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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
4
The State Journal offers home delivery at 20 seats weekly to Topeka and suburbs, or nationwide within towns with carrier service. Mall rates listed: three months at .90, one year at .40, weekly edition at .50 annually.
The abaye presents monthly issues of the Torens Dairy State Journal from January 1893 to January 1895 with daily averages for selected months. It lists daily averages such as 8004, 6619, and 0478 for the respective months and notes the last six months of 452.
Forecast for Ban ans fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions, southerly winds. The piece blends notes on legislative tactics for taxation reform, Costa Rica debt practices, and political fallout from Pennsylvania and New Orleans corruption cases. It references Senator Sterns, poll tax debate, and municipal elections shaping party dynamics.
The text argues any hope for remedial legislation through this Congress is dead as silver factions surrender. It predicts currency issues shift to the next Congress and a Republican path, urging solid party unity for 1886. It critiques Taxpan's license bill, calls for streamlined liquor enforcement, and alleges bond syndicates profited, blaming poor business sense for lost federal savings.
A cascade of short items from El Dorado and nearby towns notes from Kansas presses. Topics include a spelling challenge, a Pleasanton figure, a 1000 cow creamery, nine hour workdays for Leavenworth street railway, saloon policy shifts, low commodity prices, fashion at church, Hattie Horner-Southan’s new story, chicken pox in Atchison county, no penitentiary sentences this term, aid distribution without divvy, Pittsburg Messenger sale to W I Yaner, a pocket theft with a medal implied, baptism work in Leoti, a cistern water story, Prof Blackman’s Leavenworth lecture, laissez faire saloon doctrine, and a proposed burial delay law’s non-application to Atchison.
Dorothy Morton stars in The Fencing Master next Tuesday evening at the Grand. Eastern critics hail her singing and acting as superior to Merle Tempest in this Merle Tempest piece now praised by Kansas City papers. Colorado, a mining life scenic melodrama, plays Saturday night. Alabama war drama arrives in early March.
Feb 21 Vancouver BC A de ned Hawaiian royalista Cranstoun Sobaston and Muller stay. Munl ter once a prosperous Honolulu merchant now shovels dirt for city relief. Johnston's friends aid him. Cranston guests with US Consul Paterson. Fear party in Honolulu seized by Hawaiian government. Bucki Arnica Salve ad appears with claims of quick cures and refund policy. The Star Journal notes extensive Want ads reach.
In a Puritan village known as The Hook the social season centered on sociables applecuts and spelling matches rather than dancing. Young people played cushion and snap and catch em leading to kisses, aided by deacons and good temperance. The gatherings ended with modest refreshments, a hat collection for church needs, and a tight knit, low cost community life.
A compact note advises bending over to avoid head injuries when walking down a slick slope and notes a safety tip for fire pails. It explains that placing 15 to 20 drops of oil on water pails creates a coating that reduces evaporation and helps prevent the pails from evaporating.
In 1873 John Q. A. Norton of Lawrence, then Douglas county probate judge, issued the Hillmon marriage license. Witnesses described the Wal ters corpse photo and identified F. A. Walters as the man. Accounts from 1874 to 1878 recount visits, work on Metzke’s farm, and Josefina ties to Lawrence. Frank Bailey recalled handling the Hillsman body photos at the undertakers. Henry Weber and Mrs Metzke added details on Walters’ appearance and residence. A letter from Rev J Gun derman praises Dr Kings New Discovery for pneumonia relief.
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