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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1894

Page

2

Dynamite Blast Wrecks Laurel Run Boarding House

A Hengshen boarding house at Laurel Run in Winstananne county was wrecked by a dynamite blast. Twenty four sticks weighed about half a pound each and caused the building to collapse, killing several inmates and injuring many others. A track worker and doctors aided the injured, and proprietor Michael Heliskoyitab was arrested as a witness.

Winstananne Laurel Run Bateefield Tade Perominte Leght Lehigh Valley Railroad Michael Heliskoyitab Old Country Chippens Falls Wie Tuirrewa Falls Wis Bloomer Emu Ohio Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago Ottawa River Bridge Frank Ferris Baineer John Kobier W. Rhodes Barnes St. Lou East St Louis St Louis Transfer Company Tcelock

Blaze at Rolla Missouri Destroys Multiple Businesses

A major blaze in Rolla Missouri yesterday morning caused extensive damage to the business district. Losses are estimated at about 54 thousand dollars with several shops hit hard including a grocery store and dry goods outfits. Insurance figures are listed for many firms, with the Rolla Herald and Peerless Steam Laundry among those affected.

Mra M. Greuber James Wil- Hazy Heller Insurance Charles Schuman Assuzance Rolla Herald Insuzenes

Cost of bread and nutrition in a crisis crusade era

A wartime style bulletin discusses the cheaper bread crusade noting price drops to four cents per loaf in some cities and analyzing costs from flour to final loaf. It covers bakers' pricing, labor, and regional variations, with figures on loaf weights and nutrient content and contrasts between flour and baked bread.

Crusade Wasmisoros Ineh Agricultural Department W. O. Atwater Middletown Conn Cohen Totel

Waite in Chicago and California earthquakes sweep the West

The Colorado Governor Waite arrived in Chicago greeted by hundreds of Populists and a brass band, promising victory as he spoke at Columbus monument and Tattarsall's pavilion. Earthquakes rattle California from San Diego to Alpine. a water spring reappears after two years. Also reports of incendiary fires threaten horse stables in Iowa.

Colorado Teapis Cureaco Waite Chicago Peepie Lake Front Park Columbus Monument de’ Wis Vts Tattarsall California San Diego Cal Lakeside Alpine Oax Iowa N. Yeo Fonr Ware Ind St. Joseph's Hospital John Hoffmen Hubert Aller Hoffman Aller

Victory Confirmed in Kin-Len-Cheng Battle by Japanese Forces

A Shang hai dispatch dated Hiroshima reports a second Japanese victory under Marshal Yamagata at Hin-Len-Cheng on October 26. Chinese defenders under Lin and Song fled after light resistance, with Japanese casualties of twenty dead and eighty-three wounded. Japanese troops captured guns, rice, tents, and food. Chinese losses exceed 200.

Wastryotom Shanghai Yamagata Hiroshima Hin-Len-Cheng Lin Song Nea Yalo Ping Yang

Novel industry starts in California caniagre plant

Chicago tanners begin a new industry in the San Joaquin valley growing caniagre a weed rich in tannic acid. Plans call for 200 carloads from Mexico with the aim of producing about 6 000 tons of tannic acid yearly for shipment to Chicago near stock yards. A $300 000 complex will process the plant into tannic pulp and related products.

Chicago Tanners California San Francisco San Joaquin Cal Mexico Chicago

Lewellin's Nephew In Shootout In Kansas City

L D Hampton nephew of Governor Lewelling, a Metropolitan police sergeant, shot and killed Edward Egan in an alley behind Hean's house in Kansas City. Egan's wife screamed, a quarrel followed, and Byrnes aided by firing. Egan was hit twice and died. Hampton was wounded three times by Byrnes, who fled unharmed. Police identify Egan as a notorious blower with prior prison time.

Alice Sergeant Hampton Kiles Kacens City Kan Kansas City L. D. Hampton Lewelling Edward Egan Hean North Second Street Egan Dennis Byrnes Asa Byrnes Hamilton

Fire Sweeps Multiple Newport Properties in One Night

A Newport Arkansas blaze destroyed Dr. L B Willis barn, Judge Phillips stable, and a newly built Newport ginning plant, with cotton saved and the compress narrowly escaping. Armed patrols and mass meetings followed as residents moved to eject alleged troublemakers from town.

Newport Art Newrport Ark

Miss Peterson and Mr Perkins in Perkinsville Trunk Case

In a tangled tale at a station town, Miss Peterson and Mr Perkins juggle trunks, storage fees, and telegrams as she travels to Perkinsville. The landlady, depot charges, and a mother’s arrival test Perkins’s patience and generosity amid a voyage fiasco.

Perkinsville Bullowss Street Union Station Miss Peterson Ae Peterson Merking Belloven Dean Morasn Benanis Cerelue Ruth Estella Perkievrine

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