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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1895
Page
4
The note advertises tent and week delivery to any part yabarts or the same price in Kansas towns where the paper has a carrier system. It mentions mail subscription three months and a weekly edition price per year.
Daily report from Topeka notes January 1393 weather with rain, cooler spells, and a forecast for heavy rain. Short political commentary mocks Congress inactivity and bimetallic talk. mentions ex prisoners of war reunion March 7 at Fort Scott and Cap Curtis political shifts. References St Louis Republic humor, Globe Democrat silver stance, and Orrin Curtis as father of the congressman.
The piece denounces the government bond sale to a London syndicate at a massive profit, arguing the American people incur a costly gift to bankers. It criticizes President Cleveland and Senator Sherman, notes foreign retaliation on cattle and sugar duties, and discusses women’s suffrage potential and price purity claims by Dr Price’s Baking Powder.
A mosaic of local snippets from Kansas towns notes oddities in daily life. Blizzards absent at Pawnee Rock, Bliss De Stegolinski returns to Pt Scott, and Garden City real estate firms plan a cross‑county exchange. Tales include a rope found near Dodge City, a spelling contest at Attica, and travel stories from Great Bend to Parsons.
A Washington Chronicle piece tours the US Bureau of Statistics in the Adams Building, warning that hastily compiled figures mislead. It notes how Congress uses tables on population, wealth, and trade, and cites Dingley, Reed, Sherman, and Jones as stat wielders. The article laments price declines for farmers, flags gold hoarding by European banks, and praises the bureau’s chart of 1867–1893 data.
Mrs. M. B. Brown of Washington grants her house to the state council of King's Daughters to serve as a home for imbecile children. About 4,000 such children are said to exist in the state, and lawmakers will be asked to appropriate funds for its support.
The Hillmon case proceeds with objections and rulings as lawyers contest admissibility of evidence. Defense battles diary of Hillman, Covey testimony discrepancies, Brown deposition, and life insurance notes while arguing financial ties and conspiracy claims. Local note reports Stafford subscriber says state coal car sits unused on sidetrack.
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