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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal Daily edition announces home delivery by carlier with weekly tents to Topeka and suburbs and to Kazazaz towns using a car pisr system. Mail rates list three months at 890 and one year at 260, with a weekly edition priced per oars.
A dense Kansas news page from February 1895 mixes editorials and sharp notes on political appointments, local kinsfolk, and small town life. It mentions Gov Morrill’s moves, Topeka politics, and humor about marriages, schools, and a fire wagon purchase, with short items from Oswego, Great Bend, and nearby towns. The piece reflects midwest press cadence and community concerns amid currency debates and local governance.
A renewed push for a universal property value tax faces critique as a burden on the poor and a tool for political patronage. The Albany Argus features a strong warning against reimposing the poll tax, citing extensive criticism of its inequities and calls to resist restoring such a levy.
Hotels brim with visiting Masons as Beaster G Brown travels from Chicago for the grand lodge. Edith Carrill sues for divorce alleging cruelty. The Knights of the Maccabees plan a state convention in Topeka. Four hundred Emporia students head to the state oratorical contest Friday. Police raid three places last night. The senior class plans a class day next month. A peach buds report from the horticultural society secretary. Local notices include a city election, clergy papers, and theater management changes.
A letter to the editor from Bucklin Kansas dated February 18 1895 appeals for aid as a relief committee struggles with red tape to secure a carload of coal donated by Rich Hill Missouri. The message notes $89 freight and warns farmers may freeze and starve without coal provisions clothing and seed for spring. Representative Fitzgerald is urged to act amid growing distress. The item is followed by local notes from Washburn including illness at Paola and university events.
Boston, Feb 14. The wages of literature are largely starvation though some writers do well. Journalism pays better for a few, but most authors earn little, often less than a skilled hotel clerk. The article surveys Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Whittier, Lowell, Holmes, James, and Howells, noting money varies with status, position, and luck.
Special Correspondence from Carcaco reports the engagement of Miss Eliza Proctor Otis and Charles Howard Johnson, with May wedding planned. Otis, a leading lady in Oliver Twist in New York society, rose from Cleveland to Broadway fame. Johnson, a famed color illustrator, rose from penniless beginnings in New York, with a romantic temperament and a seven year old daughter, Gladys. If married, Otis may stay on stage while Johnson resumes his art career with renewed energy.
The ad extols convenient one-stop shopping with a wide range of goods, buying direct from makers, cash terms, liberal guarantees, and money-back or credit options. It urges readers to compare quality and prices, save time, and seek the store for the best value and selection locally.
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