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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1895
Page
4
The notice advertises the State Journal Daily edition delivery by carrier ten cents weekly in Topeka and suburbs or by mail at reduced rates. It lists a three-time subscription option and a yearly price of 3.60 for the weekly edition.
Fragmentary text appears to reference court district matters and historical growth, mentioning Dare bury and Esoprinter. It notes a January date and references Waco printing with daily averages for a year, but the readable content is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Chicago April 3 fair and cooler tonight Tuesday fair and warmer westerly winds. Jupen Woon praised for helping drag stores profitability. A railroad liability case threatens bankruptcy by forcing payment for lives lost. Ottawa residents destroy pest house to protect sick relatives. Silver price debate ties to farm product values and global markets. Supreme Court decisions spark fear of witchcraft era retold as modern hypnosis debates threaten legal reasoning.
Local clippings report a mix of oddities and incidents across Kansas towns. Notes include a Yates Center mandolin club roaming at night, a Paola mayor vetoing an anti cigarette measure, Paola park additions, and a claim about street lighting costs. Reports touch on a moving wagon accident in El Dorado, grand plans for county races, a swan ornament for a cafe, and a highwayman raid in Atchison during Lent.
Arbor Day on April 11 noted as farmers discuss cattle feeding near Sedan and county growth in Topeka markets. Kefir corn and truck farming rise in Kansas with prices for butter eggs and vegetables, co op stores and creameries discussed, along with potato growers considering a regional produce trust.
The Chicago Herald Washington correspondent notes Mrs Peffer mocks cartoons of her husband Senator Peffer while defending his clean record. The Peffers maintain scrapbooks of clippings. A big unreserved auction sale at 706 Kansas Avenue advertises items, including whiskers, at record low prices.
A London restaurant at Waterloo Road and New Cut in Lambeth serves the very poor with very cheap meals. Patrons, mostly mechanics, pay as they eat, often getting coffee bread and bacon for a few pence. The piece notes grim conditions, crude sensational portraits, and a craving for America as a hopeful escape, amid grim monotony and distrustful street life.
Spect correspondence from Burrato notes W. Bissell later Whose resignation adds ex to his title. Born in Onsida county parents moved to Buffalo where he grew up tall and hearty. Yale honor student and Skull and Bones member who smoked paper cigars and mentored under Grover Cleveland in politics.
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