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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1897
Page
4
The State Journal lists subscription options for daily and weekly editions, detailing delivery by carrier, pricing for Kansas and nearby areas, and mail rates. It provides the Kansas address in Topeka and contact numbers for advertising and reader inquiries, with access at the State Journal Building.
A legislative account discusses government savings and expenditures, noting a rise in receipts over the prior year and a drop in interned revenue due to fewer sabines. The piece lists state liquor licensing figures, showing limited breweries in several states and territories, with New York and California among higher counts. It highlights ongoing Prohibition trends and regional contrasts in licensure.
The report cites higher per capita tobacco use yet uneven gains across products, with a 15 year span showing varying pounds of plug and fine cut. Tax policy discussions consider whisky and beer rates, opium none, and pension funding pressure as Congress debates revenue sources.
In early discussions Gen Grosvenor promotes merit based civil service while President McKinley backs a broader order expanding civil service law. The article notes party division on reform versus spoils and warns legislators of voter accountability if the principle is violated.
Grosvenor argues that the imperil system is not sustained by public sentiment but by a coterie of long time political patrons. He notes that offices seekers have populated his world, sidelining the actual voters who form the lines of the electorate.
A fragmented column riffs on widowhood manners and youth, then shifts to a Kennett Klondike mood as a man at Atchison laments spirits and a daughter hosting a parlor gathering. The piece mixes social mores, humor, and small town observations without a clear single event.
A fragmented, aphorism filled meditation on belief, hypocrisy, self interest, and intellectual progress. It juxtaposes religious controversy with personal accountability, notes the mind as lens and the danger of overreliance on external light, and ends urging self improvement through steady action.
After thirty years apart Henry Warner of Lewis County reportedly died in Cottageville while drawing a Civil War pension. His wife could not prove death, his son George spent decades fighting for records. Recently pension officials located Warner alive, and he met his son and wife at George Lawson’s home.
Washington reports Gray-haired veteran A. Hi Barnes completed a 1901 mile walk from Leavenworth Kansas to the capital in 65 days. He lost 12 days to rain and other delays, aged 56, in good health with no sickness or accidents on the journey. The trek aimed to prove an old soldier’s staying power and to settle a wager on property valued at about £300 in Lagivenyortt.
The Mormon church plans a new settlement named Colonia Hidalgo after purchasing 8,700 acres on the Santa Maria river, 30 miles south of Casas Grandes. Promoters include Andrew J. Stewart and Bishop W. Sewer of Colonia Juarez. A town site will be laid out with land sold at 2 to 5 per acre, and a reservoir will be built in the canyon above the town. The Mexican town of Galeana remains outside the purchase.
A Strine report notes that SOL63s workers faced strikes last year and losses to British trade reached $75,000. While engineering unrest shows some improvement, concurrent strikes in cotton, railways were avoided. The piece cites a Titanic clash between London unions and capital and says Employers Federations plan to push advantages elsewhere.
New York dispatch reports a sloop EUs of Keyport and another Keyport vessel near Matawan and Raritan bay when two horned steers surfaced like sea serpents. Boats hauled them aboard, and the steers were taken to Keyport to be sold for the sailors who captured them. They are valued at $100 and likely came from the cattle boat Glasgow after a collision with a coal barge off Sandy Hook yesterday morning.
A Springfield Massachusetts company organized to colonize abandoned New England farms. Backed by Wanamaker and others with Maine laws cited. Capital of 64000 dollars, option for 20000 acres in five states. Leases for one year with annual installments, farms 30 to 60 acres, buildings erected, land improved, instruction offered in farming and stock. Targeted applicants include good character individuals, including businessmen and bankers.
In Upper Sandusky a framed tale notes a jailed epileptic inmate Frank Swalley awaiting a Gallipolis hospital vacancy. A sparrow, claimed as a gift from the Lord, has repeatedly entered through an open window to perch near a gas jet. Swalley treats the bird as a sole companion, saying the Lord has not forgotten him in loneliness.
In Tennessee Judge Clark of the U.S. court ruled that the term Original Package can apply to packs of 10 cigarettes, settling the cigarette question in the state and granting dealers broader liberty.
Store at 108 East Sixth Avenue offers cheap Christmas candies nuts and groceries with special school discounts. Advertises lower prices than any house in the city and invites Christmas orders by telephone 426.
In a mixed display of confectionery, several brands including Cream Mixe and Cinnamon Imperia announce special prices on candies. The items feature varied percentages and standout labels, with emphasis on savings and large stock notes.
A fragmented grocery list noting dried fruits, nuts, coffee, jams, and canned goods with prices and pack sizes. The note ends by announcing two new market sections offering all kinds of fresh meats at low prices.
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