Topeka State Journal Sees Record Circulation Growth
Over fifteen months the Topeka State Journal reports growing reach with a daily average circulation exceeding rivals. The new headquarters and modern print shop showcase a fast web press and multi cylinder types, with forty three route carriers earning substantial annual pay. A sworn annual statement details daily circulation, positioning the paper as the city’s leading Topeka daily.
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the State Journal
Topekea
Navy defects and steel prices cited in critique
A period editorial laments naval armor costs and faulty armor plate from Illinois Steel at $40 a ton, contrasting with Carnegie's $570 a ton. It catalogs repeated vessel mishaps from 1891 to 1897 including Marblehead, Texas, Indiana, and Monitor Puritan. The piece argues the new navy has cost taxpayers much for little result and cites scattered mockery from various papers.
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Ilinois Steel Company
Carnegie
Sbi
Charleston
Marblehead
Cape Hatwras
Uncle Rain
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Indica
Texas
Newport
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Montgomery
Governor's Island
Igst
Brooklyn
Indiana
Hampton Roads
Puritan
Galveston
Ft. 1
The Eleven-came-Seven Train to Cripple Creek
From Harper's Weekly a peek at Cripple Creek Albuquerque Denver road travel. The Eleven-came-Seven train departs Denver midnight and reaches Bennett Avenue at sunrise. Visitors note warm high-altitude climate, grand hotel lobby, Bennett avenue shops, mining exchange, banks, and lively saloons with gambling. The town spans Gold Hill and its valley with brick and stone fire limits and expanding residential districts. Beer drinking clubs show New York leading per capita, Chicago rising, while Cincinnati and New Orleans decline.
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Cripple Creek
Harper's Weekly
Denver
Bennett Anvenue
Gold Fells
Benentt Avenue
Globe Hill
Denyer
Bennett Avenue
Gold Hill
Spirit Gazette
Sivedlix
Glimpse of scattered proverbs from the Atchison Globe
The page offers a collage of stray maxims on self-improvement, secrecy, manners and caution. It notes personal responsibility, warns about associations with unsuitable partners, and lightly laments political delays while wryly commenting on social behavior and the dangers of imprudent choices.
Our Sweet Girls at a Theatrical Tidings Matinee
Two stylish front row observers discuss a curtain and a soldier motif at a recent professional matinee. They confuse Asbestos for a Roman general, revealing playful missteps in theater lore. Bigelow smiles at their banter as they munch caramels.
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Urvorm
Charles A. Bigelow
Maud
Bigelow
Longfellow in Europe and London crowd talk
Grosvenor of Amherst College recounts a Hyde Park scene where a well dressed girl converses with a heavy disheveled young man. Onlookers note the poet Longfellow is a source of fascination, while editors reflect on working people knowing poetry.
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Prior
Grosvenor
Amherst College
London
Hyde Park
Rojer
Critique of Spots System and Police Reform in Kansas
A partisan critique notes that the spots system under both Republican and Populist governors has degraded police effectiveness. The New York Post cites Topeka and Kansas City’s police commissions, saying enforcement of prohibition waned and governors dictated appointments. The piece laments turnovers as Populists replace Republican commissioners and dismiss long-time patrolmen.
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United States
Opui
Kansas
Topeka
Dieppen
American Hotels and Western Taste for Service Standards
American travelers find U S hotels less refined than European and continental peers while praising efficiency and attentive service. The piece contrasts high expectations with inflated wrap fees and notes practices such as warmed newspapers and prepped evening clothes in London West End hotels.
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Wystem
England
West End
London
Dr Claudius debuts on stage at Fifth Avenue theater
Last week's New Seas ubrom Theatrical Tidings reports the American drama Dr. Claudius based on Marvin Crawford's novel. Harry Saint Maur coauthored the adaptation with Crawford. The four act production travels Baden Heidelberg Newport and New York with thirteen characters. The Holland brothers lead the cast. critics offered limited praise though the fashionable audience applauded.
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Ubrom
Dr. Claudius
Marvin Crawford
Mr. Crawford
Harry Saint Maur
Baden
Heidelberg
Newport
New York
Fifth Avenue Theater
Holland Brothers
Joseph Holland
Helderberg
EM. Holland
W. J. Lemoyne
Leo Duiricheateln
Eleanit Moretti
St. Peterabure
Albert Gray
America
Buat Evered
Prosperous Hawaii Seen Under American Rule
Boston Journal notes Hawaii enjoys unmatched prosperity with a booming exports rise from 7.6 million to 14.45 million in the year ending September 30, 1895 to 1896. A new sugar company forms with 1.3 million capital. public works worth 450 thousand added. Four fifths of exports go to the United States. Hawaii appears able to stand with or without annexation.
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Hawaii
Boston Journal
Hawaiian Gazette
Islands
Custom House
United States
Congress
Charles Bennett
Optician
Overworked business women seen as cause of breakdowns
A Chicago Chronicle critique argues that the modern businesswoman borrows the world’s burdens onto herself. It claims the drive to “see to things” at home, not office work alone, leads to illness. It contrasts women’s multitasking with men’s routines and warns against martyrdom.
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Chicago Chronicle
Fation
Seriount
Why Not Reduce Coal Rates in Kansas Abilene Plea
Abilene Reflector letter criticizes Populists for ignoring coal pricing and freight costs. The author argues coal costs burden nine tenths of Kansas families, noting high local prices versus cheaper Kentucky and Pennsylvania options. He urges reform focused on consumer costs rather than political patronage.
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Abilene
Pullman
Sandusky
Sheboygan
Kansas
Leavenworth
Pennsylvania
Eddie Foy Names Baby After Bryan and Lincoln
Eddie Foy and his wife welcomed a baby boy in Chicago on December 8, 1918. Foy telephoned William Jennings Bryan at his Nebraska home to share the birth and naming tribute, calling the child the second name in honor of the father and Lincoln, and noting the third name would belong to him. Bryan expressed high regard for the gesture.
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Bryan
Chicana
Wiladie Foy
Hox
Wm. J. Bryan
Foy
Arth” Company
Tincolts
Neb
Fox
Chicago
Papa Faddle
Mr. Bryan
Poy
Eddie
Evese
Bryan Lincoln
Madeline Morano
Dean
Henderson
An 'Rahman
Post Laureate From Iowa Visits Chicago Vaudeville
Bard Ballard, poet laureate of Iowa, tours Chicago on a canting visit, performing on a vaudeville stage amid cheering fans. He travels in a red white and blue outfit with a badge and eik hat, recalling his life in icy forests and his first elevator ride.
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Towa
Chicago
Bard Ballard
Five Thousand Doves Slain in One Day Near Leesbore Georgia
A Macon party in special cars hunted doves on the Lamar plantation near Leesbore, Georgia, killing from 200 to 5,000 birds in a single day. The drought of doves in Lee county over the past two seasons is noted, with warnings that few doves may remain if slaughter continues.
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Leesbore
Macon
Lamar Plantation
Lee County
Ex Gov Campbell fears ex convict vict in Columbus
Ex governor James E Campbell accuses ex convict Jack Foster of fraud and threats. Foster, once placed in a state asylum, claims no ill intent and pledges to leave Ohio. Governor Bushnell orders Foster’s arrest on the complaint, with authorities noting Foster’s prior asylum status. Cancer? No. Croup remedy endorsement follows.
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Columbus
James E. Campbell
Ge Bushnell
Jack” Foster
Campbell
Foster
Egshnell
Feuds of Senators and McKinleys Quiet Win
Special Correspondent recalls Sherman and Platt feuds shaping New York politics from Grant era to McKinley. The piece traces alliances and resignations, citing Hayes era dynamics, Conkling, Blaine, and Arthur, noting McKinley’s decisive brief house seat contest tactic and tribute to party pragmatism over personal feuds.
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Wasaixeros
Senator Sherman
General Alger
Sherman
Mr. Platt
New York
Judas Iscariot
Politico
Mr. Plate
Harrison
Platt
Mr. Sherman
State Department
Mer. Sherman
Mr. Hayes
John Sherman
Treasury
Chester A. Arthur
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
Mery
Roosevelt
Merritt
Prince
Senate
Congress
Silas W. Burt
Allison
Morrill
Adam Badean
Meritt
Burt
Aater Arthur
Garfield
Thomas ©. Platt
Senator Conkling
Conkling
New York Legislature
Guitean
United States
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