State Journal Daily edition details and mailing options
The State Journal explains carrier delivery within Topeka or suburban areas, weekly editions, and one year mail rates. It lists addresses for the newspaper building at 6 and Kansas avenues, corner of High Street, Topeka, and a New York mailing address at 105 Potter Building. It notes pages are open to advertisers or readers.
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Topeka
Suburba
Kansas Town
Topeks State Journal
Kaceas Avenue
Highth Telephones
New York
Potter Building
Weather Indications for Kansas and Australia Drawn
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with variable winds. Extremes noted in the far southeast portion.
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Kansas
Crisis in Spain's Affairs Endangers Government
A fragment discusses the assassination of Spain's Prime Minister Canovas and the ensuing political crisis. It warns of a potential collapse of the government amid republican and civil tensions, revolutionary violence in Cuba, financial strain, and widespread European concern over archist methods and regional unrest.
Globe Sights From The Atchivon Cote A Scattered Bit Of News And Opinion
A column of witty observations on social behavior and public figures. It mocks pretensions, class stereotypes, and moral posturing while wryly noting how public interest latches onto Debs and Klondike Fever. The piece mixes gossip with playful maxims and a quip about amber testing.
Prosperity in Kansas County Alarms Critics in Times Herald
The Times Herald discusses Kansas prosperity driven by wheat booms and new mills, noting Newton’s booming industry and rising prices. It argues improvements stem from Kansas’ bedrock recovery, not tariff moves, and mocks Chicago magnates’ views while urging Topeka to host a fall festival and invite Col. Murdock.
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Kansas
Newton
Go Times-Herald
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago
The
Herald
Santa Fe
Congress
Washington
Times-Herald
We Glad To See Mr John Beilly Out Again
A fragment from a Syracuse Journal item notes Mr John Beilly’s illness lasting two days and a theft of a new picket from his town, with Mr Kellly tracking the culprit. Contextual quips about weddings and local notices appear in brief regional quotations from Ellaworth, Manchester, Coffeyville and Ness county papers.
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John Beilly
Kellly
Syracuse Journal
Young Lady's Limb May Be Amputated From Mosquito Bite
Dorothy Dodworth, 13, daughter of Oliver Dodworth, publisher at East One Hundred Twenty fifth Street, Elmhurst, is critically ill from blood poisoning after a mosquito bite. Doctors fear amputation of her right leg as it has swollen to three times its normal size. She is delirious and in great pain.
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New York
Dorothy Dodworth
Davgbter
Olver Dodworth
No. 1F East One Hundred
Elmhurst
Thia
Leland Endorses Newt Ury for Osage Agent Post
Cyrus Leland declared Newt Ury will soon be named to oversee Osage affairs in the Territory with a salary of 32500 dollars per year. Leland’s endorsement suggests Ury is likely to win the appointment.
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Leland
Newt Ury
Fort Scott
Cyrus Leland
Ury
Mr. Leland
Crittenden Returns From Mexico as Free Silver Advocate
Ex Governor T T Crittenden, former U S consul general at Mexico City, arrives home with Mrs Crittenden and is staying at the Midland Missouri editor notes he favors free silver and says Mexico prospers under silver currency He condemns the new tariff as an outrage that will choke trade with Mexico and urges reciprocal free trade or duty free exchange to restore commerce and prosperity between the two nations.
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Mexico
Crittenden
Kansas City
T.T. Crittenden
United States
City of Mexico
Mu. Barlow
St. Louis
Europe
England
France
Germany
Filo Grande
Slavery in California Chinese Girls Held in Bondage
Reform leaders urge President McKinley to urge Congress to appoint a commission to probe human slavery of Chinese girls in California. Petition cites 1000 plus women in bondage in San Francisco and state, enslaved in brothels and homes, beaten and killed by owners, with 800 in city, and 200 more statewide. Mission workers report threats to aid workers as trafficking continues.
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McKinley
San Prancisco
Cal
Congress
San Francisco
California
China
Christian Missions
Ching
Avalanche of Dollars in Treasury Vault Narrowly Misses Collapse
Six workers inside the U S Treasury vault faced disaster when bags burst and silver dollars toppled into ankle deep piles. The vault held about 152 million dollars in 4 500 tons of coin packed in 1 000 dollar bags. Workers fled to safety as bags spilled. recovering and recounting took nearly a day.
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Washington
Treasury
D. N. Morgan
Roberts
Peoria to Get New Department Store Project
Reports from Peoria Illinois indicate Biegel Cooper Co of Chicago are considering a large department store in Peoria. An option on a prime corner has been secured and eight story building plans prepared in Chicago. Albany Adirondack lands open for camping with limits on permanent structures. Colorado notes praise altitude and outdoor pursuits. Public notices include promotional ads for products and routes.
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Peoria
Biegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
Albany
Adirondack
State Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission
Adirondacks
Lawsuit over breach of promise tied to Auburn romance
Auburn Maine Aug 10 Judge George C Wing attached the real estate and personal property of Mrs Louise Mey Lord Dingley for 425000 in a breach of promise suit filed by Arthur S Melcher of Auburn Melcher claims Mlle Dingley eloped with Mr Hadley of Boston after engagement on January 2 1897 She had prepared a home for the couple on Drummond street prior to a June 29 wedding date but disappeared and later wed Mr Hadley in Boston
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Auburn
Maine
George C. Wing
Arthur S. Melcher
Louise Mey
Dingley
Hadley
Beals
Elm Street
Mica Dingley
Wae
San Diego
Cal
Ily
Melcher
From Millionaire to Homeless Tramp in New York
John Sherman once a Fifth Avenue resident and prosperous businessman faced bankruptcy after gambling and drinking. In Flatbush Avenue court he sought six months in the penitentiary, saying his wife and four children disappeared years ago and he is hopeless and forgotten. He asked to be sent to prison to forget his troubles.
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Todoy
Sherman
New York
John ¥. Sherman
Fifth Avenue
Flatbush
Manklyn
Asvewer
San Prancisco
Ces
Dry Lake to Be Filled Near Rawlins Wyoming
Union Pacific plans to convert Bull Canyon basin near Rawlins into Dry Lake a two by four mile basin with about 40 feet depth water piped to yards via a 600 foot tunnel. It will provide stock watering fishing boating and garden resort opportunities for Rawlins residents and a new shipping industry.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad
Bull Canon
Traveling salesman found in box car. jailed then released
A well dressed traveling salesman from Philadelphia named John Robe was found in a box car in the city last night. Arraigned this morning he claimed high travel costs and hotel expenses led him to stay in the car, and he was released after inquiry.
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E.c
City
John Robe
Philadelphia
The Great Rook Island to Buffalo Encampment Train Route
Solid chair cars and sleepers run through to Buffalo from Topeka with no change. Leaves Saturday at 3740 p.m. arrives Monday morning 00 min. Round trip fare 22.80. Reserve space in chair cars and sleepers. For reservations call 384 or address Philadelphia Pass.
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Buffalo
Topeka
Philly Pass
Remarkable Cure Claim From Veteran for Diarrhoea Remedy
A 1862 Union veteran from Allen town Pennsylvania reports chronic diarrhoea since service. After trying many medicines he credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a complete cure and endorses it to suffering veterans. Sold by all druggists. Also mentions De Witts Witch Hazel Salve for skin and other ailments.
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Pennsylvania
Chamberlain
Henry Steinberger
Allentown
de Witt
G. W. Stans
Kansas Avenue
All Want to Sell in Klondike Claims Surge in St Louis
Miss A J Manning of Chilkat Alaska writes from St Louis that the city is crowded with men holding Klondike claims and pressuring buyers. Many owners claim big quartz mines and hope stamp mills will bring high profits, while placer mining is limited by seasonal water. Manning says she has claims and plans to sell.
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St. Louis
A. J. Mahning
Chilkat
Alaska
Klondike
Belmont to Build Town House on Fifth Avenue Corner
C H P Belmont buys the vacant southeast corner lot of Fifth Avenue and Seventy seventh Street in New York for 150000 from Jono H Watson via Smith and Stewart. The 27 by 120 foot site fronts Fifth Avenue, Belmont plans a white stone French style town house, with architect consultation soon. Belmont may stay in New York after Newport season, visiting Duchess of Marlborough, while Hempstead country house nears occupancy. Meadowbrook properties and golf grounds surround the Barnard site.
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New York
Uiver
P.belmont
Smith & Stewart
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-seventh Street
Jono H. Watson
Seventy Seventh Street
Stewart
Belmont
Mr. Stewart
Mrs. Belmont
Newport
Beluld
Bell
Duchess of Marlborough
Vanderbilt
Renin
Hempstead
Barnard
Jack Barnard
Ber
Meadowbrook
Song Writer Gambles Loss in Fixed New York Club
New York Aug 1 Sensational developments promised from ex song writer Monroe H Rosenfeld of this city. He says he lost 1100 at a fixed game at the New York club in Long Branch and will sue proprietor William Fitzgerald. Rosenfeld alleges forged signature on a deposit certificate and threatens criminal proceedings. Fitzgerald denies the charge.
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New York
Monroe H. Rosenfeld
Lone Branch
Rosenfeld
Tigers
Long Branch
William Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Wm. QO. Campbell
Park Row
West End
Special Excursion to Buffalo and Return Chicago
A Washington report describes the American Cotton Co with promoters including John E. Searles and notable figures as forming a six million dollar venture to rotate the cotton trade toward cyl indrical bales. It plans compresses in the south and aims to move cotton from plantation to mill, with a Lake Shore Southern Ry excursion August 21 23 from Chicago priced at 10 dollars round trip. Return may extend to September 20 with boat options and full details from B P Humphrey or C K Wilber.
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Chicago
Washington
American Cotton Company
United States
John E. Searles
Sugar Trust
Interior
David &. Francis
Jones
Arkansas
West
Missouri
Stuyvesant Fish
Tillnois
Entral
Jerome Hill
Bie
John B. Searles
South
Treasury
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Ry
B. P. Humphrey
Kansas City
C. K. Wilber
A. G. PA
AR Encampment Special Train to Buffalo Leaves KC August 2
Special train over Missouri Pacific departs Kansas City at 10 55 p m August 2 connects via Big Four from St Louis arriving Buffalo at 7 00 a m August 23 Chair cars free and Pullman sleeping berths at 5 60 Write for reservations and information Broken edge collars cleaned by Steam Laundry
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Buffalo
N.Y
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Auust
Big Four
St. Louis
Pullman
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