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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
5
A read through local records shows the State Temperance Union has slowed its public campaigns since its early vigor. Meetings are sparse, and organizers report limited turnout. Community members express mixed views on the movement’s relevance amid shifting social priorities.
Pudge Culver of Emp Mans Severed ties with the Union under Good Templars auspices as Rev Wake and Rev Woods lead state temperance efforts. Wake tours towns including Port Scott Wichita and Topeka while Woods struggles with illness. The movement notes few joints and plans more visits as officials face political friction and calls for accountability.
Swift and Holliday organize a stock company with $40,000 capital in $100 shares. WE Swift, BE Holliday, HL Robosen, Martin O'Donnell and W I Gunther serve as directors and incorporators. The charter enables manufacturing, chemical and mercantile business.
United States Senator W A Peffer came home from Tilia Ohio after delivering a Labor Day speech. He reported an excellent eastern tour with listeners receptive to Populist doctrines and was seen briskly walking along Kansav avenue toward Clay street as he hurried to catch a train back to Emporis.
A boiler burst in a government building in Chicago plunging the post office into 15 minutes of darkness. Employees huddled together, scarcely daring to breathe, as fear of collapse loomed. No serious injuries reported. Also notes the appearance of Modern Mexico, a paper promoting immigration.
The Kansas Real Estate association concluded its business and planned a statewide crop report system. President Jameson outlined achievements and aims to publish monthly township reports to curb false agriculture data and attract migrants, with regional branches forming in Leavenworth, Selina, and Salina.
Commander in Chief Lewler reports the G A R invited to attend the cotton states international exposition at Atlanta on the 21st instant. He urges comrades to be present and mingle with veterans who wore the gray from 1861 to 1863, hoping many attend. There is mention of a hurricane at Lisbon and flood damage near the city. The Aurora hay is advertised as pure Havana tobacco at 10 cents.
Last of the Court House Tower is completed with viher stone. The structure rises as a notable finishing touch to the courthouse project, marking the completion of exterior stone work and adding a final element to the building’s silhouette.
County officials disclose the Shawnee courthouse tower now uses Warrensburg Missouri stone instead of Berea Ohio stone. Commissioner T P Rodgers recounts pressuring for board approval to avoid delays and notes a $39 cost difference for 800 extra cubic feet while contractors cut price to reflect the change.
In an editorial on the arrest of Cubans at Penns Grove, Thomas Estrada Pima, head of the Cuban revolutionary junta, urges the United States to recognize Cuban insurgents as belligerents. He cites youths and professionals detained for seeking to join the Cuban struggle and compares to the American Revolution to argue for neutrality violations.
The Canadian government prepares to present to Washington via London a case against the Chicago canal. Officials warn that Lower Great Lakes water levels could harm Canadian harbors and ships while American ports on the Iske side face similar risk, urging no canal construction.
In Bearares Neb on September 5 a disappearance of the city fire department warrant book sparked intrigue. With Clerk Phillips and Commissioner Hawkins under scrutiny, a guard sleeps in the office each night. The missing warrants tied to a 15,000 rest purchase fuel suspicion of fraud and access by day.
Westfield Mass Sept 1 8 W F Gill of New York who began divorce proceedings against Mrs E O Gill sister of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt has signed a statement through lawyer Koehl withdrawing charges of gross intoxication by chloral and all court actions The document dated August 31 cites Charles Wil Gerath family cook as witness and was read from Granville where Mrs Gill is staying
Alfred Conkling of New York announced plans to introduce a local option resolution at the state Republican league convention in Bixeganpron New York on September 5. The measure favors county by county Sunday liquor sales with separate city and county ballots where a city exists.
At a September 5 session, Uulon Congress trades urged parliament to pass a bill for paying cal Africa paupers in the house of commons. Liverpool delegate Mr Sexton seconded a motion backing prohibiting landing of pauper aliens and argued royal paupers without visible means also deserve inclusion.
Diverse snippets report prorogation of parliament until November 18 after royal assent to acts. Other items note a Denver wedding linking Richard Campbell of Wheeling to the Rocky Mountain News, broom price hikes across multiple plants, and a Madagascar expedition funding request of 50 million francs.
Commercial Cable Company to lay a submarine cable to the yacht race between England and America. The Mackay Bennett will carry a Postal Telegraph office on board and relay telegrams to U S and Canada via the main ocean cable landings at Coney Island.
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