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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1896
Page
7
A delegation led by Mayor G J Twi and police commissioner Bandeen McConn traveled to the governor in Topeka yesterday to urge removal of a police dean or to discuss restructuring. The governor said the talks attracted many attendees but produced no decisive action. реак
The Republican State Convention at Alante Ga began at 20 o clock with delegates present. A dispute over seating caused delays as committee chair AE Back requested calm while attendees faced entry issues and some delegates were denied tickets at the door.
A severe windstorm on April 29 caused extensive damage along the Liberal Rock Tile branch from Efoten to Losun with downed telegraph poles windmills and fences. Judge Foster of the Enid district court sentenced Deroy Edwards to six months in jail for a robbery case in Gayle Kanpucet, while US cavalry officers en route to Arizona passed through Tupeks.
A Spanish gunboat seized and brought the American vessel Competitor into port at Key West. The ship carried arms and ammunition for insurgents and faced interception near the Mosquito Coast. Crew members and a correspondent were detained. authorities awaited further action.
Fragmented report lists several deaths near Delaware Ohio from a cloudburst with multiple other regions noting casualties. The item mixes local tragedy with brief political and other news items, mentioning Patterson era Pennsylvania politics and various cabinet appointments in France.
In Topeka society pages, residents and visitors are listed with social calls, club meetings, lectures, and parties. A Flower Mission meeting adjourned for hospital work, with many local names attending a poetry reading and illustrated talk. A surprise party and garden gatherings entertained guests, while several club members hosted whist and bridge evenings and prep for upcoming events.
Emporin Garette notes the rise of influential newspaper women in the West, highlighting enduring impact and shared challenges across decades. The piece frames their work as pivotal to regional journalism and public life, signaling continued relevance for contemporary readers.
A troubled wife Lila contemplates leaving her domineering husband Fred Roberts amid domestic strife and personal growth. She stages a quiet farewell with yellow pansies, while Fred wrestles with jealousy, control, and the fear of life without her as he faces possible consequences of his rigid life view.
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A vintage warning essay condemns standard blood disease cures using potash and mercury. It argues doctors fail to remove poisons, only hide symptoms while slowly destroying bone marrow and joints. The piece highlights copper-colored sores as signs of worsening illness and warns of rheumatic stiffness and pain.
An advertisement extols Swift’s Specific Co remedy S. S. S. as a cure for blood diseases including scrofula eczema rheumatism cancer and contagious blood poison. It condemns mercury and potash therapies and promises a vegetable cure with a $1000 reward if proven unreliable. Free literature offered by Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
A garbled list of crafts and trades appears beside a legal note about a libel trial and reputation. The fragment mentions a variety of roles such as copper plate printer and bookseller, plus a stray medical ad and a foreign laundry business address.
The record shows 1885 circulation at 800, January 1 189% printed, and daily averages fluctuating through 1896. By March 29 1896 the smallest daily issue was 10,525, while the month’s average up to that date runs about 40,074.
The Topeka Capital reports December circulation figures with a range of issues from the Sunday Capital to the STATE JOURNAL. It notes the smallest and largest issue counts in March 1896 and an average for March 1896, indicating Topeka print readership sizes and comparing Capital’s circulation to the city’s overall.
The State Journal holds greater daily local circulation than the Capital’s on Sunday. The Wichita Daily and Sunday Eagle, with the second largest Kansas circulation, has a large local distribution but is printed with lower overall reach than the Topeka State Journal.
The State Journal will construct a permanent home at Kansas avenue and Eighth Street in the spring and summer. The two story building with basement will use pressed brick and be designed as a practical, modern facility for producing an up to date paper.
The readable text references several names and places such as Mae Can, Stemm Land, Bremners, and Pwhkee Light ering with unclear actions. It suggests a local notice context but details and dates are not decipherable.
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