State Journal Subscription Terms and Address Details
The State Journal outlines daily and weekly subscription options with daily carrier delivery to Topeka and surrounding areas and same price in Kansas towns where the paper operates. It lists a permanent home at Journal Building and Kansas Avenue corner of High Street, with offices open to advertisers or readers.
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Topeka
Kansas Town
Journal
Kaxses Avenue
Highthrew Fork
Potter Bullding
American Newspaper Publishers* Association
Weather Indications for Chicsen on Aug 2
Forecast suggests cloudy skies with possible showers. Winds may pick up Tuesday as a front approaches, bringing cooler air and unsettled conditions across Kanens region. Local meteorologists expect temperatures to remain mild with brief fluctuations through the day.
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Chicsen
Kanens
Powderly Opposition Sparks Immigration Commissioner Debate
The piece argues that labor leaders oppose Powderly's appointment as immigration commissioner. It contends the objections stem from party realignments and fear of rewards for political loyalty, noting Powderly's Democratic ties and past positions on silver. The commentary questions consistency and Party allegiance amid a president’s choice.
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Powdery
Mehinsey
Erence V
Fia
Powderty
Gmahd
Cain Ae
Powderly
Democratic Party
Palmer
Buckner
Sme
Bryan
Hicmore
Benedict Armolt
Globe Lights Atchison Glaze of Witty Rants on Men
The Atchison Globe excerpt mocks loathers and mass colés, noting breathless endurance of Xmas crowds, peanuts, and a henpecked local man. It quips about women and men, claims love spoils many, and lampoons a local man who left town for a woman and was discharged.
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Love
Atchison
Alaska Territory Facts Amid 1890s Data and Prospects
Facts about Alaska from 907 area code notes Russia sale for 5000, Wilma Fort Seward negotiation, area 632409 square miles, 1890 census 30,320 population with 4,416 whites, 400 Be kin 1725 Indians, estimated 40,000 today. Principal cities Sitka Juneau Wrangell Circle City. rivers Yukon Kuskokwim. mountains 13,500 feet. Trade focuses on fur felt lumber with Klondike gold fields partly in America.
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Russia
Wilma Ft. Seward
Sitka
Jineau
Wransel
Circle City
Yukon
Kuskokwim
Sr Enas
Aimer
Untitled fragment on colonial travel costs and climate
British territory notes discuss a 1973 discovery of Sear Product 19 and a gold product with value 570,000. It mentions Sagise Deer river and river levoted on pen maps, with routes along Klon dike and Chilkuct pass. A 30 day trip costs about $200 with travel limited to June to August and winters showing continuous night in December and January.
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Rundle
Sagise
Deer River
Klondike
Coeurds
Chilkuct
Bac
Rock Ford Melon Shipments to Reach 1000 Car Loads
The Rocky Ford melon industry expands with a planned shipment of 1000 car loads of watermelons to destinations across South Dakota Wyoming and Nebraska via the Burlington and Missouri Valley railroads. Shipments begin August 5 and run to October 5, valued at about 250000 dollars, signaling a permanent export enterprise for Swink and Jey and boosted by next season’s larger local crops.
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Rocky Ford
Aus
Ford
Busck Hills
Wyoming
South Dakota
Burlington Railroad
Edgemont
Newcastle
Premont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley
Casper
Lusk and
Douglas
Association Mion Shipping
Newspaper Building Erected by W S Stratton at Colorado Springs
Ground was broken this morning for a two story brick business block on Pike’s Peak avenue next to the Preeman building. W S Stratton will erect the structure at an estimated cost between $19,000 and $15,000 under Telegraph Printing Company direction, with a long lease and modern newspaper establishment features.
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Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak Avenue
Preeman
W.S. Stratton
Dirceen
Telegraph Printing Company
Governors mix up over wrong Atkinson portrait
Atlanta dispatch reports a mix up as West Virginia Governor G. W. Atkinson received a letter from Georgia Governor W. Atkinson. A Chicago monument event prompted newspaper photos. the West Virginia governor complains of Georgia’s portrait use and jokes about a public clash over speeches.
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West Virginia
Atlanta, Ga
G. W. Atkinson
W. ¥. Atkinson
Georgia
West Wirzinin
Gov. Atkinson
Chicago
Lacan Monument
Souis
Secret dispatch details Mashingenbi defeat at Pt Mattin
London reports two battles near Pt Mattin in South Africa where Mashingenbi and thousands of followers clashed with government forces. Mashingenbi was wounded and died after capture as hundreds of prisoners were taken and strategic positions at Muriles Kraai fell. Gold bullets noted in the aftermath.
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London
Chamberlain
Mattin
Badley
South Africa
Muriles Kraai
Ft Salisbury
Mashingenbi
Mashingembi
Women guard a lawn with boiling water on Maple Street
On Maple street Chicago Felix Johannes’s wife faced laborers from a railroad project. They sought land for track elevation and staged a condemnation. While Johannes was away, she and a neighbor attacked a tree with boiling water and ammonia, scalding the workers who retreated affected by burns and stinging.
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Chicago
Ave. L
Felix Johannes
Maple Street
Wayne wTallrokhd
Johannes
Cheap Rates East by Colon Pacific to Chickso and St. Louis
Colon Pacific offers excursion tickets to Chickso for 1020 dollars and to St. Louis for 7 dollars on July lath with inclusive dates and later on July 28d 36th and 30th August 2d 6th Sth and ith at cheaper rates to all eastern points. For information contact F A Lewis City Ticket Agent 525 Kansas avenue or J Fulton Depot Agent. Santa Fe Route also selling excursion tickets to Nashville Tennessee and future exposition dates.
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Colon Pacific
Chickso
St. Louis
Stet
F. A. Lewis
Kansas Avenue
J. Fulton
Repairs in White House planned during presidential absence
Washington August 2 The commissioner of public buildings and grounds will strengthen the East Room ceilings and renovate the mansion while the president and Mrs McKigsey are away. Heavy girders will be installed, parts of the official building to be evacuated and clerks relocated. Minor repairs and repainting will extend to the cabinet room private office and state rooms.
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Washington
McKigsey
White House
Col. Bingham
Lake Champlain
Dolly Intent of Ky Child With Giant Rattler Revealed
In Jackson County Kentucky a farmer J T Castle discovers his five year old daughter has kept a 6 foot 4 inch ring rattlesnake as a doll. For six weeks the child fed the snake with milk and bread from a teaspoon in an old chimney fireplace. The father killed the snake. the child laments its loss and mourns her playmate. Neighbors corroborate the tale.
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Jackson
J.T. Castle
Castle
Chicago Packers Seek Help Over Inspection Delays
Two Chicago packers losing money on hog products due to export demand delays petition the secretary of agriculture. A committee led by Louis F. Swift John Bunnell and Geo J. Brite will present a plan this week to urge expansion of the microscopist force and faster inspections to meet foreign demand for cured meats.
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Secretary of Agriculture
W.S. Devoe
Sass
Cleveland Senator Raona Sails for Three Weeks Cruise
Senator M A Raona departed from Cleveland aboard the yacht Camanche for a three week ecru lee with Mrs. Hanna Miss Rath Mabel Hanna Miss Fhelps and Mr and Mrs W A Gorstine of Toledo. Senator Hanna will join President McKinley in a few weeks for a brief visit aboard the Fac.
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Hanna
Ohio
Will
U's
Cleveland, Aux. 2
M.A. Raona
Ecrulee
Rath
Mabel Hanna
Miss Fhelps
W. A. Gorstine
Toledo
McKinley
Piaise
Bin
Stryker Faces Book Trust Criticism In Kansas Schools
Kansas State Superintendent Stryker accuses book trusts of pressuring school boards to keep trust books and of opposing his examination questions. He says critics are framing attacks to silence him, while supporters argue his questions are vanity and showmanship.
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Stryker
The
Administeron i
Island annexation details reach Solomon group by Waterloo
Vancouver notes aboard Miowera recount the British annexation of Bellona and nearby islands in the Solomon group. Proclamations were retrieved, natives initially shy but reassured, and Union Jack signals raised. Funnel, Tunnell, and others placed under British protection with reports of copper ore and abundant coconuts.
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Vancouver
1. C
Miowera
Sydney
Solomon Grou
Waterloo
Bellona
Board of Annexation
Mary Sound
Stewart Islands
Kinneil
Bellonaile
Cunacadiar
Solomon Group
Wikinson
Hichards
Funnel Island
Tanna
Indian gold rush in Wichita mountains prompts sale
In Perry Virginia territory a Native man and his wife traveled with their pup in search of gold. They sold eleven gold pieces to a store for $600 in goods and received $500 cash later as the bank valued the metal. The nuggets, found in Wichita mountains, varied in shape but shared a common gleam. local reports say more gold rushes may follow as prospectors push further into the region.
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Perry
Va.c
Deng
Wichita Mountaina
Tron
Toope
Secretary Wilson Tours West to Assess Horse Resources
Secretary Wilson will vacation starting August in Colorado Utah Wyoming the Dakotas and Montana to study horse herds and range conditions for army use and to gather data on breeding and feeding programs. He will consult U S ministers and request information on horse quality for European demand and consider expanding domestic supply to meet allied needs.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Dakotas
Montana
United States
Eugene
Farmers’ Bulletin
Nir Wilsen
Steckeren
Wison
Steamer Mioneta Arrives from Sydney After Record Passage
Quek T ms from Sydney reports the steamship Mioneta has reached here after departing Sydney on July 19. It marks the fastest passage on record for Canadian lines. John Griffin of Zanesville remarks on past pains cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, said to aid piles and skin troubles.
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Quek
Sydney
Vancouver
B. CiAur
Arive
John Griffin
Zanesville
de Witt
DeWitt
G. W. Steinfield
Ransus
Revelers Visit Bellevue Morgue In Nightof Merriment
A group of New York socialites including an actress known as Miss Prim and three young men visited the morgue at Bellevue hospital after a night of dining and rooftop outings. They danced through the gate, inspected bodies in the refrigerator rooms, and were escorted out by Keeper Armstrong. The escapade ended with a near drowning in the East River.
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New York
Best Twenty-sixth Street
Mall
Bellevue Hospital Grounds
Rosie O'Grady
Mristocrage
Miss Prim
Delmont
Prim
Charles
Fatty
Ludlow Hall
Randolph B. Martine
Stosie O'Grady
Cramer
Kale
Keeput
Mr. Bates
Keeper Armstrong
Eddy
Guldensuppe
Armstrong
PANIULNA MENAGERIE GOES WILD IN OMAHA CHAOS
In Omaha on August 2 a circus menagerie panic erupted as animals broke loose. An escaped elephant knocked over a cow cage and injured keeper William Worthington. An elk charged through the street, Beott Johnson was gored, and several others were bruised amid broken enclosures and alarms. A monkey teased Jessie, inciting the chaotic chase.
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Omaha
Beott Johnson
Wiliam Worthington
Jessie
Republicans Busy in Washington D C Headquarters
The Republican National Committee maintains its Washington headquarters during the summer and gathers campaign materials for states Ohio Maryland and Iowa. Maj. Dick runs the HQ with assist Secy S A Perkins as the office supplies campaign matter to country newspapers.
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Washington, D.C
Republican Nation Committee
Ss BL
Ohio
Maryland
Iowa
United States
Maj. Dick
Naional Republican Committee
A. Perkins
Senator Hanna Ties to China Oil Venture
Sprongheld reports Senator Mark Hanna linked to a vast enterprise near Foo Chow aimed at a major opening in uncharted fields. The plan hinges on an upcoming conference with Bishop W N Brewster of Hing Hua, who promotes American machinery in Hing Hua and predicts a large success for the Hanna venture.
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Sprongheld
Mark Hanna
Chia
Foo Chow
Hanna
W. N. Brewster
Hing Hua
China
Brewster
Bishop Brewster
The Syndicate Forms Popular Price Theaters Nationwide
Al Hayman Charles Frohman and others form a strong syndicate to run a popular price circuit from Boston to San Francisco. The network includes major houses like the Grand and the Metropolitan in New York plus venues in Philadelphia Newark Cleveland and more. Tickets will range from 15 cents to 1 dollar with melodramas and brown comedies as principal attractions.
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al Hayman
Charles Frohman
New York
Ave
Syn
Meksis al Hayman
Row & Erlanger
Nixon
Brooklyn
The
Grand
Philadelphia
People's
Washington
Academy of Music
Newark
Jacob's Theater
Pittsburg
Great Northern Roof Garden Strike Halts Show
Patrons faced a canceled performance at the Great Northern Roof Garden as musicians and artists refused to perform without current week salaries. Acting Manager J B Flaherty announced the box office would open in the morning due to a shortage of small change. The dispute centered on unpaid salaries, leaving performers unpaid and the show canceled for the night.
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Great Northern Roof Garden
Hivaso
Patrona
J. 8
Flaherty
Salarten
Bumblebees Sting King’s Daughters at Sunday School Picnic
In St Louis on August 2 a King’s Daughters picnic at Brownwood grounds near Kirkwood ended with bumblebees startling several young women. The bees caused chaos as the rector Rev BF Newton and chaperones aided scurrying girls, who were taken to a drug store after the incident.
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St. Louis
King's Daughters
Episcopal Church
Sun_ays school
BF. Newton
Brownwood
Kirkwood
Rector Newton
Plcnickere
Cirts
English syndicate to buy East Tennessee coal mines
Knoxville August 2 Henry Taylor representing an English syndicate has arrived to inspect East Tennessee coal properties employing about 2000 miners with an output near 3,000,000 tons annually. The deal price nears 35,000 and the buyers are partly from Boston and England.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry Taylor
East
Taylor
Boston
England
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Dolly A Rattler
Chicago Packers
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Tommyrot
Schoolbook Trust
Kansas
Wichite Mountain
Paniulna Menagerie
You Chow
Ching
All Grove
N. K. Fairbank Company
Philadelph
Washburn College
Negres
M. Herrick
Pres
Kans
Western Foundry @ Machine Works
Tonche Foundry & Machine Works
Topeka, Kan. R
Cofran, Proprietor
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S. Townsend & CO
Bignty Street
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Olney
Peerlems Stout Laundry
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