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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
5
An old fashioned grocery advertisement proclaims no strings on goods with every price at the lowest notch and items listed such as brown sugar tea crackers breakfast foods fruit and canned goods. It promises savings on many staples and urges trial orders with a long list of groceries and wares.
Readable fragment lists sugar cured hams and bacon prices per pound. Mentions sugar cured beef bacon and side meat rates, with a reference to California beef per pound. No clear date or full items due to damaged text.
On September 22 the day of the corner stone laying for the new Cotret House is fixed with Masonic ceremonies Civic and military bodies expected to parade prior to the ceremony At a board of education meeting W C Garvey invited attendance and Spencer P Wade is named grand marshal with various committee chairs listed for program invitation music and refreshments
In Cascracqua at the Willard hotel Prince Willard dinner a temperance gathering saw Lady Henry Somerse drink from a sun colored bottle. Investigations found unfermented wine largely consumed this season. Temperance leaders noted the drink reddened faces, yet Miss Willard drank and enjoyed it amid debate on behavorial propriety. Other notices warn of canceled meetings and public events in Naomi Rebekah and Mission Township groups.
Town youths staged a benefit circus to raise money for the Orphans' Home. A city tent hosted acts with dancing, singing, and animals, drawing crowds for a five cent admission. The event raised about ten dollars for the home.
The Republican Flambeau club completed its organization with officers: President G Tillotson, Vice President Lieutenant Phillips, Secretary J G Clark, Treasurer LG Beal, finance committee members Noel Bonebrake and W Vaule. About 14 names on the member list. A court house meeting is planned Saturday night and caps for members are to be procured.
A newspaper denounces as false the claim of a baking powder firm to a Grid's Fair award. Records show Dr Price’s exhibited, competed, and earned top honors in Chicago and the California Maytwinter Fair, including a Gold Medal. Could a rival New York powder be the false claimant unseen in the award?
Local ARU members publish an appeal from Argentina lodge noting the strike harmed families financially and left workers jobless. The statement defends motives, urges aid, and acknowledges hardships while denying official copies or formal issuer details.
The ARU in Topeta reports relief efforts during the strike aided by a farmer-supplied store, with nearly 20 of 940 members reassigned to Santa Fe shops and many finding work elsewhere or relying on gardens. The welfare situation improved from the initial destitution, and the ARU store ceased operation as unnecessary. In a separate case Eva Johnston seeks a restraining order against W J Johnston amid divorce proceedings and alleged abuse, claiming he harasses and slanders her. he was jailed for contempt but freed temporarily on a writ of habeas corpus.
The World's Fair jury awarded Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder top honors for perfection in all claims. Dr H Wiley chief USDA chemist testified to its superior quality. The verdict settles the long debate on the best baking powder and cites exhaustive testing by the best equipped panel. Escaped From Jail is reported as Tom Lucas, a colored prisoner, fleeing at meal hour and recaptured by Officer Owens in Cajon Pacific yards while attempting to steal a ride out of town.
A suffrage gathering under the Equus Suffrage Society will be held at 527 West Street Potwin Friday evening September 7 at 7 50 pm. Air H H Brown will speak. The notice also advertises daily Want columns urging readers to check the frequent listings for local items.
The Topeka section lists diverse items from a park crowd on Labor Day and asylum death tolls to local talks, court quirks, and street scenes. It notes a 1,000 attendance at Vine Wood Park, 28 asylum deaths since the start of the month, Washburn College appointees, and city politics plus a court chicken case and police notes at the river.
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