Topeka State Journal Subscription Terms and Oddities
Topeka State Journal offers daily edition by carrier at 10 cents a week for Topeka and suburbs or Kan townships. The piece also notes a political anecdote about the head of rebel troops visiting Frederick in a closed carriage and references Senator Clay of Georgia praising watermelons and watermelon cutting with a humorous description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansen
Iims
Whit- Fier
Frederick
Ross
Barbara
Clay
Georgia
Washington
August 1897 cryptic figures reveal nothing clear
Cryptic numeric sequence August 1897 34 12 53 4 18 39 20 25 yields no readable event or names in the fragment, leaving the item as a bare numeric snippet without identifiable persons teams or places.
Weather and literary misfires plague Kansas pages
A shuffled column taints local weather notes from Chicago to Wichita while Emporia poetry draws ire. The issue rails against misprints in Br. Jennimes verses printed in the Star and a Globe correction. The text drifts into social satire about elopement and gender roles, reflecting early 20th century newspaper tone.
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Emporia Gazette
Br. Jennimes
Star
Poumas Mos
Emporia
Wichita Star
Jennings
Curious 19th Century Gossip and Literary Notes
A fragmentary page reviews social froth and literary figures. It references Thomas A igdison trashy novels, Ex-Empress Eugenie in Smyrna, President Van Buren’s mishap, Gating’s rapid gun, and Br. Gating’s notoriety. It mentions Scotland travel, a recent cricket match in England with Barrie and Conan Doyle as captains, and portraits Harte and Whittier as topics of talk.
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Thomas A.igdison
Eugenie
France
United States
Siip San Sane Ae
Agebur
Smyrna
Asia
Joe
England
Absurd Cold War of Headlines Across Papers
A collage of garbled clippings mocks the era’s sensationalism. Puns about long distance flyers, condors, parachutes, and tires mingle with dates and places from Arkansas City to Ottawa. The spoof highlights playful misprints and era booms as newspapers chase novelty.
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Arkansas City
Andree
Cartier
Ottawa Republican
Whispers Flood Small Town News Bits
A jumble of hometown notices describes a night watch relieved of a watch, quiet Mankato, a fried chicken gift, a boy mischief tale, a horse driving accident injuring two girls, country rustic yahoos, and a Bemidji rider lost in love as reported by local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douthart
Willis
Horton Commercial
Country Reubens
Big Stores Lawless Antidepartment Ordinance in Chicago
The Business Men's association plans enforcement after anti department store rules took effect. President Gillmann and members discuss testing the measure, aiming to arrest store owners for violations. Siegel Cooper & Co’s Isaac Kelm vows to ignore the ordinance, citing a city license to sell meats.
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Business Men's Association
Chicago
Business Men’s Association
Purser
C.F. Gillmann
Deanls
Sullivan
5. P. McConnell
Association
Sullivan Omade
Isaac Kelm
Siegel. Cooper & Co
Tillman Talks At Home in Asherville Farmers Institute Speech
Asherville South Carolina August remarks by Tillman at the farmers Institute. He defends the dispensary law blaming administration rather than law for troubles and endorses Senator McLauren tariff views. He says he is the only farmer in the senate representing three million U S farmers and notes crowded galleries.
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Asherville
Nenacur Sulman
Farmers’ Institute
McLauren
Senate
United States
Next Struggle Between Gold Trust and The People
Washington report on August plans by California organizer George P. Keeney for the next congression al campaign. Keeney predicts a sweeping free coinage majority and party platform support, warning of a capitalist subserviency that harms workers and merchants. He criticizes Republicans as captive to a gold trust, notes the tariff and sugar trust funding, and frames a global moneyed elite against American citizens in a decisive political clash.
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Washington
George P. Keeney
California
Sitter Party
Ar. Keeney
Keeney
Republican Machine
Nmib
Sugar Trust
Republican Party
Iiternathobel
Miss Lonnesons Infant Fad Triggers Chicago Talk
Thousands read in a Sunday paper about a call for want of one hundred babies by Miss Beatrice Lonneson. The Chicago artist photographer claimed the babies would be prepped for an orphan asylum or used for camera negatives, with mothers asked to provide white dresses and quick returns.
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Michigan Avenue
Lomeson
South Haven
Shortage Found In Codman Books Tied To Barrett Death
Examination of Codman’s ledgers shows tampering by late bookkeeper Miss Allee Barrett. Shortage estimated at 2800 to 3000 dollars. Barrett, a young woman, was found dead in the firm’s office two weeks earlier after attempting to burn some books. Other notes mention Honolulu and San Francisco gossip about the steamship Australia and a political flag plan, plus an advertisement for Hall’s Vegein Me Sicilian Hair Renewer and a ticket shop at 609 Kan. Ave.
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Boston
Messrs. Codman
Allee Barrett
Miss Barrett
Firttywo
Honolulu
San Francisco
Hall
Webb
Gatling's Experiment for Coast Gun Cast in One Piece
The War Department funds Gatling to develop a large caliber coast defense gun cast in one piece. Otis Steel of Cleveland to forge the gun after a contract with Gatling, aiming to solve high costs of wire wound and built up methods.
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Washington
Ordinance Bureau
War Department
Otis Steel Company
Clevéhind
Secretary of War
Gatling
Buureau
Girtling
Reagan Announces Run for Senate Seat in Mills Term
Houston August 5 John Reagan, former U S senator and Texas railroad commissioner, declares candidacy for the Senate seat held by Roger Q Mills whose term ends in 1895. He had earlier declined a governor bid citing expense and says the commission work is now secure. Governor Culberson Mills and Bailey also in the field.
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Roger Q. Mills
Houston
Tex
John H. Reagan
United States Senate
Gmmissioners
Texas
Senate
Roger Q Mills
Reagan
Commission
Culberson
Mills
Bailey
Gilsonite Study Aims to Shield Naval Vessels
Special Agent to Inspect Utah Deposits as George H. Eldridge of the United States Geological Survey travels to Utah via Denver to assess gilsonite. The government seeks rich beds to armor ship bottoms, arguing Utah's mineral could guard fleets and deter submarine threats, shielding wartime steel from fouling and penetration.
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Utah
Denver
George H. Eldridge
United States Geological Survey
Sam
Ube
Cocle Sain
Eldridge
Eilis
Mepl
Ger ry challenges Dingley duty on London furniture
Elbridge T. Gerry visited the New York Custom House to protest the enforcement of the Dingley schedule on 2500 dollars worth of antique furniture imported from London aboard the Paris. He claims entry occurred before the turn bill and that the goods should be governed by the Wilson bill. He plans to pursue a court test case to settle the issue, unsettling importers.
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New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
Custom House
Dingley
London
Paris
Tilka admitted to ball in incitement case at Bombay
Tilka a native member of the legislative council and founder of Kesar was admitted to bail in 190,000 rupees after being committed for trial on charges of inciting natives to disaffection. The magistrate refused bail, prompting an appeal to the high court for release pending trial.
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Bombay
Gangdahar Tilka
Legislative Council
Kesar
Old Cabin Times Relentless Rigor Resurrected
Ironquile’s poem recalls a prairie homestead once bustling with Civil War veterans and nine children. Ruin hangs on the porch as trains replace freighters, and memories of Lookout Mountain mingle with the Marmaton memories. A tribute to sturdy pioneer resilience endures through decay.
Green River Log Drive Advances at Favorable Rate
Green River Wyoming August 6 The Rock Springs Lumber Company log drive is entering the boom at a favorable rate of progress. Logs began arriving yesterday morning and have steadily increased each hour. The drive carries over 12,000,000 feet of logs. Managers call it an experiment with low waters and expect the next season’s cut to more than double with machinery arriving by month’s end to finish cutting before snow flies.
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Green River
Wyo
Rock Springs Lumber Company
Wealth and murder linked in Schrage bond heist tale
In Chicago the elderly miser Schrage who lost 55 000 in bonds in a past robbery never recovered from the shock though most funds were restored. Ex-convict Sleepy Burke confessed and implicated police and politicians. no convictions followed. Also ad copy warns against coughs and burns with Beggs remedies.
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Chicago
Carietopher Schrage
Burke
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Solm Register
Mankato
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Paradise
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Russell Reformer
Ma&u
Goodland Republic
Beneca
Seneca Courier- Democrat
Tillman
Hansus Avenue
International Gold Trust
Hood
Jain
L. Mood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Senator
Gilsonite
Antiqua Furniture
Tilka
India
de Witt
G. W. Stans- Geld
Kansas Aventue
Lookout Mountain
Nashville
Avelancholy Rose
Humbie
Green River Log Drive
G. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
DE Moss
M. Penwell
Odd Fellows
Quincy Street
Undertakers
DE Moss & Penwell
Quincy St
Sandy Cathartic
Eeley Wm Portsmouth
Kansas City
Keeley Institutes
Hupervision
Losin E. Keeley
Union Depot
Keeley Institute
Louis van Dorp
Western Foundry
s@ Machine Works
Toncka Foundry & Machine Works
Estat
Topeka, Kan
R. LL. Cofran
U. S. Townsend & CO
East Eight Street
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Leading School OF Business
Penmans
UD E Ge
Steg Meer
Easy
Conron Bros
E. A. Chaney
Telephone
Cialty
East 8Th Ave
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