State Journal subscription terms and prices
Prank P. MacLennan notes subscription details for Topeka residents and suburbs with carrier and mail options. Rates include weekly carrier delivery and annual mail service, with contact at the Potter Building. Public notices and advertising terms are referenced by the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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the State Journal
Prank P. Maclennan
Topeka
Waitien
Potter Building
Campaign in Congress Shows Partisan Maneuvering in 1908
The piece critiques Congress two months into session with little policy debate and extensive campaign talking points. It argues tariff and currency reforms won’t pass, notes Senate efforts like the Tellar resolution failing in the House, and suggests election pressures drive lawmakers. It references Hanna, Ingalls, and Hanna allies in Columbus and Chicago, and reports vote-buying allegations against Royce.
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Congressional Herald
Civil Sérvice
Catan
Muwallan
Rexallin
Congress
Senate
House Banking and Currency Communitees
Mnemot
Gige
Indianapolis
Fragmented Proverbs and Vague Social Snippets
A garbled collection of proverbs and social quips from a late night column. It touches on friendship, wisdom, law, love, politics, and a few political names, with erratic phrasing and missing words. The text offers scattered opinions rather than a coherent news item.
Globe Lights From Atchison Globe Commentary
Glimpses of social mores and advice on debt, aging, romance, and gender roles. The writer notes that provocation alters talk and notes shifts in perception after age milestones. Observations cover debt aversion, parental praise, and the tension between personal pride and affection.
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Globe Lights
Atchison Globe
Great Business Month Shows Record Bank Clearings
New York reports January bank clearings across 77 cities totaling 835,000,000 with a slight rise over December and a strong year over year gain. Growth is widespread with New York up 42 percent and Chicago 35 percent. only four cities show declines, mainly in New England textile centers.
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New York
Bradstreets
United States
Eus
Chicago
Boston
Cottom
New England
Caradial Bank
American Fruit Shut Out Berlin
Feb 2 Berlin reports a decree by the Prussian finance minister banning all American frost fruit imports with immediate effect. Hamburg and Emmerich entries blocked. 16,000 barrels of apples forbidden to unload. U S ambassador White and consul Dr Hugh Pitcairn lodged protests citing treaty violations and sanitary grounds citing vermin threat.
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Berlin
Havaris
Saxony
Wurtens- Alt
United States
White
Foreign Office
Hamburg
Hugh Pitcairn
Emmerich
California
Nail Driving For Charity In Sawing Contest
A charity event at the Dibble Opera House featured seven young women in a nail driving contest judged by Prof. Anton J. Wiechers. Bell Moshier won a watch for driving nails within the target while the audience bet on the outcome. Each participant had four minutes to drive as many nails as possible with a one minute rest after the first two. Also promote the Santa Fe route to California with travel details.
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Dibbie Oper House
Anton J. Wiechers
Judes
Weiten
Prof
Wiechers
Bell Moshier
Shortest Route to Southern California by Santa Fe Pullman
An old rail promotion offers a journey to Los Angeles by electric service with palace and tourist sleepers, free chair cars, daily departures, and a set of photographs for twenty five cents from Leonerd's.
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California
Santa Fe Pullman Palace
Los Angeles
War in the camp may lead to mustering out of Company M
Tension rises in Topeka based Kansas National Guard unit as Lieutenants Frank J. and Huddleston challenge Captain J. B. Towers. A removal petition circulates, though Frank and Huddleston deny ties. Frank contemplates resignation but reverses, pledging to stay and rebuild the company. Towers confirms trouble but refuses further comment as officers face upcoming exams and possible disbandment. The unit has a history of failed musterings and the organizers sought to form the Governors Body Guard.
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Topeka
Frank J. Frank
Huddieston
J. B. Towers
Towers
Frank
Huddleston
Capt
Leutenant
Freak
Companys
Martini
Tower
Bio A Jong Tine
Capt. Towers
Lieut. Frank
Stone
Company M
McCrum
Military Board
Malip Lieut. Smith
Adjutant Generals Office
Remarkable Olfactory Sense At Stephentown Village
In Elizabethtown Kentucky on February 2 a blindfolded man in a crowd identifies hat wearers or glove wearers by scent after articles are removed. He then locates the last wearer as local physicians note the feat surpasses usual olfactory nerve development.
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Elizabethtown
Stephentore
Bears Kill Four in Twenty-Five Minutes in Clare Michigan
William Poat of Clare, Michigan, halted a massive tree uprooted by a storm and felled four bears within twenty-five minutes. He fired when a large bear emerged, then repeated the feat as more bears approached, becoming a historic single-handed bear-hunting record in the region.
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Michigan
Clare
Mich
William Poat
Divorce Denied After Brief Marriage Trial
Kansas City report of George L. White failing to secure a divorce from Margaret White after a month of cohabitation. Judge Slover rules the couple did not try long enough to merit separation. Also noted: Belleville police capture Paul Miller alias En Gineer in connection with a January Brookline murder case.
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Kansas City
George L. White
Slover
Circuit Court
Margaret White
Belleville
St. Louis
Paul Miller
En Gineer
Prance TD
Sarah A
Elie Newton
Shortest Route to athena oea by electric power to Los Angeles
Pedestrian notice of travel route mentions Santa Fe CE and tourist sleepers, highlighting daily electric service to Los Angeles. An endorsement by P.G. Hesex praises Solisied for seare, with Bund teaching years of technique and no bleeding piles. One box of Beses Salve claimed to cure.
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Athena Oea
Santa Fe CE
Estes
Los Angeles
P.G. Hesex
Arrest of Sam Robinson and Stevens county feud saga
The Kansas report details Sam Robinson’s murder of Sheriff Hubbard during the Stevens county feud era, his earlier post office robbery, and subsequent trials. It traces the Woodsdale and Hugoton factions, the jailbreaks, and the 1889 to 1491 era violence, including Brennan’s acquittal and flight to Oklahoma.
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Sam Robinson
Denver
Feb
Samuel Robinson
Colorado Penitentiary
Plorissant
Robert Hubbard
No-Man's-Land
Kansas
Stevens County
Sam Wood
Woodsdale
Hugoton
Sem Wood
Charles
George Cook
J. W. Calvert
Warrens
Toss
Robinson
Calvert
Jackson
Hubbard
Robina
Chamberlain
Axein
Bud Notle
Florissant
Col
Paris
Texas
United States
Arong
Supreme Court
Tegal Hawk
Crook Wey
Lberty
James Brennan
Sam Wot
Hugotore
Wood
Brennan
Brennen
Reno
Jaisant
Venice
Karnsue
Olatoma
Old table with Lincoln link surprises Leavenworth readers
A Leavenworth report recalls a cherished family table said to have been given by Abraham Lincoln in 1843 and saved through three fires. Mrs. Lou Hanback is noted to fit the piece at a 610 Ladies Rest. Dickens resigns, Hanback to take charge. Nearby items report Denton Journal and Leona Hustler suspending publication, tax drafts, boulevard work, and local accidents with multiple named places and people.
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Lou Hanback
Leavenworth
Dickens
Reet
Hanback
Saugus City
Kan
Iss Dickens
Hanvack
Wild Bill's Shooting Exhibition in Topeka
A report from Topeka recalls Wild Bill Hickok performing a live shooting display. He rode his brown mare Nell down Kansas streets firing at targets above a shop, six bullets striking inside the letter O on a sign. The stunt drew onlookers as a demonstration of marksmanship for entertainment. Standard Oil wins big tank steamship contract Chester, Pa. ships to be 264 feet long and 46 feet beam, 264 feet long, 46 feet beam, 21 feet deep, to haul bulk oil.
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New York Sun
Wild Bull Man
Kansas
Topeka
Mus
Nell
Siy
Standard Oil
Chester
Roach
Shipiy
Standard Oi Company
Government expedition to Alaska and Klondike outlined
General Merriam reports the Feller expedition details for government use into Alaska and the Klondike. Major D H Rucker commands at Dyes. Captain George Buhjen designated quartermaster. Captain D L Brain Ard subsistence commissary at Dyes. Captain Bogardus Eldredar leads a detachment with 50 infantry and 2 hospital men to report to Major Rucker. Units sail from Vancouver toward Alaska around February 5 with 22,000 combat-ready men aboard steamers.
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Alaska
Woshington
Merriam
Department of the Columbia
Hae
Feller
Golf
Alasku
Klondike
D. H. Rucker
Dyes
George Buhjen
Rucker
DL. Braln
Dyen
Bogardus Eldridar
Aeutenant
Clark
Fourteenth Infantry
F. M. Kemp
Lozital Corps
Promed
Vancouver Barracks
Guy Hi. Preston
Ninth Cavalry
Ryan
Department of the Platts
Department of
Thr
Portiana
Séaxtle
Dyea Memorandum Mentions Major Rucker and Substore Notes
Fragmentary record notes proportioning subsintener stores and property with references to a 2nd single stem and Major Rucker at Dyea, indicating a historical property distribution or concession. Details are sparse, but entities point to Dyea and a Major Rucker involved in a 10 item context.
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Dyea
LELAND A RICH MAN
Frank Eliott editor of the Troy Times and governor Leeds aide accuses Leland of tax evasion in Bonkhan county. He alleges Leland, longtime chair of the county board, fixed property assessments to raise and lose taxes. Eliott cites political motive and calls for inquiry into his methods and increased taxes.
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Frank Eliott
The
Troy Times
Leeds
Leland
Bonkhan County
Dante
Mike
Roomy Commissioners
Dintyhan County
Eliiott Chaurens
Eliott
Fredieee
Stond
Close
Teclé
Jan
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John Hussey
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Dan —Mahoner
Terminal Railway Company
EL Dorado
Ce - Albert Dehaven
Farmers' Bank
Odessa
Baldwin
James T. Kerr
Baker University
Baldwin, Kan
William F. Clark
Second Cavalry
Ernest W. Smith
Fourth Infantry
E. N. Burley
Company of the Soldiers
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Weir City
Marsh Patton
Patton
Wesr Bros
Nebraska
Lawrence
Kansie University
Atchison
John J. Donahue
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Fort Scout
William Mortimer
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Jordan Reynolds
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James W. Casteel
Cedarvale
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Great Bend
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Wratdotte County
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Kansas Smelting Company
Argentine
Wild Bill
Excelsior Coke and Gas Co
Eee
DE Moss
M. Penwell
Odd Fellows
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DE Moss & Penwell
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Pe Teva
the Savings & Loan Association
Hansas Ave
Western Foundry and Machine Works
R. L. Cofran
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