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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers carrier delivery service in Topeka and suburbs up to ten papers weekly, or same rate in any Esneas town with a reader system. Mail options include three months for 2. 900, six months for 260, or yearly at 60 for the weekly edition.
A detailed six month circulation report for the Topeka State Journal shows the paper as the greatest local daily, surpassing rivals and claiming higher readership than the Topeka Capital. The piece discusses postal costs, regional reach, and contrasts with other Topeka dailies while noting associated press news, weather, and various local economic observations. It also mentions public works spending, a bridge funding debate, and broader national issues such as tariffs and trade.
The Ohio Supreme Court rules municipal debts may not be payable exclusively in gold, aiding bimetallism. Trustees of Cincinnati’s sinking fund seek refinancing at 365 percent basis with gold payments, while citizens seek an injunction. The ruling preserves public money disbursement and challenges gold standard advocates.
The Santa Fe runs a biweekly excursion train from Purcell to Galveston and back, charging just $1 for the round trip. Locals nickname it the laundry train as many riders use it for ocean bathing, while trainmen swiftly sell poles and humorously assign nicknames. The service operates every other Saturday.
Fermented wine will not be used in Chicago presbyteries for communion, replaced by unfermented grape juice. Pledges will be placed in Sunday schools to promote temperance after a lengthy presbytery discussion and decision. Second item notes a Lexington special about horse sales, and third reports US cruisers New York and Cincinnati sailing for Newport.
A concise history notes how the Clinton Canal System evolved from a lake inlet to the longest artificial waterway in the United States, linking Lake Erie to the Atlantic through a grand engineered series of locks and channels.
A historic overview of the Erie Canal from its ambitious start to the present, detailing its initial purpose as east west trade conduit, the 19th century celebrations at its opening, key figures like De Witt Clinton, James Geddes, and Benjamin Wright, its 849.74 mile length, and costs around 23 million. It traces competition with railroads, shifting freight use, and future hopes for electric propulsion and enlarged navigation.
New stock of high grade ladies shoes with Yale or Pic cedills toes, dongola or cloth top. Prices are $8 $4 and $5 per pair, with a sale price of $2.25.
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