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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1897
Page
7
State Journal of Topeka offers aid ads on Saturdays and Wednesdays for unemployed residents. Notices promise help and urge participation, with five cents a line and options to run longer terms. The paper guarantees daily print and broad coverage, inviting others to use the service.
Local notices list a sheriff sale in Shawnee County Kansas with auction details and a long mix of ads. The document includes various help wanted lines, shop and jewelry listings, and a farm and seeds sale notice tied to B Keeley Sheriff. It reflects an 1887 newspaper page with multiple small ads and public sale information.
Proposals for constructing drainage district number 2 in Topeka are invited. Bidders must deposit four hundred dollars with the city clerk as guarantee and bids must meet specifications approved by the city engineer and council. The council may reject bids and will designate contract terms including payments and bonds.
The office will award a contract Thursday evening for furnishing materials and labor to improve the city prison building. Payments in cash. a certified check of 8900 and a three day window to enter contract with bond for performance. City Clerk confirms eligibility and rights reserved.
A Bombay telegram to the Standard says the silver market is heated by expectations the Bank of England will buy soon and that Indian mints may reopen. Prices rose 7 percent per 100 totas since last Thursday as import duty looms. The piece criticizes amateur meddling in monetary policy and urges decisive bank action.
Fraternal Day programs set with Meriden Lawrence St Marys and Valley Park expected to join the parade. Speakers include W E Pagan Topeka and John B Creider. Talks post Queen’s arrival in the large tent at the fair grounds and later at Hamilees Hall. Santa Fe shops to close for the parade day to honor Topeka workers. Marshal HQ at Sixth and Quincy.
In Atchison county W E L Wuest was jailed for contempt after refusing to answer questions while a justice of the peace took depositions. Wilcox, sued by J W Parker, says the move to commit for contempt was a sham to learn his defense and seeks release by habeas corpus.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice about Hardin College and Conservatory. It mentions a person named Pe Racnae and notes a death or obituary context with unclear details.
Fishermen near Tecurmseh found an old bottle with a message from a Topeka address saying the writer was tired of life and would end their career. The note was unsigned and delivered to Geo Brookfatcher, a Santa Fe machinist, who dismissed it as a shop joke and knew no missing persons.
Chillicothe Mo September 22 Miss Whitney has not accepted Mackay Opera offer and likely will not. Her parents live here with her mother. father not a city resident. Parents divorced and remarried. Whitney was briefly arrested in Macon. She has placed an order for 5000 photographs to be sold at five cents each.
A pneumatic transmitting tube connects the offices of the state treasurer and state auditor to speed payroll and warrant payments. Powered by a foot pump, the tube reportedly handles duties with surprising speed and is estimated to save about 200,000 steps daily for the employer. A brief calculation suggests substantial annual savings.
The Yukon Co operative Gold Mining company of Kansas City Missouri and Alaska has been incorporated under Kansas law with capital listed as zero. Directors include J. M. Phillipa N Agnew Marshall Cyrus Baldridge and Howard Haren of Kansas City, Alexander Ferguson and Oscar Newman of Topeka. The New York Dry Goods and Clothing company of Topeka has been incorporated with capital 9400. Directors listed: W. H. Hozeman of St Louis Joseph Hosenterz W. A. Branham Laura G. Barnes and W. L. Skates of Iola.
Washington notes a cabinet meeting before the president’s departure with absent Gaze and Long and McKenna. No relief steps for Klondike miners will be taken until after navigation closes and government learns from Captain at St Michael. Alger cites telegram favoring four steamers sailing Yukon with provisions, while Ladue’s dog-train proposal remains a possible option if needed.
Maria Irusaman former Krupp housekeeper says to the Polits che Tageblatt that her husband is neither an archduke nor a swindler and hints at a mystery around her marriage. Reports note Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand married a middle class woman connected to Krupp. Also Berlin hosts the International Chess Tournament with three games decided in the ninth round and several draws.
Sept 22 Madrid cabinet to meet as Senor Reverter resigns after queen regent declines to sign his decree over church treasury seizure. Also reports say Addington death sentence commuted to life, and frost sightings in Tennessee with temps around 36 degrees near Arlington and Memphis.
Leon Herrmann opened the Grand theater season in Topeka showing feats likened to Alexander Herrmann. Despite some lacks in English, his clever legerdemain and new tricks impressed the audience. The act featured Trily, Asiatic trunk, and electric-light illusions with Dances by Adelaide Herrmann. The show closed with his signature light hand routine as crowds enjoyed the spectacle. Capital Elevator Case Dismissed. The criminal action against Capital Elevator Company staff was dismissed after investigation. Manager Seaver discharged Downey and Daugherty who left the state. Superintendent O’Rourke resig ned and plans to return to St Louis.
Trading opened mixed as wheat declined due to heavy northwest receipts and weak Liverpool prices while futures rose on short-covering. Corn followed wheat with par tyto weak opening. rail and export markets showed limited demand and December contracts moved cautiously.
December grain and livestock market notes discuss wheat weakness and barge shipments. Kansas City and Liverpool cables report soft demand while Chicago and New York show mixed receipts and prices. Freight figures, car counts, and futures hints accompany weekly market commentary from the W A Stichani Co. with notes on creameries and sugar markets.
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