State Journal Growth and Circulation Milestones in Topeka
The Topeka Daily State Journal reports sworn detailed circulation exceeding all Topeka dailies. It expanded from six to seven columns, installed four Linotype machines, and built a double front home for its publication and job office. In 1896 the daily average reached 10,769 with 43 route carriers. annual sworn statements show rising circulation through 1885 to 1896, consistently verified by American Newspaper Directory.
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Topeka Daily State Journal
Topeka
Local Business Office Listing Readable Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows a business office near 200 n State Journal Avenue at the corner of Eighth with Bell Telephone numbers and Potter Building address. Details are incomplete but indicateTelephone 107% and 206 numbers for Saupafins and related services.
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Eighth
Potter Building
Saupafins Peu
Pri Fede
A Case of Bad Taste in Public Discussion
A discussion tomorrow on a delicate public topic draws objections over propriety and consent. Names of many involved appear without consent, sparking concern that the subject belongs to medical or legislative bodies rather than a mixed public meeting.
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Ty ix
Atchison Social Echoes and Self-Played Solitary Games
Fragment from a 19th century Atchison column discussing social scenes. It notes a “cold, clammy woman” at a reception, jokes on fashion, weather, and compliments, and ends with an old girl playing solitaire, awarding herself prizes after ten wins and sharing embroidered lunch cloths with herself.
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Atchison
Kansas links to Idaho senator spill across states
The article traces Henry Heitfeld a Kansas born farmer and later Idaho United States senator. It notes his birth in St Louis 18 January 1539, move to Seneca Kansas 1870s, work as stone mason, time in Pomeroy and Sprague Washington, Nez Perces county Idaho, and career as farmer fruit grower and cattleman. It outlines political shift from Democrat to Populist, and his elections to the Idaho state senate in 1904 and 1986.
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Kansas
Washington
United States
Utah
Waite
Colorado
Larned
Henry Heitfeld
Idaho
Seneca
Kan
Virginia
Ohio
St. Louis
Henry Hettfeld
Heltfeld
Northwest
Pomeroy
Northern Pacific Railroad
Sprague
Nez Perces County
Armers
State Senate
The Suffering 400 at Bradley Martin Ball
A Pittsburg Dispatch summary portrays the Suffering 400 during the Bradley-Martin ball with destitution visible among elites. Rich householders, including a Vander-Peyeter figure, face ruin while revelers boast abundance amid a harsh winter. A Paris import is cited as destroying a once secure position.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Bradley-Martin
Uleriy
Astor and Whitney
Bradley-Martin Bill
Dlummer
Olga Elten
Fan Avenue
Walla
Habrond
Bradley-Martins
Paris
Mr. Astor
Fragmented 1890s clippings touch on politics and commerce
Irregular mixture of quotations and snippets cites debates on arbitration treaties and public sales. Mentions Mrs BradleyMartin ball criticisms and BragleyMartin ball praised as town sale while Kansan City stockyards discuss pricing for hay and corn. Oklahoma coverage references Guthrie and Douglass trips with a coy remark on simplicity.
Emerson Hero Worshiper and the Abstract Self
From the Atlantic Monthly a discussion of elemental hero worship praising the individual detached from personal ties. The piece argues the belief survives only in abstract form and cannot sustain practical systems or schools, noting Emerson’s fear of the literal truth and the danger of tyranny.
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Atlantic Monthly
Yves
Emursen
Kileth
Opportunity Reds Weathered Goods Sale Near Waterville
We have secured the general stock of pods formerly belonging to the Parker Bros in Waterville Kansas. The dry goods shoes and furnishing invoices total nearly 12000 dollars and were acquired for less than half their value. The arrival will be announced soon as it is packed and en route. The stock comprises everyday staples not high priced or slow moving items.
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Parer Bros
Waterville
Kansas
Spanish orthography and phonetics amid broad language notes
A detailed, period tongue in cheek discussion on Spanish vowels and consonants, contrasting with Saxon speech, with examples of pronunciation, accents, and how foreign learners render Spanish sounds. It lists names and places from current news, plus a long catalog of aquarium species and features.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Russ Rivera
Ahamada
Atieno-math-ah
Guanestacoa
Jian H-Bass-Tho-Ah
Maximo Gomez
Macks-ee-mo Gometh
Cabezadas
Cab-al-math-as
Pings del Rio
Poor Melba's Illness in New York Express Era
Lerom reports Melba's Fifth Avenue ordeal as doctors diagnose malaria blood poisoning after a fever and dental abscess complications. Her nerves frayed by Savoy experiences. A surgeon fixes the tooth and swelling. she fears death while contemplating a performance in Traviata.
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Lerom
New York Express
Fifth Avenue
Melba
Savoy
Melba Leaves for Sea Voyage Amid Health Struggles
The diva Melba faced mental strain from open war in Nordica and failure of Brunnhilde, risking loss of salary. Doctors ordered a sea voyage, and she departed America at 1 AM in tears after a kiss to Reginald de Koven’s conductor Adamowski, while others slept.
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Brunohilde
Mme. Melba
America
Reginald de Koven
Tutony
Mr. Adamowski
Watercom
Who Mourn "The Duchess" in Frontier Reading
A Western camp scene recalls books read by cowmen around dusk. Five men rest after sunset, four read stories by The Duchess, one peruses Southworth. The piece notes swapping books as cattle-trail etiquette and the Duchess popularity among cowpunchers. Carson, Nev. also mentions a separate Nevada senate vote on woman suffrage and a brief ad about harnesses and language lessons.
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Washington Post
E. D. N. Southworth
Ace
Jules Verne
Bret Harte
Frontier Town
Carson
Senate
Assembly
Hamlet Grave Visit Ends In Danish Pines Reverie
Thomas Wii Keene traveled to Marklsty Denmark near Helstnute to visit a grave site linked to Hamlet. He found a simple stone and granite plaque reading Harmle Grave set in a lonely pine wood by the Baltic coast. Keene said the scene powerfully echoed Shakespearean mood and reinforced the land’s reputed connection to the prince.
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Thomas Wii Keene
Hamlet
Marklyst
Denmark
Helstnute
Elsinore
Baltic
Copenhager
Keene
Harmle
Shakespeare
Dane
Mr. Keene
Viett
Hans
Dennimrie
Pure food show slated in Kansas City next March
Kansas City prepares for a pure food exhibition to be held in March under the Kansas City World. The Woods building on Walnut between Ninth and Tenth will host the event with 11 630 square feet over two floors. One hundred booths will vary from 20 to 220 square feet with careful booth layout plans forwarded to manufacturers. Admission is 1 percent, no orchestra planned, and the novelty is expected to draw public interest.
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Kansas City
Kansas City World
the Woods
Walnut Street
Ninth
Tenth
Premineat
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Toneka
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Ban & Carrier
Gage
Mugwump
Treasury
Lytran J. Gage
New York Herald
Grover Cleveland
Harrison
Mckinlay
Globe Lights
Meyere
Fa Wovyler Ik Wetting
Ottawa
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Shortarrass
Sangas
Basse
Basta
Orkaloosa
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Lawrence Journal
Coffeyville
Max
Oklahoma
Bey Ture
Guthrie
Emerson
Peerless Steam Laundry
West 8Th. St
Park Row
New York City
Electrical Review
New York
Shoe Department
J'opeka
R & Paxtons
New York’s Aquarium
Maine
New Hampshire
Lake Tahoe
California
Canandaigua Lake
Bermuda
Harrison St
Charles
Sradshaw
International Money Trust
Parta, Pet
Dongola
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