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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1895
Page
4
The Topeka State Journal announces daily and weekly editions with carrier delivery and mail subscriptions. It lists pricing for three months and one year, and notes circulation across Topeka, surrounding suburbs, and towns served by its carrier system.
The text reports an extraordinary rise in newspaper circulation for the first half of the year, claiming Topeka daily papers surpassed previous records and outpaced other city dailies. It cites figures for daily circulation, notes a 1st 6 month total, and compares with national and regional standards. The piece also mentions editorial opinions on politics, tariffs, and liquor policy, with references to Governor and federal figures influencing press and public stance.
A garbled Cleveland letter column rails at Democratic infighting, praising a Post editor and attacking gold standard financiers. It argues Tas New Yorke Pos' joins the wolves to save the party while accusing Western politicians and eastern financiers of meddling and corruption.
A family exchanges playful banter about New Year’s dinner, with a child proposing roast chicken and an uncle noting the chill and that chickens don’t roast outside, in a lighthearted domestic moment.
An advertisement touts Bege's Ush Renewer for preventing hair loss and restoring color. It claims effectiveness against falling hair and grayting, urging purchase through Pearsons Steam Laundry at 112 and 114 West 9th.
The piece profiles American missions in Constantinople led by Cyrus Hamlin and the founding of Robert College with support from Christopher Robert and Admiral Farragut. It traces eight years of opposition, the 1863 opening, grand vizier approval, and the college’s growth to 226 students and 40 Bulgarian graduates, highlighting Beirut’s American schools as a parallel success with 16,000 scholars and Beirut’s status as western Asia’s educational hub.
Kady Brownell, a veteran of the war and member of the Grand Army of the Republic, gained fame for marching with her husband, bearing colors, and earning a pension by a special act of Congress. She served again at the front, saved a battery from friendly fire, and is said to be the only woman with full G A R membership in Connecticut’s Elias Howe post.
Franklin Fyles, noted for his editorial and dramatic writing with The Sun, is set to premiere an American drama at New York City’s Fifth Avenue Theatre. The piece marks Fyles's return to playwriting after earlier projects like The Girl I Left Behind Me and a stint shaping dramatic fiction for Belfasco and Frohman.
Wisconsin's dairy school at the University of Wisconsin Madison is described as the first of its kind in America. The three story building, named for Hiram Smith, trains hundreds of young men in butter making and dairy work, with facilities including a creamery, form dairy rooms, laboratories, and a lecture space. The article notes a $40,000 outlay and accommodations for 100 pupils.
The Wisconsin dairy school operates January to March, drawing 60 farms for milk supply and requiring four months of factory experience before entry. It has educated over 400 pupils now directing creameries nationwide, with Wisconsin hosting 2,500 creameries producing about 30 million dollars yearly. Denmark leads global dairying, selling butter to England, and Wisconsin emphasizes mortgage-free farming.
An account discusses vaudeville dancer Mabel Love and rival Cissy Fitzgerald amid talk of a possible English connection. It notes Mansfield’s Pittsburg run of Rodion the Student, with glowing reviews from Dispatch, Post, and Times, praising the production and Mansfield’s performance.
The shawls of cashmere are woven between Hincinsten and Tisch from camel wool, with their sheep providing white silky wool. The entire operation is engaged in preparing and weaving these articles for commerce.
Canary and Lederer stage their Casino chambers in New York for Cabaret de Neant a divertisement that for 18 months has charmed Parisian society. The Parisian revue will be reproduced with minor eliminations preserving its original illusions and novelty.
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