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Newspaper

Topeka State Journal

Location

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1896

Page

4

State Journal subscription terms and offices in Topeka

The State Journal lists subscription terms for daily editions at 19 cents weekly to Topeka and nearby towns, with temporary quarters at 119 Gust Seventh Street Kansas Avenue corner of Eight. It notes a New York address and prints advertiser and reader access details through the American Newspaper Publishers' Association.

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Great Showing Circulation Statement of Topeks Journal 1896

The Topeks Daily State Journal proclaims its superiority over rivals with a bold circulation boast. It cites a daily average for the first six months of 1896 ending June 20 as a metric, noting the paper’s standing among Topeks and Katdas publications.

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Topeka Daily State Journal Six Month Circulation Note

The issue summary lists circulation figures for the half year from January 1, 1594 to June 30, 1896 inclusive. The figures specify totals for each period and note any adjustments or save bien a follows as recorded in the public notice.

Topeka Daily Slate Journal

Editor ap Propsiatar Sareen Kun July 1 1996

Fragmentary OCR text mentions editors and a title HOW WE GREW with garbled figures. It lists dates and daily averages for several words or items, but the data is incoherent. No clear event, person, place, or organization is identifiable beyond names and dates.

Sareen Kun

English critic cites court power over people in US system

An English critic argues before the American Bar Association that unlike England, the US Supreme Court can override will of Congress. He warns of court becoming a partisan body and fears a rise of power beyond the people, urging congressional control over constitutional questions.

American Bar Association Russall England United States Congress Supreme Court Supreme Court of England Lord Russell American Congress

Baltimore Object Lesson on Silver And Gold Sparks Debate

Baltimore officials used silver for a city payroll in a bold object lesson to highlight coinage disputes. The story recalls Carlisle and 1853 era exchanges, arguing for or against free silver while tracing Treasury reactions and public cashing of notes.

Privilege Denied to Baltimore Firemen Over Silver Certificates

The article notes that Baltimore firemen are barred from taking silver certificates instead of coined dollars. It argues that once minting is opened to all, government bonds will not be redeemed, gold in the treasury will stay, and there will be no emission of new bonds. The piece contemplates a future without redemptions or concessions.

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Oregon's Party Lines in Turmoil and Fusion Moves

The Oregon political scene shows mixed sentiment with party lines shifting. Democrats and Populists move toward fusion, while some Republicans reconsider free silver alignments after Bryan's national nominations. The silver wing dominates party machinery as local defections reshape the electoral outlook.

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Indiana a puzzle Washington aug 25 close election forecast

Indianapolis observer Clifford Arrick predicts a tight race between parties in Indiana. He expects McKinley to triumph by November after strong party work. He notes the gold standard issue and Democratic convention influence could sway voters toward repudiation and depreciation of the standard.

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Herald Square Hotel Plans Filings for 2.5 Million Block Build

New York August 25 plans and aims for the Herald Square hotel were filed with the building department. The project bounds Broadway Sixth Avenue Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets and lists Douglas H Schneider of South Orange New Jersey as owner. Estimated cost two million five hundred thousand dollars. Facade to be stone brick and terra cotta with a mansard roof and steel floor construction.

New York Herald Square Broadway Sixth Avenue Thirty-sixth Thirty-seventh Douglas H. Schneider South Orange

Mayor Strong Backs Dry Goods Club Drive in New York

New York notes Mayor Strong plans active support for his ally Major McKinley in the caim patkn for the election. He will send about a thousand invitations to dry goods merchants and miners to join a Dry Goods Men's Sound Money club based at Broadway and Leonard Street. Prominent traders Claflin Bordon Test Robinson and Dunham back the undertaking. Maryland Republicans for Bryan in Annapolis and surrounding areas: Captain Frederick C. Peck, a pension office clerk, supports Bryan and Sewall, while W. Stout of Poolesville also backs Bryan.

New York Strong McKinley Broadway Leonard Street Claflin Bordon Test Robinson Dunham Bryan

Ideal Panacea endorsements flood letters from readers

Readers from Chicago Keokuk and beyond tout De Witt’s Panacea claims for coughs colds and various ailments. Testimonials hail instant relief from insect bites burns and cholera cures claiming family use years and medical replacement yet lack verifiable medical support.

James Francis Chicago Teeard John Bergus Keokuk Methodist Episcopal Church J. K Jones Fifth Street Kansan Avenue

Odd Fellows to Elect Officers at Dallas Biennial Meet

The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will hold its annual meeting in Dallas Texas on September 14 with about 200 members attending. Officers up for election include grand sire deputy grand sire grand secretary and grand treasurer. Major events feature banquet parade and excursion as in past gatherings.

Tbe Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Dallas Tex Canada Germany Australasia Sovereign Grand Lodge Odd Fellows Grand Sire John W. Stebbine John W. Stebbins Fred Carleton T. A. Ross T. R. Muckla Kim John W. Stabbine Rochester Hoe Order New York State Grand Lodge Carleton England Manchester Unity Order of Odd Fellows United States Baltimore Thomas Wildey

Dynamiter and Hero Free From British Prisons

John Daly and three others Devaney Whitehead and Gallagher released from life sentences for dynamite plots. Daly elected to Parliament for Limerick but his election voided after refusing to serve. Gallagher and Whitehead, American citizens, also freed. 12 Irish political prisoners remain in Britain awaiting clemency.

Form Inix Parliaxnen Portland John Daly Devaney Whitehead Gallaghesse Daly Birkenhead James Feer James Mitchell Eagan Amnnesty Association of Great Britain Por Chatham Limerick Thomas Gallagher Albert George Whitehead London Bogan Amnesty Society

Farmer Leeds Aims For Governor Of Kansas In Populist Democrat Bid

J W Leeds a farmer candidate and Fusion nominee for governor of Kansas, rose from obscurity to prominence after a 188? political shift. Born near Richmond Ohio, he moved to Kansas in 1881, farmed wheat and corn, later ranching livestock in Coffee and Leroy, and became known as a skilled debater and active speaker during a lively campaign across the state.

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