State Journal Circulation Growth Through Years
The State Journal shows steady daily circulation gains under current management, rising from 800 to over 11,000 in eleven years. It prints a full Associated Press leased wire, belongs to the American Newspaper Publishers' Association, and uses 43 carriers to deliver in Topeka and surrounding suburbs.
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State Journal
Associated Press Report
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Fragmented Local Notices From A Tangled 19th Century Page
A jumbled OCR style Local Wention blends names and events. It mentions Mr Mee J Tt Switteee of Olds Latterite street and G Boon in Kyme Me with unclear actions. References to Brown and Newton legislator, a funeral for Miss Grice Farrih, and a secretary position in Furi of Tetorin appear amid garbled lines.
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End
J. Tt
Olds Latterite
Wi. G. Boon
Willvae Atreet
Rochester Gemebery
W. Ward
Waril
Evening in the Hall Promises Admission and Pie Sale
A local notice announces a community event at the hall on 439 se street on April 17. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds to a charitable cause. The event includes a pie sale and entertainment by a group called Ween Lode.
Pike's Peak News Novel Daily Paper Plans
Abione report from April 2 notes T H R Wilson plans a bi daily newspaper titled Pike's Peak News. It will publish two columns with illustrations about places around Pike's Peak including Colorado Springs and Manitou. The paper will print twice daily with telephoned passenger names, aiming for 4000 daily copies across America.
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Abione
T. H R. Wilson
Old Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Por Poad
Aumuinit
End Lopristrin
Claude
Bis
Pike's Peuk News
Internation
America
Herington Firm Plans Cripple Creek Gold Mine Boom
An Herington company gathers investors for The Herington Milling and Mining Co to develop the Orphan HelIe No. 2 at Cripple Creek. Six thousand dollars in stock is promised, with most funds to the mine, under A B McAllister’s leadership. Developments include heavy concrete walls and a new foundation as legal and financial maneuvers unfold.
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Herington
Cripple Creek
Heringum
Herington Milling and Mining Co
Powher
Orphanelle
Cuerpaty
A.B. McAllister
Enehicer
Amt
Apwlee
Married Women Teachers Protest At Belleville Meeting
Unmarried women teachers protest at Belleville urging continued hiring of married women. Board of Education set to decide policy at next May meeting amid debate on whether married teachers should be employed in 14 to 60 schools. The piece notes arguments about qualifications and tradition, with mention of supporters and opponents among local residents. The report also references Jewel county settlers planning a reunion and preserves historical efforts in the area.
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Belleville
Board of Education
Btas
Confess to a Murder in Independence Case Jailings
Independence April 20 Frank Oxford and his brother in law jailed charged with killing Joel Mack whose body was found on the river bank near Nowata. The motive tied to a dispute over Mack’s property, with Oxford alleged to have shot Mack and disposed of the head and body.
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Frank Oxford
Brother-inlaw
Joel Mack
Jan Ap Windia
Jad Mick
Nowata
Bis
Oxford
Mack
Tapos
FROM KANSAS TOWNS MANEATO AND NEODESHA FIRES AND LOSS
In Maneato the Vance and White firm faces massive losses from butter poultry and grease deals with 1886 figures around 4000 for live poultry and 5000 for grease. A car shipment of poultry valued about 225 dollars per unit totals roughly 350 dollars daily. Parsons reports a Standard Oil barn and warehouse fire destroying property late Saturday night. Newton notes John T O Wright’s barn fire with valuable stock and horses perishing. Overall losses run into thousands across towns.
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Vance & White
Thie City
Newton
Bern
John T.O Wright
Sia
Ules
Opening The Kean Season At Athletic Park Thursday
The ercowst yan of the Kean will be Beeb at Athtetle Park on Thureday afternoon. The Journal Capital has bell teams meeting for honors and fun. Admission will be free and Tin Donovan Tras promises to provide police protection. The game will be called why Pelock and the ausmission will be ae trea ts 194 air. Both teams have practiced. it is safe to say there will be some Medediy Crus paring. Two elgesters were to be signified, for they are old-time bane Pu Ceptanly no foer pitehere will appear on the Gaomariat thee simaner then ill tee pen Thursday. Afratcements had been mai Co have dackeons Military. taut former minero VEar the intermisatone cones? by a close decision of Urnapire OATH McCabe init as the band hav e ouled to be. Music will have to be dipened with. Hering on the mame hes Oprned at Cat. Eagles clear store. The Oats at ALGHE Two to one on The Joureial A bearty and ronite invitation te given Leo DeWE ties VAT Fass art Tat Lael Toyt tel Heetre diel be prompt, for the ball wil be put in motion at exactly 44 p.m.
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Ercowst
Athtetle Park
Thureday
Ue Journal Capital
Tin Donovan Tras
Pelock
Minero
McCabe
Cat
Eagles Clear
Alghe
Leo Dewe
Powder River flood threatens rail bridge and town
Powder River flooding rises over Powder River town with one bridge left intact. If warm weather continues damage escalates, affecting Stater Valley freight and regional trade. The Oregon railway and navigation company face danger above the city while northern neighborhoods flood.
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Raker City
Ore
Powder River
Hicher
Ruttford
Oreson Railway
Navi
Gulion Conpanserider
Rare Cymbeline Production Opens at Sn Drug Store
A rare stage event titled Cymbeline will open Thursday morning at Sn drug store with Misa Mather arriving Monday evening. The production aims for a historically correct presentation with scenic display and full support from impresario efforts.
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Mursare
Avain
Ormieline
Sn Drug Store
Elaht Welock
Misa Mather
Willy Ln
Shakeapetee
Mmgney Cout
Jeffries and Baker Matched For 21,700 Bout
San Francisco April 20 The Otrmple club has matched Jeffries of Los Angeles and Baker of Chicago for a 20 round contest to be decided on the night of May first. The loser receives 200 from the purse. Rheumatism Cured in a Day offers claim to rapidly cure rheumatism and neuraglia with a first dose giving benefit. Swift & Holliday report selling Sigsie Cure at Topeka druggists.
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Jeffries
Baker
San Francisco
Otrmple Club
Los Anes
Lesan Baker
Chicago
T. F. Anthony
Sara
Swift & Holliday
St. Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Gulf and Interstate Transportation Co Organizes West Gulf Outlet
Kansas officials chaired by Senator Honner, meeting in Austin on April 20 finalized a permanent organization to develop a westward Gulf outlet. Campbell of Kansas as chairman and RB Forrest as secretary led an executive committee including Warwick Saunders, LP King, Tannehill, ER B Portest, J Wells, and Lo King. The committee proposes a permanent body named Gulf and Interstate Transportation Company with officers and an executive panel to coordinate meetings and conventions until a general convention elects a lasting governing structure.
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Tex
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Honner
Gulf
Campbell
RB. Forrest
Warwick Saunders
LP. King
Tannehill
Kan
ER. B. Portest
el Reno
J. Wells
Brown
Walter
BP King
James H. Wells
J. Shannon
Arwick Saunders
Nickerson Notes Reflect Staffing Moves and Repair Updates
Cheries Delaney, longtime stationery engineer, will depart for La Junta with family on the 28th. Ed Miller becomes the new stationery engineer at Da Junta. M. ranch gains Gunily 10 Florence. Geo. Duden visits with relatives. Henry C. Porrester leaves for California to assist wife. Engine 8% slated for loan to Freeman Heise. Engine 2 returned from overhaul for service between Strong City and Superior. Leah Inspectors monitor scales. middle division gains momentum. Sun orders target moving G. Sunoders family to Newles by May. Frank Booth visits Nickerson as assistant superintendent’s stenographer.
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Cheries Delaney
la Jutta
Delaney
da Junta
Ed Miller
Mod M. Ranch
Florence
Geo. Duden
Tinekeeper
Gavitt
Parenteine Tepska
Henry C
Strong City
Superior
Leah
John B. Newis
Ibvista
Vimners Bay
Sunoders
Newles
Frank W. Booth
Turner
Nickerson
Fragmented Railways Note on Signals and Engines
A garbled Buffalo Courier excerpt describes Russian railroads and signaling practices. It mentions engines, lubricants, whistles, and the requirement to repeat signals with Rhineite before a ride, plus the rule of three short whistle blasts when an engine stops.
Owney the Railroad Dog Is Dead After Attack
The famed railroad dog Owney died after going mad and biting a brakeman and a policeman at Union Depot. Reports suggest madness followed a recent order to exclude him from mail cars, though the cause remains unconfirmed. Owney's death ends his nationwide travels and public shows.
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Owney
Sixty Tramps at Atchison School House Rally
A garbled report describes a scene near Atchison where a group of about fifteen boys and others gathered at a school house area. The text notes a rough pace and crowded conditions, with mentions of a teacher and a performing event, but the details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Gulf Railway Changes Shake Western Rail Ops
Rock Island man Goss to come south as Park Agent in Denver. Fitzpatrick resigns Cheyenne Northern post to be filled by J. A. Rastach. R.E. Agnew to move from Hocksland road to replace Rastach. Retrenchment policy at Katy expands with express baggage handling by American Express. Santa Fe stock rush, new Wellington express agent named, contractor Halley of Deming to reroute Silver City branch. heavy work under J. M. Meide.
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Vamency
Gulf Railway
Rock Island
Man Goss
Camo Es South Park
Denver
Fitzpatrick
Cheyenne Northern Road
Cheyehne
Albeny Hovel
Watre
J. A. Rastach
South Park
Ware
Rastach
Cheyenne Northern
R.E. Agnew
Hocksland Road
Colorado Springs
Rasae
Silver City
Albuquerqous
Santa Fe
Ehailead Company
R.D. Hal
Deming
Une
Whitewater
Hudson
Buginder J. M. Meide
Girls Fight a Devil Fish in Tacoma Towboat Incident
Katie Herbruck and Lillian McKeehan of Tacoma clung to a towboat as a 12 foot octopus attacked, grabbing Herbruck by the foot. The pair battered the monster with oars, cut off a tentacle, and towed it aboard after a six mile pursuit. The creature weighed 110 pounds with suckered arms.
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Katie Herbruck
Lillian McKeehan
Tacoma
Tacota
Lilian McKeehan
Outamus
Miss Herbruck
Ste
Becen
Hendruck
McKeehan
Flowers From Miss Gould in New York Mission Aid
Miss Gould of New York distributed flowers and plants to Five Points and other east side missions before leaving Roxbury Delaware county. Her agents spread gifts to residents from Tivington in the Hudson, where she owns a manor house, and the Easter present extended to workers on the Gould estate. She visited Norgrave and adorned it with lilies and pansies and recalled Roxbury Sunday school children at Easter.
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New York
Sscren Milter Gould
Bester
Roxbury
Delaware County
Five Points
Tivington-in-the-Hudson
Gould
Wiekin
Miss Gould
Meniuey
Nirgrave
Train Kills Two Near South Lyon Michigan
A Detroit line wreck near South Lyon claims two deaths Har ry Clark a Presbyterian minister and Miss Lersh Fisher of Ypsilanti while Miss Ethel Just is injured. Clark was a student at Ann Arbor and Miss Fisher’s body was severely mutilated with both legs cut off. Miss Just is the banker’s daughter at the city. The crash occurred when a train struck trucks on the first main highway west of the depot.
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Mich
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Weat
Erm
Harry Clark
Sutof Wey
EP. Clark
Lersh Fisher
Ypsilanti
Ethel Just
Fisher
Clark
Ann Arbor
M Nall At The Old Stand Letter About New York Life
Insurance Superintendent Webb McNall presses New York Life with a 1897 inquiry revealing discrepancies between cash deposits reported and bank records. The note cites Central National Bank of New York balances and questions potential errors in the year ending December 31, 1836.
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United States
Canada
Central National Bank
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Webb McNall Released On Own Recognizance In Indictment Case
Webb McNall was released on his own recognizance to answer 46 indictments before the federal court. A telephone exchange with W. C. Perry initiated the arrangement, and McNall appeared within 20 minutes. Bondsman W. H. Haskell sought confirmation of the action from the U S marshal.
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Webb McNall
Federal
Grand Jury
Perry
AicNeli
Jast McNullt
Fes
W. C. Perry
McNail
Cautious Advice on Advertising Circulation Projections
A notice urges advertisers to avoid promoting in the State Journal unless confident of a daily circulation over 11,000. It promises to accept contrary evidence and provides proof to back any circulation claims, seeking to reassure skeptics about the paper’s advertised reach.
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State Journal
Gathering at Chanute for veterans holiday reception
Chanute April 0 The city swells with delegates of G A R and auxiliaries. Officers of the G A R W R C registered at Oriental hotel. Flags arches and festive preparations line principal streets. Department officers report funds and relief expenditures including clothing and cash disbursements in preparation for veterans and families.
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Delgutes
G. A. We
G.A. Ke
W. RC
Oriental
Miles C. Bethe Chane
Woman's Relief Corps
Department of Kenes
Mix. Fielen A. Edwards
Posta
Coldest April 20 Report From Weather Observer
New York April 20 two record breakers noted by official weather observer making it the coldest April 20 on record. Temperatures fell to 34 at 5 am and 28 at 8 am with a 22 degree drop from yesterday. Also notice the Ancient Order of Pyramids dance event and grain market fluctuations across Liverpool, Minneapolis, and Kentucky amid cold, frost, and shipping reports.
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