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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers daily edition home delivery for 19 cents weekly and mail rates of three months for 9.90 and one year for 300 cents. Carrier system extends to Topeka suburbs and Kansas towns where the paper operates.
Weather notes for Kansas predict fair tonight and warmer conditions with southerly winds on Friday. The article also quotes editorials and opinions from Topeka on topics including free silver, Republican clubs in Oakland supporting Morrill, and calls for open discussion of monetary standards.
The Globe Democrat argues that prosperity returned due to the Bland-Allison act allowing four million silver monthly coinage, not specie payments. It notes a relapse after repeal and criticizes state enforcement claims while urging the league to back solid enforcement statewide.
A scattered Kansas round-up reports rural escapades and town gossip. Two Saline youths plan a crosscountry ride to York Nebraska. Holton notes the ongoing green onion versus rhubarb pie feud. Arkansas City hosts an octopus exhibit and a local Populist reaction. An Eldorado man in a drug store reports dry business while Avon circles mark Shakespeare’s day. Thefts, rides, jail, and molasses mishaps color small-town life from Abbott to Abilene.
Kansas notes list John Seaton as a gubernatorial contender noted by editor E Bronson Cowgill of the Kiness Farmer. Ex-Congressman W A Harrin is discussed among candidates with Linwood Col’sShort Horns herd, Beloit Memorial Day plans promise war memories, and Larned teachers Tim McCarthy and Henry Booth join a local dancing school. Hill P Wilson of Hays City sells insurance with crop guarantees. Rufe Cone of Wichita linked to a boarding house for horses. Webb McWall seeks Sixth District congress bid next year amid district court tensions with ex Senator John Martin and gambler remarks by N F Acres.
The article traces President Monroe's 1823 message defining U S policy toward the Americas and Europe, noting the Monroe Doctrine’s wide acceptance during the era of good feeling. It explains current newspaper debates over Britain and Nicaragua, the Holy Alliance, and the Mosquito Coast, with emphasis on American and British actions shaping the doctrine.
The article chronicles the 76 year history of American Odd Fellowship led by Thomas Wildey who founded the Washington lodge in 1819 in Baltimore. It notes Wildey’s leadership and James Ridgely’s support, origins of Manchester Unity, the Rebekah degree by Schuyler Colfax, and lists current sovereign grand lodge officers J B Stebbins Fred Carleton T A Ross Isaac Shepard with their titles and cities.
A devotional sketch of Major General Antonio Maceo, a leading Cuban revolutionary. It portrays his decade of service, resilience after woundings, and daring escape, then notes Spain’s General Martinez de Campos sailing to Cuba to oppose the insurgents.
In San Francisco on April 25, Rev John George Gibson the church preacher testified long and was pressed by General Dickinson as Durrant seeks to cast doubt on guilt. The defense aims to portray the minister as a potential substitute suspect, though Gibson joined the Emanuel church party at Vogel’s house 7 to 11 pm while Durrant arrived after 9. The case hinges on motive and alibi amid growing unease over the preacher’s role.
Bavannah April 25 A Winburn general freight agent of the Central railroad returns from a fruit region trip between Fort Valley and Marshallville. He says the peach crop will be the largest in the section's history with 700000 to 1000000 bushels. Northern commission men pass through to arrange for their share of the business.
Ground breaking underway for the Yerkes observatory in Worntams Bar Wisconsin with artesian well drilling planned. The site lies one mile west of Williams Bay on a plateau overlooking Lake Geneva about 200 feet below the lake, promising one of the area’s most beautiful settings as construction accelerates.
Chicago engineer John F Lucey and J King of Trenton representing 650 engineers presented Seaboard Air Line Vice President St John in Norfolk with a gold watch. St John accepted on behalf of his late subordinates in a speech. Lamp explosion at Capital grocery caused minor fire risk with $10 damage. fire department contained it. Shaker doctor’s parasite claims draw crowd as he removes two long tape worms from local residents. Summer school led by Mr Pond to begin June 5 at 9 am.
The San Francisco dispatchon Miss Lillian Ashley suing Srey Baldwin for 50000 cites Baldwin's frank admissions about his fickleness and her prior ignorance of his gay deceiver image. Ashley says her lawyers urged silence, but she testified she trusted him before meeting Baldwin. Separately, H H Koblasat, new Times-Herald owner, offered comptroller Eckels 10000 yearly to join Chicago paper as financial editor. Eckels declined. Also promotional copy touts Union Pacific and Chicago & Alton through service from Denver to Chicago with Palace sleep cars and dining, via 526 Kansas Ave and 714 West 80.
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