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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1897
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal lists subscription terms for daily and weekly editions with carrier delivery at 19 cents daily or weekly rates, and notes permanent home offices in Topeka with address details. It mentions telephones for business and reporters and relocates to a Potter Building New York office.
Chicago area forecast shows generally fair weather for Kansas travel with cooler conditions anticipated Wednesday. Light southerly winds expected as temperatures ease later in the week.
A distressed observer notes Garfield Park is rundown with burnt grass worn benches and bare ground. Calls for aesthetic improvements, walking paths, filled hollows, and fountain upgrades to make the park worthy of a city of 40 000. Proposes preserving City Park extension while creating two parks.
A Kansas City paper reports that Kanes Industry manager Cerbe Letand moved the Blossom House factory to Contes Mots, with no stated reason. The change, blamed on capacity needs at Missed House, prompts debate over protective policies and a potential shift to more central locations to reduce transport and breakage.
The Atchison Globe reports a local discussion by the Solimon Improvement Club in Shannan about the social perceptions of wearing glasses. The column reflects on femininity, appearances, and value placed on expression, with references to society girls and the burden of fashion.
Chicago Tribune highlights J W Breidenthal of Kansas praising a record mortgage payoff era. He touts 40 000 homesteads cleared this fall with $1 000 average mortgages totaling about 49 million dollars, arguing better access to capital and farm prosperity end Populist era. He links rising wheat, cattle prices, and bank savings to democratized homeownership, predicting Populism’s decline as debt fades.
A mixed report notes Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun declining a preaching role while Senator Lodge seeks rest in Nahant. Sprague of Massachusetts appears in the Senate in a bicycle suit, an unprecedented sight. An expedition is planned to aid an Arab trust, with deaths at Tripoli frontier. Mrs. William Astor buys the Indian Twink diamonds for 125000, famed for their pale blue fire. Thomas Jefferson Sappington dies near St Louis. Frances Goodwin plans a bust of Schuyler Colfax in the Senate chamber niche, a praised piece. General Lew Wallace mentions a man who may have delivered a key address.
An advertisement extols Grain-O a coffee substitute made from pure grams. It claims even delicate stomachs tolerate it well, that it costs little, and that children may drink it with benefit. Packages priced 16 and 25 cents, urging readers to ask for Grain-O.
Dr Bruett touts 1890s expedition by WH Ham and Albert Gabriel from Wyoming to Chicago to test Western range horses for military use. The 2500 mile journey with unreined bronches and branches demonstrates hard hoofs, endurance, and intelligence, highlighting a growing export demand and potential foreign buyers.
An Austrian priest Gentilini claims a cancer cure through eating lizards. He says three patients have been healed by this remedy. He notes research showing toads and lizards have potent secretions under their skin. The report cites China and other parts of the orient using reptiles medicinally.
Annapolis Sept 7 W C Bundy a colored youth from Cincinnati who won a competitive exam for appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, has lost chance due to missing reexamination in spelling. He passed in other subjects but failed arithmetic and algebra, prompting speculation that the failure was to avoid public ignominy.
London reports T Barnum and Bailey plans to move the greatest show on earth to England for winter performances at the Olympia London. George O Starr says Bailey personally owns Barnum Bailey and Forepaugh Sells and has five year railway transport contracts across Great Britain. Buildings will cover 15 acres at Stoke on Trent with special railroad cars in preparation.
The Woman's Rescue League meetings sparked resolutions condemning bachelor politicians for private life neglect. Protests target Massachusetts and New York aspirants, urging actions against election or re election. The league also congratulates ex Mayor Edwin Upton Curtis on his upcoming marriage and suggests a two year political hiatus for his honeymoon.
Baltimore firms supply highly priced snuff for Pope Leo and Vatican officials. The finely blended tobacco from Virginia and Kentucky is stem free and scented with premium extract, packed in jars with feather cases and satin linings. The order, sent via mail, honors Pope Pius IX and Cardinal Gibbons, forging a link to past papal tastes.
West Virginia Institute condemns male teachers who part their hair in the middle. Morgan County Teachers' Institute adopted resolutions denouncing alcohol and tobacco use by teachers and the practice of men sitting with hair parted and pants in boot tops in the schoolroom.
In Holgate Ohio George Dicks found a hollow log nine miles southwest of town containing a skeleton and an early date coffin with bows arrows feathers and a large knife. The log measured eleven feet long and seven feet in circumference. A separate testimonial notes Chamberlain's Pale Balm quickly healing a severe hand wound and promotes its use for wounds sprains sprains and rheumatism with 25 and 60 cent sizes available by all druggists.
Mr A C Kaufman, messenger from Charleston to the G A R grand encampment, reports the plea for a US government sanitarium on Castle Pinckney Island Charleston harbor for disabled officers and enlisted men. He notes a bill before Congress to strengthen the project and win endorsement from the encampment.
Admiral Sicard sent a carrier pigeon message from the New York flagship of the North Atlantic squadron to the Navy Department in Washington. The note, dated Sept 7 at 6 30 a m, reports position at 30 degrees east northeast and that the squadron, including the New York Branklyn Iowa Massachusetts Indiana Texas and Maine, will anchor about 8 o'clock near Charles light ship. The navy calls this the first use of carrier pigeons between ships at sea and shore.
Boise Idaho Sept 7 citizens of Kendrick in Late county turned out to wage war against bears intruding on orchards within four miles of the town. A band of bears descended in herds of 60 at night and damaged fruit crop. as many as five returned the next day and were killed. A rancher rushed to town reporting a ferocious bear invasion blamed on a failed wild berry crop.
Reports from 74 of Alabama's 66 counties show the state output will not exceed 70 percent of 1896 due to heavy rust losses. Agricultural Commissioner Culver notes the milled estimates, based on inspectors and railroad surveys, align with a smaller yield across the state.
News from New York on September 3 reports a sharp rise in demand for saddle horses both locally and in the West. Foreign buyers are increasing purchases with examples of an English buyer paying 350 dollars for a fine voadater and later buying ten more at prices from 200 to 800 dollars, signaling robust market activity and higher prices.
Democratic campaign managers for the New York area agree on a two paragraph basis of compromise between the gold and silver wings to avoid a split. Local issues will drive the campaign with no reference to Chicago or Indianapolis platforms. A candidate for the greater city ticket must have supported the Chicago national ticket.
In Sonora district a miner's strike at the Mascot mine yielded a remarkably large pocket, taken during night hours. Reported value is estimated near fifty thousand dollars, prompting miners to work overtime to recover the ore and secure the fortune.
President McKinley selects S. D. North of Boston as director of the forthcoming census. The appointment awaits congressional legislation. He will supervise about 50,000 workers and receive six thousand dollars yearly.
Unfermented grape juice from about 50 000 bushes owned by F dou is to be pressed daily for two weeks. The Topeka Vinegar and Preserving Works have purchased the crop and will offer juice in barrels or gallons for home winemaking. Bryan Day at the Fair in Burlingame is September 8 with a single round trip fare via the Santa Fe Route. Webb buys and sells tickets.
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