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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1894
Page
4
Advertisement for the State Journal Oficial Paper of the Sky of Topeka offering teen subscriptions. Daily edition with carrier delivery nine or ten cents weekly to Topeka and suburbs, with options for Kansat towns, by mail monthly annual rates listed.
An OCR damaged fragment references months in 1834 with a notable rise by over fifty percent. It mentions August and various unrelated garbled names and titles, giving no clear event, person, or outcome. The readable portion offers no coherent report to summarize beyond a general note of increase and disjointed phrasing.
A Western paper notes unrest with anarchists in southern China and political turmoil in the United States. It surveys party dynamics, resignations, and calls for reform as Congress approaches a currency and silver coinage clash. President Cleveland’s annual message is described as lacking surprise and failing to rally the nation.
The document reviews a government memorandum urging a graceful exit from joint Samoa administration, notes a looming $41 million deficit, and discusses currency and military spending. It mentions proposals for more coast defense ships, legal standards for the army, and cautions on public debt. The rest reports assorted local notices and amusing misprints from Stockton and nearby towns.
The Santa Fe will run Homeseekers Excursions on December 4 and 15 at one fare plus $2 for round trip to points in Colorado Utah Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Tickets valid for 20 days. Also notes ad items for various goods and services.
Special correspondence from St Louis recounts how Joseph Pulitzer began his journalism career with help from Carl Schurz at The Westliche Post. A St Louis source recalls Pulitzer's early ambition, his election journey for the state assembly, and a mentor’s backing, noting his youthful age and eventual success. Also mentioned is a claim about declining wheat yields in New York due to poor cultivation.
The article recounts Esek Hopkins born April 26 1718 near Scituate Rhode Island as the first commander in chief of the U S Navy. It notes his privateering in the seven years war his 1775 appointment as commander in chief, captures of Providence New Providence and other vessels, a 1776 congress censure for not attacking southern ships his 1777 dismissal from service and his later influence in Rhode Island politics.
Mrs Fremont aims to erect a monument over General John C Fremont the Pathfinder near Sparkill N Y on Rockland cemetery site with a cross top design by J Massey Rhind The project honors his discoveries while Mrs Fremont seeks government payment for her California home and may proceed if denied by authorities Fremonts wife Jessie Benton Fremont born in Virginia now in Los Angeles with her daughter recalls his faith and her role in his campaigns
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