State Journal Subscription Terms and Office Address
The State Journal outlines subscription options for the daily edition with carrier delivery across Topeka and suburbs or in canvas towns at the same price. It lists permanent home at Topeka State Journal Building, 9 Kansas Avenue, corner of Eighth, and New York address as Potter Building, with files of the paper open to advertisers and readers.
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Weather Forecast for Kansas Fair Weekend
Readable weather notes indicate cooler conditions tonight and Friday with westerly winds. Directions place Chicago as context. forecast highlights cooler temperatures in eastern and southern portions.
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Kansas
What Is Equality In New England And Beyond
A 19th century contemplation on equality among men across class lines. It argues that true equality means mutual respect free of condescension tied to wealth or status, observed in rural New England towns and spreading to western communities. It notes workers showing subordination to employers by custom, yet suggests genuine equality yields self-respect and sincerity, unaffected by luxury or display in major cities.
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Henry Childe Merwin
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New England
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West
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New York
Boston
Mechanical Scrubber Could End Scrubbing Drudgery
An English inventor proposes a mechanical scrubber to replace hand scrubbing in public baths, hotels, depots, hospitals, and homes. The device uses heated water and revolving brushes to clean surfaces efficiently, enabling frequent cleaning without inconveniencing crowds or laborers. The piece argues its adoption would relieve women from exhausting scrubbing tasks and improve public hygiene.
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Chicago Tribune
Housewife Awaits Pleasant Scrubbing with New Scrubber
A patent scrubber promises constant readiness for service making scrubbing an expected task rather than a dreaded chore for the housewife. The device aims to keep health in view by ensuring reliable, easy cleaning routines.
Light read from the Atchison Globe on life and manners
A column of quips and maxims on marriage, motherhood, reformers, and social advice. It muses on appearances, silence in conflicts, trust in marriage, and avoiding hate filled places, with reflective questions about luck, work, and fate.
Co operative Hat Factory Planned by Labor Exchange
The Labor Exchange of America plans America s first co operative hat factory in Orange New Jersey with a rented shop. Half price hats will be paid in cash while the rest is settled by deposit certificates. Hats formed by John Gill of Orie will be shipped as carloads to be retailed by local grocers accepting the certificates at face value.
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New York
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America
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Orie
Kroger Highlights South African Republic UK Relation Speech
In Treland on Aug 26 at a Volksraad meeting President Kroger voiced a speech expected to stir Great Britain relations. He argued the 1884 convention regulates ties, noted the 1881 reference to suzerainty existed, but since 1881 no such link remains. He insisted the Republic rejects British suzerainty yet seeks friendly global relations. Applause echoed the speech.
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Great Britain
Goa
Iron Market Rises Amid Scarce Materials and Strong Demand
The Industrial Work reports a hardening iron market with crude material growing scarce. Billet capacity is booked to January 1, Chicago quotations rise to 16 dollars. Car manufacturers hold orders for months, negotiations for more business ongoing. Demand climbs for all finished products. steel bars at 110 and plates at 1.45. Pietron ts Arm at 1026 for No 2 northern foundry.
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Northern Foundry
Depew cautious on Alaska gold claims investment
Newport RT reports Dr Chauncey A Depew discussed his syndicate for Alaska gold claims. He said the report is tentatively correct and would invest only if titles are checked by competent lawyers and a proper legal judgment obtained. Atlantic City travel notes cover railroad passenger counts into Atlantic City.
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Chauncey A. Depew
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Itles
John A Logan to Lead Chicago Horse Exhibition
John A Logan has been selected to oversee the Chicago Horse exhibition in Toungatown Ohio on August 26. The appointment promises a display of grandeur surpassing expectations at the Madison Square venue.
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Toungatown
Madison Square
Old Papers for Sale Across Local Exchange Bundles
A crude listing offers tomorrow only the Journst selling old exchanges at five cents per bundle. Fragmented line items mention broken edge collars and amateur names, indicating a sale of miscellaneous paper bundles and scraps.
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Europe s bad plight with wheat and crops short worldwide
An extensive inquiry by Orange Judd Syndicate papers reports grave European crop conditions. Wheat and rye yields are well below 1881 levels, potatoes face a sharp drop, and total European food crops show a deficit around 1.4 billion bushels versus averages.
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United Kingdom
New Congressional Library to Add Department for the Blind
Washington announces a future section in the Congressional Library dedicated to books with raised letters for the blind. Mr. Young aims to supply extensive raised print literature and staff. existing volumes will be relocated to honor accessibility. Letters have been sent to blind institutions seeking input and lists of available publications.
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Congressional Library
Washington
Young
De Boissiere Case Charters Odd Fellows Orphans Home
Secretary of state grants charter to De Boissiere Odd Fellows Orphans Home association aiding Kansas grand lodge in litigation. 3100 acres deeded by De Bolssiere for an orphanage near Sileville. lien held by De Bolssiere employee. debt 22000 dollars paid by grand lodge. 14000 spent on improvements. Directors named: William M. Glenn, W F Taylor, L T Beale, John Martin, J J Schenck, L M Penwell, J C Skumons, D T Crance, C M Rosa.
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Topeka
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D. T. Crance
Ottawa
C. M. Rosa
Mankato
Chalk from England opens in Boston harbor voyage tale
Boston and Aug 26 report a 1130 ton chalk cargo arrives aboard the four masted steel schooner Americana bearing the Hawaiian flag. The firm, longtime chalk importers, sources chalk from the Thames bank and ships it to New England, noting fossils occasionally found in the crude chalk.
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Chicago Lake Front park to be completed at once
Chicago announces resumed work on the Lake Front park after Gov. Tanner lifts veto and promises support. The stretch along Michigan Avenue will be a mile long with a quarter mile into the lake, planned as a lasting civic landmark with prominent citizens pledging millions for beautification. A Union Pacific special train offers 150 dollars to Kansas City and back Sunday.
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Kansas City
Noted museum scientists to depart Field Columbian this fall
Two Field Columbian Museum researchers will leave this fall. W. H. Holmes will head the Smithsonian Bureau of Anthropology in Washington, while George K. Cherrie, curator of ornithology, sails with Walter Rothschild on a Venezuela expedition for the Tring museum. The expedition aims to catalog regional birds, with Cherrie finishing duties at the Chicago museum by September 1 and departing October 3.
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London
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The Grand Pacific to Reopen as Modern Chicago Hotel
Chicago officials announce the Grand Pacific will be enlarged and reopened early next year. A stock company is being formed with Joseph Leber involved and Albert J. Glennie named manager. Major interior work has begun, with George Messersmith as general contractor and an estimated 125,600 to 150,000 dollars spent to upgrade the historic Clark and Jackson site.
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Grand Pacific
Stron Financial
Clas
Clark and
Tuckson Streets
Joseph Leber
Albert J5
Glennie
Union League Club
Juit
George Messersmith
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Muncie Saloon Repeal Battle Ends in Council Vote
In Muncie Indiana a city council vote on the Moore saloon law ends with saloon keepers defeated. Mayor Cromer presided as cases move through the Supreme and circuit courts. Petitions gathered 3400 signatures, about 78 percent of voters, to repeal the ordinance, but the council refused and most saloons in factory districts face loss of licenses. Church groups statewide seek details of the city’s prohibitions.
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Ind
Supreme Court
Cromer
Whisky Price Rise Affects Peoria Spirits Market
In Peoria on August 26 another cent per gallon rise in spirits was announced, bringing total two week increases to two cents. High wines now priced at 1.21 dollars per gallon as corn costs rise. Spirits Manufacturing Co holds over 19 million gallons corn-based inventory, bought at lower prices. The Hanover, an anti trust firm, plans to reopen Monday if coal is obtained.
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Hanover
Berger Sues Milwaukee Editor for Damages in Libel Case
Victor L Berger, a Debs follower, files libel suit in Milwaukee against Edgar W Coleman editor of Der Herald, seeking $12000 for being labeled a corrupt reseal in the newspaper. Excursions to the Southwest offer low round trips from Santa Fe Route with dates September 7 7 and October 5 9 1897. Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised as prompt relief. A Peak Dentist advertises services over Crosby's store.
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Eugene V. Debs
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Edgar W. Coleman
der Herald
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Coleman
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Arkansas
Arizona
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Kan
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Crosby
Thirteen Seek Alaska Gold via Edmonton and Mackenzie
A party of thirteen men and one woman plan an expedition from Chicago to Edmonton to equip boats and supplies for a year. They intend to travel by rail and team to Athabasca Landing, build boats, and voyage up the Athabasca river to Peel river, covering about 1400 miles by boat. They aim for lode mining rather than placer and guard their exact claim location.
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Alaska
Arry Card
Edmonton
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Lake Athabasca
Slave River
Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie River
Peel River
300 Lawyers Gather to Attend American Bar Association Meet
About 900 delegates gathered in Cleveland as the American Bar Association opened. President J M Woolworth of Omaha spoke, introducing Samuel P Hunt of Cincinnati who congratulated Ohio as the meeting site. Hunt urged lawmakers to uphold fundamental government principles while noting refinements of civilization. Virgil P Kline was absent and James H Host delivered the welcome.
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Cleveland
Association Hall
J. M. Wolworth
Omaha
Woolworth
Samuel P. Hunt
Cincinnati
State Bar Association
Virgil P. Kline
James H. Host
Branding of Seals Sparks Debate at Stanford University
Stanford University President Jordan distances Prof El Hott on seal branding noting the treasury seal was burned with the pup. He says branding is feasible and permanent, can be done by one man per day, and seals withstand branding as adults with no panic, comparing them to sheep during shearing.
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Jordan
Stantord University
el- Hott
Hillett
Treasury Department
Paralyzing Illness in Hackensack Children
Anxiety grows as a paralysis disease strikes young children in Hackensack. Harold Adams, son of Dr. C. F. Adams, could not speak or swallow. throat paralysis eased after a New York specialist visit. Dr. G. Howard McFadden reports four similar cases in girls recently, all following intermittent fever. Deputy Sheriff Blanvelt’s daughter also affected. causes remain unclear.
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Sherift Blanvelt
Quakers for Mexico Seek El Paso Colony Site
A ten member committee of Friends from Illinois, Town and Indiana arrived in El Paso to scout a valley location for a large Quaker colony. President A Wilson says they hope to settle a community in the valley above El Paso, in New Mexico, to provide homes for young people as they marry.
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Society of Friends of
Tllinois
Indiana
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United States
New Mexico
Remarkable Cure Reported by Veteran for Chronic Diarrhoea
Henry Steinberger of Allentown Pennsylvania narrates a long battle with chronic diarrhoea since 1862 while serving as a private in Company A 167th Pennsylvania Volunteers. After trying many medicines he used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and was cured. He commends the remedy to others and notes it is sold by druggists. Altitude and low temperatures make summer travel pleasant. Go to Colorado via Santa Fe and keep coal.
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