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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1897
Page
4
The item blends subscription details and scattered local notes. It mentions Topeka State Journal Office addresses and contact numbers, then shifts to quirky social vignettes about watermelons croquet conventions and hosting delegates at religious gatherings. It references a country delegate visit and weeks spent visiting a girl.
Weather notes forecast fair tonight then cooler conditions by Thursday. A fresh southerly wind will shift to a cooler flow as the system moves eastward, with expectations of gradual temperature drop across the region.
The piece argues the Greater New York mayoral race holds national significance, shaping party power on state and national levels. It urges electors to back Seth Low to avoid partisan manipulation and safeguard city and country interests against Democratic or Republican dominance.
The Wellsville Globe highlights its fair edition showing Wellsville's agricultural wealth with extensive coverage of corn and wheat. It notes the section’s high yields and the Globe’s promotion of local farming achieved through an at home print edition and devoted scribal sections.
Glib anecdotes ponder love loyalty and social mores from a curious globe dated vignettes on courtship aging and etiquette. Bits note women con science voices and everyday routines from work start to kitchen tales with casual judgments and mischief.
Kansas City pastor Rev Dr Hanoher of Grand Avenue ME church advocates a nursery baby checking plan despite mothers calling the idea a joke. He cites desire to keep infants safe and enable mothers to attend divine services, aiming to expand the program.
A Barcelona dispatch to the Herald says the present Spanish government will fall within a fortnight. The Liberal rise is hoped for by many, promising Cuba policy changes. If Sagasta forms a cabinet, he may align with Segura and pursue the United States mediated end to the insurrection, as Woodford plans.
A Chicago party plans a six month voyage by steamer from Chicago to the Yu river mouth aboard the schooner George Stur. The Sturges will depart in about a month, reach icebergs in the Dering Sea, then ascend the Yu kon in spring if all goes well.
London notes a silver price surge caused by American supply withholding and speculation that India will demand metal. The Times and the Standard doubt India will buy silver. India’s currency department holds 13 crores of rupees that could unlock in gold export scenarios.
Port Townsen report from tug Pioneer arrival from Skaguay notes Governor Brady orders strict action to suppress gambling and liquor sales. Alaskan locals say Brady is determined to enforce his promises, even to mobilizing the navy if needed.
Committees of the orders of trainmen conductors firemen and engineers have drafted demands to be presented to St. Louis and San Francisco officials on Friday next. Workers object to certain tasks unless extra pay is granted and conductors and brakemen seek support from AES President Robinson who is in the city to ensure the standard rules used in the east are applied to his road.
Customs inspectors at Laredo recover an unclaimed shipment on a Texas train valued at 2000 in diamonds and jewelry. Separately, Washington issues dividends for creditors of several national banks including Bennett Nations in New Whitcomb, Northwestern National in Great Falls, and Union National in Minneapolis.
Dispatch from Paris reports cotton spinners in the Mogel district halt for half a day due to overproduction. The move follows a crisis blamed on surplus output. Economic tensions rise as markets feel the pinch and workers seek relief amid uncertain times.
New York pastor Rev Thomas Dixon says Tammany will win the 1901 city election despite Seth Low petitions. He attacks Low as aristocratic and notes union support for a reform candidate against Tammany, urging voters to back the strongest anti Tammany opponent.
A Lima dispatch reports Peru may adopt a monetary system akin to Holland with silver coin as legal tender at a gold standard value. Details cover florin weight, gold and silver values, and the shift from single to double standard in Dutch history, plus government silver coinage limits and paper money supply.
Charles F. Walcott head of the United States Geological Survey travels to Yosemite Valley with assistant to map California forest reserves on a two mile scale. The project covers about 6,647,000 acres with forest distribution, timber types, lands included, burn areas, and settlements and roads noted. Walcott has already mapped reserves in Wyoming Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon since leaving Washington July 28.
London dispatch reports from Baku that a Russian syndicate of 12 large petroleum firms will be formed in 1898 on a ten year basis. It will control vast capital and be represented in major markets with boats and reservoirs to compete with American interests and the new Gresney field.
The Lower California Development Co plans a steam line from San Diego to San Benito with Albion as the inaugural vessel. Albion will make the first trip, arriving in San Diego on schedule, establishing a north to south link along the coast.
A Denver party including H Bayt and Chicago literary men visited the Enchanted Mesa near Santa Fe. They ascended 700 feet to study the site famed for Prot Libbey of Princeton. Hayt disputed Libbey on ancient habitation finding broken pottery and stone tools after their ascent. Hall's Hair Renewer is advertised as a cure for hair and scalp issues.
The article notes no standard silver dollars minted in August and likely none in September due to high demand for small silver coins and bullion. It discusses treasury policies, redemption practices, Bland and Sherman laws, and expected currency expansion limits amid strong trade, gold shipments, and large seizure of seigniorage.
The pension office plans to move two giant palms from the botanical gardens to the south court fountain area. The trees, 40 feet tall with trunks about a foot in diameter, have been repeatedly trimmed to keep their tops from growing into the high roof. Officials expect the palms to reach 100 feet or more at the fountain side, becoming a lasting capital landmark.
The funeral service for the late Lewis Hanback with military honors was held in Kansas City at 2 pm. Honorary pallbearers included T. J. Anderson, Judge John Guthrie, W. C. Whitney, J. P. Harris, and Henry Booth. Active pallbearers were J. J. Eine, W. Pittman, L N. Vaughn Long, J. H. Sterrett, and C. G. Herrick. Rev S. E. Butts delivered the funeral oration.
The Topeka Vinegar and Preserving Works have purchased the whole rapese crop of about 60 000 taels owned by F Bardon and will press daily for the next two weeks. Buyers can acquire unfermented juice to make wine at 3 cents per gallon in barrel lots or higher per gallon in other lots. Act quickly as supplies sell fast at 09 Kan Ave.
Dr L A Ryder defends homeopathy in Kansas state schools against W S Lindsay. He presents four year per capita medical expense comparisons across state institutions, arguing reform school expenses were lower overall though medical purchasing boosted totals. He notes no deaths from disease at reform school under his tenure and cites a distant cemetery distance and undertaker calls.
Rev Frank Buffington Vrooman resigns from the People's Church Chicago effective September. He cites financial strain from a past fiscal error in pastorate funds, noting four months at 375 dollars yearly, and states he cannot continue preaching under the present conditions. He sent the letter from Mackinac Island on August 30.
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