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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers carrier delivery to Topeka and surrounding areas with the same price in towns served by the carrier network. Mail subscriptions are available for three months or one year with standard rates.
A statement shows first half year circulation for 1892 and earlier figures, arguing the State Journal leads in local reach. It accuses the Topeka Capital and Daily Star of weak Topeka area circulation while praising the Stark Journal for broad regional distribution via evening trains and early AP and state news.
Weather outlook for Kansas: partly cloudy with possible showers and mild temperature changes, easterly winds. Political notes include figures like Goyekson Momatt and David Overmyer, debates over free coinage and railroads, and Wichita considering Lewelling as a gubernatorial candidate. The piece blends forecasts with campaign chatter and regional opinion.
The passage argues against gold reliance and endorses silver with a call for law to make government currency lawful money. It critiques bonds, bank notes, and silver as monetary tools, mentions a Salina court case and the Salina Railroad Board, and warns Republicans to focus on policy over hero worship in the silver question.
Sheriff Dave Burdge says district court convictions can reach the supreme or appellate courts and result in light bonds, citing Mike Eizel who, after a liquor sale conviction, was released on bond and returned to crime. He also points to Gurdos the gold brick man, freed on a light bond after appealing to the Supreme court and has since jumped.
A reader from Topeka asks Mr. T. E Davis of 728 Topske avenue to state his position on baptism for a public debate in the State Journal. The letter is signed H. C. Austis of 703 E Eighth St.
In August 1860s Virginia topography, ethnicity, and loyalties are explored through a veteran narrator recounting Ben Hardin’s Civil War journey. The piece surveys Tidewater, the Valley, and western regions, noting distinct dialects, settlers, and social strands, and argues Union devotion endured amid sectional strains. It reflects on regional identities and the war’s lasting imprint on Virginia.
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