inauguration of the mail tube system linking the central post office with substations. The new pneumatic network is described as a major boon to the public and is expected to be introduced in other cities soon.
A lean excellent picture of the University of Pennsylvania football backs. The image was made from a photograph, capturing the featured players in action.
A reproduced photograph shows the havoc from a gun explosion on the Russian ironclad Cussio Ve sky. It recalls a past Crete anchorage incident when a breech mechanism failure blew off the turret top and killed many officers and men on deck.
News notes discuss William K. Olcott as the regular Republican candidate for District Attorney of New York City. The piece lauds his first year in office, noting he is a young man not yet forty, and mentions Van Cott as a guarantor amid cartel-related references. The text also touches on postal shipment and mail handling in a fragmented way.
At a Prison exhibition in New York convict craftsmen displayed white and gold erife for the Warden, oak chairs, a grand office chair, a maze desk for Albany, and a governor’s desk. A National Guard uniform, a carved mahogany desk, framed gems, an Erie penitentiary banjo, Tyrrell’s designs, and Auburn cloths and brass bedsteads showcased institutional workmanship.
Candid description of a cyclist and yachtsman, I L E Hudson, fitting salt to two bicycles to harness wind power. He explains any wheelman can learn, given first principles of handling. The mast rig and steering head aim to control wheel deviation with a brake to manage rapid astern progress.
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