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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1894
Page
5
A Topeka paper column mocks a letter offering a stenographer a large monthly wage for dictation and typed work. The missive details a young man with quick pace, multilingual abilities, and alleged dangers of theft, proposing roles and collection tasks while noting secrecy and potential earnings. Also notes upcoming Grand Theatre acts and local entertainment listings.
The secretary of state records new charters for multiple entities including Columbia Coal Mining Co of Chetopa Kansas with capital stock of 10,000 and directors listed. Also noted is the Afro-American Labor and Benevolent Association of Leavenworth proposing charitable work with capital stock and named directors. Separate notes mention the Order of Railway Conductors electing officers at Newton and a Jubilee singers concert at Washburn’s chapel Library Hall with dates in December.
A Topeka news digest notes social events, political moves, and local happenings. Reports include women’s attendance at state alliances, pension and court cases, bridge repairs, and charity meetings. A peculiar silk hat blackmail tale features a hat telephone used to trap a lawyer in Topeka.
The Minnesota populist sage announces retirement from public life and politics to devote time to literary work and writing for the Representative. He cites health and a desire to pass responsibilities to younger hands while continuing to influence reform through his columns.
The eighth Kansas Equal Suffrage Association meeting opens with expected clashes over Mrs Laura M. Joline’s leadership and partisan work. Delegates debate harmony and speak their minds, with committees named from districts and Alice L. David of Leroy slated to discuss campaign issues. The key question asks whether the legislature should resubmit the new suffrage amendment.
Eugene Debs, president of the American Railway Union, will attend the Denver convention of the American Federation of Labor next week. He aims to win endorsement for a plan to merge labor groups into a single United Federation of Working Men and to push for approval of universal strike action amid opposition from rival leaders.
The Friends of Armenia society plans to circulate a petition to the President and to the Czar requesting intervention to stop Turkish atrocities against Armenians and to seek reparations for bloodshed. Special representatives will carry the paper to St. Petersburg.
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