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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1895
Page
4
The paper offers carrier delivery to Tepaks and suburbs with weekly 10 tente 8 week pricing and same rates in Keeses towns. Mail subscriptions cost 360 annually, and weekly edition is 50 per year.
A scrambled 19th century miscellany reports sensational financial ideas, stock market fears, and political scandals. It mixes figures about Topeka circulation and Journal metrics with debates on gold and silver, war talk, and calls for fiscal restraint. Urban unrest and press freedom themes appear alongside local economic notes and political critique.
The piece attacks President Cleveland for tariff reform, debt and gold policy, and warns Congress to act now or bear the blame. It criticizes a House bill paying Simon Motz for guarding a military reservation and condemns questionable private claims as squandered taxpayer money.
The ways and means committee backs Halsch for contracting dead animal removal at $40 per month, below the usual $60, with rates to be adjusted for private payers. The Missouri Pacific will sell rail tickets on December 24 25 and January list at reduced one third fares for nearby trips.
A provocative social note recalls a past era when traveling men were widely viewed as emblematic of gay culture, contrasting sharply with present attitudes and norms. The piece reflects on changing mores and the visibility of diversity in historical contexts.
A veteran newspaper writer and a seasoned commercial traveler meet on a train after 20 years to compare shifts in their professions since 1875. The traveler touts a growing industry, a future home for travelers in Binghamton, and expanding public respect, while noting changes in drinking culture and workplace pressures.
A speech contends that business people face harsher public blame than others when wrongdoing occurs. It argues that press scrutiny targets commercial figures more readily, branding them as likely culprits and amplifying the perceived risk of misconduct in the trade class.
German papers claim gas pipes made of paper are successful. Manila paper strips are passed through molten asphalt and pressed under heavy pressure. After cooling, the pipes are finished with a waterproof coating and can be made in any desired length.
English traveler Harry De Windt plans a land route from New York to Paris covering about 14000 miles at a prohibitive cost two years of travel with a guide escort through Alaska British America and Siberia. He aims to prove the feasibility of a land journey linking the two cities and will be met by Captain James Adair in Vancouver with Indigenous escorts before proceeding to Yalutek then on to Paris.
Stiles spearheads a Montreal British Empire exposition set for 1896 to showcase diverse exhibits with high moral standards. The project aims for a major but not World’s Fair scale, seeking broad support from Canadian capitalists and foreign agents, with no Sunday openings or gambling.
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