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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal Topeka lists delivery and mail subscription rates. Daily edition 10 cents per week in Topeka and nearby areas. Mail options include three months for 3 09 and one year for 3 09. Weekly edition rates shown.
Weather notes from Crisaco forecast fair and warmer for Kansas with north winds for 24 hours. The rest compiles a critique of Governor Morrill, the Kansas Republican stance on currency, and the national gold versus silver debate, highlighting tensions within parties and reactions to Cleveland.
The piece critiques a president’s call for “sound money” and warns that expansionary currency and price boosts are illusory. It argues contraction causes economic harm and notes public recollection of harmful monetary policies. Kansas notes follow with light, humorous local items about towns, weather, and daily life.
An irrigation congress convenes at Phillipsburg for the 23rd as Harvey and Sedgwick counties embrace water farming. Quint Grant of Newton and Epler near Scott City install six inch and seven HP pumps, enabling irrigation of tens to hundreds of acres. GN Nichols of Minneapolis and Charles Rees plan large acreages with onions, potatoes, celery, and cabbage. A new plant near Enterprise draws Smoky Hill river water to irrigate, while Rendall uses a natural pond and a 7 HP engine for farm flood irrigation, and Robbins and Bardsher aim 500 acres along the Arkansas river with a 7500 gallon per minute pump.
A fragmented Kansas item list notes a steam heating plant at a Solomon church and various community updates. It mentions Salina securing a state Sunday school convention, an upcoming ALE church conference in Wichita, and the P. C. E state meeting in Wichita. Civic canvassers seek donations to aid a debt strapped local organization. Other items include Brookville Methodists desiring an experienced preacher, Randall ladies funding a sew ing circle to aid a new M E church, and social events such as an Ann Arbor Glee Club performance and a W W Thomas lecture in Hamilton hall.
The piece surveys Acadian families in Louisiana's parishes, detailing enduring homesteads built since 1814, aristocratic lineage among caretakers of old estates, and a culture blending French roots with southern progress. It notes bilingual homes, rural crafts, slow modernization, and enduring hospitality that mirrors Longfellow's Evangeline myth.
Special correspondence from DrreaLo reports Chauncey M. Depew's address to Railroad Youth of the M. A. on April 8. He cites 409000 miles of world rail, about half in the United States, and notes railways cut transport costs from 20 cents to eight-tenths of a cent per ton mile in the US, boosting population centers and national wealth.
An exploration of whether nonaffiliates or specific lodges have burial rights for Masons. A fire at the Masonic temple of New Haven damaged the building during an initiation, and a treasurer’s report notes at least 125000 dollars in assets at risk. The piece also notes the Royal Master degree and Freemasonry’s foundations, plus a lodge of instruction and rapid lodge expansion in Johannesburg. The Pennsylvania Grand Commandery plans its forty second annual conclave at Reading on May 25–29.
The report discusses death by own action among members and dues practices. It cites New Jersey gains, Compton Heights lodge congratulating P M Casey for 50 new members, and leaders W S Woodson and J E Brooker. It notes 440 lodges and over 40 000 United Workmen in New York with general mortality impacts on dependents.
The Supreme Lodge refuses personal checks for remittances and will only accept collection notes with deducted costs. Postage stamps are not allowed as vouchers, and solid payments are required. The Essex County Fraternal Building Association of Newark plans a Knights of Honor ball at Woodside, with Past Grand Dictator J. Feytel as president. Grand Recorder Hess praised for Kentucky efforts.
The Knights of the Ancient Essene Order, a secret society said to number about 26 000 members in the United States, names Dr J Weatherby as supreme ruler. Claiming roots among one of the world’s oldest mystic orders linked to ancient Jewish sects, the group pledges fraternal aid, employment help, sick care, and relief to the poor. Its badge is a small crescent button with gold detailing.
The text notes an encampment to be held at Hyansville Indiana on May 10. It mentions J W P Bates a land owner and Captain Bethan Myer as participants. The message references a supreme orator Gola Henry and speaks in fragmented form.
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