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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1895
Page
4
Advertisement rates announced by The State Journal Official Paper of Topeka include daily and weekly editions. Subscriptions available by mail to Topeka and suburbs and to Kansas towns at set annual prices.
Weather: cooler tonight and Wednesday with winds shifting from southeast to northwest. In other notes a grand jury in Butte investigates the fatal explosion and its blame. Editorials rail against silver policy and political corruption, citing Kansas City Star and current debates over coinage, debt, and whisky regulation in Kansas City.
A Kansas readers’ view critiques reform leaders and party trust, arguing that electing men by principle matters more than party labels or popular figures. It discusses free coinage of silver, the role of leaders, and the Republican party’s past actions, urging citizens to be drivers of policy rather than followers of personalities. It also lists local notes from Atchison to Manhattan, with brief mentions of events and people across the state.
A. B. Green to deliver Memorial Day address in Larned while Ewing Herbert plans Europe trip in July. A. Y. Stubbs donates forty acres for a state irrigation station in Garden City. Barney Sheridan controls county printing. Prof. L. L. Dyche plans a voyage to Greenland. John J. Ingalls presses United States senate issue, challenging rivals in a tense political climate.
A canal motor story explores a novel application of the electric currant, detailing its potential to power mechanisms and improve efficiency in navigation. Researchers discuss practical implementations and early experiments in this emerging tech.
The article discusses New York state canal improvements for the Erie canal including deepening the channel by two feet and raising banks by two more to create a larger waterway. It notes a proposed $9,000,000 bond issue and a shift to electric propulsion via a cableway system developed with Cataract General Electric. Frank W. Hawley describes a two-cable suspended trolley car setup using upper and lower cables to move boats, with current supplied through the system.
Mary Soderstrom sued F L Stevenson district court for 10000 damages over the death of her husband E P Soderstrom. The incident Thanksgiving Day occurred on a scaffold when a load toppled a stone causing a fall to the basement. Coroner's inquest terms cited accidental death. Waters represents the plaintiff. Poverty affidavit filed in lieu of penal bond.
Mrs Carnegie was thrown from a horse at the Carnegie estate on Cumberland Island. The horse shied, dragging her a few yards before she could release her foot. She suffered a fractured left arm, elbow dislocation, and bruising to the neck.
April 30 news from Great Bend Kansas reports Joseph Hall a German farmer in Clarence township hanged himself in the cowshed after arising for morning chores. He leaves a wife and four children and was described as sober and industrious.
A Topeka report notes Gretel, one of Mrs. Baker and Mr. Sharp’s twin granddaughters, died after a rapid scarlet fever onset in Denver. Mrs. Baker travels from Topeka to aid the family. interment is private in Denver. Mr. Sharp serves as Santa Fe agent in Denver, transferred from Newton last November. Knights of the Sacoibees report a favorable Dr King’s New Discovery testimonial from Lincoln, Nebraska, praising its effectiveness for stubborn coughs. A cousin of Blanch Lamont is F G Bills of Garden City, related to the San Francisco church murder case involving W H T Durrant.
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