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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1896
Page
4
By Frank P. MacLennan the State Journal lists subscription prices and options for daily and weekly editions. It notes temporary quarters at Seventh Street and permanent home at Topeka Streets Journey Building at 999 Kenes Avenue, with paper open to advertisers and readers.
The Topeka Daily State Journal reports circulation for the first half of 1896, noting it has distanced competitors and surpasses rival weekly papers in Topeka and Kansas. The six months ending June 30 show a high average daily circulation across issues from January 1 to June 30.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Topeka proprietor note with circ figures for 1885 and 1891, including daily averages. Text is garbled but indicates a historical circulation record with monthly or yearly totals and average daily readership.
The piece contrasts views on honest money with a gold standard versus silver, arguing workers seek stable purchasing power. It critiques gold as advantaging capital while promoting free silver as fair and practical. The fragment includes weather notes for Chicago and satirical political asides on Tom Watson, Hoke Smith, and McKinney, ending with a Breckinridge suggestion for gold standard Democrats.
Police halted a tramp march toward Moeser ice house and the cold storage plant. Eight tramps carried two kegs of beer. all were arrested and taken to the station. Four men listed names and were charged with vagrancy and unlawful possession of beer.
In Richmond for a Confederate reunion, Dallas Bruce of Caroline County vanished. His body was found dismembered and packed in pickle barrels at the home of his Negro mistress, each limb submerged in brine and identified by investigators.
East Liverpool Virginia reports Mayor P H B Jones of Wellsville, also pastor at the Disciple church, ordered candy shops closed on Sundays after investigations found Sunday school funds diverted to confectionery stores. He observed a shop where eighteen children spent money collected for Sunday school on sweets.
New York reports Thomas B. Reed named successor to the late William E. Russell as referee for 22 leading life insurance companies. The post yields a salary higher than Reed’s House speaker pay, though the referee’s duties are light and mostly routine. Two companies have a standing agreement to cooperate, with the referee settling any rare disputes.
W Miles of South Enid Oklahoma traveled to Topeka to claim his brother’s body from the Rock Island wreck victims. An error by the sexton led to exhuming Canfield first, then Miles’s coffin was opened and Miles’s body rewrapped with embalming fat and resealed in a zinc air-tight box. A Rock Island official arranged the burial passes. Miles resembles his brother and hopes for a simple funeral.
Georgia Populist National Committee member Reed met with Thomas E. Watson in Atlanta. After a lengthy conference Reed announced his resignation as president of the First National Bank of Brunswick, citing discomfort with the situation and pledging intensified campaign work for Bryan and Watson.
In Blue Mound John W. Leedy a Populist and Democratic governor nominee spoke to an overflow crowd in Ling county with around 2000 attendees. H. P. Clay Judge John We Poore and H. W. Dingus delivered remarks at the event.
A sweltering heat wave drives city residents to seek relief as a sunstroke case is rushed to hospital. An ambulance, ice bath therapy, and crane-lifted床 staging mark a dramatic modern treatment, with doctors noting improved survival despite the brutal heat. The account contrasts past cruelty with current advances while detailing the patient’s swift cooling and ongoing recovery steps.
A hospital scene describes rapid cooling for a heat victim using ice packed around the head and body, followed by gentle rubbing and a hammock recovery on the roof. The account notes ice and cold water as common remedies in a hot city, with city workers at risk during heat waves while farmers fare better.
Sheriff Doll explains Canton Bryan Silver Club membership estimates, disputing reports of 240 members while McKinley aligned clubs claim 1,000. Ex US Marshal Dick Walker receives Doll’s letter detailing local Democratic leanings, city leadership, and the club’s organization amid rival Republican sentiment.
A large Lithia Springs crowd gathered Saturday to hear W. E. Mason of Chicago and Joby of Kansas address issues. John Ham, supporting the cause of tres silver, led the audience with strong support and equal enthusiasm from men and women.
Santa Fe Route promotes its service to the National Eisteddfod in Denver with a special round trip fare of one fare plus 200 dollars. Sale runs August 29 to September 1, final return by September 40, inquire Cromwell and Jeffers post office North Topeka or Santa Fe depot foot of PiSh street agent W C Carvey.
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