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Five cents a line or 20 cents for two lines. One for a week, 60 cents for a month. The average circulation for May 1596 is noted.
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1896
Page
7
Five cents a line or 20 cents for two lines. One for a week, 60 cents for a month. The average circulation for May 1596 is noted.
Peter Perrine, 28, was jailed in New Brunswick for unpaid poll and dog taxes totaling 3.80 plus costs, after being arrested at his Jamesburg home on a warrant from the Jamesburg board of commissioners. He left his wife and two boys penniless, fearing they would face the poorhouse.
In Canton Ohio a thousand East Liverpool potters marched to McKinley’s home, swelling to three thousand cheering supporters. Delegation leaders praised his record in Congress and urged sound money and protective policy, with Wm McKinley praised as faithful and devoted to America.
The Chicago mail train No. 14 on the Pittsburg Western railway wrecked at Valencia station twenty two miles from Pittsburg around noon. Initial reports claimed fifteen killed, later corrected as no one killed outright but about fifteen to twenty injured. The double collision involved a work train and a passenger train, with cars toppled into a steep embankment. Mrs Howe of Evans City was among the injured and expected to die.
A Buell women’s mill collapsed into the river during heavy rain at Blue Rapids Aue 24. The condemned mill, unused for years, could not be torn down by the agent and debris blocked the city water works, shutting off the town’s water supply.
Sioux City reports the South Dakota State party from Vermillion has returned after a summer survey of the Had Land area. They bring near a ton of specimens including about twenty extinct vertebrates and a complete skull of a gigantic hadrosaurid like creature with horns. The collection features varied forms and poses a question on soil mixing for agricultural benefit related to cretaceous and tertiary strata.
In Newport on August 2 W. A. Larned defeats R. D. Wrenn 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 to claim the seasonal championship final. Wrenn started strong, Larned improved late, and the veteran edged ahead before securing the victory.
The Atchison baseball team arrives in Topeka tomorrow for a three game series. Yesterday Atchison won 4 to 2. Kia Cooper will pitch for Atchison and Redmond for Topeka. The move to schedule games here early this week followed L A W bicycle races at the state fair grounds Saturday.
In Boussouri Misouri, Jessie Brace-Weber, a prominent woman, swept a statewide victory in politics, routing opponents. Though not new to politics, she enters the fray amid power moves surrounding Judge Theodore Brave’s nomination for the supreme court.
Mrs Weber, famed for social leadership in Jefferson City and Kansas City, entered politics to aid her father in the state treasurer race. She established headquarters, coaxed delegates with direct talk and charm, securing enough votes to renominate Judge Brace. The convention outcome marked a notable political maneuver amid county ticket constraints.
An article touts Professor L. J. Kimball of San Francisco and his electro magnetic apparatus as a future cornerstone of mining. It claims the device can map mineral veins underground and locate ore, oil, and water with tested accuracy, potentially transforming mining from uncertain speculation to a science.
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