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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
6
Social notes from Topeka announce recent events with a Queen's court at the Grand theater. The five boxed boxes were festooned with ferns and palms as ladies in evening gowns graced the scene. Names of attendees include Mrs. C. G Sutton and Mr. C. W. Guild among others in the royal party and guests.
Local society notes list many travel and visit details. Jama Leing and daughter Zeenilly returned from Davenport. Mrs. fa hemeney daughters Feito Sin Libel left for Cui ragst with plans to stay two weeks. Mr. es Ory accompanies them to the city then joins later. Mrs. Upderraf will host friends after her father’s farm visit. Jerry Brepherson of Plue Rapids visiting Dick Rodgers. Various residents travel near and far including Buffalo Toronto Montreal and Asbury. Florence Durfee and May left for Bicycle Bente at Furman’s. Charles Adame back from a Senza trip. Several friendships and marriages noted. last evening W Beige and Reed To poke were married.
Mrs Alice M Webber wife of Joseph Webber filed for divorce in district court claiming cruelty and a liquor dependent home. She seeks legal separation and asks the court to restrain her husband from property and to award household items including an anvil and bellows.
Northeast Harbor Maine Sept 2 Seth Low declines to discuss his nomination and says he will return to New York about September 15. Seaview Virginia advertises Chamberlains Covert Remedy for croup praised by many as life saving for children with croup. Kellam Offren advertise Sond sizes and Beres Blood Food Maker claims aid digestion and blood formation.
Charles E Gormly is named director of the reform school band now known as Mid-Continent with unanimous support after earlier leadership changes. The group, grown from 15 to 46 players, plans more concerts and out of town engagements in Kansas City and festival parades while seeking local patronage.
In a corridor contest Captain Waters ex county attorney Safford and Matt Campbell faced off in a standing jump challenge. Waters and Campbell failed to beat the others as Safford, weighing about 200 pounds, leaped farther than both. The crowd caused a brief commotion before order returned and Safford claimed victory.
In this court note the focus centers on Ben Jordan and Gen Buckner as key figures. Lawyer A. M. Thomas visits the police station in a long alpaca coat while clients plead guilty. a series of incidents involving Della May and Mrs Ernest May, beer cases, and a sequence of arrests and fines unfolds with testimonies and alleged intoxication affecting outcomes.
The Topeka T. A. A. W. reports it never received an invitation to join the Floral parade and rejected involvement after a dispute. The letter from president S C Heyman clarifies that Cannif acted as an individual, not as a T. A. A. W. representative, and contends the group had no role in the decision. The meeting aimed to raise funds for a deficient race meet, not to influence parade participation.
A Topeka carnival meeting features the song There Is a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight with Marshall's band and the Modocs. The text prints the garbled chorus and verses, including references to Miss Conkola Davis, Miss Gondolin, and Miss Johanna Beastly, as part of a mass meeting preview for Karnival Knights and Carnival night.
Phoenix Sept 2 articles of intention have been filed with the territorial secretary for the construction of a narrow gauge railroad from Guthrie on the Arizona and New Mexico railway to Morenci Arizona. The corporators are the operators of the Morenci copper plant and mines. The line will be 16 miles long from Guthrie to Benson.
London designer Henry Welshiman will oversee the float decoration for the floral parade by the tower committee. Sutton secured his services, and he will start soon on the Flower Queen float now under construction. Mrs. C. F. Cavert will decorate carriages for the Flower Queen and court, having led the Doral Parade subservitions.
Mrs S sunense morning received a check for 25 dollars from Barber Asphalt Company of Kansas City with a note stating the amount should be offered as a prize for the best decorated double carriage in the flora parade. The donation was voluntary and unsolicited by the company.
Partial OCR lists numerous Topeka fire station locations and surrounding streets including Kansas Avenue Fourth Street 33 Kansas Avenue Second Street 1 Fire Station 16 Kansas Avenue Garfield Street Tenth Avenues Katns Avenue Thirteenth Street Euclid Avenues Hi Crane Adams Streets 22 No 2 Fire Station 3 Lake Street East Sixth Avenue Fourth Line Stanner Streets Seventh Holliday Streets Eighth Madison Street Tenth Ave Sac and Fox Berette Sixth Avenue Clay Street No. 3 Fire Station Western Avenue Ninth Street Tenth Tooeka Avenues Fourth line Nt 4 Fire Station Twenty fourth Taylor Streets Van Buren Eleventh Streets Van Buren Twelfth Streets Huclid Avenue Buchanan Street Thirteenth Lane Streets Eleventh Street Morris Avenue Third Street Crane Street Monroe Street Tenth Avenue Lawrence Lafayette Street East College Avenues North of Bivens
London reports a week of storms across Great Britain and the continent ending in a severe gale last evening. Damage targeted crops and bees, inundating parts of the Thames and causing numerous shipping disruptions. The Nachricht mentions casualties on the river but details are unclear. A patent medicine ad appears in the text, claiming hair renewal effects.
The Farallon reached Port Townsend from Dyea and Skaguay with reports of the Alaskan migrations. At Dyea fewer than 1,000 people remain on the beach while crossing the divide, and tents and debris litter the site. Skaguay hosts 5,000 to 6,000 people with two thirds unable to cross White Pass amid nine days of rain. Business is brisk with outfits sold cheap and resold for stock. a Dyea saloonkeeper bags flour and resells empty sacks. Farallon officers say theft could be punished by death, though no one was killed for theft according to them.
From Vancouver on September 2 the Empress of China arrives with rumors of a 160 million pound loan negotiations by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank for the Chinese government. Belgians’ Shang Tai June loan issues fade, Hankow railway may begin, tea duties in Hunan worth 300000 pounds yearly, ongoing Philippine fighting, and Russia sending 30 officers and 8000 soldiers to Korea for Seoul and open ports per Russo Japanese conventions.
News from Dyea reports a sub port setup near Dyea Alaska causing disarray over miners outfits from British Columbia and prospectors bound for the Yukon. An official letter from U S commissioner John A Smith warns of whisky cargo as a major issue and calls for clear handling instructions to avoid ongoing trouble.
Ex-congressman Cheater L Long of Medicine Lodge visited Topeka with a list of 25 minor post office appointments. He discussed with Senator Baker the selection of candidates for the Seventh district region and said action, likely today, would be final. Long also noted interviews with Fourth Assistant Postmaster Joe Bristow about offices in his area.
Mexico City reports European demand for five per Gant government bonds remains high with bonds steadily climbing. In New York Exchange, price premium stood at 1.43 on Sept 2, identified as the market’s most remarkable financial feature. Republican excursion tickets available at Union Pacific depot and local agents for Bilver Lake trip. train leaves at 49 o clock Saturday morning.
Chicago market round up notes strong European cereal demand with mixed results in wheat, corn, oats and provisions. December futures show gains in wheat and corn while hogs and cattle trade firm to higher amid variable receipts. Cash grain and livestock markets highlighted with regional effects, December values cited for wheat, corn, oats, pork and lard.
Market notes from Topeka at Wert Sixth Avenue with prices for wheat and assorted commodities. Wheat trends mixed with firm to higher showcases. No. 2 hard and spring varieties listed, provisions and futures referenced.
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