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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
4
The State Journal Esias Paper of Topeke City offers daily edition delivered by carrier ten texts weekly to Topeka or nearby areas with mail options. Rates include one year by mail nine dollars and a weekly edition fifty cents per year.
The State Journal proclaims exclusive status as Kansas’s leading daily by circulation for summer months of 1391 with a claimed 50 percent year over year rise. It touts Associated Press affiliation, modern printing capabilities, and positions itself as the premier newspaper in the state.
Fragmented weather forecast for Kansas with cold, fair and warmer by evening notes. Opinion piece critiques Populist and Socialist platforms, press suppression attempts, and legislative battles over constitutional amendments. References to Kansas farmers, water supply, and political figures.
The letter urges farmers statewide to build earth ponds to conserve water for irrigation. A pond near level land could store runoff, reduce erosion, and improve crop yields. If farmers act now without waiting for officials, significant gains may be achieved.
Paternalistic policy prompts critique of government purchasing Navajo blankets while sidelining white labor. Article notes Navajo herd wealth, sheep quality aims, and fear of unrest if markets fail. Warns against forced paternalism and predicts possible raids if Navajo markets collapse.
A jumble of local tidbits from Parsons to Topeka, noting poetry reprints at the Clarion, fire bells in Hays City, a bear at Haskell Institute, a Garden City glass device, and lectures by Fred Puustonia. Mentions of Atchison readers, Wichita ceramic talk, and diverse regional curiosities, with scattered names and places.
The article describes the Central American exposition planned for February 1898 in Villa Nueva Honduras. It outlines participation by Honduras and five other republics, site features including five pavilions, a grand plaza, electric lighting, a gravity railroad, and a 40 plate observation point. Dr Policarpo Bonilla leads the project with Don E Constantina Fialle and Dr W W Thackery as key organizers. Honduras sits two days from New Orleans and four from New York by steamship, with nearby Aztec relics and Copan noted as regional attractions.
A fragmentary column lists various curiosities from art to travel. It mentions a Topeka drugstore scene, a 77-year marriage on a farm near New Harson, a Milwaukee professor appointment, and notable figures including James L. Ord of Portland and Paderewski. It references old politicians, bishops, and European royalty with quick biographical notes.
The past season in Germany offered purses totaling 72 627 for trotters. Damon McCormick nominates Lamplighter and Potentats for the Brooklyn Handicap next season. A portable horse stall by Bungzene Leigh draws attention for railroad use, avoiding pails in construction.
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