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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal informs readers that the second tear edition is available by mail and delivery options. It outlines subscription rates for three months and one year, and mentions weekly edition availability and geographic delivery.
A detailed 1899 statement reports the Topeka Capital’s six month daily averages and total circulation beating rivals in Topeka and Shawnee County. It cites publisher figures, state directory data, and notes press coverage and distribution via evening trains, asserting the paper’s dominance in local readership.
A Penceian critique urges Republicans in Congress to reclaim full duty to the people, arguing earlier Democratic efforts under Hayes yielded Bland and other acts. It questions the Sherman silver purchase law’s intent, the value of silver notes as redeemable in gold, and Secretary Carlisle’s handling, asserting a gold standard defense rests on misinterpretation and false claims.
The Small Bros venture leads Atchison Live Stock Company to purchase the Howell Jewett Lumber yards of 260 acres in Atchison County. Cattle yards split into three pens will hold 1200 to 1500 head. An immense feed mill powered by electricity will repurpose the yard for stockers and feeders bound for market. Also noted are Kansas patents issued for December 3 1895 to several inventors and the Peor dene Steam laundry proclaims seven changes of water as its standard for all work.
A feature on Chattanooga’s growth highlighting the emergence of a new city sector in the southern United States. The piece spotlights local business leaders, civic plans, and ongoing enterprises driving urban expansion, with emphasis on infrastructure, commerce, and regional development.
Veteran Editor Charles Appleses writes of General John T. Wilder as the driving force behind Chattanooga’s rise after the Civil War. He details Wilder’s rail, hotel, mine, and furnace ventures, Lookout Mountain views, and the city’s transformation from a pandemic, low-health town to a fashionable industrial hub with iron works and woolen mills. He notes veterans’ ties to the land, local journalism, and the region’s dramatic geologic scenery from Missionary Ridge to Lookout Mountain.
The article explains caviare as ripe sturgeon roe processed simply, notes Russia supplies the finest from the Don and Volga with three week seasons and Cossack fisheries, contrasts fresh Russian roe with salted imports, and argues for a domestic American industry to provide fresh caviar rather than salted imitations. It describes Don Cossack fishing ceremonies, roe extraction, and early relay transport to St. Petersburg and European markets.
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