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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1895
Page
4
Daily edition delivered by carrisx at ten cents a week to any part of Topeka or nearby towns at the same price. By mail three months for 800 mail one year. 360 ookly Edition per year 60.
Fragmentary data from the State Journal issues shows monthly and yearly circulation figures across multiple years with averages. Names of editors, notarized attestations, and court references appear in the text, though many numbers and dates are garbled. Continuous specifics are unreadable to extract clear values.
Corenay reports a forecast for Kansas with a cold night and Thursday rain in the northeast and northwest, as a southward storm track returns. The steamship trade is seen as improving revenue, while political chatter covers votes on interest-rate reductions, Debs trial news with a mistrial and May retrial, attacks on a poem, and calls for expert accountants and county printing reforms. The senate plans a free silver delivery bill and a plan to coin bullion at a seigniorage plus market price difference, with shortages in the current market.
The piece argues against a general fee and salary bill, citing lobby pressure from current officeholders who benefit from high pay. It notes sheriff emoluments rise with population, prices, and land values, while workers gain little. It highlights taxpayer strain and calls for reform, referencing Caney Weekly Times and a Denver pastor’s liberal stance.
In discussing the People's Party future, Mr Simpson notes travel and meeting costs across 37 counties and the need to fund Populist newspapers. He foresees the party forming a nucleus for a future major party. He also cites Bryan substitute votes on the currency bill, including Kansas and other states.
Herbert Hackney president of the Toeka Milling Company spoke at the Talston Health Club on Whole Wheat Bread. He argued white flour bread lacks nourishment and that wheat bread retains essential minerals and phosphate important for brain and nerve health. He showed a sample and noted the club's long history and aim to promote health rules and oppose adulterated foods with a claimed membership of over 7,000,000.
Mrs Thorpe publishes a list of donors and gifts to the poor including Henry Steele John Carter I B Maxwell Carrie Dusenbery Reefing Coal Co A F Poole Palace Clothing and many others. The note mentions a Europe trip prize and local business ads for services and valentine items.
A second Topeka meeting discussed municipal reform principles. The committee reported a constitution, to be adopted next meeting. Officers will be elected, including a president and an executive committee. Women may join. current city office-holders are ineligible. Leaders urged cautious, nonpartisan civic work.
Miss Charlotte Durand of Irving Place theater marries Baron Frederick Bossanyi of Hungary by Chief Justice Ehrlich in New York. The baron’s rich family from Budapest supports him with a liberal allowance. Durand met the baron after a Wilhelm Tell performance weeks ago, amid headlines of stage life in Hungary.
A letter from Winona citizens accuses county commissioners and trustees of autocratic control over relief. They allegedly charge $3 a day for distribution, favor church groups, and diverted 2,200 pounds of coal to a church rather than the needy. The complaint calls for an independent committee to oversee aid distribution.
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