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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1897
Page
4
The State Journal presents a miscellany of items including subscription rates, addresses for the Topeka paper, and notices on offices in Topeka. It includes a Paris society note on Rodman Wanamaker and family, plus a collection of aphorisms attributed to Tennyson and reflections on literature, religion, and modern publishing.
A fragmented obituary tribute to Henry George, reflecting on his life, ideas, and political influence. The piece notes his dedication to social reform, his stance against corruption, and his long involvement in public affairs, including candidacies for office. It questions the impact of his death on the movement and the future of reform in New York.
A panoramic, fragmentary column recounts social figures from Boston and beyond as gossip and notices. It mentions John Wasamekere seeking a summer home near Clinton Massachusetts, Lord Salietary’s new purchases, and Lord Rovebery planning winter stays with his child. It notes an obituary gate for an elder, a seventy fifth birthday celebration, and a theatrical manager's financial demise. It references Sir Isaac Hot dep and other elites, a grand art collection, and the Quincys’ resemblance in public appearances with a toast to the father.
A humorous-era glossary defines terms related to divorce wife ambition wedding and other domestic topics with playful to absurd twists. The entries spoof social roles, marriage, and ambition through witty misdefinitions.
The Atehisun Globe offers humorous prescriptions for marriage and gender roles. It notes a farmer politician, a man with a good job, and a woman avoiding work via fainting stunts, while a sensible girl keeps a wood position and avoids marriage. It also mocks modern dinner party antics and punctual social critiques.
The George M. Pullman will leaves ten thousand dollars to multiple Chicago charities including the Chicago Historical Society the Chicago Hospital for Women and Children the Chicago Orphan Asylum and the Newshoss and Bootblacks Home among others The will also provides funds to endow two beds in Florence Ward at St Luke's Free Hospital and smaller gifts to the Old People's Home and the Chicago Relief and Aid Society.
Barnum Bailey plans to move the entire 1889-90 winter show to London England. The Olympia venue will seat 14400 and a vast canvas city of tents and 200 tents will be erected for the production. Major preparations include new costumes, railcars, winter quarters, and a giant spectacle the MandI stage, with extensive menagerie and paraphernalia for 1200 performers.
Bacchante, the rejected statue from Boston, has been accepted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Trustees cited new reasoning noting a slight flesh contraction above the knees as evidence the Bacchants had recently removed her waters.
News from San Francisco reports steamer Excelsior arriving from St Michael with word of fiver steamers Alice and Merwink carrying 30 people bound for Dawson City. They are trapped by ice near the Yarkun mouth and plan to winter in sleigh quarters, aiming to push a few miles up river when ice breaks next spring. Other vessels like Aire Taland and Dwyer anchor for safety, with J J Henry Tett St Dehael proceeding to shelter. Three steamers may provide provisions to Dawson if navigation resumes, risking winter hardship for distant crews.
A sensational tale claims Marie Van Zandt the American singer sparked a March demonstration in Paris. Officials allegedly staged a counter demonstration to divert radicals and socialists from protesting M. Ferry, with police and opera cliques causing confusion to keep the crowd away from the foreign office.
In Schuylkill county Pennsylvania a vast dump of coal, sand, and rock sits beneath torn banks at a local colliery along the 614 Girard area. Years of war demand and transport rates pushed mounds of refuse into dumping grounds reshaping the landscape and burying accessible seams. A separate reader notes a medical claim about Chamberlain's Cure for chronic diarrhoea as a remedy, shared by P. E. Grisham of Gaars Mitts, La.
Kansas City society has not sanctioned Sunday night performances at Coates opera house this season. Only a few Sunday attractions are booked, with family opposition and a lease clause restricting certain entertainments on Sundays. Postmaster Homer Read cites family traditions and patrons’ influence as factors in the controversy.
In Watertown Oct there is a claim that Theodore Woodruff invented and patented the sleeping car and that George M Pullman paid him 195 for the rights. Woodruff’s patents began in the early 1840s and were run on New York Central and Pennsylvania lines before disputes and court rulings.
Governor Atkinson denounces mob violence in Georgia and urges strict laws imposing indemnities on counties where crimes by mobs occur. He calls out northern influence and advocates arming prisoners to defend themselves, arguing higher civilization standards for the state.
Santa Fe reports 1897 total ship ments exceed nine million dollars with 100,000 sheep shipped into Colorado this season. Inspector P J Towner notes high interstate movement from New Mexico since June, with per capita value around 150 dollars, reflecting broad regional impact.
A parent describes a five year old boy with scrofula on the face hands and arms. After four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla the humor was driven from his blood and never returned. The advertisement urges buying Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills from druggists.
New Jersey Riparian commissioners claim Palisades are safe and vow to stop quarrying. Commissioner Cloke notes only four galleries exist in ten to eleven miles, with just one capable of blasting rock. The panel will use state powers to prevent further hillside damage under the protecting act.
Attorney General Harmon discusses the Union Pacific situation and proposed foreclosure actions. He argues for a unified court approach to foreclose government liens across multiple state jurisdictions and urges a general nationwide act to protect government rights in railroad reorganizations.
Chicago report states ex counsel Vincent expected to represent Adolph Luetgert in a forthcoming trial. A heated exchange occurred as Vincent urged a reasonable continuance but Luetgert refused. Judge Chetlain, with Stam and Phales, adjourned to the next term. State's Attorney Ramsay noted Luetgert’s prior agreement for November.
Mr J Bowman and wife returned yesterday from two months in England and Scotland aboard the Mohawk leaving New York August 30. They report twelve days sea voyage, rough channels and good hotels, with rail service poor and prices not cheap. Passengers included Lieutenant Greg of Ware Leavenworth bound for St Petersbourg for the winter. They found Scotland similar to mountain country, weather damp and disagreeable, Britain excited over engineers’ steel and American products selling well. hotels expect tips, and workers exact fees.
Chief Moore of the United States Weather Bureau asks Secretary Wilcot for an appropriation of 440 dollars for the next fiscal year to establish and equip new stations across population centers. Plans include stations in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and southern California where storms originate. Twenty experimental kite-flying stations are proposed this year as part of the program.
An advertorial text promotes unsafe unproven cures by Prof. Mungon, claiming nerve poisoning, convulsions, and death follow. It touts a “Kidneys Cure” sold at 25 cents per vial from a Philadelphia address, promising free medical advice and “analysis of the water” to diagnose diseases. It urges readers to seek treatments despite lacking medical warrants.
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